New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-22
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A DESPERATE THIEF KILLED
SHOT BY A POLICEMAN IN sELF-DEFENCE.
PATRICK BRADY CORNERED IN A CANAL-BoAr-A


PATRICK BRADY CORNERED IN CANAL-BoAT-A
CAREER OF CRIME ENDED.
After making determined efforts to evade capture,
Patrick Brady, desperate young thief was shot
dead in canal-boat at the foot of West Fortiethst.
yesterday. Policeman Charles J. Ryan, of the
Twenty-second Precinct, who killed Brady, de-
clared that the shooting was accidental and that
Brady was resisting arrest at the time. lie had
been trying to arrest Brady since August Ia, when
some clothing was stolen from the rooms of Jacob
German, at No. 456 West Fortieth-st On the after
noon of that day Ryan saw a boy, Sam
uel Buckley, going along the street
with suspicious bundle, and arrested him.
The bundle contained a coat and a pair
of trousers which had been stolen from Germans
rooms. Buckley said that the articles had been
given to him by Francis Mcmahon and Patrick
Brady, with instructions to pawn them for $6.
German said that a window of his rear room had
been forced open by the thieves. An inmate of the
house had seen man go out of the front door With
a bundle, after the robbery. The police thought
the man was Mcmahon
Ryan learned from Buckley that Brady and
Mcmahon were to wait for tilo boy at che foot of
Forty-fourth-st., and rs went to that place to
arrest them. He found them without difficulty and
told them th2t they were prisoners. Mcmahon sub
mitted 80 arrest but Brady put his hand into his
III kill you" The officer unarmed, and he per-
mitted Brady to escape Mcmahon was not identi.
fed as the man who had left Germans rooms after
the'burglary, but he and Buckley were accused OF
completely in the crime They were paroled to give
the police an opportunity to arrest Brady.
POLICEMAN RYAN's STORY.
About six weeks afterward Policeman Ryan saw
Brady on the top of a moving freight car in
Eleventh-ave. Brady fourshed a revolver and
warned Ryan not to pursue him. The thief was not
seen again by his pursuer until yesterday. Ryan
gave to Captain Killilea the following account of
the pursuit and shooting which followed the meet.
ing:
About 1890 a. m. Officer Clifford and were going
down Eevcnth-ave. At FOrtyseventh-st. saw Patrick
Brady and Francis McMahon coming up the avenue; I
wanted for burglary As soon as they saw us they
ran down the ave avenue to EpSry ana dd"G9 'hSs 5s
gashouse fence and followed him. The watchman In
and jumped oTerboard e was rescued 5y McMabon
who had got into arowboat Clifford and ran up 70 the
Murphy 10 go after them After rowing around the docks
for time we the boat which they had occupied
FortetRst We boarded the canal boat and inquired
Of the captain John w Edwards, If be mad seen me the
Mcmahon coming out Of the cabin. He ran down the
stairs again. called Clifford and we followed MN Gown
only his shirt and he ran to hide under the cabin stairs
Mcmahon hid IN OF the hunks and Clifford went after
him had drawn my revolver while going down stairs,
and called on Brady to surrender He rushed at me
and seized both my hands. In the struggle which i0I'
lowed my revolver discharged and the bullet strnck
him in the breast. He fell STOOL Clifford and
carried him to deck where he died In few minutes
The shooting was accidental
TIE OFFICER PUT UNDER ARREST.
Brady's body was taken to the police station on a
stretcher In the confusion which ensued after the
shooting Mcmahon made his escape. Captain
Killilea put Ryan under arrest to await the result
of an investigation by the Coroner but he said he
thought that the officer was not to blame. Ryan Is
an intelligent young policeman. He was appointed
a member of the force about two years ago, and
served for a time in the Twenty-seventh Precinct.
Since September, 1852, he has been III the twenty
second Precinct, and his record as an officer has
been good. Policeman Clifford corroD0rated hSahs
story of the pursuit His back was turned 10 Ryan
and Brady when the shot vas fired. The Doat
which Brady and Mcmahon had used, he said, was
stolen on Tuesday morning from the foot OF West
Fifty-fir-t-st. Edwards, the captain Of the
canabOat, on the deck when Brady
was shot He was detained at the police station as
a witness, and he said that Brady and McMahon
had entered the cabin of his boat While he was
away from il. He did not know the men were IN
side until the officer discovered them
died several years ago and he lived with his aunt,
Mrs McGreevy, in Weehawken. lie became
thief at an early age and also grew to be danger
Ous rullian About two years ago he was caugnu
stealing and was sent to the prison III Trenton N.
committing the burglary i'll Fortieth-st. Brady
created a disturbance in a liquor store III lower
Weehawken aud beat the proprietor nearly khnng
him. The wife of the liquor dealer was ~ IN the
house, and she was shocked so badly by lhe treat
ment of her husband that she was not expected 10
live A warrant was obtained for Brady arrest,
and he was fugitive from Ncw-JeIsey justice
when he was killed.