The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-22
The Terrible Street Car Tragedy in
- Utica.
DETAILS OF THE MURDER OF AN INNOCENT
MAN BY A WOMAN.

MAN BY A WOMAN.
We published brief account of ter
rible tragedy in Utica, the instantaneous kill
ing of an innocent man and the serious wound
ing of another, by Mrs. Dr. Emma Burleigh of
Albany. From the Utica Herald of Thursday
morning we CLEAN the following particulars of
the atroeious and bloody deed:
Mrs B. proceeded to Utica Saturday last
with her three children, aged respectively IL,
and 8 years. She engaged rooms at the Butter
field House. Nothing peculiar was noticed i'll
her conduct, and the object of her visit to the
city was not known to any person IN the house.
She left the hotel about 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, and about that time was observed
standing on the sidewalk south of the residence
of Milton H. Thomson, 321 Genesee street.
Mr. Thomson and friend) Henry d. Hall of
Ogdensburg, signalled the car and took seats in
it. Immediately thereafter Mrs B. also sig-
nailed the car and entered She occunied a
seat in the rear corner, directly opposite Mr.. T.
Soon after entering she arose from her seat and
addressed some remarks to Mr.. T., which were
not heard by any. person, neither was the reply
made by Mr.. L. Mrs. B. held her ear down as
II to catch the reply and while in this position
the report OF pistol startled the inmates of
the car, and at the same time Mr.. I. threw his
mead back, when it was noticed blood was flow
ing profusely from a wound in his face. His
friend Hall, who was seated by his side, sprang
to his feet, falling Immediately so that his face
was hidden from view. Great confusion en-
sued, and Mrs B. attempted to leave the car,
but was prevented from so doing by passen-
ger, Mr.. Edward Loughln, who supposed Mr..
L. had shot himself, and that the woman, be-
ing frightened, wished to get out The con-
ductor stopped the car to secure medical aid,
when she stepped off, followed by Mr.. Isaac
Tapping. The car was started again and
stopped opposite the Butterfield House. Up
to this time no person was fully aware
of the extent of this terrible tragedy
which had occurred AT the time it was
discovered that Hall was dead, and that
the ball had entered his left side near the col.
lar bone. The body was taken into the read
ing room of the hotel, aud Mr.. Thomson was
assisted into the office, where he was promptly
ly attended by several physicians. ID = -
, THE MURDERESs. tP ,
At the time of the arrest of Mrs b. she wore
aneatly-fitting brown alpaca dress and an imi-
tation seal-skin jacket. On her hat she wore a
heavy veil, which was much of the time partly
drawn over her face. Upon being brought to
the station house she seemed to realize fully
her situation, and by frequent EXPLANATIONS ex-
pressed her concern for the welfare of her chill
dren The pistol was taken from her when she
was arrested
THE PRISONERS STORY
The following statement was made by her to
the reporter of the Herald: -"
:, Mrs. McCarty is known in Albany as DR..
Emma Burleigh. Among her acquaintances
in this city, and they are not SO fewin number
as might be expected she is known as Mrs
Josephine McCarty, to which name she is en-
utled by marriage She explains the fact of
passing under different name in Albany by
STATING that she was obliged to depend mainly
On her profession for the support and education
OF her children, and that in order to secure at
once an extensive practice she was Obliged to
advertise, and that she disliked to advertise ov-
er her own name. She therefore assumed the
maiden name of her mother. She states that
she has known Milton H. Thomson for about
nd fhot ho SO fI,asf otl e L
two younger children, that he has been visitor
at her house, until his illness about two wears
since. During these last two years she has had
no visits from him. Some time since she pur-
was forty-five hundred dollars On this there
was mortgage of three thousand dollars, and
she was to pay fifteen hundred in cash. Cine
thousand dollars she possessed and Mr. Thorn
son, she says, gave her one thousand more.
Five hundred dollars of this last Thousand she
applied to the purchase of the house: the re-
naming five hundred she expended in renairs
expecting it would be sufficient for This nns
pose. She denies that this money was a loan
and says that it was gift, and that she did not
70 pay interest on IT. At the same
gave Mr. Thomson mortgage made in favor rT
of Il. Chamberlain, Mr.. Thofnson's own na,oa
appearing on no paper connected with the af. |
The five hundred dollars applied to repafrng
Work, ana owing to her inexperienes she was
oDhged TO expend four or five thousand hafos.o
"a. me premises We're made Comfortable 70 this
ast as thew .e eifnng OF her profession as
she asked of Milton H. Thomson another thout
sand dollars, which she received. For th;s
and unsolicited, she seat him a second mort,
gage o9 her property, made as had been the
aas4 T. MoIe recently her attorney neglected TO
pay the interest ON the three Thousand doihar
mortgage, and foreclosure was commeneed
As the tlme OF this mortgage had nearly exn;r-
"a IL was arranged that the mortgage shonld
n y. tne payment OF its face, be assigned to the
lttorney, At about this time. Mrs McS;artv
ays, Mortimer G. Thomson came To Aihany
ma demanded that the first mortgage be as. |
,agned to his brother, Milton IT. This was
lone. Mrs; MeCarty states that she did ret
IKE Ine LOOKS 81 affairs, and began to fear that
ne was 20 De SOLD out. In July last she. came |
Q Q this city and had an interview with Hon il
thomas Spriggs. She ssys that he tolsf her
nat the understanding between the LAWYERS
la "a made It necessary 20 foreelose and sell the
o"Id pao tat sne need nor trouble herself and
he expressaS y '''.e house as she had done
gas ssse> :. 4.er dissatisfaction, and says she
n"s. ..red that the matter would be satistao-
...ly settled by Mr.. Spriggs within two or
three weeks. She then returned to Albany,
but received no intelligence from Mr. Spriggs,
and wrote to him inquiring what progress had
been made. He replied that he could effect no
settlement 2{i Fl re3aal i1 Jnsm s.ae
The mortgage was foreclosed and the prop
erty was sold. Mrs McCarty says that even
then she did not believe she was to be turned
from the premises, and no one attended the
sale authorized to bid ON the property for her.
The premises were bought, she alleges, by La
Mott Thompson, acting nominally for a Mr..
Green of Long Island. Some weeks since
real estate agent came to her house with card
that the place was for sale. This,
she says, was the first direct information she
m that 81 he was tn 10 turpQd from tho nlaoa
Afterward she was told that the place had
been sold, and on Wednesday last, herself and
her children were thrown out from the house.
On Saturday she came to Utica for the pur-
pose of having some provisions made for her |
children. She denies that she intended any
violence to Mr.. Thomson when she came, and
seems to have made no preparation for this re-
suit to her visit. Her Oldest son says that she |
has habitually carried pistol since an attempt
was made to break into her house some time
since. Ia s7rH sas $3.50 ,F,aa. a-~ |
GEN. HAwLEY can put as much sound doc
trine in as brief formula as any one we know
Of. The knack which he has of squeezing
whole argument into mere nutshell of
phrase, is rather remarkable. His one SEN
tence at the Chicago convention of 1861 |
Every dollar of the debt must be as sacred as
a soldiers grave, NOT only electrified the del |
egates who heard him utter it, but did more
tudI d uOZcu eldDOTdt6 SpteCutS cOulu nave
done to kill off "greenback" reputation in
the country at large. He touched the chord of
national honor and it yibrated promptly and eff
fectually. With similar felicity he says, in
recent editorial article, that the New York GUS
tom house must be made as entirely BUSH
ness place as Stewards store" There is the
whole reform summed up in less than a dozen
words. This will end the abuses and satisfy
the people; nothing short of it will.-Spriag-
field Republican. df a3 mi ss lT
2 Loss OF REyENUEs.-The statement of the
Civil Service Commissioners report that one
fourth the revenue of the country had been !
wasted and lost annually, originated, it is I'M
derstood with Mr.. David Wells late Special
Commissioner of the Revenue, and was repeat
ed in Congress by Mr.. Jenckes. 1t was made
with special reference to the state of affairs
during Johnson's administration, and was
xr11l - l. H.