New-York tribune., 1886-02-01
LEFT TO BLEED TO DEATH.
crrr WITH A KNIFE and NOT CARED FOR.
FATAL RESULT OF QUARREL BETWEEN TWO
BRO1HERS-IN-IAW,

BRO1HERS-l -lN-LAW.
A small, but rather gOOd-lOOlling man
walked into the Mulberry Street Police station yes
,o,dav morning about IL o'clock and SAID to Sergeant
Ies who was behind the desk: want to give myself
nm haze killed man around at No. l35 Crosly-st2
this morning. A..
A. soon As the sergeant recovered sufficiently from the
os,onishment caused by the announcements, he ques-
TONED the man and found out that ho was Frank NC
non,d age %, a porter IN the emplGf o. the Avery
saving Machiue Company at No sl2 Broadway Ihe
man kec by him was his brothcrin- law, John hier-
nan who is known as " Gentle John among his ac-
opantance The alias is sarcastic for kernEn had the
repu,aon of being hard man to meet in rough-ano-
tumble fight and who loved lighting for the sake OF inc
sport ~
Tho storv told hv Mcdonald is curious and is be
neved " the police to be true version OF the trouble
which led to the taking of OF Gentle john lie says
that he came home from work rather nto on saturday
night He had stopped on the way home to drink peer
with some OF his friends When lie reached home MS
wife was absent and their siok chilli had been LETT III
shoroe NJ Mrs Herman. his mother in- Mcdonald
was indignant and started ont on search for his wie
Failing 10 nther after two hours search he returned
home Ia his Mrs. Mcdonald had returned ana
cone TO bed She had been drinking considerably Nc
Donald awoke and asked her why she had gone OUT
and left the sick child She told him that was none OF
his business aud settled for another nap Her In
difference enraged Mcdonald and he proceeded to chas
tise her The woman ran out INTO the halfway ana
becan TO scream. Her cries attracted her orolheT'
Gontle John" among Others. lie went into McDon-
aids and said To the latter Win an oaIu' "H"'
do YOU mean by licking my sstcri"
'she was drunk and neglected the baby and deserved
al she got" was the reply
You hal no right to lick hor" retorted Ktrnan, and
I am going to lick you for ii.
Z Kicrnan was much larger stouer man than Me-
Donald and was besides practised fighter and he al
once proceeded to put his threat into execution After
hard struggle in which he got much the worst OF NC
Donald succeeded in breaking away hlerhan was o9
tns time in state approaching maGla from tue ehecS OF
the excitement anl the copous draughts Oh FOufeehtn
Ward ru grdsping up heavy chair he started Tor
Mcdonald, swearing that he wolld brain hm' NC
Donald Grew a pocket knife and as the iniurated man
anrroaehel him gave him o slash The knife caught
Herman in the left arm Just at oNe the elO0w seNerlhS
the brochia artery Tne injured man dropped the omar
and witlOut saying word, clasped the wound Win MS
right hand ana started for the door, After takinG one
or two steps lie staggered and fell. Mcdonald had no
idea tna the cut was OF serOIs character and thought
that his antagonist mad laeu from drunkenness Tying
nm tie wound as best he could with towel, he went 10
the house OF his brother No 81 Prince-s and slept
for the ui.lt His wife to hin at Plince-st the
next day aud told him Herman was dead lie made
NJ his mind to give himself up to the police ~ once
The story OF death Of kernan Is tOli ~ MS sister
the vile OF tue man who killed him. When the two
men began to fight Mrs. Mcdonald ran away After al
was quiet aud heard her husband leave he mouse,
she went to her room. Her brother Was lyns Oh tne
floor bleeding copOusiy and she fixed llm a. comioi
ably as she could. His eyes closed and fron MS
stetOriOuS breathing she thought he hau lafh lulp
drunken slunbeT Her sick child was cry ing ana paying
no more attention Herman she attended 10 tue wants
OF the baby. After lying quietly for couple o H0us'
Kjeruan tegan to roll arOunb on tue moor anu hicH
stu thinking he simply drunk Ms sister tooh On
ue below She gave him drink OF water Tor "Hlcu ne
skeC and remained quiet uu,n nearly CLOCK yes
trrav morning when agaii began 10 KICK ana asked
for more water which she him. Agln DE appeared
To sink injo drunken sumher and she pad no more a.
teution 10 hun until three AOIrs later when hhe
tried to awake him. Her screams alarmed the enufe
house when Herman stlh and cod IN death IN
n pool OF eOngulaed blood. He had ntra!ly O4eI 10
diath before her eyes without any knO %lese on her
part that seriously hurt Hal ne received
nrOmpt surgical Attendance his life would haYn been IN
no danger. - -, ,.,,,- - ,,
small four-naded pearl handled knife which Mrs kler-
man. the wife OF tue murdered man. who is sWeeper III
NblOs Garden had found after the matinee on saturday
afternoon which sold To her son I'D law icDO
aid for fifteen cents, Saturday night The force OF
tbe blow which killed Herman bent the blade ana III
irving to straighten IL Cnt II was broken. ,
Mcdonald has had the reputation OF belhg slealy
working man. He was iharfleu With SEVEN
ten wears old to present wife who WAS year
Kiernan called himself truckman but he did not
follow his calling regularly. lie served term III 9us
Sins recently charge oil larceny ne "as il''
some drinking fellow and had frequent hShta Win ic
Douald 10 whom he seemed t. have taken dislike:
Mcdonald was locked up last night IN the MuDerry
Street Station anu Will be arragned IN court tnis
morning. . ,.-.- r,ou.ia am IN a
postm rm examination the body OF hicTnan ye~tcr
DIV afternoon aud found in addition 10 tue wOuhu III
the arm a penetrating stab wound III thc ltIt sue
puncturng the left lung and the apex or the near,
neatb resulte shock and hemOrIhage lhe man
life cOud not have been saved after the stahDhg ~ Is
Thought Ii al in his excitement Mcdonald stabbed hle-
nan twice instead Of once, AS he supposed