The New York herald., 1877-11-04
MURDERED BY A WOMAN.

MICHAEL KAvANAGH is STABBED DURING
QUARREL WITH HIS PARAMoUR-IHE AssAIL-
ANTS CUNNING ATTEMPTS TO SHIELD HER.
SELF FROM EVIDENCE.
A series OF quarreis between Michael Kavanagh and
his Mistress Bridget Crusc eliminated last night In
tragedy. In the street where they lived the was
stabbed almost to the heart, aud with sure hand
did the woman deal tho blow that almost Immediate
insensibility sealed the lips OF the victim and
left the OF the deed 10 be perhaps
revealed The murderess, although apparently
acting under sudden passion and, perhaps, heated by
liquor, displayed marvellous cooIness In the despatch
of her bloody work. and afterward took such steps Il
eject escape and conceal tho evidence OF her gull
as might not such u moment been expected NJ
her hands When arrested, too she betrayed In nd
way her consciousness of guilt and, what seldom
the in women of her stamp. she refused by thl
utterance of any hasty word to crimnate herself.
The QUARREL
The victim, Michael Kavanagh, was a man who had
worked some time since printer, but who has
lately become debauched, and from his low assocIa.
tions regarded with suspicion For the last few
years he has lived with Bridget Cruise as hs
vito at No. AZ Thomas street. The woman
was an abandoned creature, noted even among
her not very reputable neghbors for her
excosscs; the man a weak-m inded mortal
whose fondness for liquor his chief crime and
who led wretched lie. Several times the police OF
the precinct had heard from him, but was generally
alter quarrel, in which he the victim either Of
his mistress passionate acts or Of his neighbors'
equally incorporate violence.
What occasioned the quarrel last night cannot bo
determined. The occupants OF the house whore tho
pair resided, as 1t appears Is usual on Saturday
nights had drank TO excess. and we're not in
u condition TO DO conscious Of any broil
death Of tho victim has secured o silence
which the woman's reticence refuses to break. Words,
however, exchanged In their room; the woman, It
would seem, became enraged aud Kavanagh to AVOID
her Detook himself 10 the street door From that he
crossed to NO. ~ street snaDoy @ooas
ing ,hore when Bridget Cruise, who had followed him
down stairs stole across the way and before he waa
OF Il appeared before him IN tho doorway OF tht
A BLOW In rHs DARK.
There was NO pariey between them here. The
woman was bent mischief, and raising q car-inf
knife she carried her hand she plunged into Kav
anaghs breast She was away IN moment and hoi
yiclm, staggering into the street, mad only TIME
give one cry OF agony before he tell upon the pave.
pr.ciuc. was al tho corner at the time,
buL in the darkness could SEQ
what was ACQUIRING .urtner down tho street Tho
loud cry, a convulsive attempt to artculate "Mur.
dcr,o he says, caugnt his oar aud ho hurried toward
II. In moment he came upon Kavanagh's body.
8 retched in 'front.' OF No. AZ Thomas street, where
woman, who saw the ARRAY was standing The man
was breathing with difficulty and rom the wound in
his the blood was squirting aud streaming over
the pavement. Ho spoke 10 him, but II was clear that
he was utterly UNCONSCIOUS. and 50 the officer raped
appeared at this junclure and had dying man
lifted up and carried TO the Chambers Street Hospital
There an effort was made TO stauch his wound, Dut
Il was Intellectual Ho lay In comatosc state, scarcely
breathing, tor nearly an hour, when he expired rns
hospital surgeon who attended him says the blow
which inflicted the wound was strong and steady.
The wound about inch in length, just upon ;no
breast 6one which the knife penetrated and broke,
and probably entering the lungs, on the way to which
It severed number OF large arteries Death duo,
IL Is thought, to internai hcmorrhage
SEARCHING FOR the MURDEREss
the police began making inquiries II was Iound that
most OF dcnzcns OF the place, beng stupened Dy
drink, we're utterly unit to givo any Information,
had they been disposed to. The house where
Kavanagh and the woman lived was entered. IL
Is u mean, tumble down tenement, as nlthy and
dilapidated as It well be. Tho room where
tho PAIR lived was desolate, bare and
with hardly article OF furniture lett In IT, No evi
dence OF the quarrel appeared In II other than some
broken bottles, which mlgut or might not have
bearing on tn case. The next room was filled by
half dozen inebrated wretches VINO huddled against
door ana denied the police admittance III u was
broken open The search ol tne mouse was maue rom
top to bottom without any trace oi tho murderess
being found and the police were about to continue
their quest In some other quarters, when Captain
Eakins, who had being exploring Inc cellar by inc
precarious light OF some luciier matches, came upon
the woman crouched IN corner ani shrinking
among some debris from the sight OF her pufsuers.
She submitted quietly TO arrest aud, without any
word OF explanation or inquiry, or any show OF
emotion, she went with tho police to the station
house The knife with which she had inflicted
tho fatal blow was wanting however NO
sign Of Il could DO found In either tho street OF
house, but 1nally learned that Bridget Cruise
had stolen across the way striking kvanagh, and,
In the excitement coolly accosted ncignbor lJane
Campbollj who resided at No. Al Thomas street, and
gwen her tho weapon with directions to destroy II.
Jaue denied this, and persisted IN her DECLARATION
of ignorance when the house was searched; but
among the ashes OF her stove was found shapeless
piece OF bone and metal, when proved 10 oe tue
knife The handle was consumed, the steel was bent
and pIackened but into the blado the fire had burned
the traces OF the blood. -
Bridget Cruso Is In custody In the Fifth precinct
station house, and with her held as witnesses, arc
Jane Campbell, who took tho weapon from hor, and
Catharinc Upton, who saw the deed.