New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-09
CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS WIFE.

John j. Tbbctts a driver. No. 157 hottest, was
locked up at the Mulberry Street PohcG o5a,Ih H. H.
al est was ordered by Coroner Herman, VINO was 1
caXed upOn yesterday to investigate the deat .
of Mrs TibhettS at Bellevue Hospital MIS- lppctts
was taken TO the hospital i. carriage ny her nus nus
band at pm. Saturday" She was suffering rom
violent pains in her abdomen. and she told the sur
gcons that she had taken tansy for improper pIll1
poses. She vomted freely during the hlsh'' an"
died early yesterday morning. , :.
From the symptoms noticed by the surgeons 1t
was believed that her death was caused ny heiILon
tits. Deputy Coroner Waterman went TO me nos
pita Yesterday afternoon TO consult with the sur
geons about the woman's death, and while there nc
was told by Mrs Cairns sister OF me GGa" M doen
and thrown down a flight of stairs by her husDahd
MIR Cairns who lives at No. 2l7 hottest, made the
following statement: heard tn Trd iGy SS a,nd
| went to see her. She sitting on the
floor and grooming with pain. She WouIdn tcIi
me then what the matter, because she was 'lllu
her husband would beat her. | went TO see her
again i'm the evening. She was alone, and urged
her to tell me what allied her., promised
come close to her and then she whispered TO
me that her husband had thrown her down stars
and then had dragged her to her room ana nae nae
kicked her in the stomach. That was done lasI
Wednesday night. Her husband has often starved
her and beaten her. Six months ago ms
father, who lives with him. struck Delid on me
the hallway, and lay IN a poo OF Aer oiooo
until she was carried to her rooms
she has ALWAYS been alrdlb ol
her husband and his father" Patrick Coogan, me
father of Mrs Tibbetts, also said that llbbcitS had
abused his wife. lie said that his daughter DGll2
often had come to him for help and that he had
given her money TO buy food and clothing. d,
Mrs. Tbbltts was twenty-five yeats old ana oau
been married about three years. She was chIdicNS'
Her former neighhoTs spoke of her last night WIN
Instrumentation. II was said that she was iond OF
drink and OF loose company. Her husband, WHO
ia native Of NcH-l DTk, is twenty-five years old'
and is employed by n Centre Market fish dealer 10
drive a market wagon. II was SAID of HIM last
night that he was Il hard-worklng but lnteinptIdlt
man. HIS father said last night that Johh mao
beaten his wife at various tlmes DuI
not severely. He did not know what had caused
Mrs Tibbitts fatal illness. The prisoner sald last
night that ne had not beaten his wife. she was
confirmed drunkard, he said. and he llal
paid fines on two occasions to obtain her
release from prison when she had been arrested for
Investigations He did not know what caused ner
illness Int ne had ken hcrtC the hospital by advice
Of Dr. Franklin smith, whose Office Is 1T Grand ana
Mulberry its. Or. smith said last night that ne
went 10 see Mrs. IibbittS last Thursday ana lac VS.
tied her again on the Saturday before she was
taken to the hospital tie th"usEt
the woman was suffering from alcoholism.
There was some i'll feeling between Ilbbtts ana ne
Co0Ean family. During one OF Dr. smith = cans
upon Mrs Ii1bltts Nh. Cairns was present ne sad
and she made the remark: Now we'll get square WIN
TibbItts. Deputy Coroner Waterman VIII make an
autopsy at Bellevue Hospital to-day 10 determine
the cause of Mrs. Tibbittss death. The Co"Eahs
were making preparations last night Tor wake
over the remains of the dead woman a, NO. ~
hottest. tins evening.