Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-26
THE MURDERED CHILDREN.
Ih0 Shocklng story as ToIu bV MYa.
| hennesY Yesterday.

toot0Todys
Inc Insane Mother an Her Moments of Conscioas. |
meSs-I Ihrongs of Tisitors as Bellevue HosDi. |
@t-Lne Scene N AIRS. HenmeSseys ApartBneSts
Last EDeHing.
The murder Of the two children by their insane
mother on Wednesday, was the obsorhino to,,io
yesterday to the neighbO ood where the HenneS- |
~ FAMILY lived. Many called at the Morguo IN |
iook at ths bodies of the innocent victims and n
!arge M humoer prompted by curiosity alone, tried
~ get lute tue hospitalt to the stricken woman
warden Brennan would allow none to enter tbo
cell except the friends of the family. or those
whose business called them there.
sun reporter, accompanied by the watch
,Iop, n, OapI' John kehoe, and Ambulance Surgeon
Mchown entered the cell occupied by Mrs. lien
messy. She was lying on the outside of the he'd
WIN her clothes on, just as she had entered the
hospital. The surgeon asked her how she fcit.-
She @ Iookod at MIN moment, and then closed
asa:a ael eyeS Wlthout making any reply. lie then
aIoeseu her, and feeling of her head and pulse
SAID again, Your hands and head are very hot. /"
She laid her hand on her heart and I'm n wbisner
almost inaudlble replied, "Yes, | am very hot
here; hot all over;
1 AN BURNING UP.
The surgeon then asked her whether she would
answer lew questions. She said yes
Surgeon-Now, Mrs. Hennessy, tell mo where
are your children. She looked at him n momant
noW.n ' '' "aFy
Surgeon-What have you done with tbem7
tub. "A ~ '"'
Surgeon-Did you burn them OH the stove2
Mrs. H.-1es, yes. She then closed her ewes
one seemed much distressed when talking and
at times gasped for breath. When tho surgeon
asked her whether her husband had abused her
He h''N ~
LOVED THE cHILnREN,
TOO, and they are happy now" Before tho sur
geons departure she asked to be raised up in a
sitting posture, saying she felt much easier.
Aestesuay Mrs Hennessy was visited by her
husDand, her husbond'5 mother and sister and
nearly hundred others; she manifested no desire
70 talk, and spoke only in reply to questions Mrs
Hennessy senior spoke in the highest terms of her
danShtsr7n-laW, saying that ahe loved her as we'll
/ as though she we're her own child late last
evening Warden Brennan vent 10 her cell and
asked her hoW she felt. She replied better, ad-
| dlng that she had eaten a hearty meal He then
asked her whether her husband had always been
KIND to her, She replied, GOb, very kind, but
you you had 70 be Just so with him or lie would be a
little cranky" When she had said this a slight
smile spread over her countenance In reply to
another question, she said it was | o'clock when
she put tine two children on the stove, and that
she kept them there an hour
One OF the nurses in the cell said aloud, every
one seems to pity her, and none have said any,
thing harsh OF her."
For momemsnt she seemed to have a return OF
reason, and exclaimed excitedly, "Don't saw that
you are sorry for me; don't pity me, for / have
rebelled against every one and everything l am
heartily sorry for what have dons'ior my poor
ohlldraa," aud then che parsed her hand across
her forehead, saying, 81 didn't know what was
doing" She then relapsed into the old state
HOW ONE CHILD AsoAPED.
A few moments later the Warden asked heI
whether she had put the little girl to bed She re-
Piled no; that when the little girl saw her baby
hFr fharu IN tha nh akaa I \ -
stlh. fron what she said it is inferred that the
little girl entered the room lust after the children
were placed IN the tub.
When the Warden went out of the cell tn,
nurse prevailed upon Mrs. Hennessy to allow he
clothing to be removed, and she was then nut int,
q comfortable bed.
Last evening Mr.. Hennessy sat in the kitchen
near the stove on which his children had beeI
) roasted. Two friends were with hi1n. He sal,
, that when he trst entered the room on Wednes
the sitting rOom, saying to him on arriving there
at is all right am happy, our souls are ii
heaven"
lie then looked into the kitchen and saw tn
children in the tub, but they were dead. He wa
transhxed with horror for moment and then re
turned to his wife, who tried to smother his cries
saying, Everything is all WE'LL keep still kee
still r His wife then went into the kitchen an
vacantly looking around the room murmured I
herself, "The good spirit is coming for mel al
He then asked, "Haye you burned the chill
dren ?" She replied, ayes; they have bee
burned" my God you have destoyed the chi
dren." She then knelt before him, and lookin
up inplOringly, said "GOod husband, 1 have a
ways been good wife to you; l never was 1
happy in my life our children are in Heaven"
Mr.. HenRessy then went to get his sister, an
when she arrived Mrs. Hsnnessy threw a bundl
of clothes over the tub containing the children I
5ide them from Miss Hsnnessy. Mr.. Hsnnes'
said,
THE TWO DEAD BOYS,
George and Francis, were always idolizsd by the
mother, and tho distracted father eannat aecouI
for her strange conduct. He says his little gi
told him that her mother had been very kind
her throughout that day, and that she knew nOtl
ing about it until she saw the children lying
the tub. When he returned home the little ri
was sleeping on the lounge.
Mrs. Wagner, who lives on the first floor, SAY
that she saw Mrs. Hsnnessy's little girl playin
l. in the street at o'clock in the afternoon, but
not see her alter that hour.
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