New-York tribune., 1868-03-02
WIFE. MURDER IN GREENUIcH. ST.

Late on Saturday night, John Pindar, IA
laborcr, solicited Policeman Flanagan TO accompany
HIM 20 his Pindarsl apartments in the tenement in
the rear of NO sg Greenwchst saying that his wife had
come home intoxicated and he had thrown pail Of
water upon her soon after which she fell to the floor
and died The officer, thinking the story somewhat
remarkable. accompanied Pindar, who appeared 20 be
under the Influence of liquor and on the first floor found
the wife dead and lying upon ne moor W = VSl 9i DloUa
An examination Of the body revealed fflghiIm Wouhd
the head and face portion of me eit ear Was cut
on and there also deep cash on the back OF the
left hand. The officer concluded tha mntuei
had been perpetrated, and that the deed had
been committed in inner bedroom, as thero
evidences OF severe struggle having taken pace
there the bed being broken down ana the furniture ds
arranged; pool OF blood was also slowly coming from
the center OF the room 10 the doors The woman had
been struck down In this room, by some heavy instrU
ment and then dragged into the outer room ana let IN
the position in which she was found by the officer
Roundsman Rusher was called In ana Plndar arrested
and rooms, the accused manifested great indifference
and insisted that the story told by him To Policeman
wchst Police station and locked up. The only weapon
found IN the apartments was Day0net when appeared
rated with blood and water was also found The ndca
that the aesailant had struck the woman WIN
the bayonet and afterward wiped the blood fiOn the
face OF corpse and from the weapon with the cloth
or rag ,.- =, 80, - ,...... ... .,,. ,oa,. ~, ,ho
murdered woman yesterday One of the children boy
OF eight years, John by name described mlnntey the
orig of the quarrel between his father and mother the
assault aud It's final fatal result that during Satur
day afternoon his father came home ana gave his mother
When he home at night he found no supper await
ing him. aud questioning the WOMAN she said he had
lost H. Tho husband declared that he did NOT believe ~
and ordered wife TO return the money she persisted
in saving hat she had lost mslaid II, and he tht
her down kicked aud beat her To escape MN
the woman orawled under the bed when Plndar tore
down and taking OF the Stats beat her over the head
and body with II until she became insenslblc. lilo then
dashed n pail OF water over her, hut AZ shs ulu
NOT revive he sent his boy up stairs TO ask one OF to
neghbors 10 come down and care for her ON seeing ne
woman the neghbOr at told Pndar Ia go Tor phy
sclan Meeting Ofiser Flanagan near by, the man tOd
him the story previously related, aud entering the
anartment tie officer found the woman as described
above other witnesses testified that the woman
and her husband had often duarreled, that she was
dlsspated, and spent great portion oI his
earnings In drink. Screams were often heard coming
from their apartments, when PindaF was beating hiN
wife and tGc quarrel Saturday evening Occasoned
no esnecIa remark Dr. Wooster Beach, lr made posi-
nfl examination Of the body, and found II perfect
mas OF cuts and bruises Eight OF tue ribs on one side
and TWO ON the other fractured besde fracture OF
he frontal bone above the left eye The jury rendered
a verdict "that the deceased Margaret PindaF
came 10 her death from injuries received AZ tho
hands of her husband John Pindar The prisoner wac
then committed 10 the TOmbs to await the action OF the
Grand Jury He II a-longshoreman, 50 years OF age
and a native OF Ireland Mrs. Pindar was native OF
Ireland aged "a years. They have no relatives IN Amer
lea having been In the country but nVe years