The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-25

= From the Baltimore Sun.
Further Particulars CONCERNING the
Victims Of the Late Tragedy.

Towards the afternoon the crowd for O
square Immediately in front OF the house
was so dense that passage on the sidewalks
and in the street was next to impossible,
and until after the funeral all the side streets
and other approaches continued to pour IN
steady stream Of fresh arrivals. Two
thirds of the crowd were women and the
larger portion of the other third children.
The windows Of the houses for one or two
blocks on Central avenue, each side of the
house, were filled with spectators, and great
throngs clustered like bees upon every little
house-top, porch, or other eminence. In
many cases dozen heads were looking out
of one little window, from which the sash
had been entirely removed. Several Yo-
men tainted i'll the pressure of the crowd
on the street, and were removed with the
greatest difficulty.
1t was pitiable sight to see the poor lit
tie innocents as they lay. side by side in
death-a sight, too, which did not fail to
move the stoutest heart. Each corpse was
arraved in white, deckcd with flowers.
The funeral service being ended, Father
McDevitt sad -:
"My Friends,-1 have no sermon to
preach OH this sad occasion; indeed, it
would be out of place. / have only to as
sure you, in the name of Faith, that the
souls Of these innocentS are now i'll Heaven,
and that is enough"
MRS. MARSH IN PRISON.
After being locked up in the cell in the
city Jail on Thursday evening Mrs. Marsh
passed restless night, sleeping but little.
At short intervals she appeared perfectly
sane, but for the greater portion Of the
night she continually raved in broken SER
fences about her children.
INTERVIEW WITH HER FATHER.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Marsh was visited
| by her aged and broken-hearted father, Mr..
| Dwyer. On entering her cell she seemed
not to recognize him, but in a few moments
she appeared, by q great effort, to collect
her scattered senses, and fell on her parents
neck weeping and uttering piteous cries for
| her children. Tn regard to the terrible
tragedy she had nothing to say, and the
father, stricken down by grief, had no word
Of reproaeh to utter: Those who witnessed
the scene represent it as being one never to
be forgotten, and full of anguish and de-
spair.
THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Dwyer, the mother of Mrs. Marsh,
was still alive ut 4 late hour last evening,
with, however, but small hopes of recovery.
She still lays in the basement-room Of the
dwelling where she received her wounds,
it being deemed by the physicians impru-
dent to remove her. .. -..-..-s-
Mrs. Marsh has always enjoyed the conf
dence and respect of her neighbors, and it
is stated had always shown absolute fond
ness for her children previous to the sad
tragedy Of Thursday. In regard to the init
nation of witness that she drank, her
father and other relations declare that she
is stranger to strong. liquors. This is cor
roborated by others in the neighborhood,
particularly by the grocer with whom she
dealt.
THE MISFoTUNES OF MARSH.
At the time of the late flood in Jones's
falls, Marsh, the husband of the unfortu-
nate woman, kept barber-shop on Marsh
Market space, and was doing q thriving
business.
Marsh is represented as having been sober
and industrious, and devotedly attached to
his wife and children. The flood destroyed
his stock and shop and deprived him Of his
business, and, leavinga small sum with his
wife for immediate use, he left the city,
promising that as soon as he could establish
himself in business in some other locality
he would send for his family. The parting
of the husband and wife is said by those
who have reason to know to have been of
the most atfectionate character. From that
day to the present time, now some sixteen
months, Mrs. Marsh has heard nothing
from her husband, and it is thought that
this had a great deal to do with her insanity.
1nathe mean time she has toiled assiduously
with her needle, and has succeeded in feed
ing her children and keeping them respect
ably clad. No one can tell the whereabouts
of Marsh. The account of the tragedy was
telegraphed far and wide, but up to late
hour last eveningno tidings had been heard
from him. !-.... .,.a.sr.s s.