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The Late Fanny Deane Halsey.
Tuesdays Daily Press contained notice of
| the finding of the body of Mrs. Hasey, better
known us Fanny Deane, in New York bny,
near Fort Hamilton, on Sunday last. To-day
we publish few additional particulars:
The condition in which the corpse was found
when taken from the water did not show that
before death she had been subjected to vio-
lence. The prevalent belief is that, driven to
desperation by accumulated ills and repeated
| indiscretions which either had been or might
be at any moment discovered, sho committed
suicide 1t was deemed prudent, however, to
place Halsey under arrest to await the action
of the coroner's inquest.
On the inquest, at Fort Hamilton, the body
was identified by Dr. Mahan, who stated that
| the family of the deceased arrived in this
country several years since in impoverished
circumstances, though the mother was related
to an Irish Lord, and that for some time they
were cared for by the Masonic fraternity.
Fanny, who was then a mere child, exhibited
taste for poetry, which led the parents to
educate her for the stage.
Henry Halsey identified the body, and stated
that Mrs. Halsey had been missing since We'd
neSday last; then he went in search of her
throughout the city, in company with one of
her brothers, and as she could not be found,
that he won't on Thursday, to Albany, and on
| Friday telegraphed the friends of the family
that he could find no trace of her in that
place.
Three brothers of the deceased also ident-
fed the body. They were loud in their de-
nunciations of the husband, represented him
as an English roue, who, originally of a good
family, had taken to gambling, and when he
had exhausted his fortune, lived on n meagre
income allowed by his father, and spent his
| wife's earnings until, when she was unable to
earn more, he left her in poverty, and made no
further effort to provide for her wants.
Mrs. Deane (mother of the deceased in
whose house Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey had apart
ments, stated that Mr. Halsey left the house
week ago last Sunday night, and did not return
until Tuesday evening. On his return his wife
expressed surprise at his absence and asked
for an explanation. He told her that he had
prepared great surprise for her the next day,
intimating that he had furnished q house for
her to move into. The next morning Wcdnes-
day. Mr.. Halsey left the house about half past
nine o'clock on good terms with his wife. Mrs.
Halsey was in unusually good spirits during the
forenoon, and was engaged in preparing dresses
| for her babies, whom she intended taking to
visit Laura Keene on the following day. Her
uncommon cheerfulness was remarked and spo-
ken of by her mother, who attributed it to the
| surprise that her husband was going to give her.
At2}3 P. M. Mrs. 1Ialsoy left the house, say
ing that she was going to purchase pair of
CATERS, on the corner of Fifteenth street and
Eighth avenue. This Is the last her mother
ever saw of her. As evening came and she
did not return, her mother began to grow un-
easy, but thought that she had met her hus-
band, while out, and had gone to some place
with him-perhaps to see the pleasant surprise
that he had prepared for her. Between | | and
IL O'Clock the bell rang, and she ran to the
door expecting to meet her daughter. On open
ing the door she found Mr.. Halscy, but not her
daughter. She Immediately asked where Fan
ny was. Mr.. Halsey exclaimed, "My God,
did she go out to-day-she promised me she
would not go out" lie then told Mrs. Deane
that he had that morning detected his wife in
the act of writing an improper letter to Mr..
Wells, Of Brooklyn, and that on being taken to
task by him, she had confessed to a criminal
correspondence with the aforesaid Mr.. Wells,
commencing as far back as last Christmas. He
then exhibited two letters from Mr.. Wells to
his wife, which she had given him, but which
Mr.. Wells denies having written. On discov-
ering these facts, Mr.. Halsey made his wife
promise never to see Mr.. Wells again, and also
dictated letter to Mr.. Wells, which she PEN
ned, and in which she states to that gentleman
that her husband has discovered all, and that
they must not see each other again.
Mrs. Deane believes that Halsey's statements
are false, and hesitates not to avow her belief
that her daughter has been murdered by her
husband. Yet she admitted that he was not in
temperate, nor of an ugly disposition, always
treated his wife kindly, and manifested great
affection towards her, but his passion for
gambling led him to make use of her in every
manner he could that would assist him in rails
ing the means to crafty this propensity.
1t has been stated by several that Mr.. Hal
sey possessed great influence over the general
conduct of his wife, and it is believed that as
he was very much in want of funds with which
} to supply the gambling table, he induced heI
to cultivate an acquaintance with Mr.. Wells
with view to securing money. II appears
that, Independent of any such acquaintance
Mr.. Wells has always been friend of the fam
lily of Mrs. Deane, and has known Fanny from
} early childhood.
Mrs. Fanny Deane Halsey, the deceased
was born at the small French town of La
|, Prairie, ON tho ST. Lawrence River, opposite
Montreal, on the 9TH of October, 184i, and
was consequently seventeen years and eight
months old at the time of her death. Her pa.
rents were both Irish, of the better class, hel
father being Wholesale druggist. HeI
! mother, Mrs. Deane, is the daughter of q cler.
! gyman of the Church of England. She is o.
| Irish birth, and has been q widow for the las
. ten years. The name of her first husband wal
, Tension. Mr. Deane had been married twice
. his first wife being sister of Barry 0'Meara
author Of az Voice from st. Helena" For {
lOuS lihho phStJ uiiss DSdh0 nus hepl u DOaTu
, ing house at No. Ill West Twelfth street
= where her family, including Mr.. and Mrs
D Halsey, have resided with her. Dr. Tension
a half brother of Mrs. Halsey, was surgeon o
Q the Central America, and was lest in that i'll
| fated ship on the 18th of September, 1857.
Henry Howard Picrcy Halsey, is an English
s man, about thirty-four years Of age. He i
the eldest son Of Henry William .Richart
5 Westgraph Halsey, of Henley Park, Curry, Eng
I land. His father also resides in Westburn
:. terrace, Hyde Park, London, and is well know
Q as a man of wealth and influence in the Brit
1 ish capitol. Hulsey Jr., came to this countr,
0 some three or four years ago, and during tha
! time has been supported by remittances frou
, his father. Some three years ago he becam
l acquainted with Miss Fanny Deane, at Wal
lacks Theater, where they were both engage
5 in professional capacities. The result of thei
Q acquaintance was a clandestine marriage
9 Soon after, however april 20, 1850 they wer
d duly married at the Church of the Ascension
# in Fifth Avenue, by the Rev. DR.. Bedell, tn
!, assistant Bishop, elect, of Ohio.
o Two formal Investigations have been mad,
in view Of the body, at Bayridge, the latter Q