The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-02-26
From the Brskiyn Advrfti-er, Of Tuesday Past
Awful NHrdrr-i Woman Killed.

Yesterday we advertcd to the fact
that woman named lIagan bad been
found murdered in bed in her room,
and that her husband, Barney lIagan,
had been arrested on the supposiion of
having committed the awful deed. We
have since ascerlained the full particn-
lars of the case, which we detail as we
received il from the officers of the sec
ond district police. 1t appears intorma-
ton was brought TO the Station House
at an early hour in The morning, and
officer Joseph Buck proceeded to the
house of the accused, on the corner Of
Charles and Tallmadge.sts., where, in
the back basement, he found the body
of woman whose features were disfig-
ured with bruises and Commissions, lying
upon the bed. lie Immediately pro-
cecdcd to the residence Of Coroner Ball,
and notified him Of the fact, and in the
interval officer Phillips of the same dis
trict proceeded in search Of Hagan,
whom he found in Chares-st. about nine
| O'Clock, on bis return from Williams
burgh, whittier it seems he had gone TO
inform some relatives of the family
of the demise of his wife. When taken
into custody he feigned surprise, remark
ing to the officer:
IL amt guilty"
You amt" replied the officer
"lIow do you know what l arrested you
for 2"
lie made no answer, but hanging
down his head gave vent to his grief by
shedding tears, and accompanied the Of
ficer without showing any disposition
to evade the law, and was locked up in
the cell of the Second Ward Station
House.
Officer Phillips then returned TO ex-
anime the premises. He found every
I thing in the place they occupied in con-
fusion. Chairs and other articles OF
furniture were scattered about the room,
the floor, wall, and ceiling were spatter-
ed with blood finger marks in blood
were plainly visible about the room, as
if caused by contestants in deadly az
fray, a pair of boots clothed with blood
and mattod with long hair were lying
under the bed, aud the remains Of the
handle of shovel which had been put
into the fire was found upon the hearth
besides wet rag which had evidently
been used in wiping the blood from the
woman and from the floor. On exam.
lining her person it appeared that the
clean under clothes had been put upon
her after death, and in going into the
woodhousc in the yard, was found bun.
die Of clothes, comprising pair Of men.
drawers and female under clothing, ali
saturated with blood, hidden under some
rubbish in corner. These he took pos.
session OF, as also some articles which
may be necessary at the examination
In the afternoon the sisters Of the de.
ceased came from Williamsburgh, hav.
ing been informed early in the morning
by the husband that his wife was dead
il appears that the accused and wife
lived unbappily together, but from wha
cause we are not advised. The husband
has been represented as man Of gooC
character ordinarily, industrious and so
Der. lie is about tbirty-fve years o
age, and his wife is about twenty-five
They had been married for severa
years, and fortunately, in this insianc,
at least, they had no children.
=. s. The prisoner has been fount
guilty, on the coroner's inquest, Of tn,
murder Of his wife.