New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-07
TWO MURDEROUS BROTHERS.
THEY STAB FOUR PEOPLE DURING A
DRUNKEN FIGHT.
TERRIBLE STRUGGLE IN CHERRY HILL TESE.
MExr.HousE-AS OLD MAN RECEIVES
A FATAL wOUND-THE OTHERS
BADLY GASHED.

DADLf Os>nED
Cherry Hill played its part in the celebration
Of Easter in its own way, which consisted prin-
cipally in its inhabitants drinking stale beer, for
which frequent trips to the neighboring dives
made. Cornelius and John Curtin, brothers,
took the lead in the days festivities in this
quarter by getting into fighting mood and stab
bing four people. Cornelius and John are nine
teen and twenty years old, respectively. John
says that he lives at No. 3ls Pearl-st, while his
brother has home other than empty barrels
and dark corners
They began their celebration by drinking beer
on the third floor Of No 81 Cherry-st or what is
more commonly known by the frequenters of this
place Mullins Alley, a low dark nosome place.
where many shooting and stabbing affrays have
taken place. The young ruiians made frequent
trips to a neghboring beer shop, and along toward
dusk became noisy and bosterous. On the floor
below them John Sloan, with his wife, Hannah,
his son-in-law, James Latton and his wife, and
Mary DrscOll, a neighbor, were spending a quiet
afternoon Every time the brothers went out TO get
their pail filled with beer they pounded on Sloans
door and used most abusive ard indecent Ian.
guage To this Sloan and his friends paid no at
tention for time. but when the rufYians became
intOleraby abusive and threatened TO break the
door in, Sloan, who is over fifty years old and
them. This what the young ruffians wanted
him to do, no doubt. for he had hardly said a
dozen words when they attacked him. The noise
of the struggle brought out the son-n-law, the old
mans wife and Mary Driscoll, all of whom Joined
in the fight.
The brothers were getting the worst Of it, when
drew knives and attacked their anti tlgonists with
a ferocity born of bad beer and brute instinct.
The fight, which was begun in the hall, con-
tinuel i'll Sloans rooms. Chairs, tables and the
stove were overturned. The crockery on the table
dashed the floor and trampled into dust
by the feet of the fighters. In the thickest Of
the fray the old sank to the floor with q
groan. He was bleeding profusely from an ugly
cut in the abdomen. The cries Of the women and
thc sound of the fight drew the spot dozens OF
the inmates Of the tenement, and they crowded
into the hall, getting in anothers way in
their anxiety to see the " fuss The police were
also attracted by the sound Of the struggle, and
two three officers hurried into the building.
The cry that they were coming was given in time
to allow the two brothers TO break away and es-
cape to the roof
When the officers got to the rooms they found
Sloan lying on the floor nearly dead. They laid
him on the bed and one ran to the Oak-st station
near by and sent out hurry call for an am
buance. This was undoubtedly one Of the quick
est trips that has ever been made By an ambulance
from the Chambers Street Hospital, Tor Tie am
bulance and surgeon were at the station housa
within three minutes after the call had been
turned in. The surgeon found that Sloan had
cut over six inches long across his abdomen.
Although all Of Sloan's friends who took part
in the fight had been stabbed. the old man was
attended first. lie was hurried TO the hospital.
but there the surgeons said he was likely to die
His son-in-law. LattOn. was also badly cut. lie
received nine stab wounds about the head and
breast besides several cuts in his hands. obtained
while trying to get the knife away from his
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with stab wound over her left eye. and Mary
Drscoll got an ugly although not serious. cash
over her heart The two women had their
wounds dressed by the surgeon and did not 90
to the hospital.
Detectives Cameron and Griffin were put on
the ease. and after sharp chase over the roofs
of the adjoining tenement houses finally capt.
ured the two young scoundres and locked them
up in the OalS.st police station.
A. midnight coroner had been sent for 10
take Sloans ante -mortem statement. for his death
was momcntariy expected