New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
REH4RKABLE BROTHERLY DErO7iON.
rvsEPARapLE N LIFE. THE TWO MpERMorrS
DIE TOGETHER ~ BELLEVUE

On marble slabs in the Morgue lie close together
the bodies OF Two brothers whose affection and re-
gard for each other were something remarKao'"
They were inseparabe in life. and in death they
wero not parted. Tn. story H. queer one. an"
proved extremely interesting even to the officials
who are accustomed to the recital Oh strahs" mar
ratiyes In the course OF their duties.
Last Friday evening an ambulance was simino"el
from Roosevelt Hospital 10 No. 80 f..''h'hdN"'
Two old men who were roOmmat"s ana partners j"
the business OF peddllnG fruit ara VcSe'd"''' w.
found unconscious in the boarding house al ''e
address given The names given were ierenc"
Brady ana Michael McDermott Or MacNiH't. '"e
ambulance surgeon sai they were suffering from
alcoholism He ordered them taken to Bellevue
Hospital. where they were assigned to the aI'o-
They regained CONSEQUENCES al Bellevue. and
VIXEN William Bolar the recording cIeIh OF 'ha'
institution. asked Michael McDermou VINO his near
est friend was ne smiled family ami sad. lerry
IS the oes, friend have on earth.
When Brady was asked who his nearest friend
was lie replied Mike is and God bless him
The clerk was much surprised AZ THIS demoh-
stration Of friendship. and VAS mncn more sur
prlsed when the two men almost pleaded To be
placed on cots next 10 each other. Or Lee. VINO
mas charge OF the ward. SAID that the two men
would raise Themselves with difficulty on their
elbows and cheer each other afre-'onatey
Michael died at 40 A. m. ana Terence at go a.
m
came conscious aftcr "A lapse o! srTcra. hours o.
coma and asked that his cot be moved closer 10
that 81 Mlcnael whose body had not yet oecn taken
the MOrgue. r ,., ..,. .ho
and or ;hc dead mar and kissed II ferI entity. :hen
fell back his pillow became UNCONSCIOUS ana
died. -, 49,, ,. ,,r,
When Mrs Kearney. who kept the house where
the men lived called AT the Morgue Yesterday she
,denfiiisd Them a. John and Michael McDermott
Iohn McDcrmott assumed the name OF Terence
Rrady several years on account Of some irouble
in securing a license The brothers were In part
nership i'm ;he fruit and vegetable p,dd.ins ous-
ness Mrs Kcarney said that the waImcsi afrec-
lion had existed from carly years between the men
Roth were widowers. and came 10 this country rom
Ireland twenty years ago. John had grown chi;
dren i'm this country who would certainly call ana
hurv the dead as he had considerable money IN th"
linirrants Savings Bank. Michael also had some
nancy but Mrs. Kearney did not know whore II
Wa For the last twenty years the brothers had
not only been In business together, but had been
r,on,nates and shared their leisure time and pleas
ires They sometimes went on sprees together
10 matter how intoxicated they became, each was
soicitous for the other. They never quarrcl'd d..
and ,ffront 10 one was an insult TO both
Before coming this country both men courtcd
The same woman. and the reluctance OF each 10
of end the other caused both to give up the woman
Mrs Kearney says their devotion 10 each other
was remarkable.