New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-09
SHOOTS DAUGHTER SIX
TIMES, THEN KILLS SELF
Hospital Surgeons Probing for
Bullets Have Little Hope of
Saving Girls Life.
AN OUTCAST FROM HIS HOME
Father Returns in Mothers Alb
sence and Gets Food for Which
He Asks, When Maddened
Frenzy Seizes Him.

i-,,rsaod because nc did not want his
s,,o,teen-ycar-old daughter TO marry
tho vonne man of her choice. John
r,r,,,i a piaro ponsher who lived at No.
IA rh,nufe avenue. The Bronx. appeared
., his home late yesterday afternoon.
and after an argument with the girl,
src5 six bullets into her body. lie thcn
reloaded the weapon and fired a bullet
rto his own brain. killing himself in
s,artlv Madeline. tho daughter. was
snu alive when taken TO the Fordham
1iospital in an ambulance. but the sur
ICONS do not hold out much hope for
her recover.
According tp the neighbors Brewi and
dis family had not been getting along
ver lately. Last week the mother was
forced .o e. 90 the West Chester police
court and ask for protection from her
husband Rrewi was warned by a
magistrate not To annoy his wife and
daughters again or he would send him
away.
Mrs Amelia Rrcwi. tho wife. has
worked as a domestic at resort at
C1asons Point since the separation from
Dor husband and she was assisted by
Madeline in her effort 20 support the
family. which further included a
Younger eirl. named Julia. Brewi had
lrft them alone since the court proceed
ings. and thev had begun TO hope that
no would not trouble them again.
Last evening before Mrs. Brewi had
appeared in a snarling mood at the
safe ~ the little house. which is stu
ated in an unsettled part Of The Bronx.
Madeline heard the click of the gate
and walked out on the veranda When
She saw her father she feared he nigh
Do u a sullen mood and Immediately
began to trv 90 pacify him as he stood
outside B-"Ui. however, insisted upon
entering the house. and then he told
ms daughter TO give him something to
eat
Madeline 60, him some bread and but
tar and tea. but discovered that there
was ro milk IN the house. BreWi in
sisted abusiyely that he must have
milk. Madeline thcreupon sent Julia TO
4 nearby store for IL.
When Julia returned t. tho house.
within Ivc minutes, and walked direct
ly into The kitchen. she was transfiXed
10 sec Madeline stretched on the floor
and bleeding She was partly conscious
a. the younger girl entered. for Julia
said she tried 10 rise and speak 10 her.
Int weakness ovorcamc her and she
i,l backward before shc could uttcT a
word julia then saw her father lying
lnotionless on the doorstep leading into
the hsuwav vhereupou. tcrrorstricken.
she ran screaming from the house TO A
reighborin= store, where she telephoned
,he usv- to lcr mother. aud returning
to the house she tried 20 revive her
sister
Word of the double shooting soon
reached tho police of the West Chester
station and PatroIman Kelly jumped on
d passing automobile and rushed 20 the
house The first thing ne did after
entering ON. house and examining the
father and daughter was 20 rush out and
slmmu an ambulance. and then hurried
back 90 give first aid 10 The girl. in an
attempt 10 staunch the flow OF blood
from her wounds
When Dr. Donahuc of Fordham Hos
.taL arrived he saw that Madeline
must Doe operated upon at once if her
life was 90 be saved. A glance at Brewi
TOLD him that he was dead. Madeline.
therefore was rushed 20 the hospital
with al speed. Before being placed on
Tho operating table the girl regained
consciousness for moment and said.
Father has done the same thing TO me
that ho did 10 Jimmy, " and then fell
back on the cot
Tho significance Of her remark was
discovered later. when the mother told
The police that some years ago Brewi
had caused the death of his thirteen
ycar-oId son James by kicking him. The
uo> died four years later from spinal
meningitis as the result of the injuries
thus incurred.
After hastv consultation the sur
gcons at tine hospital decided to probe
a. once for the bullets all six Of which
had lodged in the girls body. Five Of
these arc in the abdomen and one
entered the left arm. II was thought
ta.- Madeline would not live until to-