The New York herald., 1878-10-28
BEATEN, THEN BURNED.

TIE SHOCKING CRIME THAT THOMAS M CLOWN
is CHARGED WITH BY HIS WIFE.
Flames coming through tho fanght the door
OF tho back room the fourth story the tenement
house No. l15 Mulberry street, occupied by James
McGlown and his vile, at noon yesterday, apprised
the inmates OF the front rooms that 6re was
IN progress. They forced open the door, and
with q few pailfus OF water extnguished
1t. few moments afterwad, while the
tenants from the othor rooms were streaming into
this back room, moaning was heard from an inner
apartment used bedroom. Ono OF the people
opened tho door this bedroom ana dreadful sgnt
presented ITSELF Mrs. McGlown. with un1empt hair.
blackened eye and bruised face, and whose clothes
were sheet OF flames. arose from tho bod into
sitting position The man who entered the room
cried her out, but she would not heed him.
and ho could get her owing TO the flames that
arose from the odge OF the bed. She lay tossing in
tho flames until somo sensible neghbor brought In
couple of pals OF water, which were poured on tho
burning bed Tho greatest alarm manifested by tho
other occupants the discovery OF the Are and panic
was imminent. The occupants OF other rooms had
plod their furniture preparatory 10 leaving the house,
Children were supposed TO be lost, and Mrs sullivan
from the top to the bottom o the house scroAm-
ing that her little girl was burned, had fallen to
yard below and had probably been killed. II was
found, after some delay IN searching the rooms and
the yard, the cupboard, where II mad gone to profit
by the excitemept In eating some sugarcd pums.
wIRE's CHARGKs.
After the excLemsnL had subslued Mrs. McGlown
was taken ION the bod, groaning terribly. Sho
dragged into the hallway, and the burned and wet
clothes taken from her person. Her ieit SIDE was
burned and Scared and In many places the skin had
peeled oil. AS soon she could speak she sald her
husband had set lire TO tho bed had lighted some
the bed, she said, he had battered and
bruised ner during me morning, and she told the
house. The now infuriatod tenants lott the
injured woman IN the hall covered with
sheet and sought for tho husband He nowhere
&c be found. Tho people on the first floor had seen
him leaving the mousse a few moments before
tho flames wore discovered IN his rooms
boy was sent 10 INFORM the police OF
the Fourteenth precinct OF tho case, but
the two officers who were patroiiing that beat put
In appearance before The ARRIVAL OF The officer from
the station house. They saw the injured woman and
asked OF tho tenants to allow her 10 be taken to
their apart ments But this they refused, aud she
again taken 10 her room and LAID floor. An
buiauce WAS called shortly alter and she taken
SIVinccnts Hospital Before going she made charges
the officers against her husband OF setting ire
10 the bed and attempting to burn her 10 doath.
sergeant Wade, who was at the desk In the Four
tcenth precinct station mousse, delegated Officer
Christian GohI arrest James McGlOwn Tor the al
tempt on his wiles lie, alter some trouble he
had entered shortly aftor leaving mis- rooms. He
louiisn looking iaborine man, about Iorty years
old. He dressed in brown 0verals, stuck in
heavy boots, striped shirt aud wore no coat.
HOPED sHK WOULD DIE.
McGlown acknowledged that he was quarrcng with
bis wife that mornng and On being told OF her condi.
ton said he hoped she would die. He denied all
about setting hre 10 the bed, said prob
ably fire TO 1t herself with matches, which
close at hand. He was locked up In the station on
the charges preferred by his wife, The neshbors say
that the couple living house only three
weeks In that timo they had quarrelicd nearly
every day. Yesterday morning no had beaten his
wife, and they SAID they had hoard the cries from
early IN the morning. and The women in the front
rooms said that they were going TO ask their hus-
bands TO go in and quiet them wnen they came from
mass But tacy quoted down bcfore their arrival;
aud as McGlown Was seen to have gone ourno further
attention was paid TO them TIL the 1amos wero seen
issuing through the fanlight over the door.