Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-27
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n Woman IS Murdered by EYomnn-HorrihIe
Picture of Base Life

From the Chicago journal. 18th
Yesterday morning. coroner James held an
inquest upon the body of woman named
Julia AaIloy, III the rear Of No. 2S7 Edna
flace, who came to her death by violence, the
result oil a drunken brawl and fght.
Our reporter visited the spot Yesterday
morning. The room where the BODY Law was
the last OF series Of four, all under the same
root connected together by a door, and occu.
pied, two as houses of ill fame and the third
and fourth by a Dutch and African family.
ihe premises, consisting of narrow front
yard, running back to stable, were rocking
with NTH and Carrion, from which rose an in.
toerable stencil. Two or three lank, NANCY
ours, a half starved cat, rats enough to have
driven the Japanese crazy and 4 general as
sortment Of Irish, Dutch and African children
their nativities hardly distinguishable by rea-
son OF the dirt, made up the live population
of these filthy premises.
In one narrow, contracted, brutally-havored
apartment, lay colored woman in the last
stages OF consumption, while near her sat an
other IN rocking CHAIR droning out plauta.
Ion melody, keeping time by vigorous stamp.
~ OF feet and sidelong motion of the head
IN another, two Dutch vrows were canyassinp
the tragedy in choice Hollandish over villain.
Gus sauer krdut; around the door of the third
knot OF the lowest, vilest courtezaus of the
NNs'NA''E5
ing with rude jests and vile blasphemies in
the last room, upon dirty bedstead lay the
blackened and discolored corpse. A trunk and
table were the only furniture of the room
This apartment was the scene of the tragedy
which occurred on Friday evening about
eleven o'clock. 1t appeared from the testimo-
ny OF one Margaret Seymour that she and
the deceased, Julia Malloy, alias Julia McCue,
occupied the room jointly. On the night in
I IL
was quite intoxicated. One Mary Steele, alias
Mary Moore, was visiting them at the same
time, and had INDUCED also in plenteous liba-
tians Of whisky, until she was also very drunk
While they were drinking and carousing, a wo.
man came in and asked for a small piece of
bread and butter TO carry to q sick colored wo-
man, before mentioned Malloy got up to cut
the slice, when Steele swore she should not
have it Seymour insisted that she should,
and cut the slice, and Malloy took it in, soon
returning.
Shortly after, Steele staggered across the
room and commenced bowling andlpounding
upon the walls Nlalloy babe her dcsist, and
caught hold OF her arm. Steele then caught
Malloy by the hair, and dragged her over to
the bed, Seymour endeavoring to stop the
quarrel, but without effect. After a few sec
onds scufiiing, Steele knocked Malloy down.
and dragged her into the adjoining room,
where she seized large champagne bottle
from the table, and commenced pounding the
PROSTATE woman upon the head with it, until
she broke the bottle. Seymour, finding it
useless to attempt stopping the fight, put out
the lights and went for policeman. She sue
ceeded in finding policeman Harris upon State
street. When they returned the fight was
over. Malloy was lying upon the bed, and
Steele sitting beside her in a rocking. chair
mutterlng to herself and rocking violently
The policeman questioned the wounded wo.
man about the fight, and was told substantial
iy the same story as we have detailed above,
the miserable woman adding 81 have killed
one Irish b-h, and l suppose l shall be hung
tomorrow"
She was taken to the Armory, and subse.
quently, after the coroner learned of the death
OF Malloy, conveyed to Jail upon his warrant