The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-05
KILLED FOR HIS POLITICS.
oyE or rORONER CR0KER's MEN LOSES
ms LIFE IN A BaRROOM.


what Followed - Discussion by Pothcuse
Politician. OF the Morrissey-sehen Contest
A, Incident Of she Heated Political Can
,s.. In the Eighteenth Assembly District
Michael Ahcrn came from Washington
.h,u, three years ago End was made boss Of
Gang II iron-workcrs On the new Post Ofllce
lner that he found employment as an iron
dricr occasionally. but always found timo to
vork a, the pole on election days. During the
present cnmpaign he was until Saturday q
member of Coroner Crokcr's Club. M the Tam
many headquarters in the Eighteenth Assem-
by District Ia called On Saturday afternoon
at q ,clo,k he left his house, at 465 Fourth
avenue remarkng TO his wife that he would 90
ou, and show ihom that he was a man" She
did not know what he meant by that expression.
bu, supposed he was going over TO the club. In
Thrty-frst street. ncW Fourth avenue At
bs o'clock she was sent for to go TO the saloon
kent by witpcnn Brothers. on the southeast
eprner VI Fourth avenue and Thirty first street
Thorc -he found him lying on the floor. suffer
ine from a wound In the back part of his head.
Hewn. unable to roply TO questions that were
nut "a hm lie muttcred repeatedly: Take me
home corner Thirticth street and Fourth ave-
nue." lis house s fcw doors from that corner.
Ncvcttuc' - he was ablc TO walk between
Officer TAYLOR and another man to his home.
vher, h., WAS carried up stairs. DR.. o. ssPano
though h- wound was not severe. and told
Mrs Al-rn 10 hathc it frequently in cold water.
Durin. 'hc night he continued at intervals his
request to be- taken home. At 2 o'clock
be got out Of bed and sat at the win
dow whore he muttared words that were
oniut, iligihlc Mrs. Ahearn ran to DIR. Paine's
onioc but he told her that it would bc all right
and thai she must keep applying cold WATER
Bhs went home. but. becoming alarmed. sent
again Tor the physician. and alterward went a
seoud tiiu, herself. her friends say; but the
phy-ic.an lid not come until O'Clock yesterday
mornins Ahern had died half pasts
Coroner Croker will have post mortem ex-
animation made this morning; but Dr. Paine
THINKS that there is no doubt the base Of the
skull is fractured. This was something. he
says which could not b. discovered during life
by diagnosis.
The brothers Wittpenn say that In the latter
part oi the afternoon Ahcrn came into their
saloon md engaged in conversation with five
men AL Of them employees on the Fourth ave-
nue railroad. Their names are Alexander Nc
Cane CONDUCTORS Thomas Dunn. driver Os-
tnbcrg. conductors MIR. Wilson and Philip
Vaughn. No angry words were. heard hy the
wIpenns. they say. though they remember
that tn ilrty were talk ng about politics. They
say TINT Ahern and McClane went out together
Al about half past Ave O'Clock A short time ai-
torward q boy came in with "A pitcher TO get ale
and told them that there was drunken man
lying On the sidewalk. He was then brought in
and 'arri for McCano liyes over the saloon.
A Amrmhcr Of the family OF his landlady said,
Tat evening that they had not even heard OF
the murder.
The door Of the saloon out Of which Ahern
went i- on Thirty-l first street. Across the street
stood AN express wagon in which Benny Levy.
boy nine years old who lives at 45S Fourth
h.. Lob a, fRr. l.t
years pld who lives over Wittpenns saloon.
wore playing, about dusk on saturday evening
wagon. he saw one Of the men who Keep the
saloon and another whom he did not know. put
Ahern out Of the door; lie noticed that Ahern
and that he put his heni 10 the back of hi- heal
put no can't say whether Aharn put his hand To
his head before he fell or afterward. johnnie
Freeman. who stood near when Benny told his
story -nid II wash true.
Yes It IS" said Benny. and you told me I
mnstnt say ANYTHING about H."
Conductor oetnb,rg says he heard Ahcrn
tell NJ, lane that he couldn'tyotc for John Nor
weli's Island for ten days, and he had not been
thirty days in the district after his return.
Thomn, llunn admitted that he heard the same
remark II is said that few days before his
death Ahcrn, who when sober. was an eXcep-
honaly Intelligent man, had been drinking
enough 10 make him excitabe. and that Nor
risscy men in the neighborhoOd In ,luding
tho-e whn were with him in the saloon on sat
brday. bad made him very angry by threaten
vent hi- voting for Schcll. This was done in
fun at iirst hut II grew into an angry dispute.
Ahern leaves no children. He was AZ years
old r,.ne kept "a FISH market next door to
Wiupern Brothers saloon until a few months
ago VII IA his wife died His grief, II is said.
led him 10 drink He then neglected his bust
ness and lost considerable of the money he had
saved IL was arrested az II O'Clock yesterday
morning while nt work us usual on his ear. 10y
Onlcer W William Walsh. who was detailed from
the Thirty nth street police station To- work up
tho Hi-c. lie viii hc sent TO the Tomhs to-day
He saii when first arrested that he had been
nshlns On Saturday afternoon. but aiterward
admili'' % the f-er that he had boon in the
saloon. and had talked with one VI the party
tbere boat politics.