The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-27
YoUyG O,CoNvELL's DEiTH.
An Exasperatcd Butcher Fires mt Five Boys
and h Ills One OF Them.

The mystery attending the killing of
Thomas O'Conncll, a youth II years Of age.
in West Thirty-seventh street on Tuesday even
ing. was explained yesterday at u preliminary
examination 10y Coroner Flannigan in the
Thirty-sevcnth street police station. after a
post-murtem examination had been made.
ball had entered OConnell's back below the
left shoul1crhladc and passed. through the lung
and upper portion " the heart lodging under
the skin between the third and fourth ribs.
Henry Hotter aud Frederick Hafncr Of 437
Eleventh avenue. and james German Of 62l
West Thirty-sevcnth street were in the police
station. having been arrested ON suspicion Of
having been connected with the tragedy The lat
tors home il low wooden shanty ON the north
side Of Thirty-seventl street, near Twelfth av-
enuc. and faces a vacant lot running through to
Thirty-siNth street. ON the west side OF this
block and facing Germans shantV. n Mont
gnmerv's stable II nat-ruotcd onc-stury build
Ing. On the roof Of this building when ONOn-
ncil WIS shot were Peter Dunnclly of i29 West
F1ricth street. who works IN the stable. and
Charles Daily.
Donnclly was a witness ut the examination
He said hat he and Daily were In the hay loft
looking out at about 10 I; NJ. ant saw SIX or
seven "fellers " sitting in The vacant lot aud in
front Of Germans shaniy. several 81 them
went near the shantl and soon ait"rward the
report of "a pistol was heard. Another shot was
quickly fired. and then u thild The first two
were fired from thn crowd. The last wis from
the shunty hat whether from Il door or win
dow Dounelly could not i'll. After the firing
the fclleIs ran away Dailys testimony corr
roboratei Donnclly's.
Alexander Christie ~ 40 Tenth avenue said
that h" vas standing in the lot between Ilev-
enth and Twelfth avenues. with Thonae Q.Con-
null Robert C0nlan Buuty kcleh, aud Harry
Clark. \ low whistle WIS heard in the dircc-
ton 81 Gorman's shHnty. They went toward
whore the sound cuinc from. OIonnc md
kclch going ahead and waiting until they were
L.. tttl La lfl fA ltaa ia
one another pistol WIS discharged at then
from directly in front Of the shanty. Then tn,
boys ran away. While running they heard tive
more reports. soon afloiward OConnell was
dead.
At this stage of the examination Detec,iv,
Reilly. who had been looking for other wit
nesscs. brought forward Angelina Bush. TIA,
r"puted wife OF German. She said that she
WIS the wife of German. and that for the pa~
two months. they hud been annoyed b)
Young ruuEhs who cam" in front of theu
door every night. using abusive Ian
guagc. and often throwing stune- at tn
house. snmr ~ which had smashed ln the win
duWS. This wue generally done Will" hur hN~
band. who il a butcher. WIS at work. llrgtn.
abuse MAS cNa~prratu.. 90 her husband and he
determined To- stop II. CA Tuesday "Ncninl
the boys WERE more NiolDhi than usual They
threw stones against I'll, house and ilrcd TIVE
pistol Shots. Then her husband gut his uirtn
ana putting Il through tI" window fired un'
shot. Then they AN ran away.
German, when questioned. admitted that Ia
lar one in The crowd. lic told where the ui-tu
could Ice found. Defective Reilly went for II
n was an army revolver. There WAS only on'
chamber loaded. borman wl- committed.