New-York tribune., 1910-11-22
EXHIBIT SAFETY DEVICES FIGHT IN BARGE CABIN
Rejected Lover Attacks Girl ana
Her Father with Axe.
CUTS THROAT WITH RRZOf
Double Murder Probably Ere
vented by Commissioner Whit-
ney's Response to Cry for Help.

Msddened ~ HI. failure to win the mana
of Catherine ShuIthies an eiEhteeh-yeai
old girl whom he had courted Ior i'oi
than a year, Barney Lynch, codi p'i e
captain. brlltalIv assaulted the glrl anu
her father. CaDtsin Jonn j Shulthies' ."
board the Sea Gull a coal barge heu up
at 18th street and Harlem River. ia,0
yesterday afternoon. Then as the RikeI :
Island the new Department OF cor eo|i.'i'
steamer. which was making her trlal lflP'
drew near 10 the barge with Commissioner
Patrick A. whitney. Deputy Commissioner
Wright. their wives and other guests
aboard. he slashed his throat with razor
Lynch boarded the Sea Gull ana ae-
manded to see the girl Her father
ordered him off. and he flew into raEe'
Picking I'D an axe which stood in corner
of the cabin he cut Captain SchutHleS
with it several times and the latter 1eli
unconscious.
The girl was in a smaller cabin getllhs
out several articles Of apparel which she
intended to wear TO the theatre last night
When she saw her father attacked she
ran TO his assistance. Lynch lifted the
axe and struck at her. She was struck
on the head and shoulder, and tainted
Quickly regaining consciousness she re-
sisted Lynch's efforts TO stop her. and ran
to a window and shouted for help. Whlle
her back was turned the disappointed
lover took her fathers razor and cut ms
throat with IT,
The Riker's Island, which had started
down the Harlem after a trip around Man
haitian Island. with Mrs. Whitney, her
daughter. Mrs. Wright: John Cloughen, e&-
Commissioner Of Public Works, with his
wife and daughter and others as passen-
gers. was stea1ning south at about twelve
knots an hour. when the girls cries were
heard. Mr.. Whitney caught sight Of her
at the window and ordered the engineer TO
put about
The new steamer was run alongside the
barge, and Mr.. Wright boarded it. he
found Captain Schulties lying unconscious
on the deck. on the cabin floor. with MS
throat terribly gashed. he found Lynch,
still alive. Soon afterwaTd Mr.. whitney,
who had also boarded the vessel, directed
the engineer TO blow three blasts on the
steamers whistle for help. The signal was
heard by patroimen Of the East 12bth street
station. who reached the scene on the run.
Captain Schulties and MS daughter went
aboard the Kiker's Island and were taken
care OF Dy the wives cL tIIe oilioiI1i7 anu
their friends An ambulance surgeon was
summoned from the Harlem Hospital but
Lynch died before he arrived He took the
girl and her father 10 the hospital where
their wounds were dressed. Later they
were locked up in the East 126th street sta
ton charged with being suspicious persons.
Captain Harry Nelson, commanding a
barge tied up near the Sea Gull, and Ste
phen Anderson, his first mate, were locked
up as material witnesses. The men told
the police that when the fight in the Sea
Gulrs cabin started they ran aboard to
help Captain Schulties. When they sa"
Lynch welding the axe they retreated
The police searched the barge, but touhI
no sign of the axe. They think Lynch
threw it overheard. They found the razor
stained with blood, under Lynch's BODY 4
small penknffe found also bore biooc stalns