The sun., 1893-06-05
HAGGERTY MET Ills MATCH.
A kHEAD-BREAKING BEE Nv a CHERRY
SJREhT 7ENRMENT

Mother-in.inw O'Connor Avenges Her
! Dnuebtcr's Ipjuries with n Rolling Pin
| A Brutal Husband Gets His Deserts.
A family row took place in the rear second
floor fiat at 1876 Cherry street early on satur-
| day night. that resulted In two broken heads
and the landing Of the husband and his
m mother-in-law In the Essex Market Police
Court Charles HaRgerty. tho husband. nm
employee OF the Marvin Safe Company. came
homo from work about O o'clock on Saturday
night. and giving part OF his wages to his
| wife. remarked that he would use the rest In
redeeming u suit OF clothes he had In pawn
shop.
Before going out he changed his trousers.
| and threw the discarded oneA on the bed where
his three-year-old son was playing. Haggerty
had been drinking his wife says. and. being
| in an ugly mood. left the house without any
supper Mrs. Haggerty busted herself with
her work, and had just put her youngest chill
| Gren to bed when in rushed her husband. fol-
lowed by her brother. John o'Connor who was
| trying to dissuade Haggerty from going in the
| room. Haggerty demanded angrily where the
| dollar was that she had stolen from him. She
answered that all the money she had was what
| he had given her before going out. and that lie
might have left some m oney In the trousers on
the bed.
HaGgerty went over to the bod. and not flnd-
ing any m oney In them hit his three -year-old
boy couple OF blows on the side OF the head.
saying at the same time that the whole family
couldn't do him up. The child fell back sense
less. and as Mrs. Haggerty came rushing from
the other side OF the room. the husband
caught her by the arm and demanded the
dollar again. O'Connor had sneaked out at
ana dpdd't would probaSiy have Included MIN tie
beating he seemed tent on giving the whole
Cpt from tho ma shop under his n MI
had dollar and half in money in his hand.
His wife saw this money when he GRABBED her.
and asked him to use 1t until the next day.
when .ehc would get dollar from her mother
and give 1t TO him
ing the woman by the arm he grabbed the
lighted lamp from the tntle near by and
Haggerty feil to the foor @ unconscious. and the
r. kerosene from the broken lamp up caught si ire;
broueat Ills senses ' and
heavy Quilt from the bed he enveloped his
wife in # smothernG the blaze No then
woman. When he finally succeeded lie warned
her no! ITO to make any noise to alarm the neigh.
she thought OF the child and rushed over to
She became crazed when she saw the little
ones condition. and ran out OF the house
Mrs. ~ 'Connor. Mrs: Hpggerty's mother, lives
cherry street The distracted woman rushed
door.
As soon as she was able to explain to her
mother what had occurred, the latter went
across the street to look after the children.
The little one had regained consciousness !
and. with his two sisters. was crying bitterly
in the disordered room. Haggerty had dis. !
appeared. The children were cared for. and
Mrs. HagGerty was taken to Gouverneur Hos |
pital. where the doctors put twenty stitches in |
her wounded head. Then she and her mother |
went to the Madison street police station and |
obtained warrant for Haggerty. The off, |
GERS found him drinking In q saloon on Ham |
tlton street.
When they brought him back to his home so
that his wife could identify him. her mother
was waiting in the doorway with rolling pin |
in her hand. As Hnggerty passed she dealt
him blow that felled him. broke the rolling
PIN and cut n deep cash in his head She was
arrested and taken with Haggerty to the Mad
ison street station.
Yesterday the two were arraigned before
ustice Taintor. Haggerty was held for trial
In the. General Sessions, and Mrs. O'Connor
WAS dIschArpaE.