The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-23
Horrible Murder

Herald Of las, week. recently Pcpciratcd
at FAN Rive. Mass, arr copied ifom thu
.Ntgrs of,hsi plicc. The record. Of crime
ful 10 produce a parallel of eirociiy, So d.
aholicalN savage anl unrrdcsmch. It
would shuck the moral sense cf a Bcrgi,
lit becomes orr painful duty 10 re-
cord the particulars OF ihe most horrid
murlcr of a wife by her husband, in
this town, the hs week At the dwell
ling No % Bedford street, lived john
Murphy, with his wife Ellen. and five
children. the oldest two being daughters,
respectively - aud Is years Of age
Murphy was laborcr in the pocassci
mills. Both he and his wife were drunk.
ards. he, according tu the testimony Of
the daughters. frequently compelling her
(whcn she needed compelling, which
was not oilrn.) TO pariako OF liquor bro'i
home 10y himself, but being full ofwruih
against her when she wen, abroad. rs
she sometimes did, and procured the
means of intoXicaiion from home,
Last Saturday, il appears, the wife
b,inr ont ON ON, Of her drinking ram.
bles. the husband went in pursuit Of her.
10 bring her home, having rope in his
hand. Before setting out, however, he
bnd nrorur,d n half n min, IF gi, from
- nr;cbhor nm rr.do aud dranl !,
HAVING r,, his wifi. homr about 9 ~.
clock hr threw ber u,,on tho heJ anil
comnelling tho ol,lss, Jonch,cr 70 bo,J
h.r ma.her h., ,;'J IL" hamas orJ co,,
~ uo ln,,or ,orn,L,s ,,;,h .ord, ,ha,
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now Eve "c' sup o' 'q"o'' :,
ne 'h''' n'cni''e" 10 Gc' '"e e'ueS'
o'ue"''r 10 administer ''r ''q"or 20 ''er
,''o'"c'' o,' ,,'' 'i'''.''s'"'H ",""e' URN
~ '',",'"' ''','"s s'''Ppe" Tue ~o'n""
o' ~, her c'o'',,S eNrep' nrr e"e~,se'
ana having pulled that oil from her
meek an" shoulders ana torn u open IN
'ron', ne proceeded 10 inrh me hqnor
wh'c'' he ma drought from 'he shen
uown her 'nro''' IL appears Us thouEh
ne was awnre that TINS iiquih would
s'a''i ana u'Sco'or any article OF cioih-
me' nut was ignorant o, ihe 'act That II
M""'' S'i''' tue SKID ne "l"in gwen
ihe woman appears, ana Is supposed 10
nave heeh' s''plurIc acid Ono ol The
dnng'iiers stated that she knew OF her
,"'herS purchasing or Otherwise procur-
ing quantity OF TINS horrible ana dead
SUM- sometime previous 10 The muir
uer'
oh having 'h'S sun 'orneh down
"'' ',''o''' '.c poor woman struggled
anu s'lo"e" S'ehs OF nausea She was
100 strongly confined with the cords
""o'''' " r'ec ,,''sc'' UT no "h''"'"a
tn h.,J i, ana,,,.n ,aa.,, NV .,,;,'' ~ "e."
sraiJ about the coucb of his
aeonzcd diving wife. The latter. by
words or signs, called for water, telling
her daughter that she was burning up
I'''ue: some wafer was gwen her by
wv " VIC u'''s'"e'S nc aa"sh.er''
but The rllesi ,wo Kan, no,o Of uo;r g,
Tiers operations. About ~ o'clock
according to the account of the girls. he
gave his wife another quantity of liquid.
ms lie called tea. 1t is judged TO have
oee'' q"an'i'y oil the ac'd diluted
moan ,' "u " .,, woman .i eon''"ueu 10
wi,"n ~ ,ho '' Ja',, U o' .,a,
the noise of her nloipt ceased /, IL
probable that death occurred at this
IpDlnt nt fine. Tho husband inbound
his wifi, s,r;nned tho cbe,,,;so OF o,d
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