New-York tribune., 1871-08-24
ONE DAYS CRIME.
rr>yp,,rNr HOUSE TRAGEDY.


,,,,,srry SLAUGHTER IN FIFrEENTli-Sr'-A ,,,,v mrr
"HN ,I,v CurS HIS wIFE'S THROAT AND ~
CIrTS HIS OWN-BOTH INSTANTLY NIL
Forx Darccy. an Irish cartman, age ~, -,
"a, rnan ace S. and their children, Berns'u' ,nos 20
I,,h,rino IL. Hugh. age 9, and two you"s ,o,e-
have occupied two rooms on the thrd no'' Oar some
,nent No n5 East Fifteenthst, near were
time mast TIE family like most the o'nei s.oou Oar
very poor aud all slept in the one s,'' sionaly ex-
cav for more than six months past na ro increasing
limited symptoms OF insanity. ana ,d often rise
in violence with each fresh attaoA' = t,out any ap-
q, nigbt and wander around the 90 ,bis and as
" r,ootber tenants oblecteu ~ - -, ~.
P'''"' storaJ,y made threats ag'lis' u =
-. a., ,yas deemed adysaoc W -. , his
80 ~, "a II was feared tha' !" '''''' -.
- . i,sanity he might inhicV ''oI0' =, -, NJ
49, ,,s.bold or other persons va - tyu,
si MS hou''% nas daughter called on George hehocS'
Darcy ana u" -, a. ,be Office Of the Commission
superintehu'n'. en-. and Correction and procured from
ers oi '. =, take Darcy before Judge Dowhng' at
hi"' q . -, where he to have been eAahhueu, yes
'no tro surgeons, aecordingto law peiore peihs
,,.d 70 the Lunatic Asylum on Blaekweiis iSlanu'
- tuesday night Darcy was restless ana g"' up
-, tines and wandered around the mouse between
s'oi"' be arose. procured a common table-knife,
So,n shqrpenlng it on the window-sill Not mueh
,t,on was paid to him by the other members OF the
- hoc,use he had acted In % similar manner on
~ preyious occas ions without doing any HARM lie
enally attempted leave the room Mrs Darcy thcn
arose from her bed to try to prevent him from
roing and In doing was aided by her
elde-, sons In making this attempt, the latter
rceryed several cuts on the hands from the knife wnic
their father refused to give up suddenly the madlnh
turned on wife, and sezing her by the HAIR ben ner
head backward, and with a quick movement drew 'ne
blade acros, her throat. inhcting fearful wound anu
haf severilg the head from the body The poou Sseu
out in a torrent and when the murderer reeaseu hiS
rrasp the woman sank Hfeess to the floor
The children f htcued at this fearful act hed INTO
tbe hodrno,n. and thence through window into the
hall In the meantime, the demented hu'oah" had
turned his weapon upon himself, ana wheh tue heIs"
,s aroused by the shres OF the children, entered the
room the found him lying his face on the hoor beed
ING from tre wounds In the throat In his own case
- ia that of his wife, no had severed the JuSular VEN
and the carotid artery and already dead The room
pre,,ued a terrible aspect, the floor being literally
s,y.red with gore There also blood upon the fuln-
tur. and the walls were spatered with great drops.
Toe police were informed OF the occurrence. and
Ok possession OF the apartments, keeping out the peo
pe that trongcd in from the populOls neighborhood
adjoining. The quickly spread, and all day curl
blocking up the street.
IL the afternoon Coroner Schrmer held an inquest
he cvdcpco u the boys Hugh and Bernard corrOborat-
the statement Tney say That their athef was
LGma ~ iutcmp rate bat 'aat for several months past
has dr nk little the jury rendered Nefict IN
etc ~ IN accordance with the facts. The BODIES were
t,Dvu iu CndIgr ny friends