Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-02
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Many Celebrators Killed or Maimed in the
 Great Sister Cities,

Many CelebratGrs aitted or Manned Ill the
 Great Sister Citiea.
 NEW YORK, Jan 2.-Cornelius OCoul.os, a young laborer, while working on Elizabeth street, soon after midnight, was struck on the head al.d had his skull fractured with a brick, thrown by some unknown member of the Elizabeth street gang'' of roughs, who were skylarking and fighting in the neigh borhood O'Connor is dying at a hospital. The gang had scattered before the police arrived. The officers found another young man, John Sweeney. suffering from bruises and cuts sustained in 6 similaF manner. Sweeney was taken to a hospital Thres arrests have been made on suspicion.
 John Weary, laborer, aged p years, while standing before the tenement 341 Tenth ave nue, where he lived with bis family, was shot through the heart and killed. half an hour after midnight, by some unknown person. A number of people in the neighborhood were firing pistols in the air, to adI to tho din made by horns and whistles. It is sup posed that through accident or carelessness enc of the shooters pointed his weapon toward the street, but it is not probable that the guilty person will ever be detected. Neary's elder brother, William, has been nearly dead of consumption, and the shock of John's death will probably hasten his own. The brothers were standing side by side when the fatal shot was fired. John was the only sup port of ths family, es William is unable to work.
 Half block away from where this tragedy took place a shot fired in the same manner struck and wounded Alexander Christie, of No. SIS Eleventh avenue, but the wound is not serious
 There was remarkably large number of drunken brawls between midnight and day light, and the police in all parts of the city were kept busy making arrests and attend ing to people who were shot, cut or bruised. Benjamin Gotthelp, aged r, was shot in the leg while standing at Second avenue and Eightieth street.
 F. w. Kersig, aged 29, was shot ill the shoulder while looking out of a window at No. 231 East EigLty-ffth street | Michael Larkin, aged l2, was shot in the leg near Eleventh avenue and Fifty viaurtk street.
 | Alexander Christie, aged 30, was shot in | the shoulder on Thirty-fifth street, near Tenth avenue.
 | Patrick Fitzgerald had his ankle broken in fight between rival gangs of toughs at South Fifth avenue and Prince street.
 James Sullivan, tramp, had his clothes | torn off and was bitten by two bulldogs which wore set upon him by some humorous residents of Avenue A.
 There were an unusual number of small fires during the night.
 During druisken brawl shortly after mid night, at the corner of Forty eighth street and First avenue, Michael Crow. aged 2s, of 317 East Forty eighth street, was stabbed to death by ore of party of five men, with whom he was quarreling. His brother-in- law, James Grow, of 6e7 First avenue, and the other four men were arrested. charged with the crime.
 BROOKLYN, Jan. 2.-The celebration of the advent of a new year was unusually bolster ous. Mrs. Ella Kilduff, aged 23, of 11s Navy street, was shot in the leg while standing ill her doorway. James Ryan, who was firing a revolver in the vicinity, was arrested. William Dunlap shot and probably fatally wounded John Henry at 67 Nelson street, during v quarrel caused by the fact that Henry was celebrating the occasion too noisily to suit Dunlap, who resides in and owns the building in which Henry rented apartments. There was large number of minor shooting and stabbing affrays, as well as an unusual number of burglaries, fires, and other unpleasant incidents during the night.