New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-22

CHILD, THREE WOMEN AND A MAN DRUM
NEAR A CONSERVATIVES BED.

A CHILD, THREE WOMEN AND MAN DRUNK
NEAR A CONSERVATIVES BED.
complaint was made at the Office Of the society Ior
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, on fnua! even
ing that in two rooms on the third moor Oh 'he "'o
storv doube house No. 697 Firstavc, occu
MED by two families, named McKenna and McNalV'
child eight years old lay drunk on the hoor' anu az
the members of the two families were In IKE coiu'-
tion Officer King. Of the society. was sent at once
IN Investigate and securing the assistance OF "@o
Detective Mccarthy, Of the East Thiity-hi'hsI Poieo
station. went to the house. Entering inc roo'' '''
ca,ed in the COMPLAINT the officers found prone on
the floor OF the filthy room little Mary Mchehna es
wears old in a state of coma from 1nto&cauoh' Inc
child was wallowing in filth. Near the UNCONSCIOUS
cb,Id Law her father balfundressed and paralyzed
with liouor On another part of the floor lay kate
Docharty twenty two years old, who lives al No o"2
East Thirty-sXth-st but who 1t Is salu' spehos hoN
of her time in dissipation in the Mchehha apartment
She too was drunk but conscious OF her suriouuS9'
ON a lounge. which, with table, hoken chair
and cracked stove, comprised the eh'ire luih''uio
of tbs room Law a fine looking, weldresSed woman III
a hafnude condition. sleeping of the enectS Oh
liouor In the second room, which was small
bedroom lighted only by small, square "lnuo"
opening into the larger foom' inc oinOe''
saw a CHASTITY sight. On narrow pcd Win h''hS
and torn coverd. lay Arthur McNally forty years
old. He was wasted almost to skeleton ana had
entered He had been sick with consumption 1or over
two wears and was apparently in dying condition.
lie attempted to answer the officers questohs' puu
coud only gasp for breath. On the pillow BESIDE MS
lead lay a shallow. leaking pan, which had evidently
been filed with water, and in II was q nam oohe WIZ"
a few shreds of meat clnglng to IT, AS the Officers
moved about the room they stumbled over the body
of McNallys wife, Ann, who lay on the noor sUupuS
drink low wailing cry then attracted their atten-
ton and behind the bed. sitting on the floor
they found Maggie McNally. fifteen years old clothed
in filthy rags and sobbing and crying as If heart bORei
AZ the officers could not handle the case, the de-
tective went out for help. leaving Officer King III
CHARGE and soon returned with three policemen. AN
ambulance was then summoned and McNany was Sent
TO Bellevue Hospital All the other inmates OF the
rooms were then taken 10 the police station There
tbe woman who was found on the lounge described
herself as Margaret Cameron, thirty-four years ou'
the wife of John G.. Cameron, lawyer VINO lives DIT
No 4o1 West Twenty -frstst. and has Office in the
Equitable Building She said she had not been nome
since last Saturday on that day she went to see her
sisf4r Mrs. Toms at No. 316 East Fifty -third-st and
on returning met Kate Dochary, whom she had known
for some time Kate told her of the desperate CON
dton of McNally and she had gone to his rooms 10
see him. Arriving there, she had bought some WHISKY
for him. and, drinking some OF herself, became III
toxcacd and then entered the dcbauch which endeh
in her arrest. During the week she had pawned q
valuable diamond ring and her wedding ring all the
proceeds having been spent for liquor captain am Ryan
sent her husbands home 10 notify him OF his vile
predicament, but he did not respond: ,,.
The prisoners arraigned before Jusuce White
at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday morning. "A
more dapdated looking set never seen in court
ROOM John McKenna and the three women were
sent to the Island for one month each and the two
children were given i'm Of Agent King. Mrs.
Tones was notified Of Mrs. Camcron's incarceranon
and she said she would take measures to release her