The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-15
LIZZIE BRENNAN dead.
She Expires After a Meet
ing With Her Lit
tie Girl.
TEARS FOR THE DYING MOTHER.
Policeman Iyerson Sorry for the
Woman's Fate, But Positive
That the Brennans Would
Have Killed Him.

Lizzie Brennan, Policeman Ryerson's
second victim, died yesterday afternoon
at fifteen minutes past four in the City
Hospital. The woman suffered greatly
until ten o'clock yesterday morning
when she was put under the effects Of
ether.
Doctors Holder, Varick, Baumann,
Dickinson, B. A. Watson, Shelby, and
Buffet performed an operation on the
woman, but were unable to find the ball
which caused her death. They found.
however, that the bullet had entered the
abdomen and had taken an upward
course, which was convincing proof, In
the minds of the physicians, that Ryer-
son was either on his side or back when
the fatal shot was fired.
THE wOMAN's TERRIBLE WOUNDS.
The bullet penetrated the intestines
eleven times. With considerable diff
Guilty the wounds were sewed up. At ten
minutes after two O'Clock yesterday
afternoon the woman recovered con-
sclousness. and ber first request was that
her daughter lizzie be brought to her at
once. The child was sent for, and upon
being summoned to her mothers bed
side, she burst into tears and wept un-
ceasingiy until her mother was pro-
nounced dead.
In the meantime Mrs. Brennan informed
her daughter that in the top drawer of a
bureau in her bedroom there was a bag
containing e113.0z The woman died a
short time after telling her child to give
the money to Mira. Cobeney, her aunt,
aud 10 do just as she said. The children
Will undoubtedly be taken care of by the
Oyerseer Of the Poor.
LAID BY UFR DEAD UT-sBAND
A short time after the woman died her
body was removed to Spser's morgue and
placed on a slab beside that Of ber hus-
band. The morGne was besiegea by
seekers who wanted to have last LOOK At
the unfortunate couple who met their
death In a struggle with a police officer.
Manager Heck, actiag under orders
from Mr. spser. allowed no one to see
the bodies.
Last evening County Physician Con-
verse and Csrener Parslow viewed the
bodies. aud decided to hold post NOR
tenn examination at IL o'clock.
THE CRIES OF THE ORPHANS.
The home Of the Brennans is still in an
uproar. The inmates of the house are
evidently suffering from nervous prostra-
tion. The walls Of the fasherless and
old friends make the place a sad
one. An occasional tough VINO
had known BILLY" can be seen
wand ering around muttsring oaths and
Threatening TO square "Biily'sp account
st the arst opportunity. The men VINO
claim 10 be the dead nar's friends are
tough looking set, and have the appear
anes OF fellows who would not hesitate TO
do what Brennan attempted to do-Eill a
policeman.
RYRRSoN USED UP.
Policeman Ryerson is still confined at
Il - De- ali
Is badly used up man. Every bone in
his bedv ts sore, and bis face presents a
sicKenfng appearance. His eyes are al
most hidden from view with bandages.
The swelling in his face has gone down
somewhat and he finds IL easier to talk
than yesterday. The man presents
a pitiable sight, and not only is IL the i'm
preston of the police that he was justi-
fed in shooting the man Brennan, but
this belief Is also geReraliy held by resi-
dents of the Heights.
BRENNAN's BAD RECORD.
The Brennans are known for and near.
and their midnight brawis have made
them the terrors Of the neighborhood.
Brennan possessed NEST brutal nature,
and not only did he beat his wife aud
eister-in-law, but is said at finest have
knocked about and kicked his children.
The rufiian has many times, when sur
rounded By men of a like calisre in a
saloon, made his boast that he could
whip, and was not afraid of any man on
the police fierce. except .'de kid"
copper, Ryerson. The police records show
tnat every time he was arrested tt re-
quired the combined efforts of two police
men to lock him up-
RYERsOE KIN Rw THE BRENNANs.
Ryersop, on April 10. arrested the entire
family and young Lawlor, who was
the indirect cause of the troub-
le which lead to the death
of Billy Brennan and his wife. Brennan
and his wife and Lawlor were all assault
ing Mrs. Copeney when Ryerson and Po-
liceman9 Reddy raided the house. Ryer-
son seized Brennan and locked him M.
Brennan &C the time OF his death was
cut on $500 bail on charge
of assault, and his wife was under $500
ON the same charge
Ryerson was unab le TO sleep last night,
partly because of nervousness and of the
severe pains in head and back. He ex-
pressed himself to me this morning as
being sorry that Mrs. Brennan had died,
but he still maintains that she was as
bad as the others and W as infiicting
severe wounds on his head and body
every time she struck him with the piece
Of pine wood she had armed herself with
There Is no doubt existing in his mind,
he says, that 1t was the intention of
Brennan to kill, md his wife, being in
toxicated, attacked him with a view Of
helping her husband
The bodies OF Brennan and his wife
will probably be inferred on Z riday.
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