Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-05-13

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/ MoRrEM EXAMINATION HELD-vERDIcr OF
DEATH FROM VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF HgI
| HUSBAND RENDERED-ARREsT OF CHADWICK.
Wednesday afternoon, Coroner Groves made
inquiry into the particular manner o; the deatl
Of Mrs. VIM. II. Chadwick. The examination
was conducted Al 207 West Fourth Street, hel
late residence in the presence Of
| rHR FOLLOWING IuRy ~
James Morrow, J. H. Rowleneon, Henry Bux
baum, Jno. II. Todd, p. j. Babcock, J. d. Al
dred, Jno T. Walker John A. Todd, Lawrence
Messick, George Mccall, Msrris Taylor, Edward
Jackson, Jas. Il. Leak, John J. O'Byrne, @. L.
Storey, d. 7. Bradford, Matthew Ryan, VIM. L.
Woodward, DR.. Walton, Jas. Earnest, and J. G.
Fsrra. 14r, l-.l b.. ..-. I.
Robert Palfrey, who lives adjoining Chad
wlck's on the East, Was sworn but knew moth
ing as to the causes Of death.
Mrs. Robert palfrey testified to attending Alrs.
Chadwick during the latter part Of her sickness.
On last Monday night week, (26th ult the vii
ness had been awakened by ono of Chadwick's
daughters knocking at her door, and heard the
hoise Of scufiie on the pavement asked who
It was, and was told that 1t was Mr.. Green saw
Mrs. Chadwick the next morning she had
| SEVERE CUT ON HER HEAD, .'H
and said she had fallen and cut it !; Mr.. Chad
wick tried 20 stop the flow OF blood.
Mrs. Amelia Briggs, who lives west Of Chad
l
week, she was awakened between eleven and
twelve o'clock by cries of murder !" heard Mrs.
Chadwick say to her husband, 'tyou are . drunk
Ell brute, have been shaving all day, while you
were spreeing III Philadelphia, and now you
have come home to murder US y 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
| wai. A. GREEN AND CHADWICK FIGHTING
Green said he would protect Mrs. Chadwick
knew it was Chadwick and his wife and children
on the porch by their voices. u.
VIM. A. Green testified that on that night
| Goth ult) between eleven and twelve o'clock,
he was at 4th and Orange and heard cry OF
murder went up to Chsdwick's door and saw
| him holding his wife against the entry partition
and striking her; there was blood OH her face;
went in and tried to reason with lin, and his
wife escaped to the street; lie ordered me oil his
premises, and went past the curb stone; he
then sprang on me, throwing me down dislocat-
ing my shoulder, and he tried to choke me.
DR.. Fields, the attending physician, testified
| that on last Saturday morning, he was called to
| see Mrs. Chadwick and treated her for erysipe-
las in the face believed she died OF pneumo-
mia saw the cut on her head she said she had
| fallen and cut it did not examine it she was
put i'll room without fire, but was removed to
another room at my suggestion.
Adeline G.. Walton, residing at No. 2i9 W. 4th
street, testified that she was aroused from sleep
on that Monday night by hearing the girls
scream heard one cry,
"FATHER, DON'T KILL POOR MOTHER -
Mrs. Anna s. Walton testified to hearing the
above cry, and tho cries that Mrs. Briggs had
heard these night alarms were of frequent oc-
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 pre-.
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 humor, 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 the banisters as she fell , l 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 OK.
animation OF the body to be made, adjourned tt
meet again in the evening.
At o'clock the jury resumed its inquiry, sit
ting now at the residence of Coroner Groves
! DR.. Howard q. Oge testified that, assisted b,
/ DR.. Grimshaw he had made an examination o.
the body of the deceased ; all external examina
one and three quarter inches in length, and ex
tending to the skull in depth about one inch
above this wound and parallel to it was another
smaller cut the wound
WAS IN A HORRIBLE CONDITION,
| being covered with matted and clotted hair
! from appearances no care had been taken OF it
| the head was swollen around the wound, and the
swelling extended down to the neck; the right
elbow and right knee were bruised, and the
breast was slightly bruised; all internal exami-
nation showed that the brain was much conges-
ted under the wound; the lungs liver and stom-
ach were in good order; we are of the opinion
| that death resulted from Inflammation from the
wound Oh the head extending to the brain
wounds Of this kind have been known to be
successfully treated; there were
| NO EVIDENCES OF ERysIPELAs Or PNEUMONIA.
DR.. A. II. Grimshaw testified that he had as
sisted DR.. Ogle in making the examination
wounds were found as the Doctor had stated
the brain was very much congested, showing a
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 a wound
would be produced by sharp edge, like club
with sharp corner; it could be produced by fall
ing against the newell post of banistel death
was caused by the wound on the head.
THE VERDICT.
The examination of witnesses then closed
and the jury proceeded to find n verdict to the
! effect that Matilda Chadwick came to her death
by violence from the hands Of her husband, VIM.
! il. Chadwick" 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 Chadwick's house and arrested
him. He offered no resistance to the officers
but asked to be permitted to stay at home, un
der arrest until morning. The request coult
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 al
He was found in gloomy and depressed con
diton, but conversed readily and freely. II,
said he was very much surprised when told tina
he was under arrest, and that he had not though
OF the Coroner's jury bringing in verdict tina
would commit him to prison. Had he had such al
idea he would have appeared before the jury
and been represented by counsel He said tina
his conscience WAS perfectly clear. II III
thought that his wifes death resulted from an,
action OF his, he would so mad. He was sur
such was not the case; not blow, ,he says, passet
between them that night. His wife, he states
fell down four steps in the entry, cutting he
head on the sharp corner of the newell post O
tue banister. He says he put the court plaste
on the wound, the next morning, and his wife
went about her work as usual until Saturday
SHE then complained Of erysipelas and DR.
Fields was called in. Ho had treated her befor,
he said for the same disease.
Mr.. Chadwick further states that he has hear
that his wife had been drinking on that Monda
that she had sent the little boy out for liquor
He denies the statement that his wife wa
thrown over the b,nisters by him, and charsc
J terises such proceeding ss absurd. Not til
slightest indications, he says, can be found o
, such deed. He also denies that blood la
been discovered on the back pavement as La
been stated.
FAMILY HISTORY.
The Chadwicks are English people, both th
!, heads Of the family having been born on tn
other side of the Ocean. About thirty year
,, ago they first came to Wilmington and settle
on Brandywine banks. Subsequently they er
gagged in bookkeeping in building on til
! Avenue which stood near the site of the pref
ent Memorial Fountain In 1857 Mr., Chadwc
purchased and removed to the Museum Built
ing, in West Fourth street, where he has sine
resided. Until two or three yerrs ago he sol
, liquor, but since that time has kept a tempe
snce house.
: The Major ReY bold,
SHE sISkB AT THE MOUTH OF SALEM CREEK, TIL