Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-03-28
Execution at Boston.

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his wife, in August last, at Boston High
It lands, whom he shot with a revolver.
{ The circumstances which led to tn
sad affair are thus stated About tw
; years previous McElhaney had marie,
, Nellie Emma Roberts in Cambridge, h,
being at the time some 26 years of age
and nearly ten years her senior. TIL,
marriage was against the wishes of Mrs
Roberts's family, and the trouble be
tween them probably originated from
this cause. The husband was employed
in glass-blowing, but as the works shut
down last summer, he became involved
in pecuniary liabilities, to escape which
he made over his house at AZ Pine street
Cambridge, to his wife. Later Mrs
McElhaney removed to her parents
house in Boston, on account of alleged
cruelty on the part of her husband, and
remained there with her infant. In
course of time McElhaney Strengthened
his business affairs, and asked his wife
TO return him the deed OF the house
which he had made over to her, but she
refused on the ground that she and her
child would be left destitute. McElha-
ney repeatedly visited his wife to induce
her to make over this property, valued
at some $4,000, but, owing to>the oppo-
sition of her parents, she persistently re-
fused to yield the point. On the day of
the murder the husband called as usual,
and was left alone with his wife and
Mrs. Roberts. They were apparently in
good humor when last seen by the fami-
ly, until they were suddenly startled by
hearing the reports of pistol, with four
shots in quick succession. Mrs. ivy
cross, lady living in the house, was the
first to rush to the room, where dread
full sight met her gaze. McElhaney, his
wife and the child lay upon the floor
with blood streaming over them. The
misguided man, after firing the fatal
shots at his wife. had put the weapon to
his own head and discharged it twice.
McElhaney owned that his hand had
done the deed, and Mrs. Twycross, catch
ing up the child, which had fortunately
escaped injury, ran for help. Major
Clark, boarder, was first encountered,
and rushing to the DOM he found NOEL
haney coming toward the door, his re-
volver still in hand. The Major at once
took the weapon away, when McElha-
ney sprang from window into the
street Although falling twenty feet, he
sustained no injury, and officer Perkins,
who had been attracted to the spot, took
the murderer to the City Hospital, where
the bullets in his head were extracted.
McElhaney was then locked up in the
Tenth Police Station to await examina-
ton by the authorities.
The execution took place at IL min
utes past eleven o'clock, and the prison
er bore himself with much fortitude.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.
A statement is made by one of the
spiritual advisers of McElhaney. which,
if true, shows frightful lack of all
sense of humanity on the part of one of
the family of Mrs. McElhaney. This
is no less than that one of the young
men of this family made application for
ticket of admission 10 the execution,
and refused to allow McElhaney to see
his little child unless the request was
granted, or, in other words, making a
bargain to this effect. When it is con-
sidered that McElhaney has not been al
lowed to see the only object which re-
mains to remind him of the wife he
loved so passionately, since his arrest,
thougA he has repeatedly asked to do so,
an attempt at such bargain is revolt
ing to every true feeling. The request
was met with firm refusal, and Noel
haney died without sight of his daugh-
ter, named Nellie Emma, after her
mother, and now pretty child of two
years. McElhaney's will was made and
signed by him this week, and, although
the contents are yet secret, there is no
doubt he gave what little remains of his
property to the child.
A VERITABLE INDIA RUBBER MAN.