, 1875-12-30
AttcmDt Of n NInn In New York
City to Burn His Wife
to Deatlt.
After Beating Ilcr DrutallJ, Ho saturatcs
Her Clothing With Campl,or
and lyniics II.
Operations Of Forgors at Ligonior, Ind
and Kansas City, Mo.
Homicida1 Ending Of an Old Toud in
Whits County. Tenn.

Late IN Saturday night a snRll room III tho
attic Of tue promises No. 80 South Fifth Ayo.
n,to waa tho sceno Of terrible tragedy,
brutal husband having commiHo1 moat at{arn-
vatctl assault upon hlA dcfan1od wife, and hot
content with beating lscr In horrible n,atipoF,
saturated her clothing with eaDphnr, and at-
tempted to burn her to death. Tho room wnH
occupied bY John Sauncry, an Irish shoemaker.
81 yeats Of agc, and t,la wifo Alice, aged 2s Tho
courle fortunately llaso no chIldron. Mrs. Nam
merry Ia o hunchback, wcak. almost to hoplos6-
meas, andt according 10 tho testimony OF lcr
noighhots, VAS n sober, Industrious womsn.
Sho Ind been recently employad as
cook Al No. 1G9 Woos.er atrcot but.
owing 10 hor slckly condition, waA coin
pelod some weeks ago to re1nqnlsh this
occupation. Fannory Ia addicsed to excosaive
nso Of liquor, and had been III tile habit Of beat
ing aud abusing bis VITO, often without tho
the affair were Cleaned last night from tho state
ments Of Mira. Ann Leslie, Il sornsu occupying o
rUonl oppGBito tho apartments Of Nannery, made
to Capt. Mcdonnell, Of tho Eighth ploenlct.
Mrs. Lcslie stated That tho couple wore home
nearly oil dsY yesterday, and nothing unusnni
occurred Until about Il O'Clock In thn evening,
wien her attention WAS attracted by Bcui13o IN
lilo room opposite. She wcut out to tho lind
ing, nnt, looking through tho pnrtia!ly-opou
door Of Napaerys roon' saw him beating h1e
vile striltsng hcr about tho bead and fAco with
his lists. and dragging hoe about tue 1notn by
hcr hair. Aftor nwhtto ho co#ed, appat ently cx-
hhuAsed. and altH. Leslio tlion mustered tip
courage to enter tho room. Sha found Nam
unrv seated At tho table, hi! w,fo lYingrn tho
1oor, her head aud fAto covered with blood.
She said that hcr husband had beasen her ip
brutal manner, and lad atAobou her Ia tue face
NTH email shatp-pouted poker. blrs. Los'lo
seuted tho woman In clSlr and washed tie
I'll <tM.
at tho kIuineeu.e exhib.tal " Mrs. Leslie, md,
etarting m, attempted to az Ault the latter, nsd
tiualIy drove ler flom Thu RON, kicking at her
viciouslY as allo teached tho snding outside. IIo
tlcn laid down or tho bel. And oil Haa quiet
until shortly before 10 O'CLOCK, when TIN aa>au:t
upon tho woman was renawtl by kle husband.
alEs. Lose. going TO te rodn. pycped through
tho koyhois and Say Nannety boating and kick
Ing tho helpless woman. aud dragging her abont
tho rom. Mira. Leslie Was too much flight"
Of tho room Nas openod, md Atrs. Nauuesy
waH thrust out on tho lanlpg 10 m enliie els
nude condition She remtine1 there. moab
luH and crying. for about ton minutes, wen
Naunory opeaod the door and dragged her
into tho room, ara agnln mnewod tha naHau!t
upon her, eyidontiy intending to kill her.
Mrs. toaIis aaw him boating hoe about the head
and body with nrao.nBflci. In Ahork tiMo
Shunery came out OIL lilo !aiilIug aud roInainel
thero n uhott t,so. uo returned to tho room
door wus c1oBet AMI Mrs. Leslie could not SEQ
what "ab going on. BuddenI{ all B,unla caasod
In tue room, aud Mrs Lealic wont out Of hct
room to the landing and Saw BmoAc issuing fron
Naunosy's room, Thlnkins that tho truto had
set tho houBo On fro. Mira. Leallo rushed iutp
tile stroet screaming, IN Mlrlcr! r. and j" Iolce!"
Her CLOS attrac cd tho atuutlou Of patrotMnn
Lsw1cr, Of tic Eighth I'rcclucs, md ho tastonca
to the spot ana chtcrcd tho room. Which 10
found to 10 partially alod with snoks. llo at
I'm harr nr,l ff1t -, trSt ttIn
statlon.1louse In Prince street. Capt Mo
Dopno!l. ON hoiug INFORMED dt what had oc-
cnrrcd. wont to tho house, accompanied by sovcr.
II Ut hlB of1cers. Tho woman raA foun1 lysuK GU
the bed without particle oi clothing on bur.
conscious but unable 10 sleak. Sho wns placs1
Oh strotchor aud carried to tho statiuu.houBe.
She resented most horrible spectacle, which
II s almost ,snpossip.o to descfibo. Tho loft eyo
nas entirely coscd Aud Of, hor head was 3
arall wonut. IJcr right jaw was fractured, and
s4o had se7oro cnt over tho right ego. nor
back. arms, and breast wore badly burned, aud
her rignt oar WAS completely split in hAlt, The
reBt of hor b71y was covered with contualoua
aud bruises, and about tho arms aud legs wura
large spota whero the skin lsad been torn off.
evidently BY her having been dragged about tho
floor. 1Iot lpjurtcB Are Of terrible nature, and
they will undoubtedly provo fatal. An ain.
bu!9ncn was sunnbncG4 aud aio was con1osad
with ali possible hasto to l'ol!eyue IIospital Tor
troatmcnt. Altar tho woman lad bcou carried
to the hospital. CAPT. AlcDopueh mule AL OK.
animation Ut tho room, which bore evidences OF q
most desperate struggle. NoarlyaI tho furniture
was upset aud broken, aud tue walls wero bo.
ppatt.reI wltl, blood. Tho table wnB upset, and
tho dl1heB wero scattered about tho floor. III
tho contra OF tie door WA found tho sharp
pointed poker referred to above, aud table,
kniEe, on bnth OF which wcre blood. stains. The
stoyu uns e1nrty and broken. Detween tue atoye
and Tue waahBsand was found 4 car. II, which
WAS quantity 0f ca,nphcno, and about the room
wara Ht1ewn the partlally-burnea articles ol
clothing which sls wore. Everything about the
room which oontd be usea u evidence ngainst
tho husband was taken to tue B4ston-housa by
Capt. Mcdonnell. II Was evident from All the
surrounding circumstances that NAnnsry. Aftol
HaitreattuB his wits in tho brutal manner do.
scrbaa aboso, had poured n quautity Of cam
pAeno ovor h1t body and set n1o to it, burning
her III = shocking manner. NaIInery, who up.
pearel to bo suffering from telorium tremenH
when questioned Ut tho asatlun-bunse, denied
that ho had beatan or blrnod Ills wife. IIe said
that he found her ou fire wlloo he entered the
room, aud potlrod tho cuutopts Of pail IT HateI
over her 10 a.tingulsh tho itames. Ila Ia lockot
up At the atation.huuHo to avail the result OF hLe
MisSa injuries.
FoRoERs ARRESTED.
Special Ui,pateh 10 TIE Chflaao Trtbunt.
KANsAs ClTT. No., Dec. 20.-Two well-drosaed
young man. claiming to hail from Chicago. were
arEosted in this city this afternoon for forging
tito uau1o Of II. D. Wright weil-knoWn tewser