The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-07
HORRIBLY WOUNDED
Drunken Father Tries to
Murder His Two
Little Sons
CRIPPLED HIS WIFE FOR LIFE
Armed With a Oleayer the Brute
Nearly Accomplishes His
Horrid Purpose.

NEW YORK, Nov. I. 1S95.-William j..
Barry, SO years old, a hardwood hnlsher'
who lives in a squalid apartment on the
fourth floor, rear of No. 765 Columbus
avenue, went home early this morning
in a runke condition and tried to muir
der his two sons, John, 10 years old, and
Arthur, 7 years old, with a cleaver, whlie
thew slept. The screams of his victims
and the efforts of the eldest son, VIII
lam. to save his brother amr the
whole house and the would-be murderer
handcuffed before he could hnish
his work. The two boys are lying IN
Manhattan Hospital horribly
and their father Is In prison.
Barry has always been a worthless
fellow. drunk half of the time and he
often brutally beat his wife. The last
time he beat her was three weeks ago.
He went home drunk after pawning some
of the bedclothes to buy liquor with, and
when his wife demonstrated with him ne
seized cher by the throat and enroWlhs
her across the bed, beat her until she
was unconscious and left her there.
When he awoke in the morning she lay
moanin unable to move. Barry became
frightened and had her taken to Roose-
welt Hospital. The doctor said that her
back was broken and she would never
be able to walk again. Now the poor
woman is lying in the Charity Hospital
on Wards Island, g. cripple for life.
DESERTED HIS CHILDREN.
Barry disappeared Immediately after
that, leaving his children to care FOR
themselves. Mrs. F'leud, who lives on
the floor below took care of them. Bar
~ returned after a weeks absence and
obtained work in a CABINET MAKER snoP
hut he would not remain sober, ana
was discharged and began paWnlng eV-
erything he could find,
Yesterday afternoon he took the clock
which had been a Christmas present
to his wife years ago, and paWned II
With the money he got drunk and stag
gered home about five O'Clock IN the
lirium. He went out again soon after
eating his supper, and the two little boys
to bed. William was frightened
and hid in a closet in the hallway,
where he went to sleep. About midnight
Barry staggered home. John opened the
doir for his father; Suddenly the screams
of children were beard ana JACOB b Paeua
and called Policeman .Leid; When they
BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
Barry stood in the kitchen with a
bloody cleaver in his hand glaring about
like a mailman. There was blood on the
floor, and in the corner John Stood WIN
blood streaming from his head; On the
floor in the sitting room five feet away
lay little Arthur unconscious covered
with blood. At the sight of the police
man Barry dropper the cleaver and the
officer handicuffed him. The Boys were
taken to Manhattan Hospital;
AT the hospital this morning 1t was
said that John had five scalp wounds
none less tina four inches in length.
Several tendons in each wrist are cut
by blows received as he was trying 70
wound on the top Of his head six inches
long. While his skull is not fractured.
the bone is badly chopped and a large
vein is severed.
House Surgeon Wilson, who operated
on both the boys today, says that they
are very weak from loss of blood. Their
condition, he says, is serious, but ne
hopes for their recovery.
When Barry was arraigned in the Har-
lem Police Court today he made no de-
Tense. and was committed without bail
to await the result of the boys injuries.