The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29
ANOTHER MURDER.
A Woman Beaten to Death In Washing
ton Street Last Evening.

Woman Beaten to Death In washfng-
tom Street Last Evening.
Catharine Kirwan was found lying on the floor
of her room, at 81 washington street, yesterday
afternoon in an insensible condition, by the police
OF the Twenty-seventh precinct and was
sent to the Park Hospital by Captain
Ferris. Upon examining the body OF the
woman the physicians at the hospital discovered
she was severely injured In several places and had
received internal hurts SUFFICIENT to cause death.
Every effort was made to restore her to con-
sciousness, but to no purpose. She expired
couple Of hours after she was placed In the hospi-
tai When first taken mp by the police she was
very much under the influence Of liquor.
From this she partially recovered before she died,
but nothing could be elected from her relative to
the manner in which she had come by the wounds.
She asked distinctly for o priest and shortly
alter expired Sergeant Lonsdale endeavored to
get some intelligence Of the ARRAY from
her, but q slight movement OF the lips
was all he could distinguish. Detective
Finnerty, who was In the neighborhood
Of 81 washington street when the first notice of
panied by Sergeant Lonsdae, and questioned the
other inmates in regard to the condition OF the
tory. Some said the Krwan family was Very quiet
one, others that they were most boisterons: but
all concurred In the Information that Mrs. Kirwan
"oS NV souci PVAsVns LAG OhASCin VuOh wOhe IA
search OF the husband, and he was found on his way
to the station house to inquire after his wife. He
says that he was nowhere near the house at the
time the woman was beaten, and he can
prove satisfactorily his whereabouts. He says
he went to work yesterday morning as usual,
and returned to dinner at one O'Clock.
Finding his vile and another woman in the room
drunk, he helped himself to seine food and went
away again. Returning to his home second time,
about six O'Clock In the evening, he was told that
Mrs. Kirwan had.been taken to the station house,
and he was on his way there when the officers
met him and took him into custody. Several
people In the house told Captain Ferris
last night that Mrs. Kirwan had been going about
the house on the stairs and landings during the
day, and that, az was usual with her, she was
drinking. The house itself Is one OF those filthy,
crowded barracks that are so numerous In all the
thickly populated districts OF the city, and
Mrs. Kcrwan was not the only inmate
| OF the den whose habits were In high
degree uncertain. Captain Ferris is Of opinion
that Kirwan had nothing to do with the Immediate
murder OF his wife, He may have beaten her at
caused by the effects OF the injuries given her,
heiped Oh by the power OF whiskey. But If the i'm
mediate reason OF death was q beating
received yesterday 1t must have been at the
hands OF some other person than the husband. The
wounds are toe severe to have been caused by o
woman, and no trace OF any other man having
been the place yesterday could be discovered.
The police were hard at work last night on the
case. Inspector Walling was consulted, and he Or
dered three special men to be put on 1t. The sup
position is that reliable Intelligence will be
handed to Coroper Young, who has charge OF the
CASE this morning.