New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-07
A DARK DEED OF CRIME.
TIE BODY AT Fo-AT HAMILTON IDENTIFIED
AS FANNY DEAHE, THE ACTRESS
lEAL0ISY AND PROBABLE MURDER.
HER HUSBAN ARREST L ID
A Brooklyn Contractor a'ss In Cnsisdy'


-, s ,o,oe note who played about two
,,.or. ,,r.e At v.lIacks Theater. Her hn'bAnl was
.,,..,. a Yesterday morning, AMI tas"h oy OePu'y
S,,,.r,,sep pdept C.rprnter 10 Bay mag, "hef5 nc
,r,;s.i he deceased ar his wife Upon seeing her
80. n, manifested considerable emotion, bury'ug
nj. hce 10 his hands. The deceased was IS years OF
aye the mother Of two children, AID u woman of 'uli,
r,tus, habit Her husban is 81 years of ase an l.
vshman by BIRTH aud has filed the position OF actor
in subordinate parts. 1t il sed that on "Wednesday
lat be discovered his wife in the act u writing
letter of assgnaion 10 wel-known contractor
,f RrookIyp with whom che is reported 10
have been on terms Of criminal Intimacy. An
e,plosiop followed, and Mrs. Halsey msde a
clean breas, Of the whole affir, hau ling over
the letters which she received from her para'n1ur
They were addressed to " Mrs. Fanny Howard" aud
CONSISTED Of appointments to meet at Toomps ms
saloon and other places. One letter states that tine
writer was about 10 leave town. and that he head
aver ears ia business and very fearful that their i0-
uacy would result dsastr0usly tO botb OF t1e'n ME-
Iakey is said 10 have been rather expensive ms
,rcss e1ac;Dg SUNS Of s5 800 at time from her
ALLEGED lover WHAT she did with the money does
rot appear except in the shape Of rumor to which we
decline to give curr.rey. Mr.. Hal-ey handed the
p.npiy. .Suuer,niendeut Of Police letter pgrpOrtng
TO have been written by bis wife 70 her lover, which
be (t.r husbsnd) was to forward, in which she says
that her hu, baDd had recovered their intimacy, and
she had tod him everything, and promised him not 10
write oi speak to her lover again.
Mis-. Halsey's mother says that when her son-in-
law went cut on Wednesday, after discovering his
wiscs guilt and becoming recOnced to her, be said
that be would give her a greai surprise before night
but he did cot return until ~ o'clock p. m. Mean
time bis wife, WHO had gone ont TO buy shoes, did not
Jlp uvbp kr1 he
nothing about her. The next day he gave out that
he wss gong to Phadelphla in search Of his wife,
she having got into scrape there some time ego,
and he supposed she might have gone there again.
Instead of going in ,ha, direction he went TO Albany,
end tel, grapbed TO friend this city ha, he had no
t,dines Of her. He is now in custody of the New
York police.
One of our reporters went to the place where the
bo6y was fund, where he learned the following par
tcunrs from the Coroner Of New Utrecht, and others
who we're well Informed on the subject.
Az soon as the Coroner, w. &. Bennett, was noti-
tilted on Sunday evening, Of the fact that the body of
awonac bad been found f"atin near the shore, ani
having been brought shore, was lying on the beach
where il vas exp. cted IT would lie throughout the
night TO await bis action, he Immediately procurei
rough deal box and proce eded to the spot The body
wes put in the and conveyed to the residence Of
the Coroner at Bay Ridge, New Utrecht, where a
jury having been summoned, the Coroner proceeded
10 held an inquest, Of which the following was the
result:
tcp tak.n at the house of james Bennett, IN the town
of Utrecht, County OF Kings, thus 9th day OF
June ls59 before W. f. r. iuett, Coroner of the
County sf,resad on view of the body of an unknown
won al found lyog dead on the bench at Fort liam.
ton upon the oaths and affirmation of seven good aud
lawful men the State of NewfOrk duly cao'en aud
pwuro or Affirmed, charged to inquire On behalf of stld
p.ople how and in what mani the said unknown wo-
ipan came her death, do, upon their oaih7 ani al
frmation say that the saii uusLown woman came 10
he, death by drowning from causes unknown to the
Jury. ,un cso.c, c,,,y
JAMES IN MAS n MAkD,
SIMON o WE ". E. BENNETT, Coroner.
Aftcr the foregoing inquest the box containing the
body placed in a carpeo,er's shop near to the
Coroner's residence, where il remained during the
night to await identification.
The body was much swollen but il could easily be
seen that il that Of a strong woman Both ot her
eyes we're much di,fgured, one Of them seemei to
have been knocked pulled out hythe operation
of the fsh. There various marks about the
neck a cut on one Of The temples, and squantiiy Of
coacula,ed blood about the iece and breast. The lips
had also been operated upon to some extent by the
fish In other respects the description given in yes
terday g TRIBUNE wa. correct.
Tie sw.lry consisting Of four rings, pair OF ear
rings, and shawl-pin was Of very inferior kind
excepting the wedding ring, which was gold. Tie
gold chain and lcckct with tue lkeuesses already
ferr,d to, bad been taken to Brooklyn.
Aner identifying the body, Mr., Halsey was brought
back to the city and placed in the custody OF the po-
hce, upon the suspicion that he knowing TO the
cause Of her fate.
Later III the afternoon, several friends of Mrs. Hal
eey visited her remains from some of whom re-
porter enabled 10 CLEAN further information
Ia reference to the parties.
Mrs Halsey formerly Miss Fanny Deane, well
known in theatrical circles in this city actress
and reader. She would have been eighteen years of
age next October, born in Montreal, Canada.
Her mother Mrs. Dean, is the daughter Of clergy
man Of the Church Of England. She is of Irish
birth, and has been widow for the las, ten years
The name Of her first husband was Tension. Mr..
Deane had been married twice his fiy,t wife being
sister Of Barry 0'MeSrs, author Of A Voice from
st. Helena" For a long time past, Mrs. Deane has
kept boarding house at No. Ill West Twelfth street;
where her family, including Mr, and Mrs. Halsey
have resided with her. DR.. Tonison. ha-broiher
of Mrs. Hsl>ey surgeon of the Central America,
and was lost in that iliated ship the 2th of Sep
tember 1851.
AT the time Of her death Mrs. Fanny Desne Hslsey
was the mother two healthy children, the about
fourteen months and the other about six weeks Old.
Henry Halsey was born in London, England and is
said to be about - years Of age His appearance is
merely that OF borne down by people King cares
He is exceedingly courteous and gentiemanly. His
father is represented being very wealthy officer
in the British army, who owing the dissipation OF