The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-24
A Man Shoots His Wife.
Murder in the Atmosphere.
Statement Of Ferredey.

hood OF CalliOpe and BarOnne streets was
aroused by the report of pistol. Proceed
ing in the direction of the sound, Mrs. Mary
Ferredey was found moltally wounded. 1t
appears that her husband, Thomas Ferre-
dey, had been separated from her for five
years, and she had filed petition for a
divorce and division Of property. The case
was to come up to-day in the Fifth District
Court. But yesterday morning, about lilo
o'clock, Ferredey went to the residence of
his wife, No. $50 CalliOpe street, and enter
ing the house by the way of the alley, met
his wife on the front gallery. She said to
him, Chow are yous am glad to see
you" Upon which he replied, "You are,
art you 7" and with that drew a Colts six
shooter and fired, the ball taking effect in
the left nostril, and passing in the face,
ranged upward and towards the right of
the jaw.
The eldest daughter then gave the ALARM
and ran into the street for assistance. Fer
redey then advanced upon his wife, and she
fled towards the street through the alley,
when he fired another shot, which took ef-
feet in the left side, passing about four
| inches from the spine. The unfortunate wO-
| man still fed from her husband, who fol-
lowed her up, and again leveling the pistol
| fired at her in the street, but without eff
street car, and jumping in, sat himself
down as though nothing had happened.
Mrs Paulman, an inmate of the house of
Mrs. Ferredey's, ran out and down to the
First Precinct Station and gave the alarm,
when an officer was dispatched after the
accused and made
| The Arrest,
and took the prisoner to the First Precinct
| Station, where he was locked up on charge
| of shooting and dangerously wounding his
wife, Mary NJ. Ferredey, with intent to kill.
Proceeding to his cell, No. 4, the prisoner
was
Interviewed,
and seems not the least alarmed at what
has transpired, but states that when he
| went to the house, he went with the inten
| ton of shooting his wife, and that it makes
| little difference to him how the case may
go, as he would just as soon jump from the
gallows tomorrow as live.
As he states, he has worked for twenty
years for his two youngest children, and has
had no peace since that time, and that even
since his separation five years ago, he has
sent her provisions, not for herself and ED
est daughter, but for the two little children,
whom he says he loves dearly, and that
when he went to kill his wife, it was with
the determination that these two children
should reap the benefit of the bloody deed
| by inheriting the property.
Origin of the Shooting.
! Mrs. Ferredey states that there was some
property in her name at the lake, which
Ferredey wished her to transfer. That the
city had destroyed this property some time
ago, for the purpose of making some i'm
provements, and had notified her to send in
her bill and state the value of the property,
| which she did, but Ferredey entered pro-
test in the City Council against the payment
of the money to his wife.
| On the 23d of March last, he went to the
house, No. $50 Calliope street, and demanded
| the immediate transfer of the property. Re-
fusing to give it, he sat down and told her
he would only allow her ten minutes to
transfer the papers and sign the title in his
favor. Not doing either, Ferredey then flew
upon his wife, and, knocking her down,
would have then killed her with hatchet
had it not been for the timely intervention
of Mrs. Paulman, who is the principal wit
ness in yesterdays bloody scene, who
snatched the Ratchet away from him and
ran for assistance. Ferredey was then ar
rested and pnt under heavy bonds, but has
since continually annoyed and kept his wife
and daughter in terror for the safety of
their lives.
| The Warning.
several threats to the effect that he intended
to kill his wife and eldest daughter, and in
one of these letters of prembnition he
used these words: I" intend to send you
and your daughter to hell, and l am willing
to follow yon there" The suffering woman
and her daughter both state that every let
ter they received was teeping with threats
against their lives.
| Condition OF the sufferer, etc.
Mrs. Ferredey, at about 8 o'clock last
evening. was suffering considerably from
her wounds, and complained of a burning
sensation in the lower part of her abdomen,
which is an indication of inward hemor-
rhage.
DR.. Dennis, the physician in attendance
states that the condition of the woman is
such as to prevent any attempt to extract
the balls. Her groans can be heard all
around the neighborhOod.
Mrs. Ferredey is German woman, A
years of age, and possesses an iron constitu-
ton, and this, it is thought, alone can save
her life. She owns the property that she
now occupies, and is well-to-do in the world.
Thomas Ferredey is a man of 50 wears of