Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-16

and our just right, may he upheld.
The UREA MURDEREss-A correspondent Of
the Oneida Dispatch furnishes facts of interest
in the life Of Mrs MeCarty, alias BurleIgh;
=" Her maiden name was Josephine Augusta
Pagan. She was not properly a native Of the
South, as those papers have represented. Her
mother, whose maiden name was Phoebe Burley,
and not "Emms Bureigh," as the errstic
daughter has clsimed, was native Of the east
ern part Of this State, or over the line in Yer
mont, and always resided in this State, except
about nine years that she lived in Richmond,
Va, where, soon sfter their arrival, Josephine
wss born.
The Fagsns returned North about 1888, and
purchased farm in the southern part of the
town Of Augusta. Pagan was killed in 1889 or
1870, BY falling from his wagon loaded with
lumber while passing through Stockbridge to-
ward home The widow continued to live on the
farm till her death in 1864, and here was jose
phine's home till her marriage with Robert Nc
Carly in 1915 and subsequently (sfter parting
with her husband in 1852 till her mothers
death.
Mr.. McCsrty went to England in 1850,
leaving his family to follow the next year It's
not supposed that bis wife wss ever unfsithful to
him Till few months sfer he left, when, as il
was afterwsrd learned, che became criminally
intimste with Jesuit priestt At the time her
three children we're with her aged mother in
Augusta, and she at French boarding house,
in New York city, abandoned herself to SEA-
son Of pleasure with this priest, snd the round
Of city smusements.
9" Her next downward step Was Just before
and while on the voyage to England with her
children to join her husband. He had pro-
vided passage for them by steamer, but she
fell in with a new lover. captain of a packet
ship plying regularly between New York and
london. and disregarding her husbands direc-
tons, took passsge with him, and shsred his
cabin snd berth, 1t was af,erwsrd proven in
Court, during several weeks Of their voyage
This Inconsistency was repeated in less than two
weeks after joining her husband
d" Then came the exposure ard separation
4 few weeks lster, reconciliation on his part
for the sake Of the children. Soon after.
McCsrty took his children to Paris, to avoid
contact with Capt. p, and returned him
self to London, to attend to his duties as juror
in the Worlds Exposition. In few weeks,
McCarty lesrned that the Captain was going
to Paris by rail the following day. and devin-
ing his errsnd thors he determined to follow
him hy the same train. He missel that but
.oak the next, and arrived there about three |
hours later. Proceeding at once TO his vife's re-
sidence. be surprised the couple ia 60 intimate
relations that there was no doubling her repeat
cd in6delity. Here followed a bowie-knife fight, |
IL which wounds were given and taken, but the /
false wife's cries Of murder soon brought others /
upon the scene, the c1mbstants were parted and /
Captain P. was dragged away. McCsrty then /
shut the door Of the room. turned the key and |
fsced his wife. An hour sfterws. be had his |
children were on their way to London. Sud be |
saw not hrs wife's face again for twelve Yeas.
90 From that day her course has been steadily |
and surely downward. She returned home in I
1858, and seems to have plsyel the role of /
fast and depraved woman, tiil she vas capable |
Of the crime Of murder