The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-17
The Brother-in-Law of
Judge MCCunn, Of Tam
many Fame, Killed
by a Mulatto.
LIVED TO NAME HIS SLAYER.
Armed Men Searching the Sur
rounding Country for the
Murderer Who is an
Old Jail Bird.

HAcKENsAcK, Jan. IL 1s9l.-- Rob
ert Mcdonald. "a farmer. residing at
Cherry Hill. two miles north OF this town
on the New Jersey and New
York Railroad, and locally known
as Irish Bob," was brutaily
clubbed to death yesterday by a notorious
mulatto named "Phip' Mann. A posse
Of deputies are today securing the region
around about In search OF Mann.
Farmer Mcdonald lived by himself in
an old-fashloned house. He was
"a native of Belfast, Ireland, and
|was ABOUT fifty years old. He
vquit seafaring sixteen years ago, and
after working as a farm hand around
Etna for six Years went to live with Rob
nert McCTea and his wife. near Cherry
Mrs. McCrea was half sister of the
9 Judge McCunn, of New York, who
came famous in Tweed times. McCunn
as one of the three Tainmany Judges
mo were accused of dishonest practices
he died nearly twenty years ago iu New
York Of broken heart Mr.. McCrea was
New York policeman, retired on a
pension He died nineyears ago. Mrs.
McCrea. after short time. married Nc
Donald. whose first wife died about five
years ago.
Mrs. McCrea-McDouald also died some
time ago. and since her death Mcdonald
has lived In the old tumble down two
room hovel. de never was known
to have any steady work. IL is
said that. he drew monthly
al owance Of $40 sent through Lawyer
Preston Stevenson, Of Paterson From
what source he obtaire ed the monthly al
lowance is not known by any one here.
Mcdonald was better known anon Q his
friends and acquaintances as Irish Bob.o
and was considered n good-hearted,
genial fellow. Since his wife's death
his boon companions have been several
colored people who congregate at the little
ricKety brick house occupied by John and
Jane Sisco, also colored, about one hun
dred yards south of McDonald's house
On Thursday afternoon Mcdonald left
his hovel to look after some cows that
had wandered away from the farm.
hi Iha' nps Mas the he Mss Iass 5ae discovered Of
early yesterday morning by old John
Sisco who called at Irish Bob's" shanty,
and was Mortified to find him lying nm
conscious on the floor in the middle of a
/ pool OF blood.
Bis head was terribly bruised. The
with blood, and all around were evil
dences of q fierce struggle.
Sisco picked up Mcdonald and put him
on the bed. He then went home
and told his wife. who went over
for DR.. Simpson, OF Schralenberg, a near
by hamlet. DIS. Simpson could do noth-
ing for the injured man, and he died at
seven o'clock last night Suspicion at
first pointed to Sisco as the assailant. and
he would have been arrested had not Bob
himself exclaimed shortly before he died,
Paul Mann did il"
Jane Sisco. old Sisco's wife, tells the
story as follows:-"After / was over to
McDonald's honse yesterday morning.
Phil Mann came over TO my
house and said that he had
slapped Mcdonald in the face.
He tn en- asked how Mcdonald was, and
when told that he could live but few
hours longer. he ran away. saying. Don't
tell anyone was here" .
''Mann's wife, Why. was with MIN,
ana she told me that Phil had knocked
Mcdonald down and had kicked him.
Mann has not been seen since he called
at Mrs. Sisco's yesterday, but James Dur
Hill and was with Mcdonald on
Thursday night, says that the latter told
him that Phil Mann had beaten MIN, and
that Charles Bogert and German joint
had afterwards put Mann out of the
house.
Bogert lives at oradell and German
John" sometimes stops with Peter
Barring and Public Prosecutor
Campbell will endsavor TO learn what
both these men know OF the murder, as
they are supposed to be the oaly wit
nesses.
Mann, the accused, is known in Bergen
county as jackson White" and has
spent the greater part of the last eight
Years in jall. He is very light colored, is
1--we feet eight inches tall and weighs lao
pounds.