The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-28
" HE'LL HATH NO FURY
LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED," SAITH
THE POET.
And the Following Story SEEING to Con.
trn the Remark Troubles and
Death of a Chicago Much
aiarriCG Man.

CHICAGO, Nov. %. Patrick Killeen was
married T. the woman who at present bears
ms aa3uo some twelve years ago by Rev.
Father Setter, OF the Jesuit church. Seven
chtIdrea, Of whom three are living, were the
fruit Of this marriage. He moved with his
family from Euglewood to the Town of Lake
about two months ago, obtaining en-
ployment at the car-Shops. There seems
TO have been perfect harmony in
the kiiloen family up to four
years ago, when Mrs Eilleen learned that
Mrs. McGuirc laid claim, under the binding
contract Of Il marriage ceremony, to a share
of her hage lords affection. 1t is sail that
killeen could not deny the fact Of his double
marriage, and thon tnc war commenced 1t
was not Il continuous strife, but a struggle by
fits and jerks rs it occurred to Mrs. killeen
No. !. The hOStilitieS became permanent and
lasted to the end, when killeens last sickness
set in. The fury of tie wife is the talk OF
the town. Despite her husbands suffering,,
or perhaps because of them, which made him
her inferior in physical strength, she treated
him in the most cruel manner Imaginable
The climax was reached last Friday when a
neighboring woman visited killeen's house
about O'Clock in the afternoon and found
him sitting at the window trembling like a
| leaf and crying piteously. In answer to her
| qauries kileen said that his wife had
| drag Jed him bodily from his bed. The uH-
| fortunate man had scarcely finished his
| story when his wife rushed at him and dealt
| him several blows across the up!iitoi arm
with an iron poker. Interference prevented
a prolongatiOn of the murderous attack
| Mrs Brown. the neighbor, left the house, GO
ing to her own home near by. Several
hours later she heard a rap at the door and
on opening it the unfortunate killeen stag
gered in. Dropsy had wrought sad havoc
with him. His entire body was swollen
to an abnormal size His CLASSY eyes vacant
stare, and other unmistakabla symp-
toms showed plainly that the hand of death
was upon the unfortunate man. An old coat
was thrown loosely over his left arm, faded
and dirty flannel shirt enveloped the upper
| portion Of his body, while his lower limb.
we're covered by a pair Of trousers hastily
| pulled on. His bare feet, on account Of theil
| dropsical condition, were forcibly wedged
into pair of old shoes. The man was drip
ping with water, which he said his wife had
! thrown on him rs he left the house on hel
orders. His face bore marks made by the
| woman's nails as she attacked him HI
stated that she had caught him by the hair
and had pulled him from the bed on which
lay dying. She had thrown him to the fool
and while in that condition had jumped on
his stomach with her knees and had thaI
ordered him from ~ house.
As the poor fellow related his suffering
his wife appeared at the door, and to pre-
vent probable murder sho was denied ad
mittance. She departed for her own hOmt
threatening to kill him, cut her childron'
throats and burn the residence. The un
fortunate man now desired to be taken t.
the county hospital, but at the last moment
changed his mind preferring to die among
his children. At his earnest request he wa:
accompanied home by Mrs. Brown
and her husband. Mrs Killer
seeing them coming and divining thei
intention locked the door, and refused tn
dying husband admission. The police wer
at once notified and Capt Sweeney, of tn
central station, ordered Officers Riordan AM
Cummings to the scene Before the officer
arrived the wife was prevailed upon to opel
the door and Killeen was carried in. They
were no sooner left alone than she again al
tackled him, compelling him to acknowledg
that he had a second wife living in Chicago
She tainted him, applying the most OF
fensive and lowest epithets A woma
present demonstrated with the infu
rated wife for her conduct toward he
dying husband, when Mrs. Killeen attacke
her, dealing her terri bic blow on the fore
head The police officers appeared at thi
point, and, though preventing further al
tack, were powerless to keep baei; the torren
) of abuse which flowed from her lips Durin
one Of the short interviews the dying hu.
band gasped out: For Gods sake, let IN
die in peace" He fingered until Sunda
) dawned, when he pas ed away amid the i'll
f precautions of his Infatuated wife.
The funeral took place on Tuesday. Mrs
Killeen No. . did not put in her appearance
and thus disgracaful proceeding at til
grave was avcrted hilleen was well Likes
lie was graduate OF Maynooth college, i
ireland where he stuiicd for the priesthood
hut tailed to pass examination. The wher,
, ahouts of Mrs X IN No > are unknown
Uuj i Is sald she RESIDES On Morgan street