New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-12
poLrCEMAN'S AWFUL CRIME
SHOOTS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND THEN
KILLS HIMSELF.

|
HIS MOTHER AND HIS TWO CHILDREN ALHtApi
DEAD AND HIS WIFE NOT EXPECTED TO
LIvE-"RUM AND BAD WOMEN" SHE
| SAYS CAUSED THE DEED
| A,,.hor ., tho hideou, murders by which New
| Workers are periodically startled occurred III 'n''
CITY Yesterday In this instance the cIco''.
| stances are more remarkable than usual. Io' -
| was n member Of the New-fcrk ponce io'ce.
man supposedly picked from others as III ~ eua."
the community against criminals ana iuhn''os WI"
| ooum,,tcd horrible act Of criminal insanit?'
Henry C. Hawley a patrolmnn Of the IehHero,''
| prccinct shot and fatally wounded MS "ne' m'
| mother his two young children ana h"sei'. o
had been drinking heavily before ne committed 'ne
| series of murders. but he had not drunk enough
| -, r,oko HE hand unsteady for he fired with ter
r,hc nrccsIon. and probably not one OF his victims
| will 1--we tell the tale. ~
| inst what the reason for this tragedy may have
| been cannot with exnctncss be discovered hn"ey
| wos an efficient policeman. Since ne Joneo u"e
force. in 1885 there had not been single serious
| charge against him. Lately. however. II is known
| that b,. wife had serious grounds OF complaint.
J He was seen with other women ana 10 lF'en'
| who met him with Of these few days ago nc
| said. II know, old man. I'm going to the oeVi'
DONE AFTER A DUTY TOUR.
A. rsor,v "a con no ascertaned the facts con-
| corning the tragedy are these:
Jawlcy lived with his wife In Hat on the ioui II
floor OF No CAS- Sixth-ave The family cohs's.eu u
| his wife. Bertha thrty-six years Old; MS oaue"
tiers. Mary and Middle five and seven years o'', =.
| spcctlvely and his mother Mary iawlcy MY my,
eight years old. fiawey himself was WI ny dog
He was assigned hat is known as Inc aUs
patroIled Post NO IT, which includes sxthave from
Thrty-eshth TO Fortyseeof reaIenty passed his
home He returned the police station at ZIP
YESTERDAY morning o ana absnneS Which was
granted to him. Al the time ne pppean on duty
| did not notice anything else unusual In MS man
| started from the station and That AZ winch ne
| reached home is not definitely known bn ne mus,
d dssf more s drink 10 one can know, also, II the
intention to commit the terrible de rsacSed his Hat
or II the crime the result Of some r sudG ati
murdcrous impulse. resulting from au nhon ioso
O'clock and the neghbors say that ne was ass m1 iSe
at ao ssn raised soG" in angry dispute and
| Hawlcy came Of the house weeping. oie ~ re 20
rennycd Then four shots were heard The neigh
borhood in which iawley lived Is nor 1sed ~ ,ho
news that something terrible had occurred at No.
$40 caused tremendous amount OF eac'' snad
was told Of the shots by some workmen OF near
| by factory. and as nc reacheo inc "o"Sc ""' '0
by Policeman sullivan.
|
The two policemen were directed by the terrified
neighboTs to Hawley's fiat. and raped on IN"
| door Of the front room. TIawley opened the door
| and his comrades inquired about the shots
| That's all right answered Haw.ey: I'm a
brother officer. and I was just cleaning my re
| vover." ,,.. u.o, un,r,o
and threatened break open the door i IT w ts
r no, You're TOO fresh Who pays for this at?
Immediately afterward two more s ,noGar "" hui
smashed in the door. A horrible spectacle met
their eyes Two children lay in the passage , eon
flowing from wounds in their heads Hawiey ana
his wifi wers found IN the door har
in pools OF blood tIaweys mother MIS- sd MARI
a woind WI" in the n neck All were alive when the
| policemen got In. and ambu aices, were AT p E
summoned from the New-York and Bellevue nos
| pitals
"Rr,M AND BAD WOMEN" CAUSED 1T.
Tho last words of Hawleys wife before becom-
ing unconscious we're: Rum and bad women have
| caused all this"
The shooting Of the mother, wife and children
| was evidently done before the arrival OF the TWO
and HaTe Re- Thsu sdy their
In clear and calm voice BeG9ming a,r T Ss rn
yover on himself The rooms were IKE shambles
when the policemen entered large arg , ron f fo
ss ae Of ase the
| had TO push this away to gain admittance ,
the sheotins which Quickly spread through the
neghborhood Captain Price Howsys c con
| and they kept the crowd back. Hawley was quick
" removed to Bellevue Hospital The Journey from
mtes. but he died i've minutes after reaching the
hospital Without reGanins consciousness Inc I two
York Hospital The children died at about 2
O'Clock The older woman died last eyen1g e. ana ana
| until daylight.
GOT OUT OF THE POLICE STATION.
Coroner Hart took the ante-mortem statement
| Of the poncemans mother yesterday morning, she
| being the only person he found conscious at the
| hospital She snd Hawley had come home intoXi-
| Gated and had said that he was tired of living and
was going to kill himself and kill the children first
| lie shot his wife and then herself OIrs. Hawley):
| then the two children and then himself She said
s Sn said had the 'Se
| United States Navy. , ~.
vern M"i Breen the wife Of D j. BTsen Of No. 80
West Thirty-hrst,st. Breen is waiter When she
| and tainted When she was revived she said
Why he % sS gapea aetfr this m ap %n
| Price later to the captains great Indignation
on to and the
| tain said that there would certainly be an inquiry
| TO discover II he really got out and how. NO po-
liceman he added. could have got out of this sta
tion-house in willamss time"
.e Efa9rS operator the
Railroad seven slight complaints were registered
Map " o hi ss ne Ths
SDS he s that G asT aw cs
the station house in the morning Ing, ne Went Ven. % &
heq After he left her he tried to buy whiskey
fss . sST BUT was wS an
four -barreled pistol which Hnwley must have ie-
MINNESOTA LAND OPEN TO SETTLEMENT