The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-24
HE MURDERED HIS NEPHEW.
4 SUNDAY, MORNING CRIME CON-
 MITTED IN WATERBURY.

MuTTED IN WATERBURY.
 John Burns and His Uncle Get Into a Row
 in Which tho Younger Man Strikes tho
 Elder Who Then Draws knio and
 Plungcs 1t Into Johns Heart.
 Waterbury, Dec. 2a.-John Burns, an unmarried man twenty-five years Of age. was murdered at o'clock this morning in brutai manner in front of his own home by his uncle, William Burns, who is a few years his senior. The murder was the result of quarrel which Burns had with his nephew dur ing the evening in e saloon, and which was caused over a small matter.
 Burns and his nephew have not been on the best of terms with each other for some time and last evening they happened to meet in Hackett's saloon on East Main street. Both had been drinking, though not together.
 While they were in the saloon Will liam Burns walked up to his nephew, who was standing before the bar, and demanded the fish lines which he claim ed his nephew had belonging to him. Burns request brought an unsatisfac- tory answer from his nephew and a wordy quarrel followed. The men near ly came to blows in the saloon, but the fight there was prevented by the bar tender closing up the place. for it was then midnight.
 After leaving the saloon Burns walk ed down the street in the direction of his home. He was followed short distance behind by his uncle. As Burns approached his own home his uncle quickened his steps and came up to him and renewed the quarrel. The men had lively dispute and finally the younger Burns struck his uncle a blow in the face, which enraged the uncle, who made rush for his nephew. The younger man struck his uncle an- other blow, and with this Burns pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed his nephew in the heart, inflicting a mor tai wound.
 Young Burns made one gasp and fell over dead upon the sidewalk. Burns on the street where he committed the crime. Burns body was discovered ly- ing on the sidewalk by a pedestrian who happened to be passing by, and he notified the people in the house. Burns body was borne into the house and messengers. were sent after physi clans. He was, however, dead, and when the physicians arrived they found a wound in the heart about an inch in depth. --
 Medical Examiner Axtelle of this city was summoned and after making an examination notified Coroner Mix of New Haven. In the meantime the fact that Burns had trouble with his uncle in Hackett's saloon became known and the police began 8 search for the uncle. He wes found at his home in bed, but was taken to the police station and locked up. ..
 This morning Coroner Mix came up to this city from New Haven and be- gan an investigation. Burns was seen in his cell in the police station, and when first questioned by the coroner he denied everything about the affair. There were witnesses who saw the trouble in the saloon and after some eI1arp questioning by the coroner he made clean breast of the whole affair and admitted that he killed his neph- ew. He said that the young man had aggravated him and that after he had been struck twice he drew ths knife from his pocket for the purpose of de- lending himself. He stated that his nephew was under the influence of H. quor and after J.awing the knife he pressed forward and was stabbed.
 Coroner Mix ordered that Burns be held for hearing on the charge of murder. He will be brought before the city court in the morning. Burns told the police that the knife with which he had stabbed his nephew could be found under plank in the kitchen at his home. The police officers went to the house and searched for the knife, but 1t could not be found.