The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-14
City Intelligence.

a WIFE MVEltRER bh uEh biSbAND-MUhE EFF
fEcrs or rERASCE--coRoSER' INQUEST,
AND THE VERDICT or THE JURY.
Another Of those terrible crimes designated murder,
oocasicned Il is aid BY the effects Of liquor such
is sold the majority Of small three cent shops in
almost every portion Of the city has been committed.
On Fiiday evening. a man named John Maloy,
1ri,lman by birth while ii is alleged he was under
the influence of intoxicating drink beat and throttled
his wife Mary to such that from the injuries in
hictod the unfortunate woman died in about an hour.
II seems that halcy aud his wife occupied room In
the bull ding No 242 East Thirteenth street and had two
children The oldest between three years age
and the youngcet infant ut the breast They APP
pareny poor and unable to pay the rent OF the little
turning out Saturday morning by process of law
Whether this distress occasioned in consequence Of
int importance cannot say: but Friday afternoon
both hu, band and wife appear to have INDUCED them
selves in intoxicating drink, and quarrel ensued be-
tween them Prom high words they got to blows, and
by repeated kicks and strangng inflicted by the husband
the wife received injury which caused her death
Seventeenth ward we're called. who found the wife
stretched the floor eess her hair and garments in
side The wretchrd husband and father who in his pas
son created evidently BY spirituous liquor, had just
taken the life Of his wife made effort to escape, but
looked the dreadful picture in logged manner
parenty not reasng the awful position he had placed
himself in Officers Mansfield and Brown took the murderer
into custody and conveyed him to the station house. to
await the finding Of the Coroncr's jury
Yesterday afternoon, Coroner Ives held inquest
iHe pouy; Inc iouo"luE tcstUUhy
TESTIMONY.
Catharne Garry. sworn rays she resides with her hus
band. at No. N2 Fast Thirteenth street in the
house with drceascd about six o'clock on Friday even
ing went into the of the deceased her hus
band there's was attracted to the room on hearing the
deceased scream told her not to in that way;
then returned back to my own room; in about twenty
minutes afterwards heard her scream again; again
went to her and her standing with her back 70
the counter in the front room while her husband sit
ting in chair. with baby on his arm and child
his knee; there else in the room at the time;
/ l said. II thought you told you wouu't
oudy;' the deceased replied Oh can't help it;n her
husband did not FAY anything; I returned again to my
room and. in about a quarter hour after the hus-
band came to my door. and said, Ifyou please,
bad state" went. with my own husband to her,
and when entered the the deceased lying
the floor her hair scattered about saw nothing that
she could might have struck against when she fell;
am Of opinion that the deceased had been beaten;
judge this from the state Of her hair whole per-
SOM saw her in the afternoon, Mt three o'clock she
| seemed to be at that time perfectly well.
Patrick Garry the husband Of the previous witness,
testified to about the facts his wife with the
cepton that he he has known the husband Of de-
ceased for month past and him beat his wife,
quarrel before this occasion The husband told witness
that deceased drunk. and fell or and died There
the time her
| Magdalin Schroeder sworn says-I reside at corner
of Avenue and Thirteenth street; heard screaming
in the apartments Of deceased and the back
dow; the husband Of deceased have his wife the
floor holding her by the throat and kicking her in the
breast the prisoner present said to be the husband
is the holding deceased beating her. it was
about half past five quarter before six o'clock when
| ! saw what have stated
DR.. Lidcll made post morem examination Of the body
| OF deceased. lie testified foows:-I found some
the particularly the left eyclids ON taking OF the
scalp found the marks of confusion over the
was inftrated with blood to considerable extent; on
removing the skull cap and the brain large quantity Of
blood was lying beneath the viscua arachnod
mbrane throughout the left temporal region the
terror portion of the cerebral hcmphcres the right tenn
por region and the base Of the bran the quantity of
Avac o1,L,,
the ccrcbeum the blood in the suci and the cerc
belum was coagulaed; the quantity of fluid coagu
lated bloody eusicn than half pint the tissues
ofthc brain somewhat softer than hroughout
no laccration or cuon into the substance of the brain
was dctocted the lateral vencles contained bloody
serum and the right lateral ventrclc small clot; after
careful search fracture Of the skull detected; the
ung heart liver &c, appeared to be natura the sto
mach contained six eight of undigestcd and
partially digested food the tissues generally
somewhat soened the ,igor nots very slight
my opinion the cause OF death compression Of the
brain by extravaated blood and said cxtravasaton Of
blood might have been occasioned by violence
On the conclusion of the evidence the Coroner briefly
charged the jury the testimony it was submitted
for their consideration IN short time they returned
| the following
That Mary Haoy came to her death by injuries n-
icted in the opinion Of the jury by the of her
husband John Malcy, on the 18th March 1867
The deceased was natve of Ireland aged 35 years.
and has LEFT two children one an infant at the breast
Inc husband was committed by the Coroner prison.
wait his trial
SUICIDE BY TAKING LAuDASrN-A SINGULAR LET
TER LEFT BY THE DECEAsED-ErFECrs OF INsA-
NIFTY
On Friday night a man by the name of Thomas IT
Clark, boarding at the house of Mr. otto Fink No 81
Spruce street, committed suicide by taking quantity
Of laudanum However before he died was discovered
by the inmates of the house. forthwith conveyed
to the City Hospital where every possible remedy
phed but without success he died during the night
Yesterday Coroner Ives called to hold inquest
the body A letter handed to Dr. Ives which was
found ON the table at his lodging house. directed to the
landlord The letter written pencil and in an ex-
cclent hand, evidently Knowing that the unfortunate
man had seen better days in all probability before he
became insane. The following is copy of the
= Mr. O1To FINK My address at home is Thomas H.
clark, care of hessrs Fenwick and Falconor CLAYTON
street. West New Caste-uponTync, county Northum-
bsrland England leave this upon the brink Of eter-
nifty. to your extensive kindness Believe me yours
THOMAS H. CLARK.
N. B.-I have often and deliberately endeavored t.
enter eternity. have for months been confined in an
asylum for the mentally afflicted but have always found
although shall be believed that the purcst were
made for eternity and those who others might appear
most mpious were designed for eternal punishment Ex
shadow Of my ideas If you have il in your power ten
by writing my dear and only Sally my wife that
died ser iI paa.a l husband m THOMAS n CLAIM
of her early love to and this apparently
troublesome affair Yours in eternal gratitude and love
In consequence of the attention being taken
up with the murder in Thirteenth street the inquest
ON The body of Clark was deferred until this day.
AccWENr.-0n Friday afternoon. lad named John
FORBES about fifteen old while sitting the stoop
OF No Little Water street had his leg broken by beam
post falling accidentally from the window of the third
story and striking him the knee lie was conveyed to
the City Hospital by officer William Ncalis
MORMON EhIGRANTs FOR THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
Nearly three hundred families said TO be ut St
Louis. preparing for journey the Great Salt Lake as
soon as the ground is sufficiently settled to admit safe
travelling 1t is now indicated that not less than five
thousand persons will emigrate to the Mormon settle
mcnt The most Of them will leave the frontier ut Kanes
vile. travelling the north side Of the Platte
az z.zu....
Prof. Williams will give Three Public
in Mental Alchemy this week. at Metropo
Titan (ae Trplcr) Hall at ~ O'clock on Tu esday Thurs
and saturday evenings and afternoon
ladies only accompanied with amusing expcriments at
three o'clock, +. M, Tuesday and Saturday Admit
tance 20 cents Children, hafrrice
The Hudson River Building Association
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