The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-13
THE LATEST WIFE MURDER.
narrowing Particulars Of the Ui-
stAr County Horror.
Vruh)E Beaten for Two Years-The Fiend At
tpnps to Throw Her Down Wen and to
6oax Her Alive-Hs Finally Kicks
and Pounds Her to Death
Arrest Of the Murderer.


m Ulster county, on Saturday evening last, there
was enacted another Of those horrible and nendish
murders for which that county has OF late become
noted. murder more sickenng in its details has
seldom ever found place in the annals Of crime.
ROCK Locks.
THE SCENE OF THE MURDER,
b situated on the Delaware ana Hudson Canal,
about seven miles nom Kingston. The facts as
CLEANED by HERALD reporter are as follows
About two years ago Thomas began. young
man, then about twenty-five years OF age, married
q young woman about twenty years OF age. short
time after their marriage he began course OF pru-
tai treatment toward her whom he mad few
months before sworn to love and protect. He be-
came very disspated In his habits and daily grew
more cruel In his treatment OF his wife. Night after
might, as he would come home nom his drunken
car0usals, the nelgheors would hear the
CRIES AND SCREAMS
OF his abused wife, and shudder as they heard the
kicks and blows, loud and FAST as they fell upon
the defenceless woman. On saturday evening the
HORRIBLE DRAMA
was enacted. 1t appears that on Saturday morning
Thomas began, In company with few friends,
went to Rosendole, small village few miles dis
tant anu there became somewhat intoxicated but
yet not so much under the influence Of liquor
as not to know what he was about. After
spending the day at Rosendale he returned home at
about SIX O'Clock In the evening, and for once ap-
peared quite sociable ana friendly towards his wife.
Presently she started for the WELL about seventy.
i've yards distant for the purpose OF obtaining
water Thomas soon followed. She, seeing him
approach, spoke kindly TO him, ana said:-"Tom,
are you going to help me draw waterr' He replied,
IN an angry voice, damn you ! am going 10 take
your life and then seized her and
ATTEMPTED TO THROW HER IN THE WELL.
She cried for help several times and began, seeing
wagon approaching. and fearful OF being detected,
IOOSeled
fearful kick in her side,
Rose Degan then ran to the house Of Mrs. McKin-
icy and went up stairs to where Mrs. Mckinley
ley then seated the injured woman in a rocking
chair, and was about calling for help when she
dying wife from the chair, attempted to put her on
red hot stove. and, as he SAID.
In this nc was frustrated by Mrs. Mckinley,
horrible DEATH began having Deen foied In his lis
design, turned upon Mrs. Mckinley and struck
her her fearful blow then selling his wife, ne
ROOM and then, while she lay bleeding and nsensi.
blc struck her several blows upon the head and
yet content he caught mold Of her feet and, while
holding her In that position, kicked her unmerci-
relaxing in his assault Rose reSaihed her CON.
seriousness and managed 10 crawl into a bedroom
THIS be 0ix 1ne aoof the em
forced the door, and again and again struck and
kicked his now senseless victim, dragging her
about the room By the hair in 1endish glee and say
ing. Now have finished your
Tne TWO rooms In which the horrible Tragedy
was enacted presented the appearance OF
SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
The floor, the walls and even the ceiling were be.
Bmeared with blood. The hair OF the dead woman,
which had been pulled out by the fendish husband,
was thick upon the door, while the stairway leading
TO the rooms below was reeking with blood and the
doors bore the marks OF bloody hands.
mrs. Mckinley having by her screams aroused
the nn neigho stns began let the house few
By owen Gallagher aud 'ne family I''uP aaa
erg Dr. RoSnson was a. once nea
who pronounced her injuries fatal About eleven
O'CLOCK me same night began returned the no use
wnch was denied him. am We beran9 that he
should not be allowed to enter, saying that She knew
he would kin her. began then went away. but re-
turned again IN about ten minutes, and again de.
he would not allow him 10 see her till morning
whereupon began said ne would come In II ne had
70 force the door. He commenced to carry his
panels. Gallagher,
WITH AXE IN HAND,
stood guard at the door, determined TO strike down
the murderer should he attempt TO enter Mrs.
Gallagher warned him not TO come In at the peril OF
his Lille, and nc finally withdrew, not wishing to face
certain death, to his own house. About three
o'clock on sunday morning he was arrested while
DEATH OF TIE VICTIM.
Mrs. began fingered through the night In great
agony, and died about eight O'Clock Sunday morn
alter viewing the body, which
PRESENTED SICKENIEG APPEARANCE,
the chest and ribs being broken In, rendered yer.
dict that Rose began came TO her death from inu-
res willinlIy inflicted by her husband Thomas Degan
Whercup0n the prisoner was committed TO the
Kingston jail to await the action OF the Grand Jury