Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-15
MORN IN G.
From the Boston Globe, March T.
Kate Delaney,

AND HER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A telegram from Providence, published
in the Globe Yesterday morning, announced
the attempted suicide of Mrs. Kate Delaney,
a woman who formerly resided in this CITY,
There il a romantic history connected with
this affair. Kate Delaney. or Kate Metal
frey, as she was called here in Boston. was
a handsome, dashing, gay woman, and lived
at No Si East Newton street IN an elegant
house which she called her own. She also
had handsome country residence IN Somer,
sill >, kept her carriage and lived IN grand
STYLE. Her reputed husband was George NJ.
Delaney, a well-knOwn hUrseman, sporting
man. etc lie leased and Iun trotting parks
at Augusta and Lew istOn, Me and later at
Manch ,ster, N H., and was generally well
known by the sporting fraternity OF New
England Delaney was implicated IN some
soldier bounty crOokedness and wss charged
with being connected with what ia known
in the STATE of Maine as the - Paper Credit
Ssincle," a sort of young Credit MObilier, Tor
which he was arrested. tried and sentenced to
a term of years in the New Hampshire State
Prison at Concord. But he did not long stay
thore, receiving pardon from the President
after but a short sOjOurn inside the prison
walls.
HOW SHE LOST HER FORTUNE.
Meanwhile, Kate, whatever her relation
may have been to Delaney, had not been
idle. She had taken steps to have George
released from durance vile, and went to
prominent citizen of Augusta to secure his
aid. lie agreed to get Delaney clear Tor
81 600, which sum was paid by kats upon
the representation that he had secured
ID l,ney's pardon After Delantys release,
Kate found out tho true inwardDess' OF
the pardonIng business, and brought SUIT
against this citizen to recover the money
paid him. The case was carried through
successive trials, but the probabilities are
that much mure than the sum at stake was
expended in the process. katc states that
she used S45, 900 in getting Delaney out oil
the serape, and the story Is not regarded AT
all improbable BY those eonyersant with It's
details. A few years ago these heavy drains
on the purse Of the Delaueys had materially
lessened their stock of dueats. and her mis-
fortunes we're rounded out and Der fnan-
cial ruin completed by her unfortunate
alliance and business dealings with one
Colonel D. Morton Fox, of Boston and 4
fragrant memory. Kate became desirous
of exchanging her city establishment for
one in the country. Colonel Fox had some
property in " est Newton which ne desired
| to trade for city property. Kate went to a
| LAWYER IN this city for advice IL the matter
OF dealing with Fox, and was told that he
| (Fox) was Christian gentleman. Con
| hding in this statement OF lhan VINO
| holds u prominent position IN the sun
| day school, is the teacher OF a bug blhlt
| class, - etc, the woman closed the bargain
/ but found hen it was TOO late that TIT
| Foxy Christian gentleman was plous
| fraud" who had conveyed property to her
to which he had no clear title. She com
planned OF Fox, but he, getting knowledge
| of her intention, folded up his tent ant
pointed his nose for Canada, where he re
manned for some months, but is now sup
posed to be on the Pacific Coast. Kat,
claims most bitterly that 'she has beer
swindled by a man who keeps big Blbl
class, : and says that to him she owes hel
present misery.
HER ATTEMPT AT SELF DESTRUCTION.
Shortly alter this misfortune, IN the fal
| of 1875, she went to Hartford, and iron
thence to Providence. where she was ioun'
in her room at No 1879 broad street, Sun
day forenoon, by Officer Murray in par
oxysm of pain, lying on her bed. Her OK
tremities were cold and pulse feeble. Tn
officer hastily procured q compound OF irol
at the apothecary'l and forced dose dowI
her throat The result was that ere lon
she yomited. The pain under which sh
was suffering appeared to ease oil, and sh
was a BILE to converse. About one o'clock
doctor was called, and it was decided t
take her to tina police station, and soon al
ter she arose and dressed. She had yer
good wardrobe, and insisted upon wearin
her best; consequently when Sd
rode of to the station she had
very lady-like look. At times she wa
quite gay, and sang one or Two snatche
of song, and when she started Tor III
station did not appear to be suffering much
Some time iuring the afternoon she was re
moved from the station to the Dexter Asy
lum. Ir is thought that her mind is some
what affected. The house in which sh
lived is an old trap, which Is soon to
pulled down. She went there to live wit
a friend whom she spoke OF as Cora, about
month ago. They furnished three or f0u
of the rooms in the inhospitable eli hOus'
and made them look quite neat and coseN
Ga examining the premises, the ofhcel
found on table bit of brown paper, o
which were imprinted the representations {
two chastity SKELETONS and the words, eau
tion--The contents OF this Is poisOn-arst
mic" Near by the paper WAS an empt
wine-pl,ss, AMI on the floor some srsen
had been spilled. They also found lett'
directed to ". j McCafrey. County CLERK
Pittsburgh, N Y, and dated Sunday
March 10. In this epistle Mrs. Delaney al
= dresses McCaffrty as her brother, and sd!
, to him, II am IN destitute circumstance
aud take my life in my room, and Ii IS 4
more than right that you should bury me.
Mrs. Delaney must have sw allowed the e
| senic some time between and 10 o 1cl
\ as at 10 O'Clock she told Mrs. Melville,
t inmate of the house, thai she had taken u
dose and was going to die. She stated tn
she had not lived with Delaney for ~
,, years, who. she said. is now IN Vernon
,, She is q native OF GOrham, Me.