New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-18
If taking tpcure as substitute for brandy deceased
nsxeT annsared 10 be Q ,esdy-minded m&a.

never apps ared 10 De . STEADY -uiincea uiAn. - a..
Patrick NcGoldrich next sworn-l i've ~ NO. ~
SuTipe street; about 81 o'clock Monday morsing,
was coming tom the aughter-house in Mott street az
the corner If Spring and Mott streets saw cro~d
front Of the drug store; among the crowd was WI
man he sad her husband inside OF the drug store nsd
p(uTcc essence Of tar down her back anderstooiner
io cay essence If tar though il may have been so'es-
th!rg else size said: looked in the window and saw
the man whom she said was her husband inside; he
ppoSrcd 10 be very much excited, and had knife in
bis bar be ssked me 20 come IN, but did not care
10 venture inside youtg man named Eaw ard Don an
was in ccmrsny with me; the woman asked US where
the Sist,oi-li0pso was; there was no policeman
pes,ut WHO could take her 10 the Station House, my
- Ii and con pSnOb took the woman % the Fourteenth
Ward Siaiior-lloGse, when she was told 10 come N
the morning aud get out a"anant against h'f nus
band from the Station House we went with the woman
Il Ne. Dover street, where she sisted she lived;
we took 10 drink with the woman while on osr way to
her house she said her husband had attempted TO eet
her throat with g or two occasions, and
had often threatened 10 take her hfe she stated that
previous to coming out OF the drug store he had
pesiie in hi. hand and attempted "a strike aer; sae
gave DO special details further about the difficulty ne
was passionate man. she said and she was afraid OK
him; in order to keep him good-nstGred she came
back with him 70 the store frOm down street; she said
her husband had been drinking some liquor.
! EGward Donlan uex. sworn-Stated that be was in
| COMPANY with Park McGodrich last Tuesday mern-
| ing; and attended Mrs. Williams home Mrs. Williams
.aid that her husband attempted 10 strike her WIN
pestle AMI she snat, he'd il away from his hand and
So
uuop her She showed the marks of the acid upon ber
dress neck and shoulders; 10 other respects witness
| COR borated the eV dence OF McI'oidiich,
Or. }. NJ. Bishop sworn, SAID that nc hVed Al No:
| la Mott street; he was returning between and
| O'Clock on Tuesday morning trUm proieSsonA vlSt
| he came up 10 the corner oi Spnng ara hot' streets
| where the drug store ia situated he saw woman
stapc, in front OF the store who appeared 10 he very
much excited; her clothes were tom from her back
there was man with her who was calling for the po-
Gc. he went up 10 where they werei she tod me that
her husband had lust elected her from the store hav
| ing thrown sulphuric acid aud oil of vtro upon her
clothes and person; man directly came 10 tue store
door and looked cut; his head was coveredwi'h blood
he shut the door Immediately but SAID nothing there
was light IL the store, aud saw him go into the back
room and ook into lookugglass and put his hands 10
his head he into the store and appeared to
look after something; did see HIN take anything:
but he Immediately returned into the back room aad
closed the door by this time quite crowd had con-
yened about the store outside-amoug them two po-
! Icemen; she told them that her husband had bee
| treating her cruelty Of the policemen SAID ne
would lake the man IN charge he could gel nsidc vi
the store. be rapped at the door, but there no
| RESPONSE; when he stopped Knocking | saw the
woman 90 off alone toward the BOwery, aitar when
| left and proceeded home; thought nothing more OF
| the matter TIL the next morning, when heard mat
| Williams the clerk in the drug store, was dead
hackne All named Doyle has since told me that he was
present at the time OF the aitay, inside Of the drug
store, and the uhhcuy between the ueccdsCu anu
HE wife.
Ellen Williams, wife of the deceased, was next
sworn aud testified as foows-I am the wife OF tho
deceased VIM. Williams; was married to him on
the Sth Of May 1885, in the City of London lsitaess
| produced her marriage certifcatel reside at No.
Dover street; myself and husband have been in this
| country about year; was busy at work Mo6day
| evening at home till O'clock then went 10 the store
10 see nv husband: he told me TO come aud bring his
1deniucs him. he intended To look out tor another
situation remained in the store TIL he shut up at
| O'Clock; wanad to 60 home, but my husband wOuid
not let me; after closing the store We weut to Dover
street INV husband did not want TO go In the house;
h. aked ne TO 60 back with him To the store, aud said
that if would not go with him he would go aud get
drunk: he LETT me the door and went toward Water
street telling me to wait for him, which did in about
fifteen minutes he returned; then went with him TO
the store; walked along in silence, neither oil us
saving word; after we went into the store he got
bottle. and taking several things from different bottles
mixed them together when he swallowed the nilxare
the mixture was liquid; after drinking the liquid ho
came up To where was sitting he looked pale aud
dreadfully agitated be sad he had got me nov, AMI
| meant 10 make way with me; Immediately screamed
Murder he took petite ia his hand aud raised his hand
10 strike me- Iput up my hand aud was hit ON the hand
Immediately made grab for the peste and wrenched
it from him. aud struck HIM ON the head tue pes,e-
| head was quite loose, aLd broke from the handle;
| after the blow | screamed Murder" agaiU, when he
got bottle and commenced throwing something upon
| me; ran from him into the street, still screaming
| "Mmder;" he locked the door alter me- ana remained
in tLe sore Iwitne,s showed the clothes she at
tLe time of the difficulty with her husband they were
very much burned with sulphunc acid AFTER LETT
the store some men came up among them we're Two
policenen; told them how my husband had ooen
reatipg me- and they took 10 the station-house,
and told me TO get out warrant IN the morning Tor
his arrest two young men whom had never seen De-
fore went from the station'house home with me u
Dover street. we stopped at no place on the way, but
went directly home heard at % clock the following
morning of the death Of my husband; two policemen
came TO my room and told me Of my husbands death,
and asked NE to 90 with them 10 the station house;
nv husband and myself had frequent quanelsi he
Guarreled with me when be was in liquor, he would
csll me very bad names, and was jealous Of me; |
never was uDfaihful to him.
VIM G.. Mcdonnell, next sw0rn-lkeep boarding
house at No 2 Dover street; deceased and his wife
boarded At my house, they have boarded with me
eight months slept in the room adjoining The one
they occupied for three months very often heard
him beating her in the night | never heard tho
reason but understood that he was jealous OF her; she
has sometimes left the room, and would not sleep
| with him becaAe she was afraid OF him. sbs would
go up stairs TO sleep with one OF the glrsi have
| heard him call her a prostitute; never saw anything
! iuuroper in the conduct of Mrs. Williams; have
heard beI say that che could not live with her hus-
band he treated her 70 badly; she never uttered any
| tlreets against him; he was ~ the habit oi getung
drunk frequently and could not keep situation long
| on account of his incorporate habits.
| Henry r. Chute sworn-My sister kept the board
ing-hOuse No Dover street, previous to Mr. Mellon
nell taking charge OF IT, used 20 visit the house fire.
ou.py was told that deceased was IN the habit vi
| heating Lis wife: have seen Mrs. Williams with u
| black eve which was told was caused bya beating
| by her husband; never heard my sister say any
| thing against Mr.. Williams character
Charles Hairs sworn-I live at Nc. Dover street,
| I knew decreased he very Incorporate man;
On Sunday evening two weeks ago went with him on
swak went into drugstore to see 40 acquaintance
he there called e mixture Of some kind aud took IT,
| after which went up TO the drugstore with nm a.
the corner Of Spring and Mott streets he there showed
me seyeral poisons; he sad be had poisonous mlx
ture which he could take which il would be impossible
10 detect in the system he added tina, he never should
die a natural DEATH our return TO Dover street. ne
| carried with him a swOrd-caBe aud pistol; he Wa
.ror, uioent In biz mnIneI and became much excted