The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-21
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
BROADBRIM'S N. Y. LETTER

dered in his house. He had been seen ear
ly in the day at bis hotel on the Coney
island road, but from the moment he left
it all trace of his whereabouts was lost till
he was found dead at the head of the cellar
stairs in the hall. Speculation was wild,
detectives secured the town, all clues
seemed lost; at last little girl was found
who said she had seen a young man climb
ing over the back fence about three in the
afternoon. The description exactly Tailed
with stepson of the murdered man, who
was known to be reckless worthless fell
\ low. He was arrested and finally confessed
to the assassination, and after relating the
circumstances was acquitted on the plea of
self-defence. Mrs. Herrick, the boys
mother, in company with her first husband
one Armstrong, kept a house of question
able resort between Brooklyn and Coney
| Island. 1t was that kind of hotel where
men rarely stop when they ride out with
their own wiyes; but the house was popular
with certain class, and Armstrong and
his wife made money. They had one boy,
who grew sp'as bad as could be, and no
wonder, for all the associations from the
hour of his birth were of the vlest charae-
ter.
One morning Armstrong was found dead
in his barroom, and shortly after the gay
widow married one Herrick, her husbands
barkeeper, the man who two years after
was murdered by her son. HerIick was a
large, strong man, and when in liquor he
had a temper of wildcat. As soon as he
was married he took violent antipathy to
his stepson, their quarrels were frequent
and bitter, and at last Herrick drove the
boy away from his mothers house. The
boy was a natural born thief, and he
had frequently stolen his mothers dresses
and jewelry, and pawned them to raise
money to gamble with. When Herrick
i, drove him out he procured duplicate keys
. of the house, and when Herrick was absent
, at his hotel in Coney Island the boy would
let himself in, and pass most of the day
eating and sleeping, and the nights he
a passed in the streets or the low dens where
he found congenial companions. One after
noon he was surprised by Herrick and
sought refuge in the cellar; Herrick at
! tempted to pursue him, and the boy shot
him and killed him. His mother furnished
him with money for his defence, the ablest
: lawyers were engaged. and the result was
his acquittal. While the trial was going
on beautiful young girl was seen among
the spectators, and when he was acquitted
i she made his acquaintance, and against the
. remonstrance of all of her friends she
9 married him. The honeymoon was brief
q A few weeks showed the poor girl her fata
: mistake. While she was helplessly sicl
the young brute cruelty beat her, and ther
:, fed to Australia to avoid criminal prosecu
a tion. Deprived of son and husband the
q widow Herrick wasted no time in unavai,
g ing grief, and finally discovered a specia
penchant for the police-certain that it il
!, several policemen succumbed to her charm:
but her tender affairs of the heart culmin
ated at the last Emerald Ball. While the
+, ball was at its height 1t suddenly occurred
n to the widow Herrick that it would bt
the proper thing to do to set up Heidsicl
= and ham sandwiches for the boys, ant
r. she forthwith in all the glory of an Emer
J. aid Ball dress sailed into neighboring sa
T loon. When the police got the tip that the
# widow Herrick was setting up wine fol
the cops, there was hardly policeman fol
e twenty blocks who could be found on hi
post. While the festivities were at thei
height young gentleman in a swallow
tailed coat and an Emerald neck tie re
marked that a saloon like that was nj
place for ladies-at which Paddy Mahol
fetched him wipe oyer the sconce with
champaign bottle, which effectually stoppe,
all further remonstrance from the gentle
!, man with the Emerald tie, but Mike Hen
pitcher and sent Mr.. Mahon to grass, an,
:, two friends seized the widow and ran he
out of the saloon. The police got out a
soon as possible. No one could be foun
= who ever saw or heard of fight, but tn
- Police Commissioner got hold of it, an
the consequence was that some were dc
= graded, some discharged, and two of Ia
~ Oldest detective on the force were ignom
~ niously kicked out, all on account of til
widow Herrick, She was brought TO m
- mind this week by seeing a notice of he
third matrimonial venture. She has jus
>" secured a third husband. and l could nc
:. help asking myself what manner of ma
u was he who had succeeded in capturin
this treasure. 1t seems wonderful tina
10 after her experience man could be foun
" . bold enough TO mark himself down numbe
three. Ms. Herrick's youRg hopeful, VIII
" killed his stepfather, is now serving a teri
fol burglary in an Australian States prison
NC 1t is expected that he will soon be back |
~ Brooklyn. The young wife whom he bea
Gu to death now sleeps quietly in Greenwood
'S' and he will be free to marry again. TIL
~ last chapter of this romance is yet TO b
es written, and shall wait with anxiety tn
III return of young Armstrong from his Au,
vi tralian prison, and the closing chapters
husband No. 8 and the new made bride.
On Sunday while the church bells wei
ut ringing, about two hundred toughs too
to possession of one of the loveliest islands O
Dr. the East River, pitched their ring, an
ng forthwith two human brutes began [
We pummel each other with bare fists, an
:" kept on for nearly an hour till both {
ea them were hammered out of all huma
ne semblance, and a final blow left one dyin
as on the sod. On every side of Ferrien
sic Island where the battle took place was a
lily army of policemen paid by the two cid,
an of New York and Brooklyn, at cost
les several millions annually; yet, thoug
To- hundreds went to see the fight, the polio
nd department with its scores of detectives WI
no as blind as bat and deaf as an adder, an
'se though the river was covered with boa
nd filled with witnesses of the fight. no,arrest
up were made. Now. mark the diffarenn