The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-13

A Woman Found Bruised anu
Dead in Her Kitchen
Ares. of Two Men on suspiasss

About 10 O'Clock this morning Thomm
Walsh, young man about twenfy-oss
years Of age, living at 9l East -
street, and who Is a plumber BY traaai
hunted up Officer Higgins, whose bsatss
in the neighborIood Of the Courthoass
and notified the officer that Mrs. ssraA
Walker was lying dead in her up-sssaSs
room, laying along side Of the stove.
The officer at once repaired TO NO. -
Court street, a frame house IN whaaA
Settlers and Henry Walker used 70 kee1
a drinking saloon, but which has oesa
closed for the last two weeks Go piasss
by the way, which is known to the poaass
as resort for thieves).
Going up stairs the officer found -
Walker lying. as described py 49,
and every evidence that there had rao~
lent quarrel. among which the honsop
hold effects were greatly disordered-
Higgins found frightful cash ~ NO
dead woman's forehead. between ~
eyes, and her head otherwise braissa
and blackened.
Coroner Maley was at once notiMeo
and he ordered Henry Walker and Wsie1
arrested on suspicion Of the murder, ann
they were taken to the Ninth-strees ctar
tion-house.
Walker. who is q shoemaker, was ar
rested at McKenzie's shop on Lock nezx
Fourth, where he has been engaged sinnn
the closing of his saloon.
A STAR reporter called at Station
house and had talk with both Walsh
and Walker. Walsh stated to the To-
porter that he has been in the hablt
Of going with Walker a goon
deal, and this morning Walker
gave him the key OF tha
unoccupied saloon, and he went in this
morning about o'clock, and when Ne
went up stairs soon after he found MIA
Walker lying dead. He claims th.f
he went there to let the waaar
women In the house, as Mrs.
Walker has been sick soma time from
intemperance. He states that she has
been drunk for the last two weeks ~
conversing with the husband OF the dena
woman, who Is much younger than nas
wife. Ii appears that he Is her second
husband.
Her name was Mrs. Sarah Fielding
when he married her, some two Year,
ago. in Covington, Ky. Her malde4
name was Sarah Polling, and she wg4
from Logan, .. Her age was about th1E&
ty-fve. 8.
He says that on account Of her intcm-
perlnCo ne l6It D6r SOM6 LWO WSoAo aH4R
and has since then been boarding a.
Martins on Walnut street, betwena
! Sixth and Seventh.
| He called on her last night, as he has
been in the habit Of doing, and left the
house about II o'clock, and had not seen
! her since, until he entered the room
under arrest where she was found dead
| The Walkers have occupied r0ome ~
l56 Court street for the last year and =
half. Previous to that they lived In .
house on Third street, opposite the Ra-
lice Station, which was owned BY shQ
1 wife. 1t has been recently purchasa4
| from her by Mr.. Hussey.
Mrs. o. BRENT the stated
to Lieutenant Spaeth that Mrs. Walksf
yesterday told her that her husband
beat her. Walker. claims that the gasA
in her head was caused by Q fall wnlch
she recently received on the stove dur
ing one Of her drinking spells.
The Walkers have been leading q mona
twretched life, and have often been AR
lraigned In the Police Court on the chRsYa
OF fighting each other.
An inquest will be held at 8 O'clock
tomorrow mol ming. VI
Dr.. A. Holcomb made p0st-mortep
Examination this afternoon, but EhxcA
is not concluded as we go to press.