New-York tribune., 1884-11-29
TEARING OUT HIS WIf.E'S EYES.
SAVAGE USE OF A sHOEMAKER'S AWL.

ruE INJURED WOMAN LIKELY TO DIE-A BAD
TEMPER AND LIQUOR COMBINED.
Matthew McCarron. laborer, employed III
Herbcrt's coal yard in East Twenteti-st., anu his
wife Martha, live IN two small rooms Oh the
.econd uoor of the tenement house No. 42O East
F;cLtcentb.st.. with their two children. boy SIX
wears old and five weeks old babe. il has boon
no unusual thing for McCarron to beat his wlic In
the most brutal manner while under the influence
of luuor, and when late on thanksgiving hgnt he
came home drunk and staggered up to his apart
mcnts the neighbors heard the loud screams oil
woman and the sounds of a sculfie ntcrmixcd with
au,llln oaths nothing was thought of II. Mrs.
Nixon the housekeepcr, however, knocked OH
McCarron's door and requested him TO make less
noise. as he was disturbing tho whole house. The
sound OF two or three heavy blows, suppressed
scream, followed by low moans. was the Only
answer Mrs. Nixon received. Thenall was quiet.
McCarron left the house early yesterday morning
and went TO work. Not hearing anything from
the McCarrons, Mrs. Nixon knocked at the door ana
when she entered saw q sickening sight. Mrs.
McCarron was covered with blood from bead to
foot; her long thick hair was matted and dark
spots on the floor aud walls showed wheae the blood
had coagulatcd. On her head and face were dozen
wounds which had been made 10y shoelnaRers
awL
W hen Nlrf. NIXON cntcIcu tHc Esou iuiS' '""N"i
ron was slowly cropping her way to the bed from
the door which she had just opened. Both her
ewes had been punctnred by the awl. The little
boy sat on the floor playing with % ten-cent piece
which he said his father had given hlm to buy
beer for his mother. There were also fifteen cents
which had been left by McCarron for the days
provisions. When he went away he told his wife
that n sbe dared to leave the house before lie
home he would give her u worse layingout"
rHs BRutAL HUSBAND ARRESTED.
Mrs, Nisen at once sent word to the Twenty
seeond.st, police station and nh anbulance was
summoned from bellevue Hospital, where the injured
wo,naa wac taken. An examination Of the wonh,ls
lei the surgeons At the hospital 10 fear that The
paint Of the swi had pierced through the womah's
ess iate the tfau aud tla, here wa. ineie Than
sptehsNlilY that she would die, Az all events, II
she AheNld teeesef she viii be blind ~, lile, NJ,
1a NN"sM Wv y. We ~ sess ,n!etMea ei We .,'lea
detailed his da,eetyes w hunt Tor MoCsIroN, They
found hiu " w",k ~ lhs eeai yard, lie was ~
expressed no surprise NJ his arrest and appeared 10
be entiIciy rnconeerned when told of the eondi-
a Of BE sna ,Is " sSsr o ,s e,s1c aaS
sslabls gang" which makes It's headquarters IN
the noigiborhood. The house itself hears an un-
sayoy reputation among tho police; who have con
A search OF McCarrOn's room revealed tho
weapon with which the assault had been committed
III bureau drawer. IL was aI v'",aIy smve-
makers awi, and was covered with blood Tho
original cause OF the quarrel was that when Nc
Carron came home drunk OH Thanksgiving night he
va, upbraided by his wife for leaving her alone
wnen she had barely lett u sick bed and then COM
ing home IN such condition. lhc man pecamc
enrased and not being satisfied with beating ms
wife. usual took up the aw and inflicted the IN
jurics from which she will in all likelihood die
-" hope may never see the likes again." sAid
Nrs. Nixon the h0usekeeper to a TRIBUNE re-
porter. "When / opened the door there was Mrs
McCarron against the wall. all covered with blood
ard her two eyes out. She was doesn't, bard
working woman. McCarron was a decent enough
lnan When he was sober, but he had terrible
scmper when hc was drinking When went up
stars last night didu't for 70 moment think tnat he
was giving her anything more than an ordinary
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