New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-18
FATHER AND son FIGHT
QUARREL OYER DIVORCE.
Pistol. SJcOrdcaRe and Sir-Pound
DumbbeU .4re Used.

a fierce quarrel between father ard son. in
which pistol six-pound iron dumb5eI anl
an ugly looking swOrdcane figured aroused and
scandalized the residents in the fashionable Pa-':
Slope block in SecOnd-st.. between Seventh aII
Eighth aves,. Brooklyn. about II o'clock sa1ur-
day night The principals in the exciting c.
counter were Henrique T. Martin. the head OF +.
large importing and exporting house in NEanls.t-
tan. dealing in South American and Cuban prod-
uets, and his son. Henrque. jr.. commonly
known as Harry. who is in business FOR himself
in Manhattan weigher. The father lives in
a handsome three story brOwnstone house. at
NO 800 SecOEd-st, with his wife. who is in feeble
health Since the young man separated from
Frances E. Martin, his wife. about year ago
ne also has made his home in the SecOnd-st.
Rouse. Last Thursday it was announced that
Justice Kelly. of the Supreme Court. Brooklyn.
mad granted to her a decree of absolute divorce.
1t was gossip in the neighborhood yesterday
that father and son got into the quarrel through
discussion OF the latter's domestic troubles
MIR. Martin. ST.. is ffty-nine years Old but well
preserved and wiry. Harry. who is thirty-ons
years old, is somewhat larger than his father
Both have the proverbiaI tempers OF the South
ern races The neighbors say that the trouble
which finally terminated in the street began in
the house about half an hour before. or at least
reached the point where it attracted outside at
tention at that tfma
When father and son the one clad only In his
nlghtclothes and armed with swordcane and
the latter only partially dressed and armed with
revolver. from which he discharged five shots
appeared on the street and things looked seri-
ous neishbor thought 1t time to call the
police He teIephoned to the Bergen-st station
and three men were sent around I'm the patrol
wagon When they got there calm had been
restored on the street The policemen found
Martin, in the
injured The son missing. 1t was hard
work getting at the facts, but the police saw
thae during the quarrel the threw things ar
the ola man. including a six-pound iron dumb
oeli- The latter then got a swordcane and IL
Is understood that the son received a cut IN the
face AT any rate. he retreated into the street
pursued by his father. Before going Harry had
shatcned up a revolver. and. becoming hard
pressed. he emptied every chamber None OF
tha bullets hit the old man. however.
When Mr.. Martin got back into the house he
almost collapsed from the result of his injuries.
The son did not return 20 the house The police
insisted on taking the father to the Seney Hos
pitaI In the patrol wagon. There his case was
diagnosed as contusions. incised wound OF the
left eye. fracture of the ribs and possible in
ternal injuries
Although the doctors urged him 10 stay Mr.
Martin insisted on leaving the hospital last
4i'e''- nc was starting 10 walk home when
Detective Roddy. Of the Bergen-st- station on
his way 10 the hospital. intercepted him Isa
told the detective that he and mis- son mad httI.
dispute and that the boy was hot tempered
II had resulted IN exciting scenes. II was all
over. however. he said. and he did not care 10
prosecute his son. He said that when the young
man came back he would go to the station and
talk to Captain White.
Early yesterday morning the police sent out a
general alarm for the young man, saying that
ne was wanted for felonioUs assault. Owing u
the difficulty they had in getting the facts and
because they could not find the son, the police
in the Bersen-st station did not send a report
Of the case to police headquarters until after
o'clock
The Martin family came before the public sew
eral months ago through the secret marriage OF
Edna Martin while her guardian, Mr. Martin. ST..
was Il business trip in the West.