The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-29

the prisoner coming stairs said witness
II deliver myself upn he said he had found his wife in
weeks, and that he had done IL with knife the only
other remark remembered by witness was am salts
NED NOV, now, and n. only want to be hung
nony Of Elizabeth Conroy at the close of which the jury
went up stairs TO examine the body Of Ann RELY -
After an absence Of few nutes the jury when
John Miey was called upon and He testified as
follows About ten minutes past O'clock this
morn ing, passing by house No ITO North Fourth
street, when my attention attracted by a noise
which induced me to enter the seuse saw Mary &c l.
den in the entry at that tune entered, Rely came
found man in bed with my wife, the 6rst man
to apprehend the prisoner and was assisted by young
man to take him to the cells. think the prisoner
insane. ! reside in Fourth street. North Fourth
street.
EVIDENCE OF DIR. LoRErT RELATIVE TO THE DEATH
OF ANN RELY.
On my examination of the body found seven wounds
in the region Of the heart and chest evidently
by sharp instruments one Of the wounds next the
substance Of the heart was quite sufficient to produce
death.
Charles L. Hogeboom fully coneurred in the above
Lawrence RELY, the prisoner, was brought for ward
On beng he said that he married to his
deceased wife Ann Rely By Father Beacon more than
prisoner, four and half inches long, the point and
guards Of which seemed to have been broken recently
On being questioned. he said the knife his
Questionable you stab your mother in law and wife
with this knife
Answer-Yes He said he did not mean to stab Eliza
beth Conroy; that assault had been made him. but
that he had been plagued by his wife and mother
who said they wished that he might cut his throat
while he was busy In shaving; he had owred the knife
three four days and bought IL in New lcrk the
purpose to which 1t was applied.
Coroner Anderson unwilling to question the pri-
further and ordered the officer to r. conduct him
to the cells When about to retire the prisoner remarked
that he did not wish to live.
The prisoner being fully identified the murderer Of
Mary Golden and Ann Rely he was committed TO the
county Jail.
II was now about half past two o'clock and further
deemed igat on
dosed; and, after few moments retirement, the
jury returned the following verdict:-That the said
Mary Golden to her death from hemorrhage Of the
lungs caused by wound inflicted with dirk knife in
the hands Of Lawrence Rely. That the SAID Ann
RELY to her death from stab in the heart with
dirk knife in the hands OF Lawrence Rclyo
The cells in Wlliamsbureh not being deemed safe
place to keep the prisoner he removed To the County
Jail in Brooklyn Before he taken out of the cells
our reporter vod him. in company with several other
persons The prisoner sat in his cell apparently quite
calm and unconcerned. He looked unds mayed and, 1t
would seem regarded his fate in such if he
had been preparing for it for time on being ques
toned by the reporter the following conversation took
place -
THE CONVERSATION.
Rcporter-Mr Rely, are you not sorry for what you
Prisoner-No Ny wife has betrayed me; she ~ shown
that fidelity to another which she should have shown
me.
Reporter-But why should you have killed her mother
Frison'r-Ah tho has bocn my rain; che haa been
the abettor Of my wife in All her bad killed them
both because had reason do and glad Of il;
bought the knife in New York for the purpose md
have applied il as intended Then, quickly starting
he asked Is Elizabeth Conroy dead ~
Reporter-She not dead about fifteen minutes ago
Prisoner-Tbark God am glad. did not intend to
injure her. she did me no harm; would / have
touched the old man (neaaing his erin-iaw) had
he been there; God forgive me II | have killed her
Here the prisoner became thoug htful. and the con-
versatoD ceased On being removed for the purpose Of
conveying him to Brooklyn. he said There IL for
you 10 handcuff l do not wish TO leave you. am
revenged, and only wish to die There will be no
cessity to try by jury it will be only putting
State TO expense. have committed the murder, and
want 70 die as soon as possible
TIE SCENE THE MURDER-ArPEARAScE OF THE
HOUSE.
During the whole day and evening the street oppotie
the house in which the murder took place thronged
with people, and the most melancholy air visible
every countenance Hundreds still around the
door about O'Clock last night and II would by the
silence hoh uniformly prevailed, that they had been
fascinated to the spot The interior Of the house pre-
sented most awful and heartrending spectacle. The
whole flight of stairs dyed with the hearts blood of
the numbered and on the floor where Mrs Golden fell
pool Of the purple gore to be The dismal
appearance Of everything around sufficient 70 make
the heart shudder, and the whole presented
awful picture Of human wickedness reckless bsrba
riy such as IL Is 10 be hoped will but seldom be wit
messed among civilized people Elizabeth Conroy who
was stabbed under the ist breast not expected
uryiye last night