The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-05
QUAKER CITY CRIME.
A Sailor Butchered by His VIE and Ansther
Woman-Terrible Scenes in Monroe Street
The Victims Throat Cut-Arrest Of tho
Murderers-What They Say in Ex-
planation-The Sailor Dying.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4, 1873.

In one OF the dreary quarters OF the town, in a.
ward crowded with rookeries and tumbng cabins,
in street filled with drinking houses ana dens OF
prostitution an affair just took place, which was,
indeed. horrible in its detail and which Is to
end in undeserved and unforeseen death. Tonight
at eight O'Clock, telegram was received at the
Central Headquarters OF the Police that woman re-
siding In the neighborhood of Monroe street had cut
her husbands throat, and Immediately upon its
receptCaptaln Helms set out for the neighborhood,
and there found the scene OF OF the most cruel
and inhuman incidents upon the annals OF Phila-
depha crime. Entering a poorly and beggarly
furnished house, at the rear Of No. 1892 Monroe
street, he found the furniture of the room IN the
widest confusion, and almost every household
article
STAINED WITH HUMAN BLOOD.
The carpet, wanscOting and stairways leading
up were dyed with blood; the pillow upon the
floor was CORY, and even the food upon the table
was not free from the stain and the gore. A
pitcher was found upon the ioor filled with
liquid Of some unknown composition. Its broken
handle laid beside 1t, and both the pitcher
and the handle were also stained with
blood. 1t was evident that fearful strug-
gle had taken place upon the spot, and that
between these walls one or more human souls had
met the fate which even in our age of progress
and civilization too frequently carry the wary
to their graves. What took place in this misera-
BILE house, the cause Of that confusion and the
PLANTATION OF the stains upon the stairs upon the
door and upon the pavement outside have been at
this late hour ascertaned, and upon the authority
Of Captain Helms send the following account
THE STORY OF THE CRIME.
This evening, between the hours OF six and
seven, colored family residing next door to the
house in which this cruel scene was enacted,
heard the cry of despair, and the next moment
there came running towards them man from
whose face and head the blood was running in
streams Through the blood which covered his
head and bosom they recognized the c0untenance
OF a man named Montgomery, who earnestly
madiy 6y them into p the house. "''i In
hot pursuit two women followed him,
gained the spot where the wounded man was try
ing to hide himself. One OF the women was his
wife, the other was certain notorious Bella Big
made furious pass for him, caught him by the hair
and began an assault, when the officer, attracted by
the Juror, ran down upon the scene, arrested the
two women and carried them to the Second dis
trict station house. When Montgomery was picked
up he seemed to be in
A DANGEROUS AND ALMOST INANIMATK CONDITION,
with deep cash his throat upon the Left side,
q cut above his left temple extending far down
over his forehead, and two ugly wounds upon the
top OF the head. Kind hands bore him to the
station house, and the physician says that he may
live until morning, though the wounds, it Is feared,
will prove fatal
Captain Helms at once repaired TO the station
house, in which the mans wife and her associate
mad been cOnnned little Wnlle DeIOre. Gaming
Mrs. Montgomery aside, the Captain insisted upon
a statement. She met his request with lying
statement, the main points OF which are as lol-
lOWS:-
THE wIFE's STATEMENT
She said that she had found her husband lying
wounded in the yard, where he had been knocked
down by man named Kenny, when In reality this
very Mr.. Kenny was the gentleman who informed
the officers OF the terrible ARRAY and hurried them
on to her arrest She denied that she knew any
thing further about 1t, but did not explain why she
was assaulting her husband at the very moment
the officers carried her away. The other woman
said she was In the house, but positively denied
that she had seen anything at all out OF the way.
Captain Helms says that the statement OF the wife
OF the dying man abounded in gross cOntradic-
lions and that no reliance can be placed In any
thing she told him.
TERRIBLE WEAPON.
1t Is supposed that the wounds were made with a
carving knife though ut this late hour nothing
definite can be ascertained.
Mr.. Montgomery was sailor by occupation, a
sober and Industrious man, who did his duty to his
drunken and dissOlute wife, and who, according to
the account OF witnesses, simply defended him
SELF while the wife was furOusly assaultng him
alter he had escaped, blinded and staggering under
bis wounds