The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-26
KILLED BY TIE SANE HAND.
THE NOsT SHOCKING or TRAGEDIES
NEfR SING SING JILLIGE
,to. oe pomc.tic Wretchcdness Ended In the
wu,dcr ct "a Daughter aud the suicide Of
x,,ce and Nothcr-Two Corvses In IA south
4 ,,,,Lt,n Residence some OF the Causes.

4 vtrookiyn Kcsidcncc- some OF the causes
c,oins containing the remains OF once
,,,,,iful woman and her pretty little daughter
,r,,. y,-r,riay put on the early train from sing
SIM for this city under the direction OF MIR.
Jobn Burrill. real estate broker at Ninth street
mi Tinh avenue South Brooklyn. The wo-
,,,n his wife. had murdered her daughter and
then Killed herself.
H. the Inter part of April Mrs Mary Virginia
pnrriu Of cloar complexion. fine brown hair
and n fine figure. neatly clothed. arrived in
So sing with her daughter. Alma Has
1ins a-ad seven. who was the picture OF
ber mother. They went two miles away to Mrs
MARY Marrlands cottage. Everybody seemed
,,onsol IL see them. and they were heartily |
vl,omod Mrs. Marsand the wife OF tho |
famous steamship engineer gave them the best |
rooms in her little cottage. from whose win |
do,r4 and veranlah most superb view OF the !
Hudson may hn obtained. The cottage Is on.
rrobahly the highest spot Of ground in the
neiehhorhooi ~ Sing Sing. and the nearest
pei..hh,r- are the Fishers. whose son Tony was
re,eutly made famous in THE SUS through his |
enI.avors 10 satisfy Miss Paterson that he !
WIS her husband. Mrs Burrill frequently
visited the Fishers and others. They did not
SUSPECT that she WAS Of unSouni mind. and
many yet believe tina, she was sane M to within
n tew days She recently spoke strangely con-
c,rnins her husband. saying that he intended
D. procure a divorce from her Then she de-
clinel To- hc questioned. A. he did not visit her.
twas generally accepted that there had been
trouble between them. She went 10 Brooklyn
on tho 18Th inst. and when she returned TO
Sing sing on the same day she seemed almost
broken hearted She offered no explanation.
At half.past seven on Saturday evening lnst.
she and her little daughter sat on the verantah
Mr.. Marsland had received notice that the
child Of dear friend had just died in Brooklyn.
and she began TO make preparations to attend
The funeral. She started down the road to visit
q neighbor and when about a quarter Of a mile
away she heard the screams OF the little girl.
Mr. Marsl was startled Shn stopped. and
ihcn thinking that Mrs. Burrill WAS merely
em7ti7ins Amy i,r some le misneenay,i9ri .,.i pre-
AMI she rotrared her steps. hurrying into tie
h5u-e oi thu Fishers. There ,wss some delay,
AMI thrn Tony father ami Mrs. Mars.and
Wnit the laiiers cottage. In IN" meantime
nu.ti,r pi-tol-shot had been fred, Nj. Fisher,
rArryiug a lamp. was followed 10y Mr., NHrsland
l. Mr. Burrlls room. on the bed lay Mrs.
I4rr.,l ana her daughter Tho latter WAS d.ad.
All ill., mother was lying. She g.,pel. Help
~. h.lr mo-" AMI then became un.on srious
Or Gorge J. Fisher was sent for. hut N"
9 man expired within fifteen minutes. The
trott, little girl had been shot under the right
rar tA" ball passing through her head nnd
lotlins under the skin Of her left temple. Mrs.
turrill shot herself two in hes below the breast
bon. The weqpon w!s heavy navy revolver;
whloh belonged y Mr.. Marsland, and which had
iHf' u NlAAtA ~ hi-. lldASlA4A b'AlAi Ai4D MAJ
..The remains were tenderly cared for. Mrs.
aay niehi for New York and informed Mr Bur
ril ON the following day Mr., Burrill was in
G + .hay' nav Of d' PesksEin began his inyrs,eation
Thv examination was held in thc Marsland cot
tage the bodies Of the dead being in IN adloin-
Mr. .Burrir was scarcely spoken TO except
when ne WIS called upon to testify concerns ing
his wiie, An nnirrPdiy iceiinf ~ sprung nG,,1 up
while looking qpon, the faces Of the dead. The
moi morally or legally bound TO bury them yct
lWl.." Mr.. Burrhl's direct examination was
irief ana it W. not until the Jury wIre de.
Mr.. Burrili had mentioned h"r lu--
bands Intention 10 procure q divorce. 1re
iurymen were recalled, and Mr.. Burrill was
esamined He testified that h. marriedl Mrs.
yacSS. S BrooElyn. in Ssp,ember. 1'r" ls7j. IL had
known her two years before the marriage. and
tAi seen Dr. Thomas Haskins. who was her
second husband. Mr.. Burrll thought she was
II good mental condition when h" married her.
In july or August Of last year she showed
TIA child in July. and the child lived three or
i,gr weeks L was az this tm. ,hat is the de- de-
hihted symptoms of eNtrem" melancholy.
which were followed by attacks of violence.
eontp4gd in,2 nrpifmger HnI ,nsn irs hr
iisane. She was taken 70 the Flhthush asylum.
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