New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-20

brandy drinking understood he va, not right in hi, mind
on board the vessel when he coming took him
I" doctor after he had ceased to work and the doctor told
ne there nothing the matter with him only brandy
drinking be- gave bottle OF something and told me- %
give him spoonful every it;e while ia wafer il about
TWO months after that be- struck h- wife with knife mai
been put out for time With ln previous to that; and
did MT visit him
Iiy Dist Automobile got drunk Jos; hs work and ne
elected hi- family.
HgyDorr ,worn-Aft er NY wife former witness co,up
went 20 the entry prisoner was 10 tn door with nothing
bUths shirt which was bloody asked what he lad been
dong and Do SAID nothing went Tor ioNeinru anu -ll
them. cut INTO the room with them. having light. ne
had then the ci,sels in hand went into the room
where his wife lay the maLe here shown was lying WITHIN
Cro.,r. aniaef when fir; saw him he hld ch,,e
in each hand aer the police came he asked Tor ais clothes
and dressed himself
Dr. Shrs1s. ,worm-An house.sur-eon at Bellevue
deceased brought there about y o'clock her head
and clothes covered with blood and she was uncon
sclOus she died Monday, she spoke previous ID A-F
death but not nationally in my presence made post
morem examinations her head and shoulders were very
much bruised there quite number oi wounds on
the scalp most of them commune ang with the bone ana
fracture Of the skull over the rgnt ear co9stu oou
under there eleven twelve wound, on the scalp
would not say positively but some o the wounds appeared
IL have been made with heavy instrument such A Tue
mact others Ike having been produced by the chisses
Tie face and neck and upper parts of the body were
bruised with different marks did the whole mum
Der the wounds the head were the cause of the death
Cr0,S-cramiAed-Ihe blows appeared 20 have been
heavy onlv one of them had the effect oi acurn- the
e
the head and ou the shoulders the right shoulder in parti'
MAR ana the upper part OF the body tie fracture was
CAUSED by the heavy instrument ~
Edi-0rd NearV Sworu-Am past -; am son ot lhontS
Nearv rri,oner' before my mothers death lived with
NY parents corner Twenty >rycnlhst my sister was ABOUT
lO wear, of age and my brother between ana Sep' IN
the same bedroom with my mother there being two bed, IN
the room my sister slept with me my Little brother slept
I'm the bed with mother; the night my mother was
injured went 10 bed about O'Clock my sister ana NOT go
10 bcdt aterwar She was ont IN another house; WAS
a.lc,p when she came bed my father WAS IN the sitting
roc m when went 70 bed: lee had been home all " ana
had t ble i'm the street thar day; was awakened by the
erie, oi ivy sister: started in fright hearing my sister
CRYING and looked mp and saw my father standing IN sh
hitting NV mother. VINO was lying M the bel there was no
lct but the moon honc in he did not say anything only
beating my mother in bed she was moaning 9h noe 4e'5
her speak could not what he had IN ms had; haloed
murder and be came overto me- ana hrd ht'Ar' over
me and said if did not he down he would muru, Id
WAS afraid and lay down, and my father went back 10 the
bed and lit ny mother a-1in my father supposed was
alarmed and went to the sitting room alg came o'tA nt
said 10 me. she means very strong VIII S' her some
more he seized her with his left hand and pulled her mp
i'm the bed and struck her v or sx blows ana PuieI er
out Of bed the floor and gave her hye or SIX b"N OH inc
head again after he gave the latter sht gun ulo'h- anu
seemed diving smothcrng Ike" my father suL Il Thought
TO have Killed YOU before bu failed me ami now you are
gone" my sister and myself kept halomg ana screaming
and he came to me AID said to lie down, or he would mur
der ne too. he went to the SittnSrooH' anu | herd
knock mt the door, and he asked me VINO WAS mere ana
when found assistance coming got up ana jumped
ont of the window, which w1sa second story ABOUT 10 leI
high: hurt my right foot then came up stufs ana saw
Mr., Dor i'm the entry and told hcr my icI ld kur my
mother my father came 10 the door; dl noi hoice WHAT
h. had in b, hand nv little sister crying inside and ne
oencd the door and Let her out my father ma been away
from work for about days before mat me- was le
sober that day: had not been drinking that week my father
made AN attempt before To stab my mother ami Noui
have done 80 only that my mother and myself COS MN ana
h,ld him till assistance clnci ne i'i Oh Pu' ''i -
l WAS home: the malitt and cu,r' SHOWN ustu 10 o'
about the house for tic purpose oi breaking up woodland me
C,, -o,,iae}-I have been in this country going on
,,lfi in the
and mother came ont in the vessel he did not drink
an board the vessel did before he came on board ne ana
NOT Crnk 50 hard before he did after he came mere the
first night he board the vessel ne "akehe up 0
hi. sleep and began ravng like crazy man. and was the
. way next gay: We afraid we would not be let go
IN hc vessel because he was crazy ana my HoueI Mgto
f ,argiu and the captain asked u he had been urlhIg
and nv mocr said yes and the captain said he would get
0'fiir. w.. sai.,i IN a. hnard. and he
tal sd for ighi or nine days, and then gOt the same
any other and when the vessel arrived mere ne
continued 80 till two three months before ne Attempted
t stab nv mother hc disturbed IN his head When ne
d "a Ice had not been druking ne attacked my mother
suddenly with pocket knife; he had been disturbed IN MS
sleep: he slept wen previously TO the DEAN oil my notner
t thursday t when my mother ald he got out ~ Dtu
p,u,d the window and looked out SMUT down AGAIN ana
t,n e. me to bed he said nothing all next day ON board
Nh. vessel hc rycd ii some person was about o attack
i'm anal id 80 last summer when hr u-,rd, D..or, h. az
tackled my mother; lac did mot appear me SAM ~ Joe "l
- 49,, l.. struck my mother with Inc marti tAe tSO
Jy previously he had gon- oLt to Try 10 let "ot but
,o, NOT get any: be came AJnr and renamed h tc
house: when ny uncle WIS th.re that evening i' seemed
,ad: hc said nothing when ny mother asked MIN 10 rihe
tea but got up and took IT, au sal down AGAIN "' ' WIN
his head on his hand as thinking OF something my Ho'er
was kind To him
by Juror never hne" MN 10 Oo ~ q'''' 10 'o "''
10 Nr Morri.on-He had not qulrreed with my mother
that day they did not have any words my ner was sober
the four days before but saturday ne h@d Deeh dA8
o,d carne home drunk ne had also been drinking the
Thursday and Friday before tllt Saturday.
By a Juror never knew my father to threaten my
wv Mr Morrson-My mother knew when his rayng fits
were coming on she did last summer my mother trled
q, got him into the hospital last summer on account oil he
disturbance in his head she spoke 10 DOCTORS ou no uoc
TORS came there because aG no money 10 pay heh my
mother cot letter To- the Park here 10 Try 70 get HIM INTO
the hospital Peter Wilson who Kept IN stone yard gave
!, a. bf my mother told Mr. W ls0n OF ms raVh5 MS my
tbrr td me the Friday before the night she was killed,
Oar She WAS afraid he going IL get INTO one OF MS ray
inc its AGAIN when he drunk though nos crazy ne
va. uoi,N and my mother was aiF3Iu oI MINI 8,
l,roc INIT, sworn-Wds passing on = stag ana heard
woman lad been killed went 10 the room al" 20 pr
rr h. had killed hi, wife and he would have to suffer
i he ,a. willing 20 suffer II she should die he stood
uu ia III, conner looking down. ana dd NOT appear 10 ~
much If ANYTHING he spoke TO the fonc," 'o''''H'n6
gbout mi, clothes do not recolect wha. II was.
I'm, ped-Ile had on his pants ana slrt ~ the
t Le was Quiet appeared To be kind Of down did not
sIn To- want To gct away Mrs Neay had then been taken
jSri5 JyqA ,worn-One Of Eighteenth Ward Police
Ofcr Groyeuscn and self rst went u the room MIS-
Dorr W., al the entry door with lght we KNOCKED ana
did first get an answer the 'rcoI u % h"'gH'n5
h. oueued II door his hands were il oI booi ai ~
Iad Iels I'm them We seized HIM by tn neck AMI whrn
We did 50 hc had the cilss toCH Al mo lis room
wL,r. hi, wife wa, Wing there was blood on ue o anu
a child living Ia thc bed there was snA O,I III '.' ''fi
,r: uut prisoner IN corner and kei nun 'le IL; luui
bcd round the curtain oi the window ANA '-ed nm "Hat
he did so for and he made me uo answer ai .u nm -
90, away and put him against tie wall ASKED MN WiLtt
T. Id bi. wife for he said he haul done 50 Tor previous
i.nl.uc several persons came IN one oI ui u ne WIS
not drunk prisoner made me r7ii4@iA "' ~ !" u