The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-21
MURDER I'M NEW YORK.
IA Msm N Murders HIS Mistress. and At
aempIs 90 Cnl Hts Own Throat.

ia Ms N Murders HIS Mistress, and At.
at.Mpts 40 CuG HIS Own Throat.
The residence of Miss Amanda Cutler No.
a29 Prince, was last night the scene OF one OF
the most cowardly and brutal murders of which
NE annals Of crime give any account. Miss
Nutler has furnished rooms to let to ladies and
entlemen, with board only for the lady. The
vi etrm of the dastardly crime was Miss Kate
Bn nth, one OF the occupants OF her furnished
roc wns. The man who perpetrated the CRIME
hat \ since the coming OF Miss Smith to board
the,te, been IN the habit OF sharing her room
with her, and getting his meals elsewhere after
the most approved STYLE. Kate had been there
since the first of May, and shown herself quiet,
orderly girl, and paid her board promptly. Sne
was about twenty-nne years of age, and came
from Providence to New York.
JERRY oBRIEN,
the murderer, is a native of Ireland, and gives
his age as nineteen, though he is believed to be
auch older than that. He has been an enthuJl.
.astc Fenian, and was one OF the adventurous
spirits who advanced to the frontier when the
war-cry was sounded against Canada. That
enterprise proving a failure, he returned to this
city only to find his possessions made desolate,
and that the invader, grown insoent with
triumph, was boasting of the conquests he had
imade. The heart of Kate had been torn away
from lts old fealty, in the absence OF O'Brien,
and given to Jesse Allen, notorious thief living
m that vicinity.
AN ASSAULT.
Goaded by jealousy O'Brien had no sooner re-
turned than be resolved to avenge hlI1self Tor
the wrongs he had suffered. He sought not,
however, 10 WgCak his vengeance upon the man
who brought upon him his woe, but upon the
unfortunate victim OF his passion, whom he had
90 money to support. On Saturday night of last
week he met her upon the street, and assaied
her with club on knNe. with the intention OF
killing her. But in this be was thwarted by the
timely interference OF the police by whom ne
was arrested, and conveyed about hat-past IL
o'clock TO the Eighth Precinct station House.
The girl made charge against him OF assault
H,aAA Infnb vunu 70 hpNyn
Tuesday, but Kate failed to appear Sgasnst hlm.
Yesterday he was released on giving oail to
appear to-day, when he was to have been tried
THE CAUSE.
The reason why O'Brien was sent adrift by
Kate was that he had no money for her; and as
jesse Allen was very munihcent in the bounties
bestowed upon her, she naturally preferred
Allen, and as naturally refused to have anything
further to do with O'Brien. To all the entreaties
of OBrien, which were many, sne turned a deaf
ear; for all his protestatlons OF love, Whlcn he
declared 10 be great, she had only cold heart;
by all his insinuations of the dark crime now
committed, which he did not attempt to conceal,
she was not shaken in the least from her stub
born resolve. She could not be induced to revoke
her decision; no more could he. Not being able
to have her himself, he was determined that his
rival should have her no longer. No sooner was
ne released from confinement yesterday than he
began to cast about HIM to see how the fatal
deed might be accomplished.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
In the vicinity of the scene of the tragedy is a
fish market The mOnstrous knives that fish
mOugers use for hacking to pieces their mer-
chandise are we'll known to everybody. By
some means or other-how, 1t is profound mys-
terry now-OBrien got possession of one of those
knives 1t is frghtiul thing to look at when
one thinks OF its being plunged INTO human flesh
and of its dripping with human gore. Armed
with this knife O'Bten was prepared for his
work. The next step was TO get at his victim.
He has means ready at hand and tool ready to
do his bidding. The means was letter; the
tool q low browed thief, who was 10 convey it
10 her He took it and went to the house of
Miss Cutler, rang the basement bell, and sent
up the letter. All that it was desired to know
was found out. Kate was in. OBrien has
night key. Unknown to any one he sneaks up
stairs with his huge knife concealed In his
clothing.
He opens the door to the little attic room
where Kate slept, and found her at her oilette.
Her OILY garments were a chemlse and single
skirt. Soon there were heard by the girls on
the floor below words wrung from a heart tremu-
l0us with fear and wild with despair. They
went to the room. The poor girl was upon her
knees before the monster begging tor her life.
Don't, don't | am bad girl. You know /
am not fit to die. For Gods sake don't kill
met" Such we're her words Here half a dozen
voices broke in, Run Kate, run run for your
lite I" Quick as a startled fawn Kate sprang to
her feet eluded her foe, bounded out the door,
fed down the first staircase, and was about to
go down the next when the fend by sudden
her back so far that it appeared at the breast
bone, and she feli headlong upon the landing
and almost instantly expired,
AFTER THE DEED
the murderer scratched his neck little with
the kDife, and laid down on the floor with a rug
under his head and fegned to be dead. But he
soon made il appear that he was not quite gone,
for on the appearance OF Captain Mills he rose
TO his teet and began to show fight. He was
taken to Bellevue Hospital, but will be given up
to-day Captain Miller has commitment for
HIM, which VIII be enforced this morning.
THE LETTER
to which allusion has been made Is given
below. In fifteen minutes after it was sent
Kate lay upon the stairs bleeding with mortal
NOund;--
Jun 2d
KATE was down TO court for trial yesterday
and II was put off till tomorrow; and Billy Roomes
gIr told me that you got subpenaed this subp9 nae
don't amount to nothing only TO see whether you
want to make charge again n o or not; and you
know Kate that whenever told you thing never
lived only the night hit you ana you moved you
tOd me that you dii not do anything; SO when met
YOU and Jesse was crazV did not no what done /;
ihaye found out tnAt girl went and told you that
staid with TOppY and when you herd, l now how you
felt; tet usI as did and Oh wentt0 get square;
and still you thOught never liked you there
wrong; but let that pass. Now you t!inE will hit
you again Kate never will for see 1t is now use
for to try and live with glrl that don't want
but as Tor me gong with that bitch ToppY only she
is so tmal for shame's sake wou break her back.
Kate never tet SO in life as do now for hitting
you and making tool of my self but it is all done
and iG cant be helped; don't think you went with
Jesse because you wanted to do 90; but Il was be.
cause vou thought staid with loppy. Kate don't
come down 10 court tomorrow for my so xe; and II
you ever did love me let me know so as WIl stand
trial. will gat for answer right way. all car
say am sorry it happened. so, Kate, hope you
will an. Wer it, JERRY OBRIEN.