The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-06
The TnAo EpY IN BRooKnYN, N. Y

THE Tragedy IN BROOKLYN, N. Y
rhe telegraph furnished Wednesday IL
brief account OF u terrible tragedy
which occurred in Brooklyn, N. Y,
on Tuesdsy. i'll whloh Mrs. Dwyer
killed her three little children and
wounded her husband 30 fearfully that
he may not recover. She WIS lmme.
dlateiy arrested aud taken to Jail. She
appeared to take the matter very calm
ly When asked If sh. realized her
position, she said she did perfectly
aud then made the following full con
fession of the crime:
um II mnrderes,. | hnve letied the
law; but my little oues. thank God,
ARE Ill Heaven. have often felt like
killing myself, and knew that if
vent first aud left them behind me
they wonId p-ver reach Heaven. My
husband wouidu't go to work
warned him to goann yet he persisted,
anu my brain IL not quite right some
times. aud that's the way it happened.
don't tbink my husband aud 1 had
any great love for each other. was
only eighteen when I wss married; lie
was much older thnu that. But I car
houcstly say thut 1 feel comfort to
know ,h"t my children are iu Heaven.
Wasu't 1T the Lord who sent down
His only Son to die? Well, l touk
'- .,veS nf my children. but it wus
or their souls sake. First, 1 killed
III" baby-my ll,ti. Tim; lie Wa, one
Year aud nine months old. The
rnsson | to"k the baby first was be.
cansn he wa, lying nearest me. Ho
ula,le SOM nul,:-I think L.; cried
quite hurd-bnt 1t didn't hast long. /
TIT Maggie SECOND. Sue woke up, and
said: "Mnmmn.' suld: Its me,
Maggie. rheu | put her out of her
trouble. Maggie was good girl.
She told me many times sh. wanted to
20 t." Hea:eu. Once | asked her
whether she wUnld feel bad if I should
drown her in tue river. She said no,
Tor size wonid go to Heaven. Then I
took Jenny. He woke up and
mUanrd. so turued hlm over io le,
the blood ruu out OF his heal faster
They were goDd children. My hus
baud Was not sober man; he was
under the influence Of liQnor YESTERDAY y
| afternoon when ho CAME home first
Iheu he went out aguin for money
DE came Ill at j O'Clock this morning
aud said he was going to have work
aud the coopers' strike was ended.
got paper this morning, but the
| story he told mo was not true. { go
crazsd. for I've been in the Eospita
because my head WAS bad. I strucE
him with tue hammer while hs wa,
iylug down. He got up. and l hit hin
aS1iu. Then le rau out, anu i wen
into the bedroom aud killed the chill
dren J. am tweuty-elght yenrs of age
had fur chil,lreu. one of whom died
few y.ars ago. Do you think IN,
children aad me could all starve t
death just because Of his plagued oil,
societies and unions and tomfoOlery
If other people are wiling to starve
I'm not; and that is all thero il abou
it, now [ tell you. This isn't the frs
time he has served me this way, bnt
bet ii Will bs the last. I've wantnd III,
children to go To Heaven for II Ion,
time anyway, aud thought the,
never would. unless l sent them ther
myself. chrlstencd them all ,hi
uornlng. SO I'm sure they are ther
now, praying for their poor mother
| " Ouluu you nave uOuC the sal
thing? No? Well. guess it's nil 70
the best, anyhow. Ii it isn't. I'm t,
blame. aud thnt's nll there is about it
| meant to kill myself. too. 1 mean
TO cut my throat with n razor, or hi
my head against the wall. I den
know why l didn't. was going t,
tho station house, to give myself up t
the police, when the officers came, fu
l though, I had done, perhaps. right
The woman appeared stolid. ant
gave no s,gu OF grief. She had beer
Ill Innate asylum about year ago
though discharged under the snpposi
ton she WAS cured. Her neighbour
say sho was tidy house-keeper, au,
WIS not addicted to the use of intoxi
eating liqnors
lancaster County Commissioner er
will grant no license to sell liquor il
any part of the Conuty in the mex
twelve months.