The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-03-10
THE SHERIDAN TRAGEDY.
Early Lie of Margaret Sheridan-An
III Timed Marriage with Her De
strcyer-How Sls Supported Her
fen During the War.

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III Timed Marriage with Her De
strcyer-How Sls Supported Her
tei During the War.
From the New York Herald, Feb ~.
j. public attention Is stltl attracted 10
the shocking murder Of Margaret Sheridan
by her husband Thomas sheridan, at the
ia,e residence Of the former, in Nest Fifty
first street, Oh the evening Of the 10Th inst.
the following additional particulars relating
10 the unfortunate womau> previous his
tory, and her earthly prospects Immediately
preceding the tragedy VIII De found Inter
/ ing.
II has been aScertaned from persons liv
Ing IN the vicinity o. " amsbTIdge, West
chester county itrOm which pace the early
home OF the murdered woman Is not lar
/ distant that young Margaret . Brleu's gen
I teeI tastes aud IncilnstI0ns were held In
much esteem by those who knew her prom
ising as these traits had fruilion Of abun
/ dant v0maDly goodness and gentlcness
coupled with more than ordinary lntelll>
| gence. her father, Thomas . brlen, who
some 80 years ago acquired farm Of about
50 acres IN the town Of Ionkers. and near
/ the place above mentioned, furnished Iiber
/ al means for Marsaret's education; but 10
/ fore her studies had been colup leted III the
/ Catholic college at Mount ST. Vincent, on
/ the Hudson, she was withdrawn at the in-
stance of her parents, aud ere she arrived
at sweet sixteen she was united In mar
rage to the man who is now imprisoned on
/ charge OF taking her life.
/ The acquaintance between Thomas Sher-
ldaR and tn. deceased was formed, ii APP
pears, while the former was IN the employ
| of party who had rented y Brien farm,
aud as Sheridan, who had but short time
previous landed from Ireland, was regarded
as steady. promising young man, the par
ents of the deceased woman cordially as
scented to a union which they thought fore
taa3owed perfect happiness for heir daugh>
Ger. That i, was a hasty and Ill serted
marriage may be inferred from the fact
that the deceased, when questioned by her
intimate friends on the subject OF her early
nuptlals, would invariably answer that she
did not comprehend anything that trans
pired at the ceremony" When her father
! died, in 1862, he bequealhed the bulk of
his property TO the deceased during her
lifetime and at her death it was TO revert
to he children, The land was rot in
forward state OF cultivation, and then Sher
ldan joined the army during the REBELLION
the neglected acres became waste and IN
profitable, while taxes thereon remained
/ unpaid, aud the repeated assessments for
new roads and avenues bordering on the
property accumulated With en- brassing
/ haste. During the continuance of the 3ar
/ II Is said that Mrs. Sherman supported
/ herself and children by working on sewing
machine, and Occa ionally being assisted
! through the thOughttuiness Of her relatives
! Careful inquiry has failed to elicit any
| derogatorv information regarding the de
pertinent Of Mrs Sheridan during the in
| teryal alluded to, or IN short, while she
remained on the farm of her deceased father
Without means TO longer support herself
aud children, owing to the utterly neglected
! state OF tbs farm which, being entaied,
was entirely beyond her reach the deceased
woman, through her counsel, caused the
matter TO be laid before the legislature and
/ 10 Mag, 1869, An act relative To lands
| devised by Thomas q Drlen, deceased,
was passed for her relief by two thirds
vote OF that body. This act provides that
| On the petition Of Margaret Sheridan and
| her descendants IN being IN person, if OF
tul age, and ty next friend If infants, the
| supreme court, at q special term thereof
! held in Westchester county, or in tie ad-
joining county, may authorize the ale IL
in tie viii OF Thomas O'B.ien, or parties
thereof, as may be judged expeiicut, and
/ calculated 10 promote the interests OF the
devises of said deces sed " The act also
provides that the proceeds Of any such sale
or sales may be applied first to the payment
! OF the costs OF the proceeding, ana then TO
{ the llqUldlsm OF taxes and assessments after
which the remainder was 10 he Invested
/ upon interest in the name Of the county
/ treasurer, upon bond and mortgage, and be
kept during the lifetime vi Margaret Sher
idan, who was entitled to the interest ac
crulng from such investment during her
life, and "a her death the principal should
revert to her children, as provided in the
will
In pursuance OF this act some 20 acres of
the property named have been sold within
the past few we5ks for S25, OUjs>-bu as the
sa Ie must undergo prescribed from judi
clsl sanction no deed OF the land has as Yet
be en- given, nor could Mrs Sheridan were
she still alive, by any possibility have con-
trolled "a dollar Of the purchase money.