New-York tribune., 1885-02-23
IuE rfrlL IGr D., l.irrED4Y

iI>piHs IHl a'.T CO., I'll.t.i,N .E..at---o..-
Epw "r Iuo COMRADES.
is not often given tp the public 10 hno"
t.r .'.r human qualities OF t." i..r....n Iil+ i.I.-
illfy ,,4 s.ele. o. t...ncr ..l t..tlty gradually ,a-
rl.i L., ',.t ,pI AMI E.r-h c, rrilr which . only
T.Hp,i Zoo tl. prr-'n-. OF DIS trl.f lr hf. onc. mp
in A- -o.f- ot relaxation vil BIS fellows. The heroic
death OF Ju.. Murray oi tac ti.st Precinct ou
sI'uriI ui-At lt the WI 'l-- frc, ,,vc thc public a
u... 81 tho tender -lc of thr pO,l .cmlu's cAag-
q. l,. When tAc bodlc, ot Ai' family were taken
iu.o tho .tarouholsc. ur policemen thore showed by
their rJiee, t.,r sigh, Iu ulr.r tears that they were
fr i.ou b.ul ,.u-.,ie 90 the finer ,relnss OF llcn
IAc o ,l ou duty throughout tnc precinct made eager
iu Ir.s of every I4,'e-1y %, t. Murray tit. and a
Neir ,ulIDir iI h, praise, o.leor and comtaIr
When t..y wcAt Oh duty and returned 10 tAo station
house. before eol- t. tl,.r bcd tc, gently and rcycr
,rry L.I tie cloths from The faces oi Jhc dead and
replaced tcA Wlt4 d,tp ,.s, Ou" iaAu tot how Mut-
ry Aai lent hin hI, coat one cold January
night Others hld similar stories 10 tell Of his
llndu,,, ~ heart and hts good qualities. All the
word. spoken woro ~ praise.
Ilror.hul, tine tight and toilay morning there was
,,tt-I air ol gloom Iu the Ola Sup station. and the mon
moved aiot vtt' bowed heals. talking ia whispers as
urr kennedy dead wagon drove to the station house,
aud tht boG, were placed l D. amid profound silence.
-. Edwin T. kinney. OF tho Insurance Patrol. who
vas wi-h ONc'r Burke Whom MnriuFs body na, found,
bottom uu-cr-.4tuy. when hc went into llaIrIuui's
l.ror .tp., iu search o. smuulirIlu4 htc. 4. hr
-.,uucl behind the 'Ourr hr stumbled over something,
WHICH proved t. ur huri body. II" think that hut-
,iop.u. thrpulh the smoke walked out Of back win
dow uuI ,cl through -I lEl'. which WIS broken, into
l. .r. Wh,Hr Doe struck uruu stove and W1- hurled
rtiad t. counter iurlc ~ p severe Cui u tine head
alcu found. and mo top o. the stove va, deeply m.
dchcd lu the rooms occupied - tho dead policeman Is
tuc l,l u.rd hy ID, vile, aud close beside
f. tho three little cribs I'm which the children
law all o showing SIGNS Of having been occupied,
and llu. evidence of t.c itrt that Mrs Murray hli
rot 'cm ont oi bel and parity dressed Them as she tNo
me c'nlIrou were James, ngr seven; Daniel age uVei
rud Maggie, arr two and ball. Mrs. Niul-, tIc mother
uw. nlty five years DID, and hey shcr, Annie.
Thirty ~
was chained dp"u and pallOrhc 800 l,i-l II was lml"'
sihr to crctpr through H. john CLARK, ore ui the htr-
mon connected with truck No 10 who jumped from the
ladder when LrOuS dt In 0rlcr to escape the ntur,,
said that n truck 10 IS, which h. IOu. ladders, had
boon duty eyctyboly could have been saved. lie
nl said that ia" telegraph wires CAUSED sufficient
delay To prevent their brirg saved.
Murray WI. native ~ County Iongfor Ireland, aud
cnuc here When Young man. lie has two hiohcrs ia
kuurt- Cfy, who hsr hcru clp2rlphol tO. hrothcr-
Long GriIud Cy. LJou5. the fireman. viii be able
leave Chamber. Hospital to-day. Both wrists wcro
spraiuol aud both htudt cIt with glass. lie also las
ere biU-c ON his night hip 3Hry L'ury the servant
lir who received slrht b,trr-, removed Ia Belle
yuc Hospital yc.t'rday. The " old uun" who lived In
our t.c rooms on l~ top four OF tho building and
could not be found ~ttuuiy u Ut, at tie building
,t,leGtY aut r.I That lac hau -lclt IA Brooklyn. IIe
hardly ever lefc, hla rooms over night The Waterman
uf tine Farmers Loan Bank NliudLi .t told the Iu-
-u ucc iatr1l that just before .lc nrr broke out lac
heard loud c1iloaion, which fhooA the heavy bank
budins.