The daily gazette., 1875-05-05
Supposed Death from. Vyozence

Os htE~W1INESSEs.
About one o'clock this morning the |
wife OF WIN. III. Chadwick. proprietor Of |
the Delaware Museum, No. 207 W. 4th |
street, died after an illness of several |
days. During the morning, grave re-
ports were circulated to tine effect that |
Mrs Chadwick's sickness and death had |
been occasioned by violence received at |
the hands of her husband, and an in
vestigation of these rumors by Ga
aETTE reporter resulted in obtaining in-
formation fIoE various persons, which
is detailed III full below.
INrEGvIEw WITH DIR. FIELDS.
VIM. Fields, the well-known inventor,
Ct No. 2l3 West Seventh street. who was
first interviewed, made in substance the
following statement:
was called in to see Mrs. Chadwick
on Saturday night last, by Mr.. Chad
wick. She had deep cut on tho top Of
her head which Mr.. Chadwick said she
had received from a fall, AID to which
he had applied Il piece of court plaster
did not remove the plaster, as the
blood was not flowing and the cut was
very sore. She was then suffering from
erysipelas in the head. face, neck and
breast, which had resulted from this
cut. attended her and cured the cry
9pelas, but Nolday night pneumonia
set in, which caused her death When
first went to see her she was in cold
room, but at my suggestion she was re-
moved. yesterday morning. into a room
which contained fire. / was with her
up to twelve O'clock lnst night, and this
morning | lenl ned that she died about
one o'clock l went down and looked at
her, but did not examine her body close
ly, as had not then heard any reports
OF her husband beating her. gave the
undertaken certificate Of burial, class
ing her death Us the result Of pneumo-
mia. After making this examination l
heard these reports.
After the interview the Doctor de-
cided to temporarily withdraw the GER
tifcate of barial in order that the cir
cumstances attending Mrs. Chadwick's
death might be carefully investigated
by Coroner's Jury.
STATEMENT OF MRS. AMELIA BRtGos.
Mrs. Amelia Briggs, residing at No.
21l West Fourth street, next door to
Chadwick's Museum, made a direct
and explicit statement, in substance as
follows:
live next door to Mr.. Chadwick -
On Monday night week, (26th ult.) at
about IL o'clock. was aroused from
my bed by a cry OF murder" hasti-
ly raised my back window, and look
ing out, ! noticed some persons on Mr.
Chadwick's back porch who knew by
their voices to he Mr.. Chadwick, his
wife and two daughters. The woman
and the two girls were crying murder.
! saw Mr.. Chadwick knock his wife
down, and plainly heard her fall on the
porch. l heard her exclalm, You
dirty, drunken brute; I've been work
ing and shaving all day while you've
been spreeing in Philadelphia, and
NOW YoU'vE COME HOME TO MURDER
ME-"
Again ho knocked her down ard as
she got up he struck her once more.
This time she screamed "Oh," and |
saw her fall over the banister of the
porch to the pavement below, a dis
tance, think, of some six or sevenfeet.
After the fail all was quiet for mo
ment, and then the girls exclaimed
"YoU'vE KILLED MOTHER"
and began to cry murder" They ev-
identity went down to her assistance,
for | heard her say, "Open the door
and let In the police. or he will kill me
tonight" Iheard Mr.. Chadwick NUT
ter something which sounded like
KILL THE DAMNED BITCH"
next heard noises out on the pave
m6nt, and running to the front window
looked out, and saw Mrs. Chadwick
atanding on the pavement, the blood
streaming from her head. The girls
were with her. Aman, (whom alter
wards learned to be Vim. A. Grecn)re-
monstrating with Mr.. Chadwick about
the way he treated his wife. He also
advised Mrs. Chadwick and the girls
to go inside. Mr.. Chadwick ordered
Mr.. Green of his premises, when tho
latter retreated to tho curbstonc, and
dared MIR. Chadwick TO come out, say
ing, you've killed your wife, butt m
not afraid of you" Mr.. Chadwick
then sprans suddenly upon him, forced
him down and checked him. Four
men then came alorg; when Chadwick
ran in and bolted the door. The men
then assisted Mr.. Green away, and Mr..
Richardson, who lives across The street
came over and got Chadwick to take his
family in tho house. could hear them
talking until three o'clock but heard
no further evidences of violence.
Mrs Palfry who lives ON the other
side OF the museum attended to MRS.
Chadwick next day, and asked me
what she should do. She said that
Mr.. Chadwick told her he could stop
the blood running from Mrs. C.'s head
by using his horse medicine, which he
said would cure anything, and "close
hell up SO tight that the devil could
not get out" 1 saw Mrs Chadwick
about at various time until last Satur.
day when she was confined 10 her bed
Mr.. Chadwick's family consisted OF
his wife, a crippled daughter and q
small son.
MR.. WIN. A. GREENS STATEMENT.
r MIR. VIM. A. Green, who keeps q
grocery store at No. Oil Tatnall street,
made the following statement:
About 10 o'clock Monday nigh week
(28 ult.p as was coming out Fourth
street, heard cries of murder"
went on until / came onnosite Chad