The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-10-21
DREADFUL SONS.
One Father Loses His Life and
the Other Narrowly Escapes
Death.


Among the prisoners who crowded
the police courts yesterday and take
the patience of the respective JUS
tees were two men, one charged with
the crime of killing his father, the
ether W th having attempted parri-
eide. In beth cases the crime was
directly due TO an overindu;gence In
liquor. One of the prisoners had
pushed his aged parent down long
fight of stairs, while the 9th r stabbed
his father so that it was feared the
latter WAS MORALLY wounded, but
since the attempt at murder be hiss
been pronounced out of danger. The
parent who was flung do~rstairs sus-
tanned fracture of the skull, and
died shortly afterward.
The first case vas that of James
Madden, stove repairer, forty years
of age, who, in the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday, gave his resi-
dence as No. 129 West Nineteenth
street. The charge against him was
that of killing his father, Francis M.
Madden, sixty years of age, who lived
at the address given by his son.
James was at one time sober, indus
trious man, but of late he has become
a shiftIess fellow, who slept in carts
and Railways whenever he did not
have the price of nights Logging.
His father, in former years, bad made
efforts to Ieform him, but of late
yesrs has had little to do with his son.
James visited his parents occa-ion-
ally. and on Saturday nigh, while
under the influence OF liquor, he went
to his ia hers house for the purpose
of getting more money with which to
continue his dehauch. His father.
seeing his CONDITION. refused to give
him any, and told him to leave the
house. This James refused to do, but
insisted that he must have the money,
and then the old man began to up
braid his worthlcrs son for not work
ing and earning money like honest
people.
r This enraeed the son, and he re-
piled in an insulting manner to the
old mans reprOachts. The Quarrel
became more violent, ard from words
they came to blows. Madden says
that his ather hit him several blows
in the face, and followed his attack
up by pushing him out of the room
to the landing of the stairway. Here
the shuttle was continued. The men
struck each other, and finally when
she old man was standing with his
back to the stairway, James pushed
him violently, and the father rolled
down to the bottom. where he lay as
If he were dead.
Inmates of the house, who had
been disturbed by the quarrel, ap-
peared on the scene and found the old
man unconscious. A policeman was
summoned, who arrested the son and
sent call to the New York hospital
for an ambulance. When it arrived
the surgeon made an examination of
Mr.. Madden, aud said that the old
man had sustained compound frac-
ture of the skull, and could not re.
cover. He was taken TO the hospital,
where he died without recovering
consciousness.
The son was brought before Justice
German yesterday and looked thor
oughIy alarmed over the result of his
nights dissipation. The justice i'm
mediately held him for further exam
ination.
The other case, an attempted homi-
eide, was before Justice Mcmahon in
the Yorkville police court. 1t was
that of Peter s. Mackin, charged
with having stabbed his father on
Thursday last. Mackin was held in
50, 800 bail for examination. The
wounded man is now out Of danger,
but will not be able TO appear iu
court against his son for week or
more