The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-02
NEW YORK ITEMS.

cnorce Feuchtinger, editor of German pa
~ York. was held TO bail in the sum
~ $500 Wednesday, in that city, to answer
n. charge Of extortng money by threa!s rom
pain Conrad, German lawyer. ne mas
.nt,sn $500 and Conrad's bond for Sl3uu In
this way
. stable was burned in New York on Lewis
o,,nsro an " .dnesday, and FIVE horses consumed
w;tS il. ltwas occupied by David johnson.
The mi,Anen of New York have determined
- ,a;Se The nrice of milk in Summer 10 tour,
in Winter 10 Ere cents; end recommend that
all who engage to deal in pure milk shall have
tLp;r names and residences published IN the
,sners aEd inscribed on their cards.
ncor woman named kain was detected in
the act of throwing her little son IN the dock on
Wednesday, with the intention Of destroying
II, Her excuse was that the tather was IN the
county,. and she had no means OF supporting
IN. child, and had rather drown it than see il
suffer for want OF food!
The following is the testimony of the son of
the demon Neary, mot Geery as FIRST stately
whose murder of his wife was stated few
days since. This testimony was given in at
the inquest held on the body of Mrs. Neary
Edrard heGry, sworn, says-I reside with
nv uncle Michael Marion, at No 222 Twenty
third stree; have lived there since Friday last;
before that lived with my parents, corner of
Twenty seventh street and First-avenue; my
father, Thomas Neary, the accused. was per-
fscly sobcr on Thursday and Friday last he
and my mother had but little TO say to each
other all day; thev did not quarrel or use
harsh words; on Friday | unwell, and
went TO bed between and 9 o'clock in the
evening; before fell asleep my mother went
10 bed; she slept in the same room with me;
nv father, al that time, was in the sitting room,
which adjoined the room in which | slept;
about To- o'clock | was awakened by the cries
of my sister, who slept in the same bed with
me; my father, the prisoner, was standing by
the side Of the bed, where my mother lay,
beating Der on the head with some heavy
weapon; did not hear my mother speak, hut
she moaned; my father had no clsthing except
his shirt upon him; the light vas out, but
distinctly saw him give the blows by the light
that came through the bed room window;
could nol see the kind of weapon he was using;
| sat up in the bed and cried murder - upon
which lie came up to me, held the weapon over
nv head, and told me 10 lie down, or he would
murder me toe; the weapon was mallet and
the one now shown me is the same after
making me lie down, he went back again and
struck nv mother on the head with the mallet;
she was moaning during this time; he then
looked oct OF the Ded-r0om window into the
sitting room, turned around and said that she
moaned very strong, and that he had better
give her some more; he then seized her with
his left hand, pulled her up in the bed in sit
ting position, and struck her on the head two
or three times. He then pulled her out of bed
on the floor and gave her five or six more blows
with the malIet. She then stopped moaning,
after wEic3 ne let her 60, saying al thought
to Kill EoI before, but il failed me, but now
you're done" My sister and myself were
screaming al that time; he again came up TO
me, holding the mallet over my head, saying
"Iil murder you, bat lay down yet" he then
went into the sitting room; at this moment
there was rap from the outside of the sitting
room door, the door was locked; he asked who
was there, and heard some one answer, but |
don't know what was said; when heard the
rap jumped out of the bedroom window into
the ward, aad then went up to the door of the
sitting room, where found woman who lives
on the same floor; told her my father had
mother killed inside; she then got her husband
up, and he went after police officers the Off
GERS soon came, and after rapping several
times, my father opened the door; then they
arrested HIN; my mother was still living upon
the bedroom floor; about three or four months
ago he attempted TO kill nay mother with
knItei al this time be had been drinking.