New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-05
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A WIFE KICKED TO DEATH
KILLED FOR DlsOBEDypNCg.
PATRICK KEroNs QUARREL WITH HIS srARy
WIFE ENDING IN MTrpDRp

PATRICK KEToNs QUARREL WITH HIS sTARyIsa
WIFE ENpING ~ MURDER
Drntai murder was committed on SATURDAY.
evening IN the twostOTy frame house In the rear "A
NO. 76o Tenth-aye., Patrick Keton, hod-carriey.
age twenty-nine, having beaten to death biz
wife Eliza. Kcton came homo in an intori-
Gated condition about g O'clock quarrelled
with his wife and beat her, continuing to do
so for three hours. She was found at 1890 O. N.
yesterday lying dead upon the floor by Miss Fanny
Rlce, age eighty-hve, who lives on the lower floor
and who was called by the husband to take care Of
the baby. boy threo months old. Miss Rice as
sisted by Stella Schuck and Lena Meyer. placed
the body on the bed. John Murphy, who lives In
the rooms across the hallway from Keton's, in-
formed Policeman Charles J. Ryan, of the Twenty
second Precinct, who arrested Keton ana took him
to the station IN FoP.y-seventh-st.
TRIBUNE reporter visited the house YESTERDAY
eHd saw the body lying on the bed in the back
room. The face was covered with bruises There
was strongly defined mark at the bridge Of tia
nose. and the mouth was swollen and covered with
clotted blood. The breast was also streaked with
black aud blue marks. The living room gave evi-
dence that Mrs Keion was a neat woman. and n
picture on the wall showed her to have been fairly
handsome and intelligent. She had two children,
the baby and boy about. i've years old. Mrs. Ana
Murphy. who lives on the same lOor. said:
Mr. sud Mrs. Keton have lived here about two months,
He han been abusing her continually and weeks ago
to-day he sruOE her a In tie eye leaving Ito
marx s To be seen Last Sunday be eed VITA hsr
ana oIbale her having anything to do with me- We did noe
speak dnsinS the wceh Yesterday into my
ana said tnal az we were nelghbors Ought 10
hends, ami that he wOud he friendly, Whatever
her husband SAID She added that he had left her all daY
,%l,LoDI anytains TO eat asked If she would 20.
furnish pourshmcnt for the child. When sue
had taken the beer he 20 Of my room aud
met iltf ul~DdNl coming the stairs. He grOWien 20
htr' 30 you're IA there agtn with that blank, Iney
went into their room and heard them quarreling. \
lew minutes later went IN with the baby, which she haf
et WIN lne lie "S standing ia front OF The stove and
she Oh her knees a scruObiug As entered
The Goof saw him RAISE his foot ami kck her IN the
MOUTH linen ran ick 10 my own room. lie went Oni
into the grOgsh0p the front building and shortly aier
ward she came IN here ana took glass OF beer with
She only stayed lew minutes aud went back.
he returned about o'clock. | heard d scuGie ard
opened the door. Iner little boy, Tommy, nOld0f
tie do open and saty aim kick her n the head -
lay the floor wtn her feet IN the bedroom and bead
IN tuc kltcleuW Whcn he me he rushed hail
closed ny door and he battered on II with httchet A
Young man who WIS IN the room opened the door aud
ketOn made hard strike al aim. The blade Of the
hatchet cut deep dent IN the JamD there
took tle hatchet away from him Keton back
he gO--shop agauand stayed there playing pool mr
About an hour later a. was going down the stairs wts
broom III my hand met him coming lie called Ios
aim back with the broom and IAN out the yar,l
here was set ~ Oh Uy him and two other men, Tnrf
beating me ketou up Stars. Al aOout halt-,@ss
l. Miss Rice went IN 70 nurse the baby, and told 10
Lccin4n Tommy old ne that hi iathe it his molbes
II TIE abdomen with the hatchet l ~es
and Fanny Rice We were kept tnere ali night
KetOn was taken before Justice Murray in tia
lOrkvIlle Police Court yesterday. He said that bs
was innocent of che murder, and could prove that
he was away from home trOm p. ~. untli nearly
midnight. lie was committed to await the actloA
OF the Coroner