New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-31
dRc,MsTANcEs OF nm MuRDLa.

us.oG aborer AID oes.dsd - B.itic street Sna
street With his family. lie of iaienpsrs.s habits,
sid wter unter tls influence Of Equof would freqren
Is abuse his vile esd fsli'y 50 ths. they would De
cbEs.d 10 dee to tie reghbors for protection. lie
roud s!so in his drunken sprees, como home with h!s
| erurksn ccrpsniors. srd providing no food for his
| family, would send cut Lis Children TO procure liquor
with which to treat his guests His wife, sober, IN
dust: ous wousa would be robbed o. her hard earn
irgs by this mar, ard the money she had laid up for
rent or the reces.ariss Of lie, would De worse than
| squ,rdersd by her husband.
Anorg the persons who occasionally visited TIE
| house was young man named Rooney, who some-
tres met with Kelly at tie house, but always on tbs
rcst friendly terms. A, lergth Ke,y tho,sht ths; he
had reaxon to suspect is wife Of improper ina.
mscy with Rooney, and charged her WIKI L. Sac
s.ou,ly and in the most solemn manner denied Il, aat
It's paitsIy psciied him. Soon saer, however, he
| cane home dla,k one Eight al again Charged her
with iIfdety, and, sezirg al sr, threatened to XII
her, Sic srd her children esosped to the reghbors,
end had hin arrested charge of assault and oa,-
teiy or which he vss sent to the Pente1tiay. Dur
Ing hs thsre she man,ged to support her
family ceoenty, end got along very eonoItio'y'
Wien bis time Expired lie came ont and went sss'n
to I've with Lis wife, For time a. passed cif SO We.
az 01ls Le eAftFTSl LAC NiAS~ @~S-S-N~@' ~-
esr1ed some norey ard gave seme OF his earrings to
his wife but she was st'l bis main support, He socn
,elapssi ito his tolmer habits, and With bis drinking
beoame the butte 20 biz wife aud family. The demon
tf eslousy was aroused ard be again sccu1ei her Of
irfder.y srd threatened her Efs Size made comqsiat
.nd sgan had him ARE sted when lie was cent TO TIE
Pfrtfntiary for another tenn. Then bis household
VA broken M; tie wife snd children went to live with
her sister Mrs Cor an in Navy street, near Prospect
street vhere she hoped TO remain undlsturbed and
urmolested st the hands Of her husbsrd. Meanwhile
he was taken SICK and seut to tie Hospital for
treatment SIZE was confined drrirg his incarceration
ard gave bnth 10 child which VS.. bu. ts1 weeks
| o,d W hen lis mother was murdered
Kelly, while in the Hospital, doubt brooded over
tie snced yrcrgs that lad been done him. and fee.ng
satisfied in hs Own mind that Lis wife was guilty Of 10
fidelity ard lean ing of the bith of the child which ae
believed to be the result Of guilty sson with Rooney
deliberately tIsured her distraction, and on leaving
tie Hospital on the 18th Of April set about It's soeom-
p'ishuert He first went to hN former residence in
Baltic street Finding there that sLs hsd removed, he
went to New.York appears by the eyiderce before
tire Coroner ard subsequent statements, and there
| purchased dirk knife a. stand near Fulton Msgket.
With This krfe in bis hand and bloody purpose in his
heart he went in search Of his wife. Supposng that
sIe hsd taken refuge al the house of her sister ME-
Ccnar lie went there and asked to see her, She was
rot in a. the tine, and he was so Informed He sas-
fed him self of the truth of the statement aud thon left
Where he went 70 or with whom he stsd that night
does not appear; but the next afternoon Friday the
lob he met man named Thomas Mccormick in
Johnson street near Hudson avenue, and after .skirg
oEc or two drinks sked him TO 60 along, 10 see If ne
could not Id bis wife. Mccormick accompanied him
along Navy street fer tie house Of Conlau when
he went the corner Of Prospect street aud waited
| while Kelly went in the houee
| He entered The front room Of Mrs Conlsns house,
| where hs saw his wife ironing at table. Kelly sd
dressed TO Mrs. Conlan some opprobous epithets in
relation TO bis search for bis wife the day before and
then, turning to bis wife, used insulting and sbusive
| lrgusge toward her. She made but little reply,
keepipg ou with her work, when at er few moments,
| Kelly made a rush at her, and drawing knife from
It's tCsom, ioted several wounds upon her person
with it. Mrs Conlan interfered VIXEN ahe was cut IN
| the hand, but not seriously Injured After mfctirs
| tie wounds, tie ory Of Murder from the victim
called 3 crowd around tie door when kely endeav-
ored TO escape. In passing the door ne was struck on
head By iron pct and Knocked down, but getting
up again, ran awa! with tie bloody knife in h's hsnds
In PSI sing by the Navy Yard lie threw the knife over
The wall and continued to until overtaken by rome
c,zers ard placed in charge Of Officer Beatty Of the
Second Precinct when be conveyed TO the S:stor-
| Hou;e.
| TIE DEATH OF THE VICTIM AND TRIAL OF THE
PRISONER.
The wounded woman was Immediately taken to 10
City Hospital for treatment, when i. was ioan1 tls'
there were two vou.ds on tie this two 10 the abdo-
uen AID ore in the breast. Sic was taken into tns
| Losptsl a. = O'Clock and a. ! o'clock the next
Ia A m examination OF the
BODY reyesed the fact that the deceased came 10 her
death By reason Of the wounds inflicted By the duk
| knife, and the Cororeis Juiy rendered verdict to
that effect. Kelly was thereupon held 10 aEsi. tie
action Of tie Grsrd jury. Tie May tenn Of tc'
Grsud Ju,y Of the Oyer and Tsimine, fourd bill CT
I'D cn er c wfui murder and hs was econ sitter a.
rs'sred before the Court Of Oyer and Tsrminer for
| .rial. He plead guilty to the Indictment and sad
",hst be did rot wait TO he tried that hs killed her
" and was sony for il, but he deserved to die snd
| wanted to de- Tie Court reiused 10 accept the
pea ti guilty. and oriersi It withdrawn, 81 ths
same time s,SigLrg Alexander Hadden, ssg 3: c'uA
SCI for tie priscner
TIE csse went over Cor the Term and g. the JuLe
Term Judge S:Ior pre:iiirg the prisoner was 'red'
| The evidence was corClusYe and no defense T@
ofTertd Durifg the whole trial be manifested the "
nost ind ference as to the result, and seemed lAe
nan who was utterly Indifferent as to bic fate Ihs
Jury found him guilty Of the mmder, sni on the lon
Of June 1853 he w.s sentenced 10 be executed OF te
81 IA CT July, 1853. Previous TO the pas'ns oi no
sentence be msuifssted but little concern and ony re-
ters.i hs former expression, " that ne deserved 70
de" Aaer ssrterce va, pronounced be turned 70
bis course aid rquired what day ii was wAen De 'a'
| down ana VS. soou sasl removed 70 tie Jsl.
THE PRISONER IN m> CELL.