New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
MURDER IN A BAD QUARTER.
A YOUNG MAN FOUND STABBED TO THE HEARr-oS
THE MURDERERs TRACK.


There arc few places In the CITY less inviting for
stranger after nlghtfall than Twenty -scventh-st
near the North River Factor:es and lumber yarus
line the street at that point and piles OF lumber orion
make the old pier nearly inaccessible Policemen
visit the place only often they arc Obliged TO-
and mpromptu prize fights occur near the pier on
SUNDAY afternoons and at night frcaucntlr Young
rufnans haunt the place and "work the GROWER
unmo estcd. Ono of the last dwelling houses In INC
row Of buildings is tho tenement house NO. oas
Vagaboni dogs hang about the sidewalk IN ifone oi
that house Yesterday ari licked up human blood
which had been spilled there, until they were oVen
away.
Young man had been stabbed to the heart In front
OF the house at midnight. and had bed to death un
seen by any person except his unknown muueror
Policeman WestOthorn of the Twentieth Street Squat
found the body Of the man as be was pacing ,no me
streot toward tho river IT stnl warm. NO
person was in sight whom the officer rappen or as
sistance Inmates Of the tenement house SAN u,'
they had heard sound OF quarrel In inc .s sde.s
Even Daniel Houahan and his wife on tne grounu
floor whose bed room window was so close 10 ,no
sidewalk that from M one could nearly feacn '"o
murdered mans body. said they had not nc"r ~, "
sound until the policeman gave the alarm rap ino
IN = NJ the dead man was not recognized then NO
knife was found but long blade had Dcen ,n,use
deem into his breast. In the pockets OF the shaopy
clothing were found bottle, when nao cou'tTSa ns =
,pb,sLev and two cans OF preserved pears. Inc
ice carried the corpse to the station ana deec'c'
undertook to Investigate the murler r,s recoynned
ne that OF Dennis Carney. age twenty two VINO hau
been familIarly Known among the young runlahs y,
tho neichhorhood as "Bum" Carney. IL was SD"
that he had no home and had been one OF the eU"oI
GAM" lie had been as late az 10 o'coca A., vi
Christmas Eve with two other vagrants III ionu' ~
ave- and It was surmised that be had stolen i,oin m
some grocery the cans of pears which we're touhn III
his pockets Some persons who knew carney sur
he was a pla-tcrcr by trade. and WORKED wncn uo
could but that he was fast becoming druhRaru ",
account of his evil associates His father was 49,
and his -snothcr had married a coal hea'er na' -.
Crlnnn. Last summer when Grimm was sene
the Is Ind as confirmed drunkand Carney suppor, pp'
the family including his stop sister, In west i"eN
ei. nth ST. so long as he had work. Aftcr tne retu
Of Crinnn from the Island the family was disposu '
for non payment OF rent. The coal HEAVIER TOOK nls
viso and daughter up to "Hens k1tchen IN Mese
rh ry ninth ST. and Carney was lett 10 shii' iol Mn"
self. - - .,o ,rooty
Detectives of the Sixteenth Precinct were on te @ a
Of Crney's assassin last night, they thougnt nasns
ascertoined that he in the company vi sud e'o.
nicious yagIant shortly before the mrruer "us
committed Both men had been Staying a' "a
chenD lodging-house tue west siuo, W ;l
citv and the key TO the which Carney had occue
was i'm his pocket when he killed The theory VI ,n
malice was that Carney and his murderer were drunk anu
that the fatal quarrel grew out OF diVsion VI sumo
articles which they had stolen Carneys olner anu s.oP
father were trying to help the police solve ule Wy
The body of the murdered man was sent 10 'ne G
and il probably will be buried in the Potter fieu az Ills
relatives are not able to pay the expenses OK fuhera