New-York tribune., 1873-07-29
THE MURDER MANIA.
A CIRCLE OF CRIMES.
A Jealous HUSBANDS FATE.

fatally stabbed on Saturday night, July w. ny feei
McKenna age 80 an assistant engineer OF '"o 'o"no'
Merrimack of the RIO dc Janciro lne flo'n no NV
,norem dcposition OF the deceased. and tho lnorna
,,,rts of otbers IL appearcd that Lunney, his wiie
aud MeKenna were born Ireland. mcheh"" "hs III
troduced 20 Lunney, In Eew-fork Dy tno WIG u 'n
latter with whom McKenna had peeh hoq"",".' "
ireland IGnney aud his wife lived on tpe INN" ooi "
tho house in Clarkson-st, and took DoaruolS' ""ons
hor, ,vaa MeKenua Innney was jealous OF his wife
and McKenna and when he was under the lhhuehoo o'
louor ne was accustomed 10 abuse the woman On to
evening of the stabbnr all went to the sprngs Market
together and purchased provisions for Sunday Whiie
returning they drank several glasses OF beer at de
ent saloons on reaching home about 1l:25 D. @ Lunney,
who ,vas porly intox Guarreed with his wife and
struck her ON the face with his hand Mchenna expos
tulated with Lunney, and sought 10 bheh .ne W9an
10 leave the house. Mckenna went away, ana Lunney
who followed him down stairs, locked inc street. uool
and returned to his rooms soon aiterwaru th
returned, and, while demanding aduttaucc Dloke tno
panels of the door with paving stone ana nI5 nS %
Iunney asked him TO dcsst, and opened the oor Wheh
McKenna suddenly stabbed him twice IN the abdomen
fled. tableknife, sneared with bl0od was suDse
duently found in the hallway, and Mckenha was ar
rested in "A neghbOring street An autopsy by Dr.
joseph t. Cushman. yesterday shoMeu uat Heata ia
nasscd tbrouch the pertOncum causing extensive In
naumaton. McKenna remains at tho Tonbs, awaiting
the result OF inquest TO DC held Dy CoIOheI norah
at $50 a. IN. on Friday.
THE MURDER AT THE PALISADES
The induest on the body of Della Corcoran
took place yesterday the little village OF Cressk
Bergen County, N ]. The acting Coroner Justice OF the
Peace Westerye the jurymen. witnesses ana prisoners
we're all in attendance by halfpast nine ana tho pro-
ceedings began without delay In the absence OF the
Attorney. William II. HIS Marshal Of the Pro
lection society Of Engewood conducted inc proceedings
and examined tbe Witnesses.
The first called to testify owen Mclean, one OF
the young white men who were in the boat with the VIC
tins on Sunday, July 90 His testimony went to SHOW
that great jealousy existed on the part OF George
Byerss reputed wife in reference to Della Corcoran
and that the witness had frequently seen the latter in
boat with Byers; be observed the boat on the river on
the night IN question and recognized three of the per
sonssn It, with others whom he described as being in
the bottom of the boat his had not returned at mid
night.
Matthew wcstervelt owned the boat, which was used
without his knowledge or consent. He added the im-
porant statement that when dragging the river for the
corpse of the missing girl, Byerss wife called out to
him from the shore "Ii you want to find Della you
must FISH for her below the wharf, about loO yards from
Byers's house"
William Mclean, one OF the implicated persons, pow
crfu young fellow of p years, gave testimony with
great nervousness. lie stated that he had gone to
Byers's house about o'clock on the Sunday where be
met two colOred men Cesar Cisco aud John Ray aud
they were Joined by white man whose name was Jack
Byers himself, was absent not returning untl toward
the latter treated them all to ale, two quarts Of which
were fetched at expense and the drank together
until Byerss arrival. Further testimony from another
witness proved that the two women had bottle whisky
which they kept secret from their male companions
George Byers's arriving fetched boat in which all
present. in number, crossed over to Yonhers'
where they remained half an hour tho mon in bar
room the women shore near the boat; returning
they approached the Jersey shore, toward 931 o'clock
below Ryerss house; they rowed up stream and dsem
barked there except Byerss and Della, who remained IN
&C. bc and mo 81 hrs went with Mrs Bycr,s into her
cottage and that, he said, was the last lac hdd seen u
Della COrcoran.
Crsar Cisco and John Ray, two young coored lads,
favorably impressed all present cooborating in all ma
tera points the statements Of tie preceding witness.
The testimony Of Patrick Carcn related the identity
of the corpse. He the accepted lover Of the de-
ceased, whom. he said, ne had known during eleven
years; describing her always cheerful and quite
tented with kind treatment she received at Excelsior
Grove Caren is quarTyman by trade, aud a maa ap-
parently ?5 years OF age.
Anna, the supposed wife OF George Byers, gave her
testimony with great nervousness, twisting Aer hand
kerchief continually. She contradcted the preceding
witnesses IN many particulars She was followed by
George Byers, who stated that he was not
married to her; and he, in his turn,
gave the lie to his wife on material points.
He tried TO cast suspicion upon tho colored
lads CISCO ana Ray. lie declared mat ne hdd
watched them aud Della from his windows from II
o'clock until The next morning, and that, after dis
hOnOriug and killing her, they had carried their victim
of on the river in boat put according 70 MS own con
wife, and although at the Grove a thc next day, when
Della was missing he still kept silence.
This closed the examination Of witnesses, the case
having extended from q 10 nearly o'clock The jury
was understood, Was that OF round urGWutoi WIN
George Byers accessory to the ibc" Tbe PRISONERS
and chief witnesses now in the jail aJ Hackensack,
where they Will await the acton OF ihe Grand Jury
AN INTERNAL MACHINE FOUND BY An INFANT.
fWhlc playing in an alleyway at No. 1G1
Rvington-si., CntOn-st, at about D. yester-
day lttle boy Of only four years found pastebOard
box which he carried to his father, Frederick Bohe,
who keeps a laecr-beer saloon the promises While
the father examining the box preparatory TO open
ing it, grains of guupOwdar fell from it into his
hands. He immediately called Roundsman Tute Of the
Thirteenth Precinct who passing and who took the
box to the Deiancey-st station-house,. where it
was carefully opened by order of Capt.
Hedden. IL about twelve inches square
and four inches deep. In its center
smaller lin box surrounded with package of gunpOw
der, filed with powder friction matches Inside
of the I'D, which held down By cord bound around
the box, piece Of sand-paper and steel spring. so
arranged that upon unguarded attempt to open the
box, the I'D would suddenly fly 1acE igniungtne matches
custody Capt Hedden who trying 10 dis
cover why and by whom II was LETT IN the alley.
MURDERoUs BOY.
jeremiah COnnor, age IA, of No. Al Mulberry
ST. dangerously and probably fatally stabbed
back at about ~, yesterday, by boy named Lyons,
H. of No. G5 Mott-st., who escaped From state
ments made 10 Police Capt Kennedy OF the Sixth Pre-
cnct, 1t appears that COnnOr. who Is very deaf was
standing the sidewalk front OF his home
Lyons, who passing, eered at Connor on
account of his nhrmity, aud Connor kicked
him in the abdomen. Lyons then knocked Connor
down, and after beating aud kicking him severely
he of "A
boy named Burke and stabbed COnnor with II, plung-
Ing IT TO the handle into the boys back Lyons then
fed. COnnOr taken the Cenre-st Hospital where
IT discovered that some Of the arteries had been
severed ana lung probably penetrated At late hour
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