New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-06
horrible MURDER.

Ihe SiXteerth ard was !csic-ua! uoiHIS uc
scene of moe. brutal wife nurdsE, toe horrible
trsgedy being enacted in three-story frame tene-
na-n,house st No. 30! West Seventeenth street
On the third story Of sald house, comprising '~e
IoSn.s, have Lived hr some ,.ne past German
psuec john George Meyers. Mary, hs wife, and
their tso young children Jchsnnes ana Theodo-la-
II appear. that about O'Clock Yesterday mornrs the
other occupants Of tie house were alarmed by Mrs
Meyer " he came inio the ha-. and screamed Loudly
ior help; but no going TO her asSiSia0ce she re-
taTrCc to her Soon sferTsrd she wss seen u
the yard empiyin s pal of vs,er- bat as she SAID
nothing to her 1e,ghoors they did not speak to her
About 10 o'eots the loud screams Of Mvs. Meyers
were sgsin heard and her cries, which continued some
time attracted considerable notice from those residing
in the immediate ueighborhood. 10 about quarter
of an hour Thereafter al became silent in the sp,r
ucnts Of Meyer, and nothing was heard or sen
o. them during the morning.
At O'Clock in the afternoon, the neishbors, who
had heard the unusual cries of Mrs VI. began to sus-
pect that something was wrong. and several with
view Of satisfying themselves the subject, went to
Mey,rss rooms and krocsed on The door. No reply
was returned, when they knocked again and again,
but received no answer. As !. was known they bal
not gone cut the neighbors felt convinced that
have the matter investigated.
Policeman Fischer Of the Sixteenth Precinct was
called ir. and all the circumstances that had trans
p,red were related 10 him. The officer TO the door
ard demanded admittance but received no reply.
After knocking for while Meyers called out
Who's there T. and upon being told, said, I'm IN
bed and do not wish to be disturbed. Without
further parley the officer burt open the door, when
most horrible and sickening sight was presented to
liz gaze. Tie dead body Of Mrs Meyers, in state
Of nudity, lay upon the floor near the stove. She
wa covered with bruises ami cuts from head TO foot
From her mouth, nose aud were streams
Of o.sgulated blood, and on her head,
breast. arms and legs were innumerabie
cuts or stabs. Her hair, which had been cropped
off close to her head, found IN the stove partial
y consumed, and il seemed to be the impression ot
those who frst looked upon the scene that the hend
had determined upon burning the body. Near the
corpse stood pail Of bloody water and IT was appa-
rent that Meyers after the perpetration of the deed
had busted himself in wping up the floor, which was
literally covered with blood. The eating of OF his
vifes hair. and the cleansing up Of the blood from
| the foor seemed to be the fret move that Meyers
had made toward concealing the evidence OF his
crime.
TIE officer and neighbo upon entering the room,
found Meyers standing before locking glass brush
ing hi. hair. He turned quickly, and remarked to the
officer She struck first and further sal that he
was fixing himself up to go to the Staiionliouse to
surrender himself to the suthorltIes.' Ohicer
Fischer took Meyers in custody and conveyed him to
the Sixteenth Ward StationIiouse where the mur
derer WAS committed to a cell to await the acton OF
The Coroner. On the way to the S,aton-ilouse the
officer and his priioner followed by large aud
excited crowd, who would not have needed much
| urging TO seize the fend and lynch him upon the
spot
Tpon Il further examination of the scene ot the
tragedy smoothing iron and large pair ot shears,
both of which were covered with blood, were
| found The supposition il, that Meyers and his
wife first commenced quarrcling when he struck
| her causing the first ouicry, and that she then
prepared breakfast, and went into theyard to
empty q pail Vi water. The quarrel must
| have been subsequently, resumed In the course
Of which Meyers again attacked his wife,
beating her with his fists. She fought back, and
| screamed for help, when the fend, to silence her
struck her with the iron, and then stabbed her with
| the shears.
Meyers occupied two rooms, one large and the other
small and the entire premises exceedingly filthy
During the enactment of the bloody deed the children
|
bedroom, and they were found therein by the police,
arc for the time being they con6ded to the care
of one Of the neghbors. Officer Twomey Of the Six
| teenth Ward states that both Meyers and his wife
were Incorporate persons, and he has cftentmes pre-
vented hun from beating her. On this account Meyers
has repeatedly been apprehended, but has as otten
been discharged as she interceded for him with the
magistrate before whom he vas taken She has aso
been locked up in the staton-House for drunkenness
Tho accused has served term of two years in the
State Prison for being concerned in the death Of a
man in Fifth street about ten years ago.
Last night our reporter visited Meyers in his CELL
and found him in apparent sorrow for the deed which
| he had committed He said that he had been out
late on Saturday night and did not get home until
| Sunday morning when his wife called him id
| Dutch son of b--h. They had fight, when he
beat her, but he said that he remembered nothing
more Of the matter until he was arrested
/ The deceased was an Inshwonen, and her maiden
name wss Sarah Jane Taylor. Meyers said they had
| been married about eight years, and had two
children. lie admitted that he had been in the State
Prison. Meyers appeared very penitent, and gave
way frequently TO tears. He said that his wife first
| attacked him.