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MATED AGAINST HER WILL.
THEN ACCUSED AND TRIED FOR POI
SOSINO HER HUSB1ND.
The Rcsuit Of Forcing ~ school Girl TO Marry
Man sho ala not i.ove-The Jury hcquit
Hcr-Cheered In the Court and the street

ncf-thetreu IN the court the Stfctt.
From n, Lg,oL,a Tm,,
DUBLIN, March IA case which has at
tractcd great public intcrcs, was to-day con-
cludcd before Lord Justice Dcasy ut the assizcs
OF Galway II was n prosecution for murder
under very peculiar and painful circumstances.
The accused. namod Kate Mullarkoy. is tho
widow OF the deceased. only II years Of agc, Of
very preposScssng appearance. wch educated
md respectable and the victim OF the crime
was her own husband. Thomas Muarkey. aged
81. u trader In good circumstances. having two
establishments in punmorc in the county Gal
way Tho facts brought out in evidence would
furnish the materials %! u story at once touch
ing and tragic: but Invested Of any sensational
effects, thcy may be briefly told The prisoner
was up to November last. n schoolgirl. rccciv-
ing her education at Cabra Convent. in the
northern suburbs of Dublin. The deceased
sought her hand in marriage and. being per-
son Of uneNccptionablc character and possessed
OF means. her parents consented to their union.
She did not return his affection. but ON the
contrary conceived Il dislike TO him. which in
cre9scd in proportion as he pressed his suit
nnd her parents favored H. They uvcrrulcl
her Will, insisted upon her accepting him. and
she at length consented.
Tho marriage was celebrated in Dublin on
the 81 of November last and in n few days after
the ceremony he returned homo: but she did
not accompany him nor follow until about ten
days after. The marriage produced no abatc-
mcnt Of her DISLIKE. which she made no secret
OF but EXPRESSED to tho shop assistants and
others giving rs n reason that he was old.
They tried 10 reason with her and spoke well Of
her husband, but she said She was miserable
and he would never mako her happy. Tho do
ceased felt her collness ueutey. unl COM
planned to her sister shortly at.r the marriage
that from the time they entered their bedroom
until they left II in the morning they never eN-
changed a word.
In the house with her was a nephew and part
ner of her husbands. named John Ryder -
years Of age. with whom she fell deeply ia love.
but il does not appear that he gave her any ,rn;
couragcmcnt. Tho passion however. supplied
Il powerful motive Tor the crime imputed to her.
and It's preparation was begun ON the 81 81
January last. On that day she told her husband
che was nlou to take some salts and soma and
invited him To- take some also He objected. ny
he did not she would never ask him to take any
again He then consented. ana she admins;
taken herself NcXt morning. Tuesday. he
was very i'll. feeling greqt nausea. and his
stomach rejecting all food. She also complained
occupied II iedroom adjoining his ana communi-
catng with II. Herhusbpnd got worse for three
successive days. but no Doctor WAS sent for un-
I'll Saturday. when one was called in against
hcr wishes and during his stay she expressed
great anxiety to know whether he had ascer
tanned the cause OF Illness. and asked Peter l'y.
der. another nephew of tn" deceased, brother OF
the one she loved, To listen ut the door. and let
her know il the doctor said what allied her hus-
band. On hearing that he had not. she said IL
was all right The doctor expressed de-
sire TINT some OF the rejected contents ~ tn"
sick mans stomach should be kept Tor his in
spection. and portion was put into a basin
and stood on the floor; but the prisoner kicked
II over ana split il. asking at the same timC
What is tho use OF thatF On the Monday lOl-
lowing the husband died
During the whole week Of his Illness she
never entered HIS room or inquired Tor him. or
showed the slightest sympathy or interest IN
asked. IS Is he not done yotf' She always spoke
Of the deceased rs him, meyer calling him by
his name or any term of cndClrm"nt. An in
quest was held. and. the stomach having been
subje, ted 10 analysis, distinct races " poison
On leaving the house she exclaimed to John
Ryder, VIII YOU stand thisf and. after being
put into the police cell. she was visited by one
Of the shop assistants 10 nom niter first deny
ing her guilt. she confessed. poisoned his
cup" On searching her room the polio. found
IN little hand,ha@ three empty pots 81 phos;
phorc paste. They were labelled Poison"
and contained six grains-.morc than double n
she was committed 10 Tuam mil.
on her way she Trotg IN prn.ll on ne back o.
the object of her love, John RYDER; Darling
loving John. love YOU truly 10 the last For
give me thctemptation which oyercame me. TIL
poison jnrs and the result Of the analysis led e.
iIraSr inG bd nnT ths ysye T
back IL was then remembered that she had
inquired OF ons OF the ~S'san whether there
was any rat poison IN tho house. and CONF planned
that her bedroom was infested with rats. There
appeared 10 be no truth ~ this statement. al
though there Were certainly rats IN an adJoln-
ing meal store. The assistant referred her To
the other shop than the one in which he was
and she there obtained some RnO-phOrlc paste
and requested the assistant 10 say nothing
about IT, On ne DAY si,e gave ner nus I,
in n bowl out " Il saucepan which had boiled
oyer on the lire and was remarked TO emit a
blue flame; but no particular notice was taken
of this fact M the time. as the vessel was sup
posed to contain the SIENNA. The mother OF n,
deceased assisted In straning the ingredients
before the dose was given. and one OF the mos
distressing facts OF the ease is that she herse
uncunsciousy mixed the poisoned cup Tor hei
son. While complaining ut similar Illness, The
nrsonpr showed ign of nausea NepIt once
on tho Saturday before he died, and she ate hel
meals regularly and asked 10 have then
brought to her by a back door Az regards
John Ryder she kissed him on one occas ION
and no meptionsd the, fact TO her husband ~
he deposed There does not appear T. hav
been any criminal Intimacy between them. Ou
she made advances toward him. according Il
her own testimony.
There was no evidence that the prisoner ad
ministered the medicine 70 the deceased. John
there was no decd Of partnership between hin
and the deceased that in the room where IA
bag CONTAINING the pot OF phosphor paste wa
found by the police he was aionr for n few min
utes between the time 81 one constable Eoinl
out and another coming In, and that in the In
terval anything could have boon put into tn
bag. II was not locked, but opened with
spring. which he had difficulty in uniastenina
His sister was present when, on one oc
casion. the prisoner kissed him. She wa
then lying H. She had taken nis. whicl
concerned about her Illness than about his un
Gle. On another Occnsion when she kissed hin
there was game Of iorieiLs He could not sa
Letter Of the prisoner did not mean the kiss
THE prisoner told him she had taken some O
the same medicine that she gave her husband
but he said nothing about that IN his depQsi
tons. He said he WAS not asked about il, hu
answered all the questions put to lin. He gay
five HollOway's pills TO the dcceahcd on the Fri
day or Saturday. The deceased on those day
said he was better. and that the pains were near
ty gone.
The doctors evidence was to the effect tha
the appearance Of the body at the post-morter
examination indicated that death had bee
caused by an irrtant poison. Or, Camera
found no poison Of any kind, ana did not eS
pect to find any after the time which had olapse
between death and examination Of the body
but the coat Of the stomach was very much IN
1urod, and the appearan g was such rs n so
would have produced. On cro.s cSariinatio.
ho stated that II phosphor was mi yed wit
water and strained through fine clot
only n few particles would pass through
The evidence for the Crown closed last nigh
This morning the case suddenly collapsed. Tn
Court House was again denscly crowded
md number Of medical practitioners an
students were present to hear the speech {
Mr. Macdcrmott, ., c., and the examination {
Or: O'LearX, NJ, T.. who was u witness Tor tn
defence. The names of the jury were Gale
over; the prisoner, looking calm and uncOI
cernod rs on the previous days. was brought
the bar, and her counsel arose to address tn