The evening world., 1908-12-17
SLEW HUSBAND
ON COAL BARGE,
WOMAN ADMITS
az Killed Him" She Says,
When Confronted With
Dead Body.
FOUND ASLEEP IN PARK.
Murder the Climax of Drunken
Fights Between the
Couple.
FOUND ASLEEP IN PARK.

Half dozen policemen attended by n
crowd of excited men ,scurried about
through Corlears Hook Park to-day, siz-
ing UP the shivering loungers on the
benches. Soon they came to a stout. un~
tidy old woman whose gray hair hung
In disorder over her flushed. habby
countcnance. She was asleep
Policeman Crimmins woke her up and
dragged her to her feet. Then she was
led aboard the coal barge Shamrock No.
j, at the foot Of Corlcars street. one Of
the policemen lifted a rubber coat from
n sinister looking object on the deck and
asked the old woman:
do You know who this was?"
Yes" she replied with n lcer. That
was my husband, Christian Davidson,
md killed him. the old -"
His Head Crushed In.
How she had killed him was plain. The
whole left side of his head was crushed
in. On the deck near by the body was n
three-foot length OF broken oar. Trails
of blood showed that the crime had been
committed in the cabin Of the barge
and the body had been dragged to the
deck.
Probably the murderess meant to
throw the corpse of her victim into tht.
river. Something diverted her from her
purpose, and she went into the park
and slept in a drunken stupor on
bench until the crime was discovered
and she was sought.
The Shamrock No. l. laden with coal,
tied q, ba ~
on Dec. 7. Her cargo was consigned to
Benjamin koronsky. coal dealer of
the neighborhood Christian Davidson
was captain OF the barge and lived on
II with his wife. Mary. He was sixty
years old and she fifty-five, and both
drank heavily.
Fought FIerceIy.
While Koronsky's men were unload
3ng the coal Davidson and his wife took
full advantage of the proximity of
cheap saloons. They filled themselves
with liquor and fought with bitter in
rective and fury, striking and biting at
each other at times.
Benjamin koronsky went aboard the
barge to-day TO arrange for taking off
the last OF the coal. AS he stepped on
the deck he saw Capt. Davidson lying
motionless close to the compa NORWAY
leading TO the cabin. The sight was
one that sent Koronsky headlong TO the
pier and up Corlcars street. In a min
ute he found Policeman Crimmins, of
the Delaney street station, and told
him of the condition OF affairs aboard
the Shamrock No |
Weapon Nearby.
Crimmons lost no time in boarding
the barge. In the mean time he had
raped an alarm with his club and
other policemen Joined him. A cursory
examination showed that old Davidson
had been dead for hours, and that one
eide OF his head had been rendered
pulpllke by repeated blows Of tile wick |
ed-looking bludgeon that lay by his side. |
Leading tho way into the foul, dark |
little cabin. CTimmins questioned ko- |
ronsky and learned that the wife OF the |
dead man had not been seen since the |
discovery OF the body There was no |
sign OF her on the boat. on the floor Of |
the tiny galley back Of the cabin Grim |
minis found two big yellow teeth, part
OF the recent equipment of the man |
lying dead out on the deck
There were signs in tie galley Indi- |
eating that the murder had begun there