St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-29
The Latest Social Murder.

| nu>IIal interest attaches To the mur-
der of Anthony F. O'Ncill hN james G..
King in New York on Monday. not ouI,
from the former standing of the parties.
hut from the peculiar character of 9th
CT circumstances which led To The deed
King. the muIdcrcr. WAS formerly Il
broker. more recently lawyer. plar-
tiring in New York. hut living with his
wife and three children at Turner's Sta
tion. on the Erie road. where last sum
mcr. he first met O'Nrill who WIS a
freight agent there. King and his wifi.
have lived mnhappily together for two
"r three Years. and i'll September she
entered Il suit for divorce, on grounds of
cruel treatment and adultery. The
husband also brought suit for divorce.
drnN ing th" charges nt his wife and
bringing counter charges of criminal in
timarN between her and O'NcilI Pend
III" the trial of these applications the
Whol" matter WAS brought before Judge
Sutherland in Il reference suit To deter
mine the po>>c>>ion of the children.
King and all the witnesses to the case.
Mrs. King being represented hN her
counsel. appeared III this suit in build
ing No. l. Pine street. and the tc>timo-
ny of Mr. and Mrs. O'Ncill to the ahu-
>ivc treatment of Mrs. King 10y her hrIS-
band. and of other persons to the fact
of adultery on his part wa> taken. King
manifested no emotion when these wdll-
ing facts were stated. and when the tri-
al WIS adjourned ut halt-pa>t |. his
manner gave no inIlmltiOm of the ter
Tlblc crime he mcdItatcd. O'\cill left
the court room. which was ON the third
floor. with his wife and another woman
Witness. and they were going down
stairs. O'Ncill h; ing behind the two
women. when King came ont upon he
landing and fired three shots at O'Nrill
tw" missing him and the third striking
him in the breast. penetrating the lung
and causing internal h"morIlagc. from
which he died in about ~ minutes.
King went int" Judge Suthcrlamd'> of
flee. handed his revolver to the Judge.
and then locked himself up in an inner
room. On the arrival ola police officer
he gave himself up and WaS taken
through an angry and threatening
crowd to the police station. n.nitc>ting
the utmost coolncSS. even when the
corpse of his victim was subsequently
brought To the station and placed in his
sight. These are the Immediate facts
of the murder. hut back of them are.
others. showing i'll some degree What
prompted the crime. King has the rep
utatiom of being IL violent man. and l.
believed to have already hnd upon hi
hands the blood of his f;Ithcr-in- law.
He met and married his wife III Homo
lulu i'll l-6:I. (hc i now 3},) and IN Il
quarrel concerning the settlement of
her dowrN. shot her father. VIII" died
about Il Ncar after. undoubtedly from
the effects of the wound. Kin" fled,
and after ImaS>img il fortune of SlOO.-
OOO in brokerage. went to Europe with
his wife. According to the testimony
of IL female servant his treatment of hi>
wife during that trip was extremely
abusive: on several occasions he threw
glasses and other objects at her, severe
ly cutting her head, and repeatedly. at
the table. threw water or tea in hcI
face: besides this he WAS comtinualll
heating her. This abuse he kept up
after returning to this country, and. in
addition to this. two of the Scr\ant~
Sworc to his frequent criminal intimacy
with Il Young servant girl. Blanche.
The evidence to this latter fact is mos.
direct and conclusive. but King denies
the allegations in toto. and. on his part
brings witness to prove his uniform
kind treatment of his wife. and tw"
servants, also, who swore that Mrs. |