New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-02
Suicide or MURDER3


rcuN CtmrL UNprR ARTIST ON SUSPICION OF
HNsGING ms wIrE-wuAr MS CHILDREN SAY
THE PRISONERS MANNER WHEN DENYING MS
guilt.
Several inmates Of the tcncmont-house No. Gl2
Sccond-ave about G o'clock yesterday morning
heard childrcu's voices calling: Help! Take
mamma down. The calls were made from rear
room i'm the third story Of tho building, and they
were 50 loud and earnest that Andrew Gaiiney an ]
his wife who live the same floor. opened Che door
Of the ROOM The boys John Cahil and
lis brother James were running about the
room in their uirnt-olotlcs crying and screaming.
They pointed 20 the lfolc,s body OF their mother.
Ellen Cahill. which ea4 hanging in ihc doorway Of
q small bedroom adjoining. The body was danel-
ing from piece of clothc--unc which was fastened
about tine womaus neck in % moose and secured to
the tr,nsom OF the door. The body was -t.ll warm
but Mr.. ard Nlrs. Ga.fncy were too much frightened
10 cut IL down. They ron for thc lice, and Patrol
man Delaney. of the Twenty -ti>t Precinct. hurried
~ the building. lie cut the clothc.-iire and laid
N, body of Mrs CpIil ON the floor. She WAS toad.
ON inquiry thc officer learned that Mrs, Cahli.
hc. husband John. and their two children had oc-
cunicd the two small rear rooms on tho i'nor for
two month";. T.r husband vas hi1 -,niI,h uil
his wife bad supported the family Dos g"ug "u to
do washing. They were both iu. lined tn nrnt
90 quarrel and fight 800 thoir r.n'-. The officer ih y
questioned the children. Woe vcu'-. - boy sad
that lc bad been awakened ID. hIs brother to hn1
his mother hanging iu thc doorway. ills iaih'r
w3s NOT ODD thr ruon although D. had been Oh, rc
the prcvious evening when thry all wont to he'
Tie other boy John. who D.. eight yelrs 0ld sId 90
first chat his father had hanged his mother to tho
door When quest iouHd CLOSE IN Dee stid:
d" was awake about daylight and saw my iuihcr
co 10 the window and cat of piece" Of the clothes
line" fell asleep again, and when ] n""ke after
th1f ~HW mamma NnurinF 900 lil" tn'fN iN.
Officer DELANEY went 100 search OF thr husband or
Mrs Cahil and found him strolinValong the avenue
near hi- home. Nhrn arr scd and charged WIN
having hanged his wife tlhill showed cNtru" lear,
and tr.mci -o s.. 'lrutly .hat hr could hardly walk.
Ilc said that hr had r.t a- rooms about %. 800. To
SER q man 800 Forty four IT,. and that ms VIE wa-
thai bis wifi Ha4 awake when hc hii h.r. Nir uIo
complained of feeling Iil. and bad asked MIN 10 grt
priest. he bad given her dun, of "atcr Hnd
had then left thc house. tahll was taken
to the CoroucTs office aNout noon aud quo~
toned by Coroner Herman. He trcmh.,d
aud turned pale ery. raj Tunes iu thr course o! lho
cAaminal on nnt continued "aS'Ii ms lhhoc'n' ~
His SON john. when questioned bY the Coroner ,1i1
that be- ad mot sccu his father SINCE saturday even
ing and Do denied having SAID tl't DE iAl
s.cn is father get Che c"th~ lin" ln ilr ml9rmhE
The Coroner sent both boys 20 the Iuu- of lctcn-
ton and rcuandod thrir father 10 the caro- OBJ the
police until to-day.
ond-aNc. Yesterday afternoon hruu-ht ont the Tact
/ that tho other inmates OF tHr hUlfiuU heard no
sounds on tic room occupied hy thr ilinl7 Natir-
day night OF Jtfrri1i morning uuiu llr riii"I'n
began to cry. The position iu which thr body " af
f,uud Indicated euic.Ir rather tifn murlDr MI.
Cahill was larC. and powerful woman 1ui me- irit
/ O. mat.h fn1 hnr hu. .lud iu Struggle 'nr,u'
herman said fl.t Doc could nHt .nH'f ,and h' y
CahiI could bang hi. ,ff. lrtI-f hrr 1911 without
arnI-ilg ll th. p. f-.n- iu fhr house. 40 ''f .ih
uou of thr body Dos Dl. iicrm.H nia n"i '> Iu-'
hanging Nr-. Cahui and Drr husband were Doln
born 400 Ireland.