The New York herald., 1870-11-16
AWFUL CHILD MURDER.
A Mother Kills Her Infant Daughter While
Insane-A Horrible Seen. Of Blood in
Twenty-sixth Street Tenement House.
Arrest Of the Child Mur r1eress.

Margaret Moore, q native OF Ireland thirty.four
years OF age the throat Of her daughter, Sarah
Ann Moore, two Old, yesterday evening" at her
residence 331 West Twenty-sixth street, ana was
only prevented from killing her remaining two chill
dren and herself by the arrival Of her brother Rob-
ert AdaIr.
THE MUBDEREsS.
The murleress, whose maiden name was Mar
garet Adair to this country twelve years ago,
accompanied by her two brothers, Robert and
James Eight years ago she married william Moore,
a longshorenian, and by her marriage had three
c,liltllen-a boy OF seven years, girl Of nvo
years and her infant daughter, whom she
murdered last night. She is woman who
was handsome in her day, with dark halr and eyes,
slight figure and prominent, harmonized features;
but rongh life IN low tenement houses since her
marriage removed almost every trace of her beauty,
ana last night with The shadow Of her dreadful
crime hanging over her. che seemed a broken down,
demented wretch
ROOM OF DEATH.
year ago the Moores hired two rooms, front
room and hall bedroom, on the third Moor Of the
double tenement house 33l West Twenty
sixth street. The front room, In which
the crime OF last night committed. Ii
a small, poorly furnished apartment, the 1Oor
covered with common druggct carpet rusty
cooking the right side OF the room frsm the
entrance q poor deal table painted TO represent ma
ceiitre and two cane bottom cna,rs in the window
spaces. Common pictures few In number. hang the
fusion on the manici. The hall bedroom, a narrow.
| dark hole with Il window opening 10 the lobby OF
! the stairs. was even more wretched in appearance
! than the other room.
| HAR INSANE RAvIS;s
| Yesterday evening Mary Adair. ten years old.
niece OF the murdercss called on her aunt and found
her combing her hair and singing songs the mur-
% aiapl cSn XsSsn Pssns s 81 the pe Treuas wom.d and
q strange man had murdered her husband
and pG, the body IN the cellar Of the house, and that
1000 children were being chased Eighth avenue
and hung into the river. The mur,eress ihen took
mp the infant ana dressed IL In brown dress, say
ing II was the last time She would do The little
girl tnen LEFT.
Robert Aialr, the brother OF the murderesS, went
into her room ut harpast seven O'Clock and saw The
dead body of the little girl her throat cut from ear
stove, ana bloody razor lying between II
and the stove. The murdorcss was seated
and said, .Ilave you done thss" The murderess
replied, III have ana jumped up, apparently seek
Ing to grasp The razor The brother selzed her, and.
after struggle, forced her into the bedroom, locked
the door amt gave the alarm. Daring the struggle
the remaining children who were asleep IN cradle
were awoke and Jaw the murdered body OF their
sister. Before The arrival OF the officer nurdeiess
attempted TO escape by The window leading from the
the brother un he arrival OF oficcr Wolfe, OF the
Sixteenth precinct station house. who removed her
AMI the body OF the murdered child to the station
house IN IWeateth street,
WHAT SHE INTENDED TO DO.
On questioning her Captain Petty learned that she
had been taking ut several times drugs Tor the pur.
pose oi preventing conception, and the woman, In q
few intervals OF reason, SAID that each time after
taking these drugs she became crazy. She stated to
Captain Petty that she intended to XIII her three
children ana then herself.
THE HUSBANDS STORY.
Her husband was notified while at his work, in
vessel on The North river, late yesterday evening,
aud aud came came e the station house at twelve O'Clock
last night He said his wife exhibited signs OF In.
SANITY Yesterday morning by talking TO the clock
anu saying that II was speaking TO her. He stated
That she was not drunkard, and that she always
was afectOnaie toward the children. He was
granted an Interview with the woman, ana the
scene or their meeting was very sorrowful to wit
ness. The poor man SAID, 'Oh, you unfortunate
creature, why dld you do taisl' The woman
replied, "Oh, don't speak to me now" Her face
was contored every moment as II she were
suffering dreadful internal pain. The body OF the
murdered child remains IN the station house, and
the mnrderess was under special guard all last night
and this morning lest she would attempt suicide,
The case VIII he fully investigated by the Coroner
and many particulars developed at the Inquest
which are unknown now.