New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-25
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
CHE SAW HER MOTHER MURDERED.
- ,xrruprr,rr HUSBAND SLABS HIS WIFE

Az rxTENPERATF HUSBAND SLABS HIS WIZ"
WITH A sHoEM,KEEs KNEE.
i'm, r., ,c,itude in the new model tene-
-, honsc 1uoru ~ the Riverside Flats. ~ 'oi"c
,op.st and Columbia Place. occurred Ne'"'u'' -,
noon II was the murder OF Mrs br'"ro' a,,a,.
lay her husband. Henry DonncHN' Nh"c"' -, a
ala NOT live in tho building, when Is o'''p ti
score or more families. bnt met in the io"'", "
d,uch,cr Mrs Margaret Lawson, and there '' ,'"o
Was committed. Mrs. Donncny was H'"" ,.toh
,.st and abdomen with a shocmahcrN hhlie' WIZ"
evidently penetrated her heart. causing 'nN"','' a
,bout a year ago Mr.. DonnelE p' nv ,a ~
owing TO his Incorporate habi''' an" 0 o, IN
No $40 Furman =. Her hcsbahn o''"p'" 90 o.,s
p.rti,ionst The daughter was married IT," wv.
ago and set up housekeeping in the hlNcr9'. n.
:. $40. hon r,o.hcr,s custom % assist h'T "i"' 49,
washing. and she went TO licr rooms JOY ''' a ,,h,
Yesterday morning. There sh' met ~" ITO was
had spcut tie night AT his danel'cr - Ho'o' o,
sitting in tie kitchen smoking pipe ANU ,e' uosu,nc
..,iop with hi, wife. proposing that ''cN
,nsobo.nur together. Mrs. DonncN promise" Nv
,'I,and -, consider the matter if he would give up
his Incorporate habits. ,.. BOD
Mrs Donnclly then went INTO mr. """s .,,orod
room, 10 Law of her wraps ana hcr hnSo 80 ,
her Their conversation was reNiincu anu w., =,
r.r,e, and Mrs. Lawson heard hex fa'her '''o"'
% 49,, the, She rushed into the room ana sd"
.. ha had = knife ready to strike and that ne ne'
h.r mother by In" shoulder. Before >hc co"iu ~ A.
he struck with the knife and wouhocD "' ., th,
"a IA. As he drew out the blade ana s""'"
, ,i,nc Mrs Lawson seized II. but hef l''io' p
:. ,,, hor hand cutting her badly, ana continue"
aorous work plunginc the steel mo HIS w
,a, ,uice &C she Law the hOor. IL Is supp
Ia. .h. frs. wound reached the heart a. Hi''' ~
lii 90. ned family. but did not speak anu VIZ ~
Tho, her daughter tried TO lit her ir"" ''o .o
The murderer threw the knife in the hlt'"," .us,.
80 mn, ON his hat and cravat TO leave '"o '
,, III daughter had raised an alarm pS io'
o., holm and some of the other tenants h'u n
policeman Roddy. As the latter was c'''.'"e s
,.rrdipr he met a man descending the N'd''N' WI" 49,,
;,,,d ont rs The murderer. lie at once "''o
him and sent for an ambulance. The mutocio
,,oIid and non communicative lie was io' W
in tho Concressst. police station. but wonlu ~, ,
coll where he lived save that 1t was III r"" .
,rh. knife with the handle burned on, d,u enr,
.~,r hladrs were found in the stove 1t ,N va" ,I,da
ld~o' ,on"',krrs n,c i'm cuttin. leather Inc p'"'
70 di,mond >hap ped and >haipcled on p''n ~, tha
Mr. lawson who greatly overcome I" ;,,,hcr
sccnc enacted IN her presence, >dI" ld' nv. aud
,d ,,othrr mad met several times AT hcr i"ph., ,tr
az" n h,d home of rccorcilng them l'u' net o,' nd
~ ,.nc,tddlv refused to I'VE with her lihcl' "'"
ie had threatened to xii her on several go ia"
Vr. DOnnc.ly forty seven Ncai> "iu ,;,,nd hcr
husband j. about the same a-c. Hn' H1h,rdv.nrl
i;,.inr Lv Wasting and ironing. ana was Hi'u"'tr
mo Woman Her son-inlaw Joseph Lawson. - a"
au,uloyr OF the old Dominion Steamship IT,;
The murderer will be araiglcd in the iu'IPr n
Police court today Coroner EooncI VIII "''" Wv