New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-06
,E177yG HIS WIFE TO DEATH.
rFNEuENT-HOUsE TRAGEDY.

A TENEMENT HOUSE TRAGEDY
,,,-pDrR ALMOST ov kRLooKED-How 1T WAS
DISCOVERED.
,+os ~ the tenement house No. 325 East
Forty were GlsIuroed on ,1d h s f
sonnds o. blows and cries OF distress Ia tne Ioome "a
Ilexapder Mcdonnell. ON the thirq uoor % tne
fnJdine Mcdonnell. an Irish lsbsrer OF mo
de are was well known IN tue mouse us q
1i ols,t man and a drum kard HIS wife Mary, forty
fvs years old, had been an lvand for more tnah q
wear T0ey had no children. Mrs. Martln' the
tousokeener was told by several women Jnat NC
Ionneu vas beating lis wife. She went to MS room
and knocked at the door Al was quiet then; AfIer
some DELAY Mcdonnell opened the doc lttIe way
Sut would not allow Mrs. Martin TO enter Al;
"What Is the matter III mere 7 DID, Dial oiH
asked. , a1 - NJ u,fo hos
been sick and gave her some wafer.
Then Le shut The door, On the following morn
tng Mrs Mcdonnell wa dead. DR.. W. b. wal &C.
Of No. l45 East Forty eighth-st.. who attqudei
Mrs Mcdonnell some time previous 10 heI deatn'
eve a cert ticate to the effect tnal she had dlod
from drops. No nIormatlo9 OF the beating
was given 10 The police. There was wake IN ihr
faDemrnt house on saturday night. Among me
euesTs were Mr. and Mrs Cunningham, o. No 81
last Forty-el g1tn-st .hcDOnuel. became dIunA
and abusive. Mention was made by ar. cunning
ham OF a scandal which had happened Whlie mrs
McD. uuell was in Bellevue Hospital some months
ago. A SOmaa OF doubtful reputation. Kho"n as
Ers Merrigan had Kept houSs or , neDonneI ~
his glfe's absence. and wnen Mrs. McDonnu was
able TO leave the hospital she turned the woman
put IN hurry, the sOiemnitS "hlcn
might 10 attend NdhO ulu lIOe
prevent Mcdonnell from resentlng what
he considered as a reelection upon BIS con-
duct. He knocked Cunuln-ham down anu rou On
him. Mrs Cunningnan then Knocked 1.cDoun I'll
down twice. giving him black eye IAe wake
vas bIOkeu up IN couluIon.
Mcdonnell disappeared on sunday, Dennis
6 Co, qndrrtakrTs It. No. No $50 M LhbrI-%ye +
body. but having received only % IRON me nus
band. they reused 10 proceed with the funeral, al
though they had obtained burial permit on III;
WaIIace's certificate. The body of the dead
woman lay the tenement house all daV
SUNDAY on Monday morning n9dates Oh y fns
sent 10 Police HeadQuar ers, stating that
Mrs MeDOnne rs body had been living In the tene-
msnt house since Friday night. DR.. ID ~, sanitary
gu erntendent, inquired why the BODY hdd not
been buried on the permit issued ana, nearing th'
canse he had t1e dead wagon sent iron the hOfgue'
The driver # tAe wagon examined Mrs. McDOdnelL
bod, AMI saw that IT W covered VIII b. uses ne
refIs d to remove II, ami iIfor.ued Mr Bia ke,
kuperintrn en of the Depa rtment OF CDariiles dnd
Corrtc ion OF Us con ilu0n. MI. bake wiote the
following note TO Captain Mount OF the Last MY
would suggest that you see the condition Of the re-
mains q Mary cDonnel before they are removed from
No. 325 East Forty -elgush-st. u the MOtgue.
The note did not reach aDtaln Mount until about
noon yes erlay. Then he sent Detectives IN aud
lcGoWaE TO the tenemen i-hOuse. lie officers sa "
what was abundant evidence at the woman n4d
been beaten todeath. hey aiso secured teevluence
of Mrs Sealy, Mrs. Dor rs and MJs. GrltilD women
who lived ~ the hOuss and who heard scDOuuell
beating his wife on FrdJy night. Mrs. McI oEneII S
body was removed 10 the Morgue anu a request was
seat to a Coroner TO make post norton eXanna-
ton. hen the detec ives beg TO search fol
Mcdonnell. Hearing the story about Mis-. Mer1-
gan, they suspected that The man had wished
10 get rid of his wife in order to rejOIn the O6nel
woman. After much inquiry they succeeded Late
yesterday afternoon IN asoertaInlns that Mrs Mer
Egan had gone 10 boarding mouse al No. ~
North kigHtD-st., Brooklyn. They went To tn
boarding house last evening and there they ionnC
Mcdonnell IN the womaDs company. When III
was accused OF muroe ing his wife, Mcdonnell re-
I'm N m 20 n
~ the city aud locked u for the Dg1t The pOllc,
will arragn hi before "a coroner to-day.