The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-27
ALLEGED WIFE MURDER.
Coroner's Inquest in Relation 10 tho Death d
Julia Hickey. Said To Have Been Thrown
from Window by Her Husband-Ths
Husband Committed to Await tho
Action Of the Grand Jury.

Coroner Herman held an inquest yesterday II
relation to the death OF Julia Hickey aged thirty
three years, at Bellevue Hospital, on March 10,
from injuries alleged to have been caused by her
husband, Daniel. having thrown her to the yard
from window OF their apartments, on the second
door Of the large tenement house, APT West Forty
second street. on the evening OF the 9Th of January
last. Simon Donnelly, who occupies rooms ON the
same floor, and ether residents OF the house,
testified that they heard Hickey and his wife quar-
relling In their rooms for about half an hour be-
tween nine and ten O'Clock on the fatal
evening Soon afterward the sound Of angry
words ceased, and Hickey started down stairs fol
lowed by several of the witnesses. In the yard,
near the doorway Mrs. Hickey was found, in ner
night clothes, PROSTATE and suffering from largo
scalp wound, besides q broken thigh and other In
juries. She was renewed int the hallway, where
Donnelly lighted the gas Hickey then said to
Donnelly, 81 did It, What OF it9 1 am not going
to run ofl'
Hickey then went for doctor, but did not res
turn. Meanwhile Mrs. Hickey, who was sensible.
though helpless, said that her husband had thrown
her from the window. Upon the arrival Of Dr. Taylor.
who had been called by Hickey, the injured woman
was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. Hickey falling
to return with the doctor. Onlcers Bohan and
Craig, OF the Twenty second precinct, who had
been summoned, went In search Of him, and found
him drinking in neghboring saloon. When ar
rested he told different stories to Ohicer B0han.
but stated to Onicer Craig that his vile was throw
ing chair out OF the window, when he took hold
OF her to stop her. when she lost her balance and fell
out herself. When taken before Coroner Herman,
soon after the death OF the woman, Hickey said
that she was partially deranged from the effect OF
drink and that after they had retired 10 bed she
arose and ran frantically about the room, smash
ing the furniture and threatening violence to some
persons whom she had been told had been speak
ing In manner derogatory to her character. The
testimony was not fully cOrrOborative of this ver-
sion of the trouble, though the witness, Donnelly,
swore that he found Hickey's clock lying broken
While in Bellevue Hospital Mrs. Hickey several
times denied that her husband had thrown her
from the window, but subsequently repeated the
charge and said that she did not want to prose.
cute him. After treatment for several weeks the
patient seemed to be c0nvalescent and two or her
attendant surgeons gave certificate that she was
out OF danger. Despite this TACT the woman was
Immediately seized BY relapse and after SUI:
exhaustion she died. Meanwhile Hickey had been
released under $500 bail by Justice Bixby, acting
however, promptly rearrested and arragned be-
fore Coroner Herman, who committed him to
await the result OF the inquest
pOst-mortem examination of the body Of the
unfortunate woman showed that her stomach
was was m nal having two pouches AND
SELF" Her liver and kidneys were alss
discovered to be In state OF fatty degeneration.
no evidence was adduced on this point. The hos
pital surgeons who had attended the deceased and
also performed the autopsy were OF opinion that
death was the result Of exhaustion and intestinal
obstruction, indirectly superinduced by the injuries
received
The Jury rendered verdict that death HAD re-
suited from injuries received by falling from the win
dow, and that the fall was caused by push from
her husbands hand, but whether or not the action
OF the husband was intended to push her from the
window the jury tailed to state.
On his voluntary examination the prisoner stated
that he was o plasrerer by trade, twenty-eight
years old and native OF Ireland. Under advice OF
counsel he refused to make any statement relative
to the charge He was fully committed for the &C.
ton OF the Grand Jury.