The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-02
SHOT MS NEIGHDoR DEAD.
PRESCOTT PUT FIVE BALLS IN
OR NEAR WH4LEN'S HEART.
Murderer Sa,s He Il Sorry Tie DID Not XIII
Moro OF Fnmily-Had Five Re'ol'
yers. Several Knives and Ten Pounds
OF Powder In Ills FILTHY Apartments.

| More OF Fnmiiy---Had Five Re,Ol.
yers, Several Knives and Ten Pounds
OF Powder In Ills Filthy Apartments.
| Patrick Whalen. 80 years old, was shot
and instantly killed in the hallway OF his
F., home at $50 Court street, Brooklyn, last
evening by Charles A, Prescott. 20 years
old, who lived In the same house. Whalcn
! and his family. consisting of his wife. Cath
| crime, seven sons and tire, daughters. the
younges. Of whom is years old, lived
on tho second floor. Prescott had lived on
I the third floor for eight months and the
Whslens had frequently asked the landlord
TO get rid OF him as he seemed to be crazy
and sometimes made a great noise in his
apartments
On Saturday and Sunday nights Prescott
made more noise than usual and Mrs. Whalen
was bio to sleep. Yesterday morning
after her husband and amt sons ,ns h pa
and told him that he had annoyed her all
night and that he ought to have some con,
sideration for other tenants, He replied
with an epithet and told her that he would
do as he pleased. He al so threatened to
own business Last evening. when. MIR.
Whalen and his SONS had returned home
: she told them what Prescott had said
About 6 30 O'Clock her son Martin. 81
years old, heard some one In the hall. He
opened tine door and found that 1t was
Prescott, or Dunn. as he was known IN the
honse.
young Whalen.
None Of your business. was the reply.
IN make it my business" said young
you wll'- said Prescott. We'll. take
that"
Prescott then drew .9s-calibre revolver
and fred one shot at Martin Whalen. 1t
the father, and his SOUS John ~, and Joseph,
IA, ran into the hallway when they heard
the shot fred. The father followed Prescott
toward the stairs leading to Presoott's
stairs. firing at Whalen with two reviewers.
He fred five shots, each OF which struck
WhAlen either In or near the heart. Whalen
dropped dead, and two OF his sons reiterated.
Prescott ran downstairs. but was fol-
lowed by Martin Whalen: Martin shouted
street station to capture the fleeing. man.
az be had committed murder. Hickey
caught Prescott at Court and Douglass
streets, two blocks away. He was taken
! to the Butler street station, where he was
looked up on the charge Of homicide.
At the station house two revolvers were
found in his pockets, az were also qua nifty
Of cartridges. two pocket knives. a large
bread knife. a wooden potato mashrr,
cobber's awl. large-sized hammer and
an empty whiskey flask.
Capt. Edward Toole Immediately went
to the Court street house and found that
Ambulance Surgeon Reed OF the Long
Island College Hospital had dressed Martin
bullets that struck Patrick Whalen,. the
surgeon said. would have caused death.
Prescott's APARTMENTS were IN hhhy
condition. There was no bed and the man
had slept on heap Of old clothes in a corner
All around the rooms, hanging from the
ceiling by me ans Of wires and cord. were
battered. empty tin cans. What Use Pres.
colt put them to did not appear. There va:
large tin can holding about ten pounds Of
powder. a quantity Of bullets which he had
and iron pipe and number OF old hats.
Al the station house he ackno wledged
having shot Patrick and Martin Wha!en.
Sergt. Hearle, who was in charge of the
you have killed Patrick w'halen.- -,
I'm sorry ! didn't kill few morn Of tho
did hit the old MANI
Only half a dozen times said the
'sa Good said Prescott, that i. batter
than I expected How many times did I
hit the young fellow"
only once, said Sergt. Haerle.
We'll, I'm sorry he didn't get few more
The murderer said that he was known in
the house az Dunn. but that his name was
Prescott. He said he came originally
from Massachusetts. hut about eight
months ago moved to Brooklyn from Floral
Park, Queens county. He said a relative
died about eight years ago leaving to him
$4,000.
ave got - .ooo Of that left yet he said.
SITS IN the Bowery and the Union Savings
banks in New York. You see. don! spend
all my money"
He said he didn't work, as he had money.
The general impression is that Prescott
IL not sound mentally. The Whalsns
have lived in the neghborhood for num-
her Of years and are looked upon as re-
specialize. hard-working family.