New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-17
MURDERED BY A GANG.
DRAGGED OUT FOR A TRAIN TO MUTILATE.
FIRST KICKED INTO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MEN ARRESTED.

a murder Of a peculiarly shocking character
was discovered by the Brooklyn police yesterday.
Early in the morning colored man and woman
returning from party discovered the body of an
insensble man the tracks of the Brooklyn,
Bath and West End Railroad just outside of Brook
lyn, south OF Greenwood where the railroad leaves
the line OF Thirtysixth-st, and marches of across
the town Of Utrecht to Bath Beach They re-
ported the matter to the Eighteenth Precinct
police. and the man was taken to ST. Peters
Hospital and died before recovering consciousness.
His left leg was fractured and he had received
probable fracture of the skull. Although the body
bore evidence of having been struck by train,
there were suspicious that foul play had been
perpctrated and the man had been placed on the
track
Detectives Dewey and Mccormick were set at
work on the case and discovered facts to warrant
half dozen or more arrests. The dead man proved
to be Edward p. Barry. age nineteen. laborer,
living in one of the shanties about Eighth-ave.
and Thirty-eigbth-st, South Brooklyn. lie was
on a spree on Saturday, and was seen early in the
morning with George and John Chatt, VINO I've
near his home About 6 80 D. IN. the three started
for home but before parting entered the grogshop
of Michael iluSSey, at Thrty-ninth-st. and Ninth
ave. where party OF men were gathered hefc
Barry and Albert P,att. one of the men already III
the place engaged in an alteration over pipe, ana
this led to q struggle between them. The others
infarfprCd. and Larry was induced 10 30 OutSiuc.
There q murdcrous assault was made on MN
Michael Iussev jr the bartender followed him
and knocked him down. and he was kicked about
the head and stomach until insensible. This was
all the police could positively ascertain. but 1t Is
supposed the unconscious man was carried 10 the
railroad track so that the late train should put
an end 10 him and no trace OF the assault might
he found Ii: was evident that if Barry had re-
covered and started for home he would not have
tried TO cross the railroad track, as his home was
in the opposite direction and, from what the police
learned he iay inscnsible in front OF the grog-
shop only short time before the last train passed
over the road. and it was apparent that ne mad
been struck by il, as his leg had been nearly cut
off by the engine r..
The police arrested the following persons 1or
connection with the crime Michael Hussey. age
twenty of Thirty -ninth-st and Eighth-ave. John
Chatt age nineteen and George Chatt, age twenty
one of Forty-fourth-st. and Fifth-ave Thomas
Hemingway age twenty -one, Of No. 1l3 sixth
ne: Sampson Simpson icolored) age forty-elght.
cP Thirty-ninth-st. and Seventhave; James
Tlynn. age twenty, Of Thirty-seventh-st "a ana
Eichth-ave Albert Platt, age seventeen, OF lhr-
tv-seventh-st. and Eighth-ave. John Lacy, age
twenty. OF Thirty-eieth-st. and Ninth-ave;; ana
Thomas Sullivan. age TWENTY-FIVE; OF lhlrN-
eighth-st and Eighth-ave. The Chatt brothers
are both iail birds and all the mon concerned oc-
long to gang Of ruhdns who infest the nelgn-
borhood where they live. Barrvs reputation was
much superior 10 the others. His BODY was loen,
tiied by his mother with whom he hvra anu
was taken home by permission of Coroner Rooney
who will hold the inquest