MURDER OF A SON AT GO VAN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 106, 9 May 1896, Page 4

MURDER OF A SON AT GO VAN.

A sad tragedy occurred on February 29 m the populous Plantation district of Govan. lfc seems that there had been a bitter quarrel m the family of a shoemaker named Patrick McGowau, leading to his separating from them two months ago. On the day named his wife, seeing him enter his shop with another woman, followed him m and expostulated with him. A quarrel ensued, iv which McGrowan struck his wife. She went home and told her eldest son, a young man of 22, who went to remonstrate with bis father, but did so m puck bitter terms that tho latter seized a sharp cobbler's knife and plunged ifc into his son's neck, severing the jugular vein. Two men who were passing and witnessed the deed rushed to the younger McGowau's aid, but he died mlO minutes, The police, who were promptly on the spot, found the murderer still brandishing the knife, but closed with him and disarmed him. When formally charged with the crime at the police station, he merely remarked, "It is a great pity." McGowan is a powerfully built man, 54 years of age, and was at one time a frequent Sunday orator on Glasgow green. Occurring as it did on a Saturday night and m a crowded locality, the crime caused no small excitement m the neighborhood.