New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-23
N11RDERED BY A BURGLAR
4. erocrR STABBED TO DEATH IN A FIERCE
STRUGGLE.
IT. SEIZED TIE THIEF AT WIND wIsD0wrTHh n-,.r
y, NAN u ESCAPES FROM THE HOUSE. BUT
"A CAPTURED IN THE STREET
.r,ro OTHER ARRESTS MADE.

,wo OTHER ARRESTS MADE.
Liar. IN many features resembling the
m 80 LYMAN S. Weeks by burglar
asS"s' - wears ago. occurred in Brooklyn yes
a'o.' In this case knife was the weapon
'eI."' md the, victim was horribly mutilated.
r'e.' .rrests have been made and third man has
-..rdcred 70 the police In the possession OF
:, tho man was found bloody knife He
- n,oae statement to the police, but what he
,avs they refuse to make known
Christian ". Luca, a German, age forty, kept
o,oc.rv store on the southeast corner of jay and
nh cts The building is of brick three stories
IN baioht Above the store the family lived. On
this aoor are kitchen, facing Jay-st., bedroom
and a sittine-room over the yard in High-st. On
the third Hoor Meta Ppus, servant, slept.
The bedroom was occupied by Luca, his wife and
their three young children.
Inst before the break of day, Luca woke. A
mise in the sittingroom attracted his attention
and he went TO investigate. He was unarmed
and was dressed only in his night shirt Near
the open window he saw crouching. a man of slim
build. Luca was a large, powerful man, and he
sprang upon and grappled with the intruder A
terrible struggle began and the noise made awak-
ened the grocer's wife, his eldest boy, Harry, end
the servant The three rushed into the sitting
room On the floor the two men were engaged
IN a hand-to-hand struggle. each endeavorng to
gain the mastery Mrs. Luca and Meta caught
hold of the clothing of the stranger, trying in this
way TO assist the grocer. Meta seized the right
arm of the burglar, and saw in his grasp knlle'
The grocer's night-shirt stained with bIood'
Luca was growing weak. The intruder saw 1t.
Turning TO the women he said, =" I've stabbed hlm,
and if you don't let go I'll stab you, too
THE MAN ESCAPES.
The frightened women released the man, and
nc sprang to the window and climbed down an
iron ladder which usually lay in the yard, and
which had been raised by the burglar TO reach
HE window. The women were by this time
screaming for the police. When the burglar
made his escape Luca hall rose. as If to intercept
his flight. staggered half across the room and
fell TO the floor grOaning. But the women did
not realize how serious was his injury, and con-
tinued to scream for help. The thief, meantime.
had reached the street and was RAINING toward
Bridge-st Policeman Kennedy. of the Second Pre-
oinct, had been standing at Bridge and High SIS.
when the first alarm was given, and had started
toward the scene of the disturbance. The fee
ing burglar ran right into his arms. He was hat
less and was carrying his shoes when caught
He promised TO go quietly TO the station if allowed
to put on his shoes. Policeman Cassidy appeared
nj this moment and the prisoner taken to
the scene of the murder. lie trembled Ike a leaf
As he was led to the side Of the wounded man
Can you identify this man as your assalant'"
the dying man was asked by the policeman
The grocer slowly and painfully raised his head,
made "a slight movement and fell back. Inc
next instant he was dead. Mrs. Luca, her son
Harry and the servant Meta Preus, positively
ad Tho &C no noop with ,vb fba
murdered man had struggled just before he died.
TAKEN TO THE STATIoNHoUsE.
At the Fulton-st. station-house the man said
he was Charles McElvane, age nineteen, of No. 143
High-st where, he said, he occupied furnished
room with his wife. lie said lie was employed by
the independent Ice Company. of tins city Blood
stains were his shirt, necktie and socks, and
bloody knife with Il fve-nch blade and bone ham
de- was found in his pocket. The blade had a
razor-like edge. At No l43 High-st. Captain
Eason, Detective-Sergeant Noonan and Sergeant
Mccarthy found asleep in the parlor rather
pretty young woman, who, when walked, said she
was McElvane'S wife. She was taken to the sta
tiOn-hOuse. She worked, she said, i'll Silvermans
paper-boX factory in this city, and was married
a week ago TO McElva1ne III Cherry-st She made
this statement:
About l o'clock this morning my husband
came home, accompanied by two men. Their
names Ntic QUlDldu anu DlUecU. 1Oty uTduk
some beer, and a little after o'clock the three
went out together. My husband said he would
be back soon. lie did not say where he was
going"
She was detained by the police. An alarm was
then sent TO the police throughout Brooklyn and
New-lork for the arrest Of the other two men.
While the police were questioning their prlS-
oner and taking steps TO intercept his accomplces
the scene of the tragedy was visited by Dr. Stone
and an ambulance surgeon. In the afternoon the
county physician, A. Warner epard, made post
mortem examination. He said he never before
had seen man so horribly hacked or one who
had lost much blood in so short a time. lie
was literally hacked TO pieces about the heart and
arms. Coroner Lindsay will hold an inquest on
Thursday. The body will be buried in the
Lutheran Cemetery on Sunday.
SEARCHING FOR THE ACCOMPuCEs.
As soon the dispatch was received at Police
Headquarters in this city. asking for the arrest
of Thomas Quinlan and Martin Dineen, and saying
that both burglars lived in the Seventh Precinct,
search for them was begun. Policemen of the
MadisOn-st. squad knew where the burglars lived,
as Quinlan and Dineen had been arrested for an
attempt to rob a canalboat on July 2l, and had
been locked up in the Tombs until Tuesday last,
when they were discharged because there was
not evidence TO warrant their conviction Hounds
man Ivory and Policeman Mccarthy immediately
went III search OF Dineen at his home on the
second floor Of the house No 367 Cherrv-st
AcCarthy went upstairs cautiously and knocked
at The door of the rooms where the Dineens lived
The burglars sister opened the door little way.
but catching sight of the policeman She sbut the
door again and turned the key in the lock
McCarthy heard noise at "a rear window aud
slipped down stairs and out into the yard IN
time TO see Dineen getting over fence He
gave an alarm TO Roundsman Ivory who ran
fhrough an ,alley and grabbed the burglar in
Water-st Mccarthy had chased Dineen over
tbe fences and was close uuon him
when the roundsman seized him. The
prisoner was led 10 the police station and tbence
TO Headquarters. Meanwhile Detectives Iearv
and Staplet0n had gone 10 Quinan's home at M
60 Gouverneur.st, but had not been able to find
him. At Headquarters Inspector Byrnes tailed
with Dineen and told him that the prisoner in
Brooklyn who had given his name as Charles
had made a confession duplicating his
accomplices in the crime. In this city the mur
derer had been known thief and ruffian by
the name of McAvOy. Dineen also spoke of the
prisoner as McAvOy.
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