New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-27
READY RAZOR IN a STREET CAR.
MRS MCCULLOUGH TERRIBLY CUT IN THE
PRESENCE OF HER FAMILY-THE
ACC Az ANr ESQ APES.

A woman was terribly cut about tho head and face
with a razor In crowded Avenue car late on
Saturday night in the presence of her husband t"o
small children and her brother, by an acquaintance
named James G.. Bender, Of Flushing, L. l., who
strange to say, was allowed to escape. The woman
is Mrs. Kate Mccullough, twenty-five years of. uio
wife OF william c. Mccullough brass fnsher, hVlnS
al No 321 Firstave. Mrs. Mccullough lay IN a
critical condition in Ward 81 at Bellevue Hospit@
Yesterday from loss Of blood. Dr. Elmer f. BerhcIe,
ater examining her, said that had the razor eono Du'
an eighth of an inch further it would nave cuC "er
iuc1llar vein. As it is she Will carry the MARI "
her grave The cut is the right side OF the face
and Is I'm the shape OF horseshoe. IL eAtchus Hoil
tb ear to the neck and around to tho side OF the nose
THE wouud on the head Is also long and deep
Nrq Mccullough was with her husband, her t"o
children David, three years, and Mary Vmr'eeh
months Old and her brother, Jerome NerhuSei al
actor thirty-two years old. who boarus WIN uiolu'
Where they had spent saturday evening cOuu hoV Oo
ascertained as neither Mccullough nor Vermlyea WIS
willing to talk From what could be learned IL Seci9
they were riding uptown In an Avenue Cd' az
- O'Clock on their way to their home IN inc
car they met Bender, who had woman IN HIS oo,i'
many. Mccullough and Vermilyea were both ugu"N'
Mrs Mccullough, who knew Bender Is Saiu !" NV
made some insulting remark about MS co'hP""'D'
Fender resented It. Hot words were Iolo"eu "
tIa,,s hctyo4en Bender and Mccullough. The car was
scpc,o Render pulled out razor and made sias a.,
vcCrIlourh,s neck Luckily for Mccullough ne hau
.he collar Of his coat turned up. The razor sia'Vu
o and went through the clothing about the shouI.I
brt inaicted only a scratch on the skin. Mrs Hc
Cuuoupb. seeing the cleaning razor in Benders ha,iu
r,shod 10 her husbands side with the baby IN hot nov
, nonder. II is alleged, then made sweep "lth
hi; razor and cut her about the face, aid on ing Vp
Of the head He then jumped of the car tnrow u0
11N ra,or away and was soon lost in the darhHeS''
no the slightest effort having been made TO stop niH
or make any Outcry. A.. oo, with
Mrs. Mccullough sank to the foor OF te 'el' "iu
tho Hood spurting out Of the gaShcs In er laye cd ca
lad She was carried of the car ana tlt m r,rcnty
h, hcr I'M sba nd and brother down FlrsIaVe " WcGr
sixtI,st and into Bellevue Hos ptaE Mrs .ocoSd st
1r1h iaft a biC trail Of blood from IHlrti y, aI
ir into the reception room OF BecVue nVSPS P Sa NJ
tih Dr perbele saw the womans cOhHuou ny; iG %
o sert word TO the Thirty hfth-st ponce ~ ~, ,ee
d odo Detectye Dennjs Mccarthy rcsponded p roSed
anu G WcCnlongh and Vermilyea, ana as DOth re aese I
m live any information regarding the aHa n nc orn
IT, & into custOdy and locked them up. an, III VIZ ~ ~
ne McCHllSugh admitted to the detece ecu6c '""' 'i
@ Ins rbo bad done the stabbing was BeuucI' 1,ou,,
mai oC,iiourh and Vcrmilyea were afrdl sei AZ N
vile Court yesterday, but were dschareeo oy 'uS'''