The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-26
hIlLED BY ms SCOOI MtIE.
Young O'sonrL-'s Trnricni Death In Urook-
,n thriImns Morning.

A. about 10y o'clock yesterday morning
Thomu- O'Rourk'. aged II. was shot anl in
stAntly killed AT Elizabeth and Dwight streets.
Brookl,n. hy David Sweeney. his s'hnuln'atr.
aged l5. The sI,; whrrr Oliourkr was Killed
is "a lonely pa'o near the extreme end Of Rcd
Hook Point. II il a meeting ground for all the
Young hnll players III tn Eleventh Ward.
Charles K'"lrsnnrl. aged II. ni 81 nikrman
strret. took his riiln there Yesterday morning TO
ccan II. Peter Colwell. aged is. and Thomas
Colwrll. aged 20 accompanied him. David
Sweeney. who is plumbers asa stant. living at
Ss Dkeman street. loined the party. After
spending II short time in examining the rine
III" young men put mp target stick with piece
Of tin Ia K "a ON il. and began firing Al 1t iy
turns. Thnmrs O'Rnurke. who livel ~ the foot
- Dixon an s'rrot. hai lu-t RETURNED from ia"
Chrlstml, services IN the Chur III Of the Vista
ton. and hearing u" shots he " M to the place
whore they w"r' heing hr'l \ n" WIS look
INK on, Gnoren Metalf Of Is r2rtion -lr'rt
etrollrd along " tn his gun over his shoulder
H. stopped 10 hook at the firing. Hnd hogan 10
talk with tle yguns men whom b" knew.
pnss Il and " ~ II thnn pif Those who had
-.sn firing with Krrlcmarl's gun. handed &
hack t. hiw and MI star'"i ~ though g. s"pn-
rni". Sweeney said 10 Mntcalf Let me look at
H. took il and hogan To- weight H. He cooked
IT, and ~ hr WIS looking nt the hammer. which
wns much worn. iralf said; There's a zap
sweeney said that hc saw tha, there was and
Then look ne ny quickly at O'Ronrkc. lie said:
." Look out Tommy q Hourse. III shoot you. y
At the sAinr instant ho swung the hHrrel
| around toward oRourkc, wt,out lifting the
| gun 10 his shoulder, and pulled tho trigger.
There wes uni kr"port ana ph"nrk". throw
ing up his hands. i"ll drad. His r1muani nns
| stood horror sirlcknn. and Sweeney cried. My
The shot. with which IN" gun WINS henvily
| loaded. carried away the Il sh ~ IN" right
"he"k. and tore open the throHt ol the unfolfu-
Sweeney remained hy the dcad body until rlr
| pnlir" took him Rni his companions AWAY lie
l. a short light -hHirNdhOy. with frank. honest
began u nv like IA child. nnl MS sohhing wns
50 iniena, TINT he WIS hardly ph" 10 stand.
Olinurkr was one OF his heSl friends. They
went to tn Same might school "c,th.r. aud
| nearly always walked with each other nome.
| NJ word Of cnmity ever passed between them.
| In the polio" station Swe"nny stli 20 capt Roll
| ly that he hadn't any though, ,lnl he sun wns
! loaded He thought TINT It wNs only capped
| aud he knew TINT i wouldn't do any harm 10
! explode the cap. Motrnlf- sp,akiu- T., him
nhoul the gun. he Thought wns only to cal his
attention 70 thecap. The nnullll" Of ihr gun VIA
| NOT over thr-, feet from O'Knurkc when tAt
| Mot,aif. who was nrrrs,,d ns witnoss. snid
| that h. had loaded bis gun thAt nprniue "! h
| No. shot and had put in n Aonsy rhur.r. H.
| intended 10 20 or alone and Tire IT, II Wa li
| Old fashioned SINGLE nrreli"i S!lut gun. All p
the young mon w.,rr ln,ard az ~ wilngs."-.
The body ol O'linurk" was taken 10 ms inih
| or's home. Ile MS tine son Ol a poor MhOrinl
| man. and hv his earnings in th' wallpaper IN
tors he helped To suppurt has iHlhHt rni mother
| ngurod body of tho lad wrs brought to theil
home.
Sweeney has borne a good ronuu,l on. and /
il believed hy the police that hir 4 sd i- purcl
| ry lnyo~tigAi ion. ana adjourned thj inquest un
al Friday eYoning'