John Breslin: Attempted Murder/Suicide

 John/Joseph Breslin was born about 1889 in New York, He was a truck driver for Simons Trucking Company in Manhattan, on Water & Market Streets. in July of 1920 he bought a 32 Caliber handgun. He lived at 266 South 4th St. with his wife Alice A. Walsh was 29 years old and his 5 years old son William who was living with his grandmother at the time a Mrs. James Brady or a Mrs. Mary Walsh (the newspapers give two different names). They were married 4 Sep 1910 in Kings, N.Y.

John came home drunk at 4am jealous and shot Alice in the back of the neck then turned the revolver onto himself, with the muzzle to his temple and shot himself. He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.  

I found two newspaper articles; you can click the links to read them.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-times-alice-breslin/196845294/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-john-alice-breslin/197733657/

The Times-Union

Rochester, New York

Tue, Jul 27, 1920 · Page 21

Interesting story, the further research I did I found their son William Edmund Breslin born 1915 and died 2001. He married and was living in Colorado according to his WWII Draft Card (1940). In the 1930 census he was living with his Uncle Hugh Breslin, in Brooklyn, NY.

In 1950 census he is living in Kings, NY as a lodger, then he goes back to Colorado in the 1990's.

I wonder what kind of life this poor kid had not have either parent, parenting him.

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