Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-27
Sudden Death of Mary Ann Kea-
 shans


 A Husband Accuses His Wife of Mur-
 der1ng the Dead Woman-The COrOner's
 Investfgation-An Autopsy Ordered.
 Yesterday shortly after 12 o'clock noon
 Matthew Winn visited Coroner Bollman's 6
 office and stated that Mary Ann Keashan,
 about thirty years of age and living at No. 54 White street was dead and that she had been
 poisoned by his (Winn's) wife. Winn was | in a partially intoxicated condition and it was l difficult for the coroner to get the facts of the case from him. He decided, however,
 to investigate the matter. It appears that l the Keashan woman for the past week or two had been keeping house for an elderly Ger
 man named Henry F. Forth, who works at
 Shoninger S Co.'s organ factory. Wian
 who made the complaint, lives at No. 50 1 White street, is laborer and it is said that both himself and wife are incorporate in | their habits Mrs. Keashan was cousin of 1 Winn's and had lived with him previous to | her keeping house for Forth and it is said that Winn's wife was Jealous of Mrs. Kea- shan and made no secret of it.
 Shortly after MT. Winn's visit to the coro- ner, Mrs Winn appeared at the police office and notified the officer in charge of the
 death. Mrs. Vim told Officer Mcbride that
 she went to Mir. Porth's house yesterday forenoon and saw Mrs. Keashan sitting dead in her chair. with her head leaning against the wall Mrs Vim further stated that the cause of the woman's death was unknown to
 her. Not long before she had heard som @
 one screaming in MT. Porth's house, as if in agony. Mrs. Vim on leaving the police off,
 fee stated that she was going to the Shonin-
 ger organ factory to inform MT. Forth of his
 housekeeper's death.
 Coroner Bollman and Dr. White, the medi-
 cal examiner, arrived at the house shortly
 after o'clock. Mrs. Keashsn's body had
 not been disturbed The features were dis
 torted in way which indicated that death
 had been painful The body was poorly
 dressed. It was learned by the coroner
 that Mrs. Keashan was the wife of John Keashan and formerly lived in that part of
 Fair Haven known as Dublin" She
 separated from him some months ago
 on account of his dissipated habits
 and has since been living at different places, spending most of tke time, however, at the house of Matthew
 Winn, her cousin. She has two children, the
 oldest a boy aged about thirteen, who are
 living with their grandparents in Fair Ha-
 ven. Mrs. Keashan was in delicate health
 Her mother died about seven years ago of
 heart disease, and those who knew the family
 were inclined to the opinion that the same
 malady was the cause of the Keashan wo- mans decease..
 The coroner was very much bothered in getting at the facts in the case. Winn could
 give no proof to substantiate his statement
 that the woman had been poisoned although
 he partially adhered to the open statement
 he had previously made to the coroner. His wife, he said, was bitterly jealous of Mrs Keashan He left the house yesterday morning to notify his employer that he could not go to work yesterday. When he returned, about o'clock, his wife told him that Mrs. Keashan was dead. "My wife," said Winn, Chad HA vie hn
 house again. I don't know what hap
 pened this morning, but understand
 that Mrs. Keashan went to my house and was thrown out by my wife. I
 don't know anything very much about it, :" said Vim in closing the conversation. "It's
 all mystery to me, but it happened pretty nearly as I say.''
 Other evidence on the part of the neigh bors went to show that Vim and his wife had serious quarrel over the dead woman,
 either Wednesday night or yesterday morn ing. Dr. White found on the body a few
 bruises evidently of recent infiction, but none of them serious enough to cause death. They went to confirm the theory, however, of the prevalent story of fight in which the
 deceased had been involved.
 Later an autopsy was ordered by the coro-
 ner which was performed by Dr. M. c.
 White. The coroner was of the opinion last evening that the woman was not poisoned or i
 autopsy before deciding upon his action. | Coroner Bollman said last evening that Mr. Keashan. the husband of the dead woman, worked for Peck Brothers & Go.
 The bruises on the dead woman were ac
 counted for from blows that she received from the Vim children, the oldest being
 Mary, who beat Mrs. Keashan with a stick or wheel spoke on account of some irregulari- | ties that she saw between her father and Mrs. Keashan. Forth says he took her in | simply as 8 housekeeper. On Wednesday night there was fight at Winn's house and
 yesterday morning there was quarrel be- tween Winn and his wife, when Wlan poured pail of water over his wife
 because Mir. Vim would not let the Keashan woman stay at his house an hour or two as she requested. An examination of the dead
 woman's body showed bruises on both arms and on the back of her head. It is said that Winns wife and Mrs. Keasha1's daughter both held an intense spite against the de ceased.
 The result of the autopsy is not yet finish ed and will not be for day or two. The
 coroner last evening gave an order to Dr.
 White to deliver the body to MT. Keashan
 ss soon as he concluded the autopsy.