The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-13
nrooklyn CITY News.

aILsgsv CASE or WIN MuRDER-Frankln Mills,
. refugee from the South. who has been en-
poyed for tho last four months a. engineer in the
Kaols once, Nos. 30 and 90 Fulton street, was ar
rested by Captain Jacobs Of the Forty second precinct
about O'Clock yesterday uoruns. sa suspicion OF
hsylag murdered his wife. Lsusa hla tn csse 10 sur
rounded ~ considerable myasry bss frs1 Tho ssass-
msnt % ~ besors death wouid appear that
The hus>ssA had brutsIy bsassn her
The partes occupied the upper Of the building
tEdos ofeL and the sasomsntoe tho accused Ii NJ fol
lows -Hs said he had boon 10 place Of amusement ON
Monday night and whom he retuSned he found his wife
very m that she had bean suffering great pain and took
some tsudanum, after which she fell upon trunk and
sustained serious injuries Mills then went for Dr. j. D.
Johnson who upon arriving Examined tho patient and
found her in dying condition; but he could nnd no
dsonm or any other poison. She seemed 10 be suffering
from, violent pain in, the SIDE, ana was. 100
how to explain the real cause OF her illness
The doctor administered copsous doses Of harisborn
which in short time restored her TO consciousness,
whom she made tho following statement She stated
late and came IN about midnight consider
ably the for dtnk, ana that, without any povocs
ton on her part further than to remonstrate with him
for being ste he struck her violent How on tbs
side With hottie and Iotheswise mares,ed her, which
the sole Of hcr sancrngs DR. johnson, deem-
ing tho facts elected from lhs dying womanof serious
nature sent fos Dr. Fapey who, upon questioning her.
Was snswerean ,ne a. Sa, sh.
woman coud survive hut very short tims and asked
her N she desired services OF clergyman, tewhoh
sho replied that she wished priest To visit her They
desired Mills 20 and got Father keeesn but instead
OF doing no went TO saloon In the neighborhood and
got ano her 60; but the woman died before the
clergyman arrived,
Nils stated that his wife had been suferng for some
time mast with the heart disease and had been in the
habit OF taking opiaes TO relieve her pain and th1 on
this occasion she had taken large dose OF audsnum
which he Thoughts caused her desih and he produced
small wal labeled 'laudanum" which empty the
inference being that she had taken the contents Coro
Barrett who is dispensing druggist was shown tn
bottle and he gave a. his opinion thai II too small
TO contain esough TO kill any person who In the hab
| OF using opium to any considerable extent
The deceased was q native % the island OF Cuba
having boon born In MaAnzas In 1897 and had lived
capped TO the Union iines and enay 10 New York
The husband s said. TO be nm excellent mechanic, snt
has conducted himself Va The entire Satisfaction OF NJ
| employers since hs has been In Brooklyn post NOR
| tenn examination will 80 made this morning. and an ~
quest held when tho real facts in the case viii De oeve
| oped.
Az rSdxsDlAay rmx Asps FiRsssss FicHf.-A
the cozosusiou Of q ball s CROSS Garden Gran
street, Z. n, yesterday morning, voodhoase In IN
req OF the place wss ared Mr. Gross says he saw som
.nsn In the woodhousc previous 10 the discovery OF IA
nre when tho engines arrived there was some slight az
turbance among the sremcn two Of whom, william Doy.
OF Hose TO- aud John Mun, wero arrested py .oc yo,s
. waiter Yesterday officer Dibbe stated that when .
Attempted 70 arrest Doyle he was knocked down Win
! hio~ from trumpet aud frederick Castine, OF nose
| scss,asd that be wa knocked down BY Doyle III
Judss 0ned Doyle sftsen dollars and hulio ave do'
] Tho 1aro wss es,insotshed H'th WninH 'es@