, 1874-06-06
THE 1sROOKLYN HORROR.
A Dcrnngcd Flotlor Kills fncr whroe
Children, md Attempts to Kill Icx
HrunbnnI.

"A DGfhnE ECu NOthor Aktl18 t1Cr Whr09
Children, n1td Attempts to Kill Iacr
11uBbnllh.
From tho Neso Tork HtraEd, June3.
Drooklyn Nnstern Distric) was yesterday tho
acono Of d bloody transaction, which caused tho
most intense Excitement among slo people resi-
don't In TINT aoctlon OF tho city. The occurrence
was ono Of unparalleled atroclty. involving tha
! saclihco Of the liyos Of three innocont infants
| and tho probable death OF their father. Tho
murderesa ts young woman, who has boruo
an exeellone reputation among her noighbors
! for hor ever apparent maternal devotion 10 her
| children whose lives she took in moment OF
frenzy or morbid impulse. The circumstance
| which led to tho act Is supposed to have been
! aouto mental trlbulation, suporinducod by
| tho refusal OF hor husband to sock work
| tho othor hand, 1t would soem that, white lie
] entertaincd due dogroo Of affection for his
vito and childron, ho was also bound down by tho
claims Of his fellow traaos- -unioulsts, whom ho
dopendontly in tho inte1osk OF his family, pre-
ferriug rather TINT his family should suffer psi-
vatons for time than that ho should break
faith with the Society. Tho parties in tho
40 years OF age, cooper by trado his wife,
Margaret Dwyer, % years Of age, and their three
children Margaret, aged years James aged
member Of tho Coopors' Union, has boon out on
a atriko with his fellow coopors for about six
woeks; Els Mifo has repoatcdly urged him, for
the sake Of his ittlo ones, to abandon tho So
Messrs. pratt ! Co., who wore Wiling to pay
him $3.50 per day. Dwyor hold out, however,
pesistently refusing to do anything at variance
with tho rnies Of tho Union. She p1eaded
and, besides, there was the rent due for tho
month of May. She was very sensitive about
Keeping up her credit being honest In every
dealing, and her Inability to moes tho bills which
were due caused her much ncnsal anguish, over
which she broodea. Alterations woro frequent
between the couple consequent upon his deter
mination not to 60 to work until tho Society
sanctioned such . proceeding. At On carly hour
yesterday morning. about 2 oolool;, Michael
Dwyer returned to hia apartments, which con-
sisted Of tho second floor Of neat three-story
brick tonemont house, No. 85 North Eighth
street, Eastern District. Ho had bcen drinking
soac boor, but was not .intoxicatel. Ho gave
the long night hours for his coming, the pittanco
OF IS, which be received from the trade-sunion
to help to keep body and soul togothor. lIo
told his wife that tho strho had ended, and in
the morning lo would 90 to work once moro:
lie than laid down on tho lounge IN tue front
room, and she went to bed with her children,
who slept In dark bedroom adjoining
tho apartment named. She did not sleep,, 50
copy Of D morning journal to inform herself as
to whether Michael had been telling hor tho
truth about the end Of tho strike being at hand.
ou6 N1ubG IQl0Ib y QDlDUHt 0Iltt gong Qut 1nE0
the street, purchased tho desired paper. uo had
told her q falaehood. The strike was not over.
Then. arouBing Michael, gho accused him Of will
fully lying to hor, and warned him that it would
bo bettor for all Of them il le returned immedi-
atcly to work and left tho Cooper's Union. Ho
refused, md she continued her threats. About
i've minutes after G, Owen Murphy entered tie
apartment and begged Michael to return to work.
Tho vito added her ontreaties to Owens
friendly advice, but Dwycr continued obstinate
When Murphy left, tho wife, crazod with augor,
procured cooper's hammer. and. ereeping
Bteaithily to the head of tho lounge where her
husband lay, dealt him terrible blow on
tho forehead. The man sprung to hia foot, but
boforo ho could offcr resistance ho received nI-
other crashing strohe noar tho baBo Of tho aknll.
Ho then ran Bhrle1ting out Of the apartment mud
Into the room occupied by Mira. 6lavin and her
husband, on the same floor, AB soon as she had
resolved to murder hor childron. Dropping tho
hammer. nhe seized q hugo smoothing-iron, and,
thus armed, ontorod.the bedroom whore tho lit
tie ones, wore eloeping, soundly: Ten minutes
and baby Tim wore dead. The woman followed
Alicnae. into Mrs. slayins room, and again at-
tempted to strike him on tho head with the ham
NOR, and would. it IL believed, have killed linn
outright. wero it not for the Intervention Of Mr.
6layin, who seized tho maniac woman aud
| wrouched the murderonB weapon from her
hand. She thon returned to hor room, aud waB
preparing to leave the house, intending, as slo
| rays, to gve borsolf over to the custody of the
police whom the oilicera mado their appearance
Oh tho
soENE OF THE pUTonEAy.
After Hrs. Dwyer left Mr.. SlaYlu'A apartments
hor husband, notwithstanding Ais skull was
fractured in two placoa; managed to tottor down
4tailn to tue sidewalk, whore ho met sergoant
Fielding. OF the Fifth Precinct Police who gum
moned patrolmen McCuc mud Hynes and eont
thom into the houae to arrest 1Irs. Dwyer for
aaaaulttng her husband, who. Ut tho time, WAS