New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-27

THE DEAD OF NIGHT-HE con-
FEssEs HIS GUILT.
Patrick Mcmahon forty-one years old. early
Yesterday morning committed a most shoch'i'e
assault upon his uncle John Mcmahon, Sixty -o'''
wears old. and his aunt Mrs. Bridget SeA'o''
sixty-two years respectively the brother anu
sister cf his aged father. The woman dieu '"''
night at Bellevue Hospital from the "ouI'.'
In her head inflicted by her brutal nephe"' Inc
injured man will probably not recover. he was
conscious last night and made an ante-noi'e'
statement tc Coroner Hoeber.
The attack on the old people was mace III .'.e
house OF Patrick McMahons father NO %
East Forty -hrst-st., where the two Victims nv
The young man confesses the crime anu soy
that he was moved to 1t because his aunt anu
uncle had poisoned his mother and naa sep
arated him from his father. He has always
been wild and disspated, and some people pe-
lieve he is insane He, did his two bro'herS'
Quarrelled with the father. and left home.
ENTERED THE HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT.
Timothy Mcmahon. who Is over eighty yea's
old and his daughter retired early on SATURDAY
night to bed. His brother and sister went 10 p"u
about midnight At o'clock, when all was
queI, an uncertain footstep was heard Oh ."e
stairs. The visitor staggered to old niai MI
Mahon's door and beat heavily upon IT, pouring
out at the same time a string OF oaths
John Mcmahon. hearing the noise IN MS roo'"
below. recognized the voice OF his nephew rat
rick. and went out into the hallway IN Els h's"'
clothes with the hope Of turning him away.
Your father Is asleep, and you oushl W o'
ashamed to disturb him. Go away quietly ne
said.
For answer. Patrick lifted heavy iron sho'ei
he was carrying and struck his uncle several
times on the head with II. The old man iel anu
Patrick went upstairs again. He battered al
his fathers door again for several minutes put
It did not open. and ne retraced his steps DOWN
stairs and went into his uncle's room me III
jure! man. in the mean time had crawled do"i',
stairs and he met his nephew as he eh'e'eu
the kitchen. . -,
"Hullo" hiccoughed Patrick. Il thought Ia
killed you. but I'll do 1t now. g.,
Dropping his shovel. he picked up an axe wnich
was lying in the corner and struck al MS unc'e'
The blow missed. and he cider Mcmahon crap
pied with his nephew. who threw nm OH an"
struck him again.
Nrs sexton came from her bed 20 help her
brother but Immediately was knocked d'wii anu
fen bleeding across the bed. Blood p'uf'd ilvI"
the wounds Oi me injured pair and spai'crei III"
wall and the furniture. Patrick agdir hacK''
AT the two PROSTATE bodies. urtii each bore a
score Of wounds and the room was RED with
Tho OLD couple lay mouonless After Will
Patrick his clothes drcnched with their blood.
staggered and up tn" street MO l.'Nlnsi'h-
ave At Thrty-nnth-st he was arrested by =
Uceman Sullivan. who noticed that his clothes
were bloody
ARRESTED n THE STREET.
Mcmahon made no resistance. When 'he
two reached the East Thiriy-hfth-st. station
the news OF the tragedy was already there.
Timothy McMahon. the prisoners father. stood
trembling before the desh. trying In vain to
tell what had happenei. AS ms 80" was ''1
S,,ffl n.
.'Yau uurder.r,' Ne shouted you nave kliled
your aunt and uncle. Why did yon do II
Roundsman Quinn hurried around t. the Nc
Mahon house. ie looked into the rooms ana
then rang for ambulance. ON" cam" In IL
few minutes and tho wounded pair w"r" re
moved Ia Bellevue Hospital. The woman never
r.ya{n.d consciousness
Ter deaih occurred late in the afternoon The
old man rallied sufficiently 10 maxi a statement
to coron Ho"bcr.
lice Yes ! tried 10 XIII my aunt and uncle,
he said. "Why' simply because they have sep
arated me- from my father. Then. too. months
ago thu pair Of IN m killed my mother by CIV
ing her poison. ! was wrought up to that pitch
when | had To do something What did was -
& to the house and with shovel chopped
their heads did not use "A hatchct. but |
know ! chopped them pretty badly"
AZ many as twenty cuts were found on Mrs.
Sections head ana body. and her brother had r.
ccived more than dOzcn. IN addition. MS rlsht
wrist broken
Patrick Mcmahon was taken before Magis-
tratr Simms I'm Yorkvillc Police Court. on "A
charge Of felonioUs assault. and was remanded
without bail
The aged father is nearly crazcd with gri"f
While Coroner Hoebcr examining Nc
Mahon. Or. T.. i. Hayward. who was attending
the two patients was present. Coroner Hocb"f
became possessed with peculiar idea that DR.
Hayward had smiled at one OF his peculiar move
mcntf. The Coroner suspended his examination
for few minutes to deliver 10 Dr. Hayward a
severe lecture. He said thar In his official posi-
ton he should be regarded with reverence ana
not be laughed AT In such "A manner. Dr. Hey
ward was surprised a. the COroncr's sudden out
burst. and declared that he had not laughed.
The Coroner persistc tfat he had received an
suit and said that after tn" present case was
over he would bring the matter to the attention
OF the Warden Their we're several people in
the room at the time. among them some OF the
house physicians
DR.. Hayward said that he believed II be-
he did not know that Hoeber the
Coroner that he became infuriated when |
him making examination Of McMahon,"
said Dr. Hayward. II asked him if ne
medical man The Coroner sad that / should
have known who he was