New-York tribune., 1882-04-19
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
, pp,rrAt. WIFE MURDER.

LOCAL MISCELLANY.
BRUTAL WIFE MURDER
Inmates of the tenement house No No. ave stor nas'
fenth-st were aroused from sleep SHORTY a,oa ' 90 %
% Snd YESTERDAY So9 hsyy by iSS fosna Mrs Mary in
e fhe hall with her throat cut and bleeding from
9pmber Of other ysS wS"nSs %as her ' HUSBAND John
snSoq hsnS Policeman @ CALVIN Of the Eleventh Precinct
arrested Lennon and the injured woman seu;shed was
at the number and severity of her wounds. ihere
was deep cut on the right side of the neck @ .nc
left arm and shoulder had been slashed in tniee ,e
places; there were six wounds in the abdomen; ana
on both the lower limbs were long Gashes Wneh
Coroner Brady reached the hospital at a. M Hrs, ,o
years old she said, and had been marTled 10 Jomn
lennon about ten years They had no chiaIhendi o had
The husband was a tailor, but for five years ne nau
been drunk much of the time and had used heryery very
badly. She worked every day IN q tailor snop
at No. 40 Mott-st. Her husband went away away
from home last Friday and she dld not see MN 'S o
until Monday evening when she went nome Ii hoi,
her work. He was then in a mood for quar,ieiiIs;
alhough he did not appear TO DC drS ,rS;e sbe was
at work in the rooms. When he appeared TO pe
asleep she partly nndressed aud lay down upon 1o ao
talk ln an abusive way, bnt she was wbst Of
tired that she paid no attention 10 wnat wnat
night and she heard him go to the hiydrant in the
hall for water three or four times. ADoue a. IN.
he shook her roughly, and said ne was going Gul'
lyon arc little early this morning she replied;
"von did not get up on Friday morning until 8
O'clock" Her words seemed to make him angry,
and he began to rave Ike mada % 9no Is aoI that @
30 ~ he asked Yes" she replied. lie rushed TO
the bed st once and pulled her d upon ron the ne
q corner of the room. He followed her, and shouted
at her: 4" / often told you l would cut you 10
pieces!r He began TO cut her, and she vanity tred
TO ward off the blows. She screamed and 1ough6 6
her way to the door covered with wounds, AS sne
reached the hall he cut her III the throat anu e' m
fall - =. o
The woman died shortly after 10 a. m 1t twas was
stated that she and her husband were
born in this city of Irish parents Lennon wR1 & IS
about forty years DID, taken to the Essex MAJ.
ket Police Court early in the day, and was eoinii III h
TO the Tombs without bail. lie appeifSI i, aeoth
sober. He received the news OF MS WIG . ue"''i
with evident satisfaction
OUTWITTING A RAILROAD COMPANY.
There was considerable excitement in Jersey City
yesterday morning when it discovered that the
city authorities under cover OF the darKness t
had torn up the tracks across Imrteenih' roGa
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company nag
laid Sunday night, as was told IN YESTERDAY
IRByNE Monday nlght Seraet Tommissioner
Nathan and Alderman Mannlon, chairman OF tne
Committee on Streets, had an interview with Chei
Of Police Murphy, and at the close OF II announceu
that they did not intend TO take any action Tor the
reason that they had been unable TO see Corporllon
Counsel Leon Albeit and get his OPINION as 10
tracks Shortly after midnight, Engineer sizes
Commissioner Nathan seven policemen, under Cap
tain Edmondson, and Sergeants McGlnnls ana JellyI
marched down TO the foot of Fifteenh-st, followed
by forty laborers and wagon Loaded WIN picka4es
sedges ana other tools belonging to the boar9 Oh
Public Works. The railroad company hau taken
two precautionary measures against an attack OF
this kind. One was an injunction restraining rne
citv authorities from interfering with the track. The
attack was evidently not expected so soon,
for the injunction was locked up IN
the company's safe, and conld not be got OUT III
81 hn nj a
TO place long train of freight cars on the track,
with the locomotive engine III the colnpanys yaId
in Hoboken. The engineer being out ol ,le i htliIs
OF Jersey City, could not be arrested Tor violating
the ordinance which prohibits the obstruction ol
streets When the city officers made their appear
ance the men in charge OF the train ana The best
they could 10 foI their purpose by moving the cars
backward and forward on the track. CMe1 Engineer
Sites speedily stopped that by blocking the "Heeis
of the cars with railroad ties, and then
cutting loose number OF them IRON
the rear end of the train He then had his men
clear the spaces at the street crossings, throwing
some of the cars Off the track doing So The track
in the three streets was then torn up the seepers
and rails piled near the street lines Inc WORK was
completed about 3 o'clock yesterday morning .
The company has not determined what course IL
will pursue in the matter The examination OF Eu-
ward Kane the foreman VINO supeIlhiehueu .I.o
ayiug OF the tracks and who arrested, was post
poned at the request OF counsel until to-lnorIow
morning.
A BANNER FOR THE HAMILTON BATTERY.
There is now on exhibition at Tifany's banneret
which Alexander Hamilton, jr., is to present TO
Battery f. First Artillery, of the United states
Army commonly called the Alexander Hamilton
Battery from the fact that Alexander Haml ton was
Its first captain in 1776. The banneret is made
of heavy banner silk, the upper hall
is white. The whole is bordered by heavy fringe
of old and from the upper corner next 70 the
spear-headed staff hang heavy gold tassels. On the
red ground of the upper part, near the stan, are
two crossed cannon, with /" above ana 4 De,
low, embroidered in shaded old gold, and around
tIa ica circIp Of 81
the cannon. IN white letters that stand out boldly
on the red field is this inscriptions Organized
March l. 1770. On the white lower half OF the
banner appears the following in bright red letters
Alexander Hamilton, First Captain. Battle OF
Long Island, August, 177G. For lO6 Years Faithful
and True. March, 1oS2.p
The Alexander Hamilton Rattery is now sta
toned at Fort Warren in Boston HarbOr, and as it
is in General HancOcks department the banneret
will he presented 10 the Battery through hlm.
After its organization under Alexander Hamilton
the Battery was drilled in The Fields" as what is
now CITY Hall Park was then called 1t did gallant
work at the Battle of Long Island and many
early Indian wars III the War OF 1ol2, III the
Mexican War and III the Rebellion.
WANTING THEIR SALARIES INCREASED.
The members of the Long Island City Board Of
Aldermen left that city for Albany last night to
urge the passage of several bills affecting the CITY,
Among the measures sanctioned by the Board OF
Aldermen is one abolishing the office OF Commits
slouer of Public Works, and another 10 do away
with the Police Board. The Aldermen also advocate
bills TO give themselves a yearly salary OF ToOO
each 10 bond the city In order to purchase land,
and TO erect school and engine houses and police
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