The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-03
MACKIN'S VICTIMS.
Funeral Services Yesterday
The Murderer Recover
ng-His Mothers
Grief.

Ine DodieS OF Mrs. Bridget C0nnorS
and Mrs. Kizzie Mackin, who were shot
last Thursday night by John Mackin.
were inferred in St. Peters Roman Cath
Ole Cemetery, in West Side avenue, yes
terday afternoon. Both bodies were plac-
ed in the same grave while a large num-
Der of mourners looked on. Young An
ME Connors was chief mourner, and she
was almost frantic with grief. She wept
bitterly at the graveside and was with
difficulty induced to leave it finally and
re-enter her coach. While Connors went
about in a dazed way and seemed wo-
fully stricken by the sudden taking
away of mother and sister. The little
ones. Harry and Lizzie Mackin, are hap.
py in their Inconsistencies of their
bereavement. 1t is now said that rela-
tives will relieve Poormaster Hewitt of
their care.
All through the history of the murder
but little has been said of the appear
anee OF the principals. That portion the
murderer and his victims from the re-
puted portraits published in some daily
papers, are impressed with THE apparent
good looks of Mackin and the hldeous.
aspect of the Connors family. On the
contrary, one of the most moving fea-
lures OF the case is the peaceful charm
~ = SoiiuCIS SIMPLE lace, which Still
retains some of the early beauty which
must have been hers. In the City Hos
pital, too, the honest face of Mr.. Con-
nors, all scanned and lined with wrinkles
OF age and the cares and struggles of
honest poverty, would move the heart
of any observer.
Mrs. Mrs 4 M "a showed her sorrows and
preston OF care beyond ner twenty-one
years. Her living sister still has the
plump and rllddy cheeks that caee
murderer, his long narrow face has no
trace OF any refining emotion. There is
no trace Of remorse upon his counte-
gadocio or steeling Of the features. An
absolute Indifference is all that he seems
to know and show.
two women. The verdict was that they
came to their death from bullet wounds
inflicted at the hands of John Mackin.
OF the shooting capable of testifving
she told the story as it is already known.
IWelve,year-old George MeMaIcon told Of
Mackins early visit to the neighborhood
OF the Connors' residence, and how
Macnln sent him to the house to ask
m nTs WIRE to come out and meet him.
OF an oath, He knelt down and crossed
nimself when taking the oath. TIL
Coroner informed him that this was I'M
necessary, to his great surprise.
It is thought that Mr.. Connors will re-
cover almost as soon as his son-in-law
NO further attempt will be made to probe
Tor the missing bullet. The point of en-
trance in the neck has begun to heal.
and the doctors at the City Hospital do
not deem it necessary that the bullet
should be extracted. It is supposed thai
the piece OF lead is located near the right
shoulder blade. It will not cause any
trouble to the patient unless blood poi
sonfng sets in, and there is no evidence
as yet of danger in that direction.
Connors has had many callers at the
hospital, but with the exception of his
enlldren none have been permitted to see
MIN. On the contrary, Mackin has had
hospital This was his father, who called
last Saturday and made but one remark
oh, why did you do it,"
Tnere was e rumor IN circulation this
morning to the effect that Mrs. Mackin
had lost her reason and had to be con-
proved to be no foundation for the story
upon investigation. Mrs. Mackin has
been almost Frustrated since the affair
but her reason is in no way impaired by
the shock.
Many of the occupants of the fat house
to leave that building and seek quarters
elsewhere. The unpleasant notoriety the
place has encountered has rendered II
undesirable as a residence. These neigh.
bors. speak very highly of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mackin and their younger son, Johns
brother. For John no one has a good
word. He made himself unbearable to the
janitor and the tenants Of the house and
abused his parents at frequent intervals.
He has broken in the front door Of the
building and the cellar door at odd times
and on several occasions frightened the
tenants by climbing the fire escapes at
the rear of the house to his parents
apartments on the third floor.