The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-18
BROOKLYN City News
MURDER OF A WIFI BY HER HusBAsD-ARRKsf or


THE mCRDrxsR-
About bail past tour o''ock. oo Friday sf,eruoou q
Man nsnec John Kelly Who has been but few DAYS out
OF tho reofenaery vert the house Of his we Rose
Nelly 10 NAVY street, rear Prospect, where he mt his
wue apo aer Apply ine Insulting eritfeu TO her rushed
at her With knife ard nacs4d ye wounds orr Of wnrh
was ruhcept 20 cause death, which occurred at The hoe
p'tsl yesterday morning.
II appear that the husband. some two months siocs,
eeing OUT o. work or too lazy 70 work applied TO the
Superintendent u the Poor e wa sent
,nef ns'xaon 70 tho peuitentAy for t~o months. Tie
Dad frequently assaulted be sie, and sho threaten.
ing 70 eompsin OF him for assault and battery sheu he
IVES cent TO the pcnentary ~ yagrant Daring hts sb
scfco eho do the best shs could support herself a,i
three children sod fearing his abuse on bis m turn 1, Der
che scnt 70 her SISTERS 10 Navy st.cc Prospect
wncre she was 81 The time the CRIME was Committed.
On his return 10 Brooklyn, FRIDAY evening found
his wife NJ her ID ters residence and amer charging her
With inoorsiancy towGds bin aoo applying insulting cpl
theta towards her, he drew knife and stnobod her Eve
times, INJECTING injuries from which she died on laurdas
morning Both th ghs cut ACROSS AMI both sides
were pierced from the Ie o. which the bowels nro,rua
She also OF her hands The sister Of the
licensed YES in tho room at the U no and attempted
TO restrain HIM in bis bloody work, when he
made n pase NJ Der with the weapon but did
not succeed IN nnctng any INJURIES Afler The accom
plishmert NJ the deed ne away but vAs CAPTURED b
ore OF the officers Of the SECOND precinct In Flushing ave
rue. Inspcctor King and officers notified ana had
surgical attendance 70 tho wounded woman, and ater
wards had her taken 70 the CITY Hospital Oh litter that
being the safest modo OF conveyance she fingered IN
great agony until yesterday morning when she d,st -
man named Thomas Mccormick w9 arrested BY the
onces q the second precinct yesterday on suspicion OF
time tie blows were given.
The cause OF the whole dfcuy appears 10 be lc,lousv
me murcertd woman represented 70 ba 20 been bard
working tone@t, Industrious woman who supported hes
family on three children 10 the beat OF her ability vh,a
loaSer. - ~ "'''0
Va staed that Kelly saw bis wife enter The bon.c ~
ner sister IN company with EoCormck where he followed
wife. ~r
Coroner sncll was notified, ana proceeded 10 order
following fsc1;-
There Was one wound in The fore part of Tho right thigh
ana one on The fore part OF the left thigh, abt three
nches length, and scvcrne the muscles down 70 the
pone. mere were two stabs 10 the abdomen; one
on me right eide, about an inch In length,
near tho hip bone, entering the cavity OF the
abdomen, wounding the episastric artery; tho one
on the lot side inch and half from the umot
cus, about the length the other entering the
cavity Of the abdomen and vounding portion Of TOE 10
tc~tines Another wound the right hip, poneraens 70
the bone about the the other ~ouncs Part
Of omcptum vas FOUND In the vound OF the right SIDE;
the Abdominal cavity full Of blood There vas a
wound ON the left thumb Close 10 s junction with the
hapo which appeared be oanscd by gapng the knife
The woand In the abdomen SUFFICIENT 70 cause death
scapeb c,asp knife found inside the Navy Yard,
where bsd been thrown by toe prisoner during hi, ~
term, 10 escape. Corottr Smell empanneled Jury,
AMI 81 1sruod the inquest ensl MOnday afternoon