The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-11
singular Case or Adultery.

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from the Chicago tribune, Jan. =
strangely complicated fraud cruelty, deser.
CATION BIZ the police two men living in the North Dyi
sion succeeded In violating, nj stroke nearly
every Injunction contained IN the dccaogue They have
put the ten commandments into one, and broken IL.
Such leat has probably never been attempted since the
great iawgiver himself accomplished IT, after vcry DIFF
fercn' fashion. The OF the two extraordinary
calpd,s are Richard Burke, the keeper of a grocery
store No ga; Division street and Jerry Couenay, for
merry porter the MaiIeson House who resided next
dooi To Burke. Tue former is about forty years
of age and has vile and four children. courtenny IL
Ave years younger, and has wife and child.
Whether they were happy 10 their domestic relations
and loved. honored and cherished their respective
wives. has not been ascerained officially, but
from what follows, moy be suspected that neither
Mr.. Burke nor Mrs. Codrtenay found favor IN he
eyes OF their lords Tue reason OF this not far
to seek In TACT it existed in the shape OF young
coincy wife, the wife Of Patrick McCann. express
driver who resides In that neghborhood Mr.. Mctsnn
appears have been afflicted with the moral dis
ease, criminal partially fer another than her husband
She Is twenty i've years OF and Is the mother 81
bov OF five She ~ OF IRISH birth and cnurc and, be
sides be ng handsome she appears 20 have been great
tlirt an unfathfui wife, assu dipomsiit and heart
less mother
Kate suiIysn-such was her maiden name succeedcd
In captivating the heart % the grocer ri,cse ise
tured eyes wagcd viii ng aud crcsfu' 1pon the
affections e Richard Burke who gradually became o.,
traneed from his wife He neglected hi fsmiy and his
business. TO follow her The family, inroussgIepce b.
came dcsiit re- aud the business fell decay Cos
TONERS deserted his store, as he had deserted bis
hrasde and ruin stared M IN the face. Hut, tn
stead OF meeting his difficulties manfuy. or cndeavcr
Ing To retrieve his fortune. he continued ~ follow Kate
that ovely baleful star" which leading him Into
still deeper troubles
While this unlawful Irritation progressing between
Burke and Mrs NcCann the latter secretly carrying
on another with Terence courtcnsy, who had Likewise
been smitten and who, like his neghbor the grocer
had become estranged from his wife. Tie affair
was 20 aruy managed by Kate that neither of her two
lovers was aware Of her Partially for the other or
course the two neighbors did not make conndanis Of
each other matter OF such dclcacy; the poor
remained In blis-fui ignorance and Patrick Mctann
mn al Ia = inf
deity Matters came o. n crisis few days ago.
Burke II appears had privately sold 90 all bis effects
for as much they would bring aud then made an
signmen of his property favor Of bs credior Prior
H. this he had accumulated of money
about ten thousand dollars in abby Of borrow
ing small sums, varying from hfy to i've hundred
dollars from his friends around the city. Matters hsv
ing come a crisis SAID. Burke Judged Il prud
away. In fact Kate and he had nadc up their
minds To this some time ago. The money nov being col
leccd, an elop mont concerted between forty and
twenty-five, and all the arrangements were made.
Meanwhile Terence Courtcnay, whp nsiicred himself
that he the sole object OF ner unhai.wed passion,
was engaged In precisely similar Undertaking He.