St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-01
THEY BEAR UP BRAyELY.
The Father and, Brother Of the
Victim Arrive in St. Paul.

Isaiah DOherty and James W. Dohef-
ty, the father and brother respectively
Of the murdered man, arrived in St.
Paul last evening. Isaiah Doherty, the
dead mans father. is an intelligent-look-
ing man of about fifty-five years. His
hair, almost white, is cut pompadour
fashion, and he wears a mouStache and
chin beard. His face bears the imprint
OF determination, and the kindly cour-
tesy with which he answers all
questions regarding the life of
his murdered son, the mar
velouS manner In which he bears up
under an overwhelming weight OF sor
The brother, James Doherty, is lad OF
about twenty, bearing a somewhat
marked resemblance in feature to his
father. In talking to a GLOBE reporter
regarding the tragedy, the father said;
IF it were not for the fact that such
terrible details of my late sons connec-
ton with the abandoned creature who
slew him i'll so wantOn manner have
been published, should think that the
less there was said in regard to the
matter, the better it would be for all
concerned. Under the circumstance,
however, | feel that, in justice to the
lad, ought to tell what sort of life he
led previous to his coming to st. Paul.
You must know that the family are
Protestants. having originally come
from the north OF Ireland. We have al
ways been Staunched adherents of the
Baptist churth, and are now in that
faith, regularly attending the church of
that denomination in Watertown, OAK,
where we have lived for the past eight
years. My poor wife is still living,
though God knows how long she will
survive this terrible calamity; and we
have two daughters besides this boy
here and the lad who now lies muir
dered. The girls are married, one be-
ing Mrs. Hollands, living at Ipswich.
OAK, and the other, Mrs. Patterson,
lives at Waverly. John. the boy who
Was'slain, was born at Brantford, Ont,
in 1866, and lived there all his life. UNI
where he followed some six months
later. He was most carefully reared,
and
WAS HIS MOTHERS PRIDE,
her oldest son. She trained him in the
paths of Christianity, and when six
teen years OF age he expressed desire
to enter the church and was baptized.
L am certain that up to the time of his
coming to this city he was good
Christian and morally pure. The rea-
son OF his coming here was
that he could not obtain position
in Natertown. After coming here
six years ago, he came home on visit
once year. We knew absolutely moth
ing OF his connection with this woman
or any other, and took the fact of his
long service under the express company
rs criterion of his character. The first
| knew of the awful details of last
nights tragedy was when l bought a
GLOBE on the train this morning. Pre-
vious to that we thought that the woman
was some jealous girl, but never thought
of her being disreputable character, as
| find is the case. OF course [ cannot
presume to say anything about the way
in which my boy lived after he came
here, but from what l can gather from
his associates and the chum of his boy
hood, George Matthews, who came here
from Tilsonberg, Ont, with him, the
woman was possessed of mad infatua-
ton for john, who had been trying for
some time to get away from her. 1t
was, in my opinion, the fact of his in
difference to her which prompted the
depraved creature to so terrible an act.
Well. he's dead, poor lad, and thank
God we can think Of him as we knew
him, and if could keep the whitening
details from his mother, the worst would
be past. He was good lad until he
came here. Of that l am positive, and
his awful end is perhaps due to his
lack of experience in city life. When
asked what business he was now in,
Mr.. Doherty replied:
II have been school teacher great
part of my life, but am now a farmer,
near WATERFOWL. We are not wealthy,
but comfortably off,"
will you remove the remains to
atertown?; was asked.
I'VE have not decided what is the
best thing to do about that at present.
We may, however,"