Deadly Desperation: A New York Tragedy Unfolds

On Tuesday night, in the dark alleys of New York City, a heart-wrenching tragedy struck the Lanahan family. Thomas Lanahan, a struggling 28-year-old machinist, lay the blame for the deaths of his wife, Susan, and their infant child on the refusal of two physicians to attend to their medical needs. The couple, who had been living on the brink of poverty at 1859 Third Avenue, near 100th Street, in a 10th-floor tenement house, had been expecting their third child for months. But with the hard times and Thomas’s lost job, their meager savings had dwindled, leaving them with little hope.