New-York tribune., 1885-09-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
Suicide OF A DESTITUTE RUSSIAN.
THE SAD STORY OF TWO SONS of ei'
RIrRG ARCHITECT.

The STORY ye, -, No 35 Bowery, on Thursday night,
Sns9 ns told bv hrs brother james at the eoToners
vs. vs. yesterday his name was John karlOn, age
.e oLioo CIV and he was the son of a Russian VINO
s ar one time prominent archteeto OF ST. refers
burg The brothers came TO TINS county, t aDU"e oms
four years n ago fonnd aeG empioyment t in Chicago
os cIerk in a banking house. In 1888, James,
twenty -one years old returned to ST. Peters
burg and came back to TINS cShy enanDg tn pisbts in
iod1inS-houses and taking his meals AT cneap
Testanrants On August 3. John came mere . Irol.
Chicago and the Ssir SpG.n1r money gave out The re-
mittances which they had been IN tne naDlI Oh re- Ie
ce,vino failed to come, and they fouDd theinseNo5
without means for 1Re wsn ss Of money 1nS y and inability
=" reemploymentpreyed upon the elder Droth1rs
mind and he frequently spoke OF suleide TO MS ns
on ,hat they wouid out all right IN the
and On Tuesday night they TOOK room Il.
Smyers Hotel and on the 1olIowlne Iiiorms Pft
b"s hrothrr AT Kapp's liquor store No. 0l Bayard-
Of and went down town TO see II ne couq not eoI e
row SO oS to send dispatch TO st. PetersDuIg. tii9
failed in this, and on THURSDAY morning reluIheu rel
:" Smvers Hotel, and asked If his bre1her
had heen there. He was told that he had taken
room in the evening but had nJt ySe 80. uR his
brother Later an emplOye of the n0te IN passing
tbrongh the hall, noticed smell OF gas. III was i
found to come from room NO f. Whlch s nI9o Ti& Ia
ofice. The door was burst open and lohn MARION
,as fonnd living upon the bed as If asleep Dut
Sead He was dressed only III his underci0tniu,R, ,
The room was full and searcn sno"eo t'i ~ ,nt T
hnrner was turned sn full and that the holes III IL
had heen so enlarged that when match was aps
MED TO IL noary three times the usual volume oI
flame was given ont ane KgyAoed opd pi wpdo%s were
s1rfsaS With pieces of a red cotton handkerchief
The onIv means of Identification was vallsee
which had in il the name IN. Farquhar Nonrse,
anas saId that it had been bought secondhand
ond il was learned that man by that name Ia1
landed at Castle Garden on August ana @ nau
%one from there to Kansas City. The suicide was
siJantlu deliberate. for on Tuesday John gave
b;s brother a worn pocket-book and several Nalue-
less mementos which he told nm ne wished @ IN MN 20
Iean' lie body will be buried In the fotter
E,oii where il will remain until James can COM
mnnicate with his friends in ST. petersburg
oouppr1RD TO ABANDON HER GIRL BABY.
,rrrrR SENT TO MATRoN WEBB IN REFERENCE TO
THE CHIID-A BABY LEFT IN CAR
foebl, cry attracted the attention OF man who
a a nassino the house No. 276 Mercer-st. early on
Mnndav morning and at the doorway he lounu a.
infant about two weeks Old MIapPeoa III
suHo carried the waf to the Police Headquarters
Watron Webb registered the founding rs giti
baby AfIer remaining at Headquartets IoT soaile
bonTs the little stranger was delivered TO messeh
ger of the Department of Charities and Correction
mi started on the way that all such BABIES go-to
the RandaPs Island was sg griteD ON
the tag for the purpose or IutuIe Iusntcattoi i n
The number also showed that the police had tor
rde
Ionnary l. On Tuesday Mrs. Webb received the
following letter, written by woman
i0"' SEPTEMBER :, 1885.
Nps WEIR. DEAR MADAM: hope and trust you VIII
,i eood care of that little baby you received last
uiSSt It was born August %, and 1t was ehrstened
Adel1ide - and wish you would please call It that
f i,"otber's sake | am legitimately married. but
,,eces sity compelled me TO do what did breaks my
heart 10 thuk have to part with H. for God knows now
TIove H. Dear Mrs Webb. hope you will keep an eye
ON il and protect it for nay sake am OF very, re-
specabie family, and when all Is right hope Will ne
sb.e TO .ei INV little darling. II is very healthy child
end yery good and II is Of very respectable parents
guess YOU received this baby az ii p NJ from the fu
"ntb preenct hone you will please keep the letter
secet Yon will be duly rewarded in time by It's ever
Loving and heartbroken mother IL had on oue lace cap
nnerntenden Murray AMI Inspector Byrnes are friends
nj The father hut necessity cOmpes us TO take this meas
ca lookout for this baby. BY advertisement you
cah communicate with its parents ,ov,,. ro,hor
nthe baby is gone please direct this letter 10 the ma
tron of the institution where Is fease make ci
1Tandum.
Airs Wcbh said Yesterday when she delivered
.he letter to Superintendent Murray, that II was
fhe second communication OF the KIND when she
bad received in ten years. Several years ago. n
,~oman VINO had abandoned her child before she
was married. wrote that she wished 10 recover ner
offspring as she then had good home. search
vas made i'm the books and she was Informed that
ber child had died at the age of three months.
There is not case on record where founding mas
been returned to Its mother after II passed out OF
the hands of the police.
erosstown car at Broadway aud seventeenth.st. late
on Thursday night by young mau. Ihe child was
wrapped in a bundle and no attention was pald to
the young man untl ne hastily lcIt TIC cdI "i'nou
taking the bundle. .,, oo.,.,.
tendent Blake Of the Department OF ChaIltles % ano
Correction to care for her baby boy, then
about a week old. The gil said that she wa'
MARY Kenny, age nineteen, dnd that she and hel
husband came to America from Ireland eighteen
months before. Her husband had been coach
man for Mr. Dobbs at MOrristown, n. j., but ht
had recently lost his position and abandoned her
Superintendent Blake said that he could DO nothing
for her and she went away. On the night OF August
10 a policeman found boy baby in the hallway
Of the house No. 470 Eighth-ave., and took 1t u
Police Headquarters, where 1t was sent TO the Is
land. Yesterday young woman called at Pohc'
Headquarters and saying that her name was Mary
Kenny asked for information about the chllC
which she acknowledged having abandoned Sit
was sent to the Jefferson Market Police Court ac
eolnranied by an officer. and placed In charge o.
Agent Stocking of the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty 10 Children. She told him that her low
for her child had urged her to act as che had dom
and besOugnt his assistance. Mr.. Stocking STATED
the facts to Justice 0'Reilly, and after the magls
trate had told the girl of the serious nature Of tn
offence she had committed he discharged her, ant
ADVISED that the records of the Commissioner o
Charities and Correction be searched IN order tia
the child might be found and restored TO 1t
mother
APIER SEIZED BY BRIDGE TRUSTEES.
-Four of the Brooklyn Bridge policemen wer
stationed at Roosevelt-st. and the East Rive
on Thursday night to watch Pier NJ
20 They were relieved yesterday morning an
q new detachment went on duty agar
last night. The Bridge trustees have had disa
greement with the Dock Board respecting til
ownership Of the pier 1t was given by al act 9
the Legislature to the use of the trustees while tn
Bridge was building, and the trustees claim that
is still Bridge property. twO-thirds belonging I
with the ownership OF the respective cities in th
Bridge. The Dock Board claims that New-Yor
did not give away It's property with any such view
The pier was only placed at the disposal of th
Bridge. while there was a use for il. Now that til
Bridge has 10 longer any use for it, the pier II
verts to the city and to the authority of the Doc
Board which has full control of the city water from
The trustees have advertised to receive bids fC
leasing the pier but the Dock Board at its la:
meeting assigned the pier 10 the use OF the Stree
Cleaning Department. President Howell of I'll
Bridge trustees, when ne learned of the action
the Dock Board placed the guard at the pier to pr
vent any one from taking possession of the pro-
Tha ha wa ordara IN IN