Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-06
FIRST EDITION.
.rhe Mrs. Chadwick case.

p.Aih ikoM VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF HEt
HUSBAND RENDERED--ARREsT OF CHADWICK.
Yesterday afternoon, Coroner Groves made
inquiry into the particular manner OF the deatl
OF Mrs. Vim. II. Chadwick. The examination
was conducted at 207 West Fourth Street. he
iato residence i'll the presence OF
THE FOLLOWING JURY
james Morrow, j. II. Rowleneon Henry Bux
baum, Jno. IL. Todd, r. j. Babcock. j. d. Al
| dred, Jno t. Walter John a Todd, Lawrence
Messick, George Mccall, Morris Taylor, Edward
| Storey, ID. Il. Bradford, Matthew Ryan, Vim. T.
Woodward, DIR. Walton, Jas. Earnest, and j. O.
| Farra.
Robert pafrey, who lives adjoining Chad
| wick's on the East, was sworn but knew moth
ing as to the causes of death.
| Mrs. Robert Palfrey testified to attending MIR.
| Chadwick during the latter part of her sickness.
| On last Monday night week, (26th ult. } the viii
| ness bad been awakened by one OF Chadwick's
/, daughters knocking at her door, and heard the
| noise of scuife on the pavement asked who
| 1t was and was tGlj that it was Mr.. Green saw
hirH. Chadwick the next morning she had
sEyERE cur ON HER HEAD,
and said she had fallen and cut it /; Mr. Chad
WICK tried 10 stop the flow of blood.
Mrs. Amelia Briggs, who lives west of Chad
wick house, testified that on last Monday night
week, she was awakened between eleven and
twelve O'Clock by cries OF " murder !" heard Mrs.
Chadwick say to her husband, "you are drunk
en- brute, have been shaving all day, while you
were spreelng IN Philadelphia. and now you
have come home to murder us !; the cry came
from Chadwick's back porch, and / afterwards
saw body fall over the banisters to the pave
ment below ; heard some one cry, "open the
front door and let the police in, or we will all be
murdered tonight !" went to the front of the
house and saw
wM. A. GREEN AND CHADWICK FIGHTING
l,, al,
knew it was Chadwick and his wife and children
on the porch by their voices.
VIM. A. Green testified that OH that night
Goth ult. between eleven and twelve o'clock,
he was at 4th and Orange aud heard cry of
'murder;' went up to Chalwick's door and saw
him holding his wife against the entry partition
and striking her there was blood on her face;
went in and tried to reason with him, and his
wife escaped TO the street; he ordered me Off lis
premises, and went past tho curb stone he
then sprang on me, throwing me down; disocat-
ing my shoulder, and he tried to choke me.
DIR. Fields, the attending physician. testified
that on last Saturday morning, he WAS called to
nee Mrs Chadwick and treated her for eryspe-
las in the face believed she died of pneImo-
mia saw the cut ON her head she said she had
fallen and cut it did not examine it she WAS
put in room without fire, bu5 was removed to
another room at my suggestion.
Adene q. Walton, residing ut No. 219 w. 4th
street, testified that she was aroused from sleep
on that Monday night BY hearing the girls
scream heard one cry,
''rATHER, DoET KILL POOR MOTHER !"
Mrs. Anna s. Walton testified to hearing the
above cry, and tho cries that Mrs. Briggs lad
heard these night alarms were of frequent oe-
Currence.
Matilda Chadwick, daughter of the deceased,
testified that her father and mother quarreled
on that night mother tried to get to the front
door, and as father was rushing past her to pro
vent her, she fell in the entry and cut herself.
Annie Chadwick, another daughter. testified
that her father came home from Philadelphia
that night in bad lumor, and said something
to mother which made her angry ; Father tried
to keep her from going out front, and she fell
down four stairs and cut her head against the
edge OF tho banisters, Is she fell 1 got scared
and cried ''murder y father did not strike her
when Mr.. Green came up.
MOTHER WAS LITTLE INTOXICATED
ON that night
This finished the testimony for the afternoon,
and the jury. after ordering post mortem ex.
animation of tho body to be made, Adjourned to
meet again i'll the evening.
At O'Clock the jury resumed It's inquiry, sit
ting now at the residence of Coroner Groves
DIR. Howard o. Ogle testified that, assisted by
DIR. Grimsliaw, he had made an examination OF
the body OF the deceased 8n external examina-
tion showed cut on tho night side Of the head,
one and three quarter inches in length, and ex-
tending to the skull i'll depth about ono inch
above this wound aud parallel to 1t was another
smaller cut the wound
WAS IN A HORRIBLE CONDITION,
being covered with matted and clotted hair;
from appearances no caro- had been taken of 1t;
the head was swollen around the wound and the
swelling extended down to the neck the right
elbow uud right hnee were bruised, and the
breast was slightly bruised; an internal exami-
nation showed that tho brain was much congeH-
ted under the wound; the lungs, liver and atom-
ach wero in good order; we are of the opinion
that death resulted from Inflammation from the
lvpiiuI tba In AL pytpnlpr n a tua braip
wounds of this kind have been known TO be
successfully treated there wore
NO EVIDENCES OF EHYsIPELAs OR pSEUMoNIA
DR.. A. II. Grimshaw testified that he had as
sisted DR.. OSle III making the examination
wounds were found ~ the Doctor had stated
the brain was very much congested, showing
great rush of blood to the head the other or
gans were in such good order that sudden death
could not proceed from them; such wound
would be produced by sharp edge like club
with sharp corner it could be produced by fall
ing against the newell post of banister death
was caused by the wound on the head
THE VERDICT
The examination of Witnesses then closed
and the jury proceeded to find verdict, to the
effect that :. Matilda Chadwick came to her death
by violence from the hands of her husband, VIM.
IL. Chadwick" A warrant for the arrest of Chad
wick had been prepared, and Immediately after
the announcement of the verdict Officer Bern
hardt, accompanied by Constable Woodward,
proceeded to Clladwicks house and arrested
linn He offered no resistance to the officers,
but asked to be permitted to stay at home nm
der arrest, until morning. The request could
not be granted and he was taken to the city
cells. about ten O'clock last night.
AN INTERVIEW WITH CHADWICK.
This morning, a COMMERCIAL reporter held an
interview with Mr. Chadwick in the city cells.
i1e was found in a gloomy and depressed con-
dtion, but convereed readily and freely. He
said he was very much surprised when told that
he was under arrest, and that he had not thought
of the Coroner's jury bringing in II verdict that
would commit him to prison. Had he had such ali
idea he would have appeared before tho jury
and been represented by counsel. He said that
his conscience was perfectly clear. II lie
thought that his wife's death resulted from any
action of his he would SO mad. lio was sure
such was not the case not blow, he says, passed
between them that night. His wife, he states,
fell down four steps III tho entry, cutting her
head on the sharp corner of tho newell post of
the bapiater. lle says he put the court plaster
on the wound the next morning, and his wife
went about her work usual until Saturday.
She then complained of erysipelas and Dir.
Fields was called III. He had treated her before
lie said for the same disease.
Mr.. Chadwick further states thath has heard
that his wife had been drinking on that Monday
that she had sent the hltle boy out for liquor.
He laniaS tho statement that his wife WAS