Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-12
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New York Star.
On Sunday afternoon, about the time that
many thousands were on their way to church,
smoke was seen to escape through the cracks
of the door of the fourth-story back room an
the large fve-story brick tenement-house No.
lis Mulberry street, few doors north of
Canal street. The house is crowded from
top to bottom with tenants, who were quick
ly aroused. The greatest confusion prevailed
for while; mothers running through the
building seeking their children, while others
hastily began collecting their scanty stock of
household effects for instant removal.
A few of the more cooI-headed of the men
rushed to the room from which the smoke
was issuing, and soon secured an entrance.
Inside they were confronted with a frightful
sight. Reclining upon the bed lay woman,
wrapped like a mummy in the folds of the
bed-clothing, which was rapidly becoming a
sheet of flame. The first man who entered
the room called to her to Jump out of the
bed and run, as he himself feared to ap-
pfoach the bed. She lay perfectly still, how
ever, only moaning in reply. Other persons
came in with water in pals, which was freely
poured over the slowly roasting woman.
The flames extinguished, she was recognized
as Mrs. Mary McGloine, wife of the tenant
of the room. She was carried into the hall
and placed upon some sheets, where she lay
in the greatest agony.
When the singed clothing had been re-
moved from the woman's body it was found
that her fish had been literally roasted in
many parts of her body. AS soon as Mrs.
McGloine had recovered sufficiently to speak
she charged her husband, Jas. McGloine,
with tying her up in the bed-clothes, pouring
kerosene oil upon them, and after setting
them on fire with some paper, locking the
door and leaving her to her fate. She fur
ther said that during the morning her hus-
band, in quarrel with her, had SO bruised
and beaten her that she was compelled to
take to bed. After this he swore that he
would murder her and burn the house. The
woman's face bore evidence of ill-treatment.
she having black eye and various severe
contusions.
Upon the arrival of the officers, who had
been summoned, Mrs. McGloine was carried
back into her room until the arrival of an
ambulance, when she was taken to St. Vim
cents hospital, where she died Yesterday
morning. The child of the couple, bow
some years old, corroborated his mothers
story regarding the tragedy, but in after con-
versations, either from fright or fear, he con
tradicted himself in several particulars.
Sergt. Wade, of the fourteenth precinct
sent out officer Gohl to secure McGloine, the
tenants of the house having failed to dis
cover his whereabouts. After short search
the officer found his man in saloon on
Mulberry street enjoying himself with some
companions. He was first locked up in the
statlon-house and afterward conveyed to the
Tombs.
The prisoner, James McGloins, is an Irish
man, about forty years of age, and a laborer
by occupation. Of heavy build, with a
short black beard covering his sullen coun-
tenance, his appearance is not of prepos
sessing nature. In answer to questions put
to him he acknowledged having quarreled
with his wife in the morning, but charges
that she was in the habit of getting drunk
and of pawning her clothing for liquor. On
the afternoon in question he claimed that
she had taken one of her dresses, and, dis
posing of it in her usual way, spent the pro-
ceeds IN liquor, and came home very much
the worse for it. And she lay down in the
bed, he went to the saloon to get some beer
with friends, and while there he saw people
running toward his house, whereupon he
.o!io"eu auu was arrested. here his story
differs from the officers, who found him in
the saloon.
Other tenants of the house state that, al
though the Medicines had only been living
there for about three weeks, they were
known to quarrel every day, and on Sunday
morning the cries of the woman were heard
all over the building.
Coroner Croker committed McGloine with
out bail to await the inquest on the wife's
body, which will be held in few days.