The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-01-23
KILLED HIS MOTHER.
A sons Awful Crime ut Bowman's Patch
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Dennis Mccarthy. a worthless and dis.
sipated character shot and killed his mother,
Bridget Mccarthy, aged 55 years, at their
home in Bowmau's patch.e near Mahanoy
City, at about $3.50 o'clock last evening. The
prisoner also shot himself without serious
effect
Mccarthy arrived at his home at about two
o'clock in the afternoon, considerably under
the influence of LIQUOR and went 10 sleep.
shortly before i've o'clock he awoke and his
sister. Jane who is employed as a domestic at
Deano and was home on a visit prepared q
meal for him. Mccarthy was sulen and
m0ruse lie finally struck his sister and
threatened his mother aud brother William.
The sister and brother went TO the office of
Justice Brennan, and it was while they were
swearing out warrant that the tragedy oc-
CURED at the homestead
The first news Of the horrible deed was
given by the murderer himself John Reese.
OF Mahauoy city, and Edward, his brother.
Of Park Place, passed the Mccarthy house in
a carriage and were hailed ty Dennis who
shouted 81 have killed my mother and shot
myself She is inside the house John
Reese went into the house aud found Mrs
Mccarthy lifelcss There was q bullet hole
through her neck and another through her
heart Either wound was sufficient to cause
death
The Messrs. Reese hurried TO Justice Bren-
mans office and arrived there as Constable
Rowley was about to start out with "a war
rant for Dennis Mccarthy arrest on a charge
of assault aud battery made by the sister.
The occupants of the office were astouuded
when told of the murder
The murderer was taken into custody by
Justice Brennan and Constable Rowley. He
was still cmzed with drink and covered with
blood from the wound in his head. He was
arrested as he was walking towards the
officers, and was attired only in a pair OF
trousers. stockings and a shirt. He sub
mitted quietly to arrest. When the prisoner
was locked up his injury was examined and
found not dangerous. The bullet entered
the scalp on the right side Of the head above
the ear and grazed along the skull to a point
about two inches over the eye, where il
passed through the skin q
Mccarthy stated to a reporter last night
that after his sister and brother started from
the house to have him arrested his mother
told him to go TO bed. He refused TO do so
and his mother, becoming enraged, stepped
into an adjoining room, took revolver from
a cupboard, and tried to shoot him In or
der TO protect himself he took the revolver
from her, and in the excitement following
two shots were discharged. When asked il
| the self-inficted wound was made with
( suicidal intent the prisoner replied in the
negative and said he didn't know what he
was doing He added My mother is my
best friend and if she knew l was here sh,
would soon come to me. They tell me she i
dead but I don't know whether she is o.
not" When the sister heard the prisoner
/ story she said between convulsive sobs my
/ p or mother was afraid to look at a revolver
/ let alone to pick it up and shoot out Of it."
There were no new developments in tn,
case to-day Mccarthy was kept prisoner il
the Mahanoy City lookup until this morning
when he was taken to the Pottsyille jail. II
will probably be tried at the March term o
criminal court