The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-01
THE ROCKLAND MURDER.
The Story Of the Marriage and Death
Of Margaret J. Gamble.
A Quick Disposal Of 100000
Worth of Real Estate.
The Body Of Mrs. Gamble Elk
huned and Poison Found.


WHO SHOT MATILDA HUJUS3
NYAcK, RocEland County, N. Y.,(
April 30, 1874
Rain, lightning and thunder are not unusual in
Rockland county and along the river. We ind
that concentration and confusion OF the elements
is more than apt to make the air clear for some
/ days after. But no thunder storm that has ever
occurred in this vicinity could have produced the
efects that have resulted from the revelations
made in the HERALD Of yesterday regarding the
murder OF Matilda Hujus and the shooting OF Rob-
ert J. Gamble by two unknown assassins. The
outcry that was made at frst against the brothers
Murphy Ii just now beginning to sober down. and
people reasoning with each other to the
and motive for the atrocious deed. Such crime
| was never before committed In Rockland county
and the community are thoroughly aroused
| Ihave visited New City, distant about an hours
ride from here, to see II could obtain admittance
to the cells OF the prisoners who are here con-
fined on the charge OF having killed the woman
Hujus This woman had some bad characteristics
and never allowed public opinion to stand in her
way when an object was to be gained. Evil deeds
will trouble the perpetrators somehow or another
and 1t IL singular that since the death Of poor
Margaret Gamble, away from home and friends
everything has gone wrong with Mrs. Hujus ana
asked why she was not afraid OF what might
be said about her that she answered with
sudden fury, "Whar the do / care for
all of the people around here.n have had four or
five persons to come and tell me, while at Manuel
and Suffern, that Matilda Hujus had been In the
habit OF beating Gamble lately with any article OF
furniture that readily to her hand, and there
is no doubt but that he was completely under her
influence, for better or for worse. When Mrs.
Gamble died. on the I'd OF August, 1883, 1t was dis
covered that the rings were taken or her fingers,
and all other articles OF jewelry were removed
from her person, and were afterwards worn in an
open and Migrant manner by the woman who was
fouly murdered on April 10. nearly two weeks
SINCE And, to add to the shame Of the thing,
within ten days Of Mrs. CANDLES death believe
1t was on the 14th OF August or thereabouts, an
alleged deed claimed to have been made by Mrs.
Gamble to man named Dickinson, residing at
that time in Clarkstown, Rockland county, who
was brother Of the then District Attorney OF the
have passed, and it seems that the dead woman
for, ,AS as As the man IN the play said, s's the
apparatus can't ne,m and. and oil that has
light agan Bv this deed Which IS claimed to
have been made during the week before the sud
den ana aea'R q MRS
city. valued at $4,000, was decided to Gam
BILE finally for the consideration OF 81, by his wife,
his wife caused another deed to be
made Of . valuable, piece Of property. No
your city, which was made over to man named
Frederick g. Wheeler In consideration OF the sum
Gamble conveyed to her husband. THIS piece Of
property was valued at about $4,000, and is now
worth much more. Wheeler lives IN this county,
1t Is here that the sharpest work known in the
annals OF the State OF New York has been done.
Gamble OF his Fiftieth street property and thus
there came into his hands 1orty-eight hours after
this Mrs Gamble owned property in East TweiitS
street, New York, and in two or three other
places Some Of this last property consists OF ten.
ement houses, and Gamble produced power OF
attorney alter his wife death, empowering him
to collect all rents thererom accrung. While Mrs.
Gamble lay dead Ia her house at Manuel, ROckland
the deeds alleged BY him to have been made By
Of his WIFE, stopped at the Registers once IN
erson and Wheeler to himself showing an unfeel.
| ing and unseemly haste about the property Henry
called on Gamble q few days alter her death and
the latter denied tnat his wife had made any will.
Mr.. Daily then informed him that those deeds
would be applied to see whether they were fraudu-
lent and Gamble. becoming nj . very much alarmed
her death-in which it was stated that the testa
and personal, to him forever. II the deeds
were good q will was not necessary. Mrs
ony vsa s and ssr %as ses
titled on the trial OF Gamble and MRS. Hujus for
the murder OF Mrs. Gamble, by Miss Julia
Mrs. Gamble, ct Manuel that Gamble had treated
his own child worse than dog. One day, in Miss
Maguire's presence, he came into the room where
the child, then only three weeks old, was lying on
the sofa, wrapped up, and. taking 1t in q brutal
manner, slung it behind the stove. Had not the
cnild been wrapped IN thick covering Its poor
little brains would have been scattered on the
noor and yet 1t was the birth OF this child which
has enabled Gamble to draw the rents Of Mrs.
CANDLES property ever since her death, the law
holding that receiver cannot be appointed to
| husband
MARRIAGE AND DEATH.
In the latter part OF 1865 Margaret J. Fulton,
| then the widow OF James Fulton, married Robert
Centre and White streets, New York city, and after
In Cedar street until the spring OF 1868, when mrs.
Gamble was induced by her husband to purchase
farm near Manuel, Rockland county. 10 this
farm they moved in April, 1868. Very soon after
Mr., Gamble brought into his household Matilda
the house with MIR. Gamble and his wife
August 2, 1883. on August ?, 1858, Mrs: Gamble
died very suddenly at the house. on her farm, and
Gamble, without any funeral service whatever
over ner, buried Mrs. Gamble in Greenwood, con-
cealng her death and burial from her two BROTH
els, Michael Murphy and Thomas Murphy. and her
i sister Mary. At the time Mrs. Gamble died and
was buried her brother Thomas and sister Mary
resided in New York and her brother Michael in
Hudson City. The first information that these rela
tlves OF Mrs. Gamble had OF her death was by read.
burial The brothers then called Upon et Ga@
BILE In Rockland county. and made In
curry Of him as to the cause Of their
any Information, aud said he '.should not say
anything + and they might find Il out as
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