New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-29
sMOTHERED UNDER A WAGON
. nnrNKEN COUPLE DIE IN TIE STREET.
TIE DISCOVERY MADE BY ACCIDENT-TRAGlC END
ING TO SPREE.

TIE DISCOVERY MADE BY ACCIDENT-TRAGlC END
ING TO A SPREE.
An overturned junk wagon. the body OF Whlch
was painted green, attracted the attention OF Peo
nle naSsing along Brunswick-St., jersey Clty,
after daylight Yesterday morning. The wagon
rested on the side of an embankment ON the west
side of Brunswic-st near faVoia-ave tho nc rum
box oblOng in shape aud about elgdtecn OF Vwen,,y
inches deep. was imbedded Ill the snow 10 me
depth of two three inches. The name James
McCann was painted on the side of the wagon, to-
Cether with the number of his license and the III
formation that he pursued the ealing q
horse. totally blind, stood patiently near the
wagon. with broken harness hanging from his back
and the broken shafts of the wagon at MS leet. a
large number of men passed by on their way 10
work and possibly wondered where the owner OF
the horse and wagon was, but gave, the matter no
kbont quarter before o'clock Frederick Linck,
of No 373 Eighth-st., was passing along the
street and seeing the horse and wagon ne stopped,
TeGOgM1e uo Not seeing Mccain in the vicin-
ity Linck took the horse TO his stable and then re-
turning, requested two men who were passing TO
help him turn the wagon over. The men Willingly
lent hand and the three easily lltted me wagon
box, which was comparatively light. When trey
had raised it about halfway up they discovered
the dead bodies of man and woman lying IN me
snow. Linck recognized the mans body as that oi
his friend James Mccain, but the woman was n n3S
recognized until the afternoon, when some 1TlendS
identified her at the Morgue as Josephine IuIly Oh
DowninQ-st, New-YoTk. At first 1t was taken
for granted that the coupe. udu pOoh hoHOii "
death: hut il was found examine
ton that they had been suifOcated.
Roth bodies were warm and blood was OOzlng from
fine month nose and ears. 1t was asCertalned that
McCann and the woman had been riding around
New-YOTk in McCann's wagon. They came over on
the PayOna ferry from Twenty-thlrd-st. ana at
1l;45 d. IN. on Thursday were seen driving up IA
yOnia-aye. They attracted attention by singing
and shouting at the top of their voices, both OF
them being drunk. 1t is supposed that McCahn
attempted to turn his horse from PayOnla-aye
into Brunswick-st., but beng drunk and the
horse blind, he drove over tie sidewalk TO the
edge of steep embankment at the place. FINDING
himself at the embanknent, he endeayOred TO turn
the horse back into the street and III dong SO he
upset the wagon, he and his companion
falling under the box. The faces OF both, ana the
appearance of the snow under the box bore eyl-
dence that they had made a desperate struggle t0r
life but it is supposed that in their drunken condl
tiOn they were unable to lift the wagon.
McCann was about thiTty-hve years old and the
woman isoked about five years younger
He leaves wife and one son, age fourteen but he
had not lived with his wife for two or three years
He was disSipated and of quarrelsOme disposition,
and Detective Clos had warrant for his arrest on
a..charge of aSsault~GHd battery, which he IN
te0Gtl. to SCI yesterday. McCann held the once
of Pound Master about four years ago, and was
arrested several times for taking unlawful posses
si0ii of cattle. Nothing is known in Jersey City
about the woman and the friends who recognized
her refused to give any information about her;
County Physician Converse viewed the bodies and
gave q permit for burial