The times., 1897-05-12
Henry Stewart the Victim of a
Companions Frenzy.
WAS KICKED In THE STOMACH
His Injuries Were Received Over a
Week Ago-MichaeI O'DonOghue.
Former Friend, Who i q Cha rged
With Being the Cause of His
Death, Makes a Statement.

| T'iSS1o, ~ is pciieNtu Oh iHJurles reCelytu
III a street fight, which occurred a week
ago last Monday, and Michael O Douoghuc
also butcher. and a former friend of
| Stewart, occupies a cell at the Seventh
precinct station, charged with being the
| causeof his death. o Donoghue was arrested
last night by Policeman Harrison
Onthe night W henthe ealtercationoccurred
| between the two men, it is claimed by
| Stewards family, that lie was brought
home by two colored men, who said that
| he had been injured in a fight with
| o Donoghue. Both were intoxicated, ac.
cording to the story told by one of the
| colored men, bat O Donoghue more SO than
| the other
The two were standing in front of the
| formers house, on Thirty seventh street.
and Stewart, SO the information goes, was
| evidently tying TO get his friend to go
in, when the latter took offense at some
thing that was said, and in a brutal frenzy
attacked him. o O'Donoghue first knock ed aim
down with baseball bat which was lying
near, and while he WAS PROSTATE deliber-
ately jumped on his stomach The colored
men further said that they had foun Stew
art lying ON the pavement and that 0 Don
oghue had fled
All this had happened so quickly that no
one had time to interfere Stewart WIS
lying unconscious on the ground and the
colored men, knowing who he was, had
brought him home. The story which they
related they said had been told them by
eye witnesses Of the affair.
Although Stewart was evidently in great
agony and could not talk, it did not occur
TO his family that he was fatally or even
seriously injured. A physician was called,
and even he did not appreciate the extent
of the injuries, which Were internal, until
it became evident that the man was be-
coming alarmingly i'll.
Monday bis condition became SO low that
another physician was called for cou-
sutation, but II was then too late to save
his life, and he died yesterday morning
at $40 O'Clock, suffering agonizing pains
His last words before death were: "He
killed me when he jumped on my stomach +"
These were the only words the dying
man uttered during the whole week he
lay i'll, his injuries causing him to pant
and groan excessively, seemed at the same
time to take a way from. him the power Of
speech.
injuries, ne would only shake his h head
evidently desiring to screen his friend. 1t
is said, however, that the first person Stew
art saw after he was brought home was
his brother Marion, and that he then told
him the story.
Yesterday morning Deputy Coroner Glaze
brook was notified'of the death, and att
O'Clock held an autopsy over the remains
He found that death had resulted from
fracture OF the bladder the only external
evidence of the injury being large bruise
on the skin over that part of the body
The appearance OF the bruise Indicated
that il might have been made by "a boot
heel and In the opinion of the deputy coro-
ner warranted the holding of an inquest
Accordingly Coroner Hammett was ap-
prised OF the facts. He decided that the
inquest should he held at O'Clock this
afternoon, at the Seventh precinct, and
notified the officers of that station TO
iInpanel a jury, and have all their wit
nesses in readiness.
There is scarcely any doubt that the
result of the inquest viii be the indict-
ment of 0'Donoghue for murder.
Stewart, the victim OF the brutality,
was thirty-four years of age. His father.
who was a butcher before him, recently
turned over To him the meat stand at No.
304 Center Market. He was extremely
short, and was generally known by the
nickname OF "Tutes.'
O'Donoghue also had a meat stand in
Center Market.
Donog hue's version of the incidents
which occurred on the afternoon when
Stewart was injured, is as follows:
Tuesday morning l was discharged
from the police court by Judge Miller
on a charge of drunkenness, and after
spending several hours in the city went
over to Georgetown and met Stew art at
Wardell's saloon, near the bridge He
had been drinking all afternoon and was
pretty drunk then. I told him he had
better go home, and asked him to come
along with me.
After we had taken two or three
drinks we started up the hill toward my
house. He was staggering then, and
when we got in front of my house
asked him TO come in. We sat in the
front room a few minutes, and he said
he wanted to send out for half a pint
of whisky
''lIe went out and came back, saying he
had sent for the whisky. We waited few
minutes, and then the man he had sent for
the whisky brought it TO the door.
We each took a drink aud then he said
he was going home 1t was nearer for him
to go out through my back gate, and we
started to the back door. Just as we got
to the top of the back step / stumbled
and fell against him. Both of us went
down the step together, and when we got
up he didn't say anything about being hurt
That's all | know about the matter
heard ne was sick, but / thought it was
from drinking. / asked his brother, who
works at stand next to mine in the NJ
street market, how he was getting along
every day. and / didn't know anything
about my being suspected of injuring him
until few hours before I was arrested
today"
The police of the Seventh precinct say
that Donoghue has been on a spree for
nearly three months, and that he has
the reputation OF being an ugly man
tn deal with when under the influence Of
liquor 1t was said that ne had large
sum Of money in bank before he started
on the recent spree, but as he has been
neglecting his business it is thought that
it must he pretty well exhausted by this
time.
ENDistrict Attorney Birney has been
engaged al counsel for Donoghue.
Too Much Courtesy.
The lady mayoress of London attracted
much attention on one occasion by
wearing as a tai blier to her dress priceless
niece OF lace that had belonged Ia Queen