New-York tribune., 1884-01-03
HOMICIDES OF THE YEAR
LIST OF DEATHS BY VIOLENCE IN 1889

| nc TeCOTuS dG OllCe headquarters and at tho
Coron rs Office show that fortyfye persons were mur
deredi this city In the last Probably more than
that humber OF persons In the city murdered be-
sone OF the many men, women and children whose
bodies recovered from the rivers may have been
drowned by enemies thieves. Other persons whose
deatl buildings or in the streets has been attributed to
accident suicide, may have been the victims Of
poison violence administered by unknown foes Ths
record by months Of the year follows: January
| Q; February, 4; March, q April 8; May, 3;
June, 3 July D August, @; September october, Il
November, 8; and December, 2. Twenrysx Of the hom
cides committed east Of Broadway Fifthave.
Twelve committed below Canalst, twelve between
Canal and Fourteenth and twenty-0ne above Four
eenth-st Six Of the victims injured in the Tenth
Police Preslnct five in the Sixth, four in the Twenty.
second four in the Twentynnh three the Fourth and
| three in the Fourteenth Precinct.
The first homicide Of the year committed by pO-
ceman. and the last In each case, however,
the officer acting IN sefdefence Seven In all
killed in the city by policemen. One OF the police
men was sent prison for short term and other has
been sentenced be hanged The latter the only person
who has been convicted OF murder in the first degree
One policeman murdered and mis- murderer not
convicted. or the other persons killed. three bar
keepers, eleven labOrers, broker three
mechanics three were thieves, seven had no occu
patton and the others followed pursuits. There
were two wfe-murders and other woman slain
One woman killed who vexed her, and insane
| mother killed her child. Two Of the murdorer5
under tweDty-One years old, and
only two were fortydye fourteen were Irshmen,
ten were Americans, Germans, .hree were
Italians two were natives Of England and a
Frenchman The nationality OF the others unknown.
OF the slain sixteen born in Ireland OF Irish pa
rentage natives, Germans four
! were Ita lians, two Frenchmen Scotch
! woman and Swede
In thirty cases the murlercrs intoxicated
! in FIGHT Will WI
that number OF hOmcides declared have been
committed in sefdeence. -Four murders were COM
mitted by persons who insane Five Others resulted
from senseess QuaTrels. The cause OF six murders
not asceTained Twenty three OF the murdered persons
died from shOtwOunds pistol being used in each
The knife caused the death OF eight Others Five
were killed by being knocked down with the naked fist
| Two were killed with clubs. The other weapons used
were a STOOL a balestck, pair Of scissors, al bung-
| starter a handsaw and beer-faucet. one man
killed by being pushed from scaffod.
| OF the persons who arrested for
| homicide sixteen have not been indicted and
most OF them are at liberty; eight
were indicted and acquitted five convicted OF man.
slaughter and sent prison ures failed 20 agree In two
cases. and the prisoners have not been brought TO trial
again three prisoners who indicted have not been
tried and one sentenced to be hanged next month
Seven m,Irderers, four OF whom unknown TO the
| police escaped arrest Two Others committed suicide.
One murderer at least killed when the burglars
Irving and Walsh shot TO death Below are concise
accounts OF homcides of the year. arranged alpha
! betcally:
ARATA. JOHN b., a young thief, who with q
Frenchman. Jules Barbot, in East Eeyenth-st early
Doyle and shot dead while he was Trying 10
& escape o D0ye nd ngs t ncted 5y Rras Confederate.
who escaped at the time ATata VINO h5l 5 1SIHSda Ia
term prison for burglary nyed at NO 80 Bondrst.
with a woman who claimed to be his wife. Tho
police arrested George Crane, an eX-cohVlct on sus-
plcon of being Aratas confederate in the assault on
| Mr. BarbOt. but he was not Unidentified CorOners
jury verdict which left the question as TO VINO
fred the fatal shot undecided. No complaint on ac-
count Of the shooting has been made against Police
RrAMIIu ~ JOIN W., a mikman Of No 81 Mulberry-st.
| died in Bellevue Hospital February p from the
effects Of shOt-wOund IN the head on uecYcnlnS OF
Januury 6 he iostled against Francisco SpOzOtto
Italian, Of No. 1l5 MulbeTy-st. who immediately
Shot him. The wound began to heal and Beamlsn
walked about the streets for three weeks He became
worse suddenly and was sent TO the hospital only
on the evening of the shooting, held for trial Ie
afterward was convicted and sentenced to Sing Sing
BoHLE, HENRY, Swede, who had been IN this country
thy ' int,ircnce once at No 80 Greenwich-st was
stabbed to death the office on the night ni september
80 ~, wi Tis murderer escaped Oh October 81 tho
police arrested Carl Martin alias August BaSer, on
charge of homicide but witnesses oi the stiDDhg de
cllred that the prisoner was not the man VINO struck
Bohle. After Martin was DISCHARGED tley yetiaGied
the statement and said that Martin killed BOhlc. Mar
reaTested Oh November = Dut was acquitted
! RorGTR, JoiiS, a striking Ioncshorcman, Of No.
"' 5gI Watcr-st, on the night OF August - threat
who had been employed at Pier No. II Last River in
his place. The men met IN SOntrSt bOlger was
drunk aud made a fent to strike Gordon, who them
| knocked him down. BY falling on the sidewalk Bout
ger fractured his skull and died instantly rom the IN
acted in setdcience. but held 70 await the action
the Grand Jury. He was set Al liberty on October
BRADY, PATRICK, a young ex-conyiT was pursued on
November 2l aIOng EleyentlIaye, and torty-slNth-s
by Policemen Ryan and clifford Of the Twentysecond
Precinct. lie wanted for burglary iu FotlCth-
lie policeman tried TO arrest him Brady jumped into
the North River and sought refuge IN canal boat at
tLc foot Of FOlticthst Ryan followed him into tho
cabin OF the boat with a reyolvcrin hls hdhd. Inc
him dead The policeman claimed that the killing
was accidental ana he was eXonerlted'
| RPf'c,y NjRs KEBEcCA age thirty-thrce, shot in
the breast on the night OF April 9, by her husband,
Franklin BIuSsy, at their home IN tHe tSnGnfhs % E
wound on the following day The couple mad been
married less than year. Bruggy was drunk at the
no remembrance of It, He also expressed great grief
al his act. coroners jury round MN guy oi nom
icidc, AMI he was committed lor tIiil. lie "aS III,
dctcd murder in the first degree but has not been
tried ana Is still confined in the Iombs.
BYKNES MARTIN, homeless man, was attacked Dy un-
known ruiaus m Riyincon-st on lhe nlght OI oGtO-
Station. and said that he had been struck with
bottle on the morning OF October % he was found
mtted to sleep. When Deputy Coroner conway
made an autopsy, ho found broken knileDlado J., %
sticking in the mans skull Byrucs was an lrlshlnan
thirty yye years old. His assassin Is sui uhAhOWh 10
CAMTn6T Mrs ELIZABETH age yeight the wife Of
George -. Cameron better known as "NOIemaC ,,
The nedestran was shot dead IN her home at No. l66
Eighth-ave, August % Ivy h,r husbands trainer.
George Beatte who also killed himself, Beatue,
who was forty-tve years Old and had served twenty
two years IN the British army, had become DRUNK
ard and Mrs. Cameron hadprevaicd on her Al,olndto
discharge HIM Resentment on Bvate's pare Mas be-
ieycd 10 be the only cause OF the tragedy. Irs
Camerons two young children witnessed her death
and also the suicide OF her murderer
CAPoBIANCo, GAETANo, while quaTrellng with several
other Italians al No. 30l MOnrOe-st., on March l,
was stabbed in the breast with a shOcmakcrs Knlfe
and instantly killed. All the men concerned III the
anray lived IN the house. Antonio siccarO, VINO WAS
arrested and accused of killing CapObianco, SAID the
stabhiug was done by GaeIano ITczza who had
escaped All the witnesses refused 10 admit that they
had seen fatal blow struck. coroner jury gave
verdict that either SiccarO or TrezZa was the muir
derer Scc,uO was acquitted IN June. Irezza Is sun