New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-14
coIrpLE sJJFFOCATED BY GAS.

entered the office OF the Astor Place Hotel, No 20
1 1Id a asked al toa ia'' rd HT He wrote
+he register: Louis Mccain and lady"
His dress ,,d apd RRe Mcmsn was brunette
eli and slender. with well-shaDed features She
STore much ornamented dress of poor maieIai anu
edy cheap eTetd tbn nf se did not earn her v
inc by hard work. She had been at the hqtei OelVIo
in company with other men, 1b eu' connie
Niere shown 10 small room on the thrd Ioor OF lue
bniding servant discovered gas escaping IRON ON
the room about 1870 a. III. YESTERDAY mn0H VIE Sre
door was broken open, the man ana woman WEI" tho
fonnd 10 have been suffOcated by inc
s Das which filled the, room. Inc man ian
was alive STILL but he ded before mea SreadV
dad The gas burner III the room was Open Dol !
inmates of the room had died IN bed ana rom tneI
onnearauce it was certain that they Dau peeii oNIi
p Inv the gas while they asleep. AS the
man Law on the front side OF the bed III IS supo1gu
that he turned the gas out anu uul III 'eIi'0 ntbb
Turned II on again before gong 10 steep; DIN
bodies were sent the morgue by order OF Ooroher
Knox ~. 49, wan wos En-
coma Concannop. a street veuder whose home was
p, Avenue-C near Sxteenth-st SOme OF ms lrlenHs
sad Yesterday that he had been married 70 tne
woman, but they could not tel ner n"ae hodV was
, sand he was unmarried Inc woman's Dooy was
not identified
FOtrND CLASPED IN EACH OTHERS ARMS.
p,ar q Rar,um IS one of the largest land hold
orr in tie town OF Hempstead, L. l. Ills farm at
East Meadow Is managed by his VIE aud SOU MMno
employ some forty hands OF all natlonallues INC
boIds are lodged Id large house ana several small
1enements ON the farm some distance from MI. Dalr
MINIS residence. The laboTeIs are uhder tne Galo Vi
H. foreman of the farm, who hires ana discharges
chem About month ago john Quinn ana james
Nugent were hired III this city TO woTk IN the COW
stables there being large dairy connected win
9%a fai,n The men appeared friendly, and on
SATURDAY evening last they visited Inc VlIlago Vi
Hampstead where they drank freely and became ~
hon ~sfQ
fonu they had apparently become recOnclleu' Inc
Cu1rreI must nave been renewed, as they
were heard by the o Tther tang voe mIn
Iarly SUNDAY mornng,aS the men were gong 10 inc
stables, they found Quinn and Nugent ylhG near
fHe barn. clasped in each Others arms. Quinn was
.Ie 5a pain Both men were covered with
blood. and to all appearances dead; Quinn
had a pistol tightly clasped III MS right hahdi
49, ahoye the right temple. Nugent had knife in
ms hand and Qulnn's body was covered W th cuts
Both men were removed TO the mouse anu Tx LuG
lun of Hampstead, summoned; he dieSseu lIell
wounds and pronounced them OF fatal character
late on SUNDAY evening Coroner Denton visited the
men for the purpose OF taking Their ante-Inortem
stotements out the men were too weak. Last even
ing Nugent was somewhat improved quinn can
not hive Both men are single and unmarried
OBJECTS OF ART AT AUCTION.
An auction sale of furniture and art objects was
trenn Yesterday 1T the Madison square Art Rooms,
No ~ East Twenty -thlrdst. The articles offered
fms
Nuremberg fur rugs aud tiger skins IRON LEIPZIG,
fables and pedestals from Calcutta wrought IRON
lanterns and bronZcS from Berlin and Paris, Oh
IurnifuIe IN Louis XINth style from FTanktOrt-on
thc-Nlain and IA numUer of pieces oil oriental porce-
lain from China ana Japan. lhe sale is TO be con-
tInued to-day TO morrow ana on lhuIauiy, 4Vo Ios
beng sold each day. lie articles Offered yesterday
ver,, mostly vases porcelain and bronze, and they
vrrc sold at cheap prices. splash glaze vase,
with long neck, brought $40. A CIOlSonne enamel
howl with fine inlaylng OF flowers, went for
So 30 A blue Maxim jar sold Tor %. Two
Tatcd twenty inches by twenty-three, brought 40
each Two large Nipgpo porcelain vases, Oduly
tnul.d and boldly decorated went $40 each. An
Ird1, CHINA bunch bowl, painted in green and gold
with a teak wood stand was sold Tor 81 90. A
pGld and red Kaga porcelain Jar and cover, III the
form cf temple bell, decorated WIN my ihoIogl-
cal design, taAen at 80 A par
of carved bronze vases, twenty-tJur inches
iich with stOTks and other Duds
in rel Ell sold for SIC each. number OF other
VASES. bowls and jars went at prices considerably
bel W their value,
The sale of Onenta art objects at Kirby's gallery
WINS continued yesterday, the interest centrlug on
. l1ree collection of inrOs Japanese medicine caseG,
from lady's vInaIgrette to card-case IN slZe ana
engraved or richly carved netSukes These
inros ere wood, bone, ivory and metal, carved.
l.cguered, or Oruamented III TcIlel, ana some WIN
Co,sonu6 combinations Prices ranged from ~ to
$40 the latter price being paid by gentleman
iuro Vi antique and unusual design and treatment,
OF pure gold lacquer with finely wrought figures IN
lgh relief OF lOrty-elg pieces III one lOt,
tod tor 30 apiece. The entire sale thus far has
amounted to S,i5 900, and the more vaiua Die ar
lclcs are being reached. This afternoon a curious
lea her with elaboratey wrought metal ornaments
VIII be sold.