Year: 1879

AN AFFRAY IN WHICH TWO PERSONS ARE sUs-


PEcrED OF MURDER.


The death of Patrick White in the Eastern District
Hospital. Williamsburg. on Thursday evening from
the effects of brutal beating the Saturday pre-
vious. has evolved a mystery that is at present OK
citing the police authorities of Brooklyn in the
highest degree. White was shoemaker. employed
by G. Radewitz & Co.. No. 81 Murray street.
and with him was man named William
Callahan On Saturday evening. after getting
their pay, they started of together. White
had the reputation of being quarrelsome in his cups.
while Callahan. who was naturally of quiet disposi-
ton, became exceptionally good natured under the
influence Of liquor Three or four hours after they
left work they seen. intoxicated. in the saloon
of b. Reilly on the corner of North Fifth and Fifth
streets, williamsburg and left there with the inten
ton of calling at the saloon Of Edward Mcsorley.
from whom White says he intended to demand ring
and pipe that had been taken from him at that place
some time before.


From this point the mystery begins. White was
brought to his residence few hours after by
stranger, stupefed his wife supposed by liquor
as was subsequently discovered. however. from
fractured skull that resulted in his DEATH stated.
Callahan. when first asked where he had
been with White. said they called on Nc.
Sorley. and when White asked for the ring and
pipe McSorley answered with a blow from some
weapon that felled him senseless to the floor. He
(Callahan) upbraded him with the crime and Nc
Sorley replied with an oath and blow
which disabled his wrist and he there
upon returned to New York where he
Sides On this story McSorley arrested. and was
identified by Calahan who afterward pointed out in
the saloon the movements of the two men and the
spot where White lay when he left him. This story.
coupled with the fact that behind the bar they found
a Ratchet with hammer head that fitted the wound,
seemed to point to McSorley as the murderer. and
in the preliminary hearing before Justice Guck yes
terday morning he was committed without bail to
await the action of the Coroner. Callahan then
held q witness in $500.


Shortly after the hearing concluded a man
named Clausen entered the station house on Bush
Captain Worth written statement to the following
effect THAT Saturday night last, between eleven
and twelve o'clock while walking along Union ave-
nue.. he was accosted by woman who begged him
not to go any farther that way, as they had just
murdered man there and he might get into
trouble This only excited his curiosity and he
hurried up to see man lying on the walk in
pool of blood and man. who he insists was Gala
man. % Callahan tnrnsd and walked
toward Grand street and the ferry, and when he saw
the two new corners attending to the victim he fol-
lowed Callahan. On the boat ne made his acquaint-
ance and there Callahan told him that he had
come with friend who had been hurt.
The statement concluded with the remark that
he separated from Callahan at his residence in this
city. The police declined to accept the theory ad-
vance9 by Ciausen that the crime committed by
Callahan at frst because the friends of McSorley.





who are very numerous. had been making all sorts
of statements during the Thursday night and morn.
ing and insisting other arrests being made Of
parties with bad regulations living on the road
White must take to reach his home at
No. II Meeker avenue. Their recollection
of McSorley's remark to his wife when arrested.


You to blame for all this referring to the re-
lationship Of marriage existing between her and
White inculpating him still further than the hatchet


in their eyes, and II is said they have two wit
nesses who saw White lying on the floor of the saloon
as Callahan describes il.


During the day, however circumstances were dis
covered to corroborae Clausens story. thrown aside
suspicious because presented in writing. There
were no signs of blood either in McSorleys saloon
or on the sidewalks from thence to Union avenue.
McSorley also produces several witnesses, some Of
whom claim to have been In his place from seven
p M. to midnight and saw or heard no disturbance
there. On Union avenue, however, near Writer'S
street, there pool of blood and bloody trail
from thence up the street toward Whites residence.
1t is also positive that two young men raised him
up and walked him some little distance when he de-
ciined their company further and said he could get
along alone. They left him and he fell again short
time afterward when another played the part Of
the Good Samaritan and escorted him to his door and


left him in the hands of his wife. Mr. White did not
lose consciousness till Sunday evening" but while he
retained his did not say where he
saulted or who inflicted the injury.