Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-06-11
MURDERED HER CHIL-
DREN.
Three Lille Babies Beat TO DcatI,
A Striking Cooper's Wife ina Fit
of Madness.

New YORK, June 2.-Soon after the
family of Michael Dwyer, of 33 north 9Th
street, Brooklyn, consisting Of bimself,
wife and three children, aged Z, A and 2
years, arose this morning, the wife stepped
behind the husband and struck him Oh
the head with a Ceopel's adze. He
wreStled from her and ran to the station
house to have his wounds dressed
Officers we're sent to secure the woman,
and on arrival at the residence found the
children lying on the aoor dead; their
heads beaten to jelly with fat IRON
The woman being asked why she had
killed the children answered she was
going to heaven, and wanted them to 20
before. The fathers wounds are thought
fatal. Dwyer is Cooper, and has been
on a strike for wOek past, and thinks
that led to his wife's insanity.
Michael Dwyer, the husband of the
murderess, is cooper, who has been on 2
strike with his Union for the past six or
seven weeks. The deprivations this ne.
cessitated in the family was the cause of
the numerous contentious between huS-
band and wife, and it is believed that in
the end it resulted in overturning her
mind She was in lunatic asylum about
year ago, but when she was released it
was thought that she was completely cured.
Dwycr would doubtless have returned to
work had he not feared the Union. The
scene in the room after the tragedy beg
gars description. The murdered children
we're lying side by side, blood and brains
slowly exuding from their skulls. The
bed-clothes were soaked and heavy with
the sickening stain. The body of little
Tim was not SO badly mangled as were
the bodies of the older children. From
the terrible wounds found on Maggie's
face and skull it is evident that the moth
er must have pounded the child's head
with the fat iron for several minutes.
Jenny, the 4 year old boy, is also hor-
ribly mutilated. Mrs. Dwyer
EXPRESSES No REMoEsE
and does not cry. She says they are bet
ter of. In answer to questions at the
station>house she said | am a murder.
ess, | have detied the law, but my little
oHes, thank God, are in heaven. | often
felt like killing myself and knew if |
went first and left them behind they
would never reach heaven. Ny husband
wouldn't 60 to work | warned him to 60
and yet he persisted, and my brain is not
quite right sometimes, and tEat is t Q
way it happened. l took the lives Of my
children, it was for their souls sake
First I killed my little Tim, he was one
year and nine months old. The reason
| took the baby first was because he was
lying nearest to me. lie made no noise /;
| think he cried quite. hard but it didn't
last long | hit Maggie second she
wAKED UP, AND SAID MAMMA"
I said its me, Maggie. Then | put her
out of her trouble, Maggie was a good
girl. she told me many times she wanted
to 90 to Heaven. Once ] asked her
whether she would feel bad if | should
drown her in the river. She said no, for
she could 60 to Heaven. Then | took
Jenny, he woke up and moaned SO |
turned him over 10 let the blood run out
his head faster. They we're good chil>
dren. 1t is hardly possible that the hua-
band will survive his injuries.