, 1870-10-17
CHOKED TO DEATH,
a Drunken Husband Seizes His
Wife by the Neck and
Staugles Her.
Whnt l1c sny& About 1t. and
the Stntcmeut4 Of the
NeiEhbors.

Mention Wa made 10 seaterdAys TRt1usH Of q
wifc-beaitug and choking case, In which the y!c-
nm was Mary Shaughnessy, who resided with hci
husband II eis Brown sttc1t, on tho West Side.
Sic xas considered to be In q dying condition
when tho neaghbor4 sav her On Saturday morn
tnE. and Dr.. AedwAy was sent for. He did ali he
possibly could but she died at haif-pas. II O'Clock
yesterday mornlng. IA was stated In Sunday.s ts-
tue, the man, Patrick snsughnessy, was arrested
and licked up IN the Twelfth Street suo-sta1ca.
onF reporter had conversation With him last even
l1E 1at be had searcely anything to tay about the
named Annie Whitethornc, or Annie Cnpheil.
Mnen asked y he had lived peacaolg WITH his
,san:d Wls ns Iepliea but itams.aalel5 mea
= II He would not atase the cause Of
Wnst: nor would Re admit that he hal
Honea "a. hs S we au my way whatever maatan
Eef everything she wanted. Alter saying this he
fecolec1ed that he hna Gnce ''coasei" her, nu,i
when interEoga'esi - to why he dtd 50. replied
ronty, and, as his wife was IN tue hal,lr Of
huyipg beer and drinking with her ncIehbors,
he thouKht she had taken 1t, 80 he
followed her, bnt did not strike her. lie went
home on Friday night anu uo1Iced that his Vile
"a, hai been d1inking sne was nos exactly slraak,
and dancing aloond-waich made him think
efc had had glass or two Of beer. lie sent out
Tor quart Of lager, and each OF them drank two
remaining up. Shortly att +, bis vile, Who had
always been been ''telicstc,~ staggered little
aud fcll down. and q bucketfulI Of water near her
went out fof woman to assIs: him il getting heT
In bed. bat as he contf procure tne assistance Of
20 one, returned and placed her on tAe bed him.
sc!f, and covered her up with some blankets. In
the morning, when he awokr, ahe vas III, and
come Of The nelghtors came In, and he vas after.
warda taken tn1o custody.
woman Annie, ntd no cns: in.e,rup,inV him, be
tatd th1t she hAd lived In his house, Al one time,
.or eight months. Her husband had been a Sui
die1 during the rebellion, and lost = leg. After
ono dag whs taken Flick and died. lie and bis Wife
we're slightly acq1aiate.l With them. add
ar attended The vale Ilis wife went to the tunetal
ahd became ''serE weIl1 acquainted with Annie. 4
shor. tlnle afterwards, AhnIe procured situation
as servant tn family on Third avenue, hut for
sou.e reason WIS discharged Having NO place In
particular to 20, *he came to ShauXhnessys u
noufr, and, upon tie strcuSth OF the flicpIshIp
fornt-i al The time OF the tuncra a.ked shcltes.
she vas al!owea to remain, shauahnessJ aud his
stop with them aver a week or two. She made
10 eGott. hoEtveE. to procure wOrk, and they
%t,b %s1e So1 70. 70 tnsn her aut After s.ias
became yeIy Intimate, ton much 80, considering
he Was InafrtFd, and that his wife lived In thG
.ane house, She WAR suspicious, and, when ANNE
not manifest It In any violent manner. Annie
left The house thep. aud secured work with IAN.
ly living on Hasted street. Patrick did not for
With ter that he !lnIl since the time alluded to
above. Ills conduct called forth remonsttaacts
from " wife. bat they were uc.vailnR. When
I" tie Atus~, and, after using tIs persuasive pow
,rs for twn months, ineuccd his wsft
10 a,los he 1te mother to come and
~ wis were few % ). n2st aSs mt secen,ai Mnai
holder, and the wife recovering. In
measure. from her jealousy. she called ever
fnusc again. she ssoprel two weeks. anl woult
rton?n'y have 1crnant! 1luEes hsd not she nut
Mr. Shaughnessy had Q dispute which rcsu1tet
teratCllrtl faces aud lore ,lresscs Ant
clothinE. AnuIe came OF VIGOROUS, having I'd
| Hinlstcred Eourd .ihEeshux to the wife. Tht
Gs e. r. d%ass y fSw ;
that such tbtEss should cxlss, and Aunie Va!
foteet! 70 leave, hut did not take the child wilt
t ler: This was: hons two or three months ago
-. Moed IL Woodstock, aud Is said to b,
| tlCfc n1T,
shauShncssy wss ve-y anxious laa, the t,oy
estcd in him than he did In the fate OF his wife II.
expressed himself as tnta.ly Indifferent as to wha
| htGame Of himself. He hah eiren a1s the money
NuIhGtltlea did With lIul.
The house where the bod lies vas next visited
ts tr,e rooms. il th,. trout :s s:e ef n anoal
dozen people who had a.semh'e'l 70 have 3 wake
but as there Was policeman In charge. n;
l'olsteTons coutuct was allowed. Nom
| present Knew anything Rasout the circumstance
| isf the death Of the wnulau, or a
lcas, II they did. remain re;iccnt aud would elv'
70 information. Une old lady, the same to whou
! the money hal been given BY Sbaushnessy to pa
| Tor the burial nf the tteceasei, wauted to knnw
| ANY thing could be raised on the house or f1fni
1utr, al the amount she had would not be SUD
nsd given, her 81. 6ut she hai bo4sl
"trea1cd tse crowd" and had but 81 remaining
! woman who lives IN tho hnuse adjacent state
that abou! o'clock on Fttt,ay night she hear
ffnf3itnK ~ thc Io1'n aid Ara- Shau9hnessy Ct
out, "Pa1tck, don't DO IL" as If there was han
w her thro9h n. = 10y: Eho rcs'dss fsw doc,
also heard q nu!sc Ia the honst
| anh, upon tt-ostng In through III
/ rtndrw, saw shanchEfs@y chnkinH teT. They
are ftyrrai distinct Impressions 8: 1nger nails q
tue thfoat OF the Ie1oxase.l. aud tlts lact, 4de
! ~ Ae pplnlon pt thc pA, afclan that the windplp
Lad BET forced frun, lis normal position Is FeT
ss'nsr crtdence tlai tie snmau was sti led
I Frath. The hcrt door ncisfb1r also state,f, whe
asked about the chasing referred to by the prt
Ostf, that he not only chAs.h his wife, h
| kTcke'l her down and Kicked her.
Shsughnessy5 reputation Tor sobefue:
seS nsee ,s,f Poi ssy goo:
:oxtca,et' very frequently, ann, since thc 1somn
WhtIv!hornc came to the house hal beaten h
T1fe very often. lie Is 4 laisorer, a0I has Wotke
4 along the liver nrloadtuR vezEeis lie hnl hee
married s'xten yeaEs, his wife bclng about
| lCars OF age.
The deputy Coso ncr vlslscl the house yeste
lay II u i;a'tc alrantererts tn hold an ;aquc
l this Eortlug, WIEN ali the facts tn the ta3c vi
| nc fully developed.