New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23
TRYING TO KILL HIS WIFE.
TAKING THE POISON PREPARED FOR HER
End OF A YOUNG wIFE.s TnETAIIoNs-iHE hC'-
Rand A PRISONtR.

rNn OF A YOUNG wIFEs FLETAIiONS-iHE HIS
BAND 4 PRISONER
brief and clouded honeymoon las nearly on Hc,
I'm a tragedy at an early hour yesterday "n'iii
Gerard Murray, a young Engilslllnan, urea 10 Nh
himself and also TO indnce hio eiii wle 20 no Nh
Inn IN The bnaiding-hou,c 90. =" west .
Al The conduct OF tho young man III Ic1''" ,i,V
he might have read OF the recent LAY '"b'E! -
M,diInn.avr aud tried TO initiate ChuieS y, nay ;
mode of rebuklng wiies unl'i1 nluicT, npt
is barely Ot age. ne CIlle ~ t, ,,J cine IN a
Viroinin college, but he returned TO MS nome III
EalIug. MIddlcseX County, tns'anu' an GGui
November l. and eighteen days ia.ul ot ace Th"n
Ia jose Marion Browne. sixteen years OF age, WIlol
Ia lad known nom childhood Alter week Oh
Welded bliss III England the young coupe Hd!cu
for New York. The bride attracted lhuoh attention
l 90 steamship by reason of her youth ana
Ge,utv IL soon became evident also that she was
I'D of admiration, and her ilirtal0ns caused heI
bnshou1 mich uneaslncsS. Among Der admirers
was Broadway merchant who was returning LON '
n business trlp 10 Europe. Ills attentions were 50
marked as to arouse tie young hnsDah"S J'"i0"''
Lefore the vessel ,ached sandy hOOk. H., ;r
non their arrival IN the city the Wt'stou id,'
went 10 board at the Richmond Hotel al Wel a ~,
ST. aud University place Murray T,,;,; To- com
his wife there while lie went 10 llHIhl3 ~ I'm. i
Ut, his medical studies lie left the city less IMAM
Two weeks ago Las! tuesday MIS-; MURRAY noNe"
~, tic botel to Mrs. McQUaGe boarding nous;
o" o.. Nast Ibrtrcnth-st. Her husband returned
I'LL CITY about the same time, having healu 'hat
She lad decided to abandon him lie traced lei 10
thc boarding house but she refused To see h!'l
H. wont there Meeting her III the street III
comnany with a stranger one evening he atl'ilt!cu
10 have ler locked up IN the fhlh-sl poi',c
IN - charge OF stealing some surgical lhetl uhe"'S
which he had left in her charge hen ne s,'i' SIG
Was his wife, however, the police refused 10 lolu
her on that complaint. H"Hel M yn,,' hon"r
ennloyed by Murray vert To the boald'hg- houNo
eud tried to induce the young wife 10 sign an
"rTuow ledgment of her alleged unI9IthtulneSs.
1etrct,ve was employed TO Watcn mel hoNcIi %
aiso Mrs Murray consulted lawyer. ana ne
arranged for meeting III ms once 10 - V'iv NJ Wv,
dnurstic 0uarrcl. he meeting was to TAKE pace
,c.tor,lnv Meanwhile Mrs. Murray ndd Cautiou'u
Mrs MtQuade not to ADMIT the young Luso'iau ~
Tie house saying that lie had made thIed's Vi
violence. -. ,t,,,. to1I,od with Mrs
NcOuade and promised 10 act peaceauIy Il s'e
wonId let him / Is wife Ai!er some h'SIt''io"
tLe laudladv led tie way TO MIS-; MulIal looii
"a -, or ryeseucc the young couple talked quietly
ohnut their grievances. linen murray IoIt nv
house with Mrs. McQuade. VINO "lshH" l" HAM,
some purchAses aud to Wis a SICK lrehd Ht t"'
70 iLe Lou>e before she did Mrs. MCQuade ana io'
interfere wien size learned that murray anu I''S
wife were together, but some 'IhiC il'oi i', -,
She was alarmed by Mis-. Murray sClIAnl i iTI
assistance. fastening to tie ROOM inc i'h.iIG,
found Murray lying across the Otd WIN p lS,oi IA
his hand Mis-. Murray was pac'hH Inc I ioU I"J
WIS greatly excited. she said that hei h"sDauu I'I
tri,d 10 make her swallow the contents on si',4i
GnttIe and had placed he pistol 10 ntI He'o 10
fr rhten her INTO submission. lie haI luiVd'o'V LEI
o. .,,,ot her also but, instead OF llat, he udu
swallowed some nQuld from dEotuel uottlV' ~ .,
McQua le took the pistol IRON MURRAY anu WVn' ~
the New-l Ork Hospital 10 SUNNI II an 'i,
JLa voung man was soon removed 10 Tie hosii'dl
and Treated with stomach pump. ne pm! 81 AUS
said that he had SwallO0 ed "a mixture coh'dIhih -
morphine, but the poison ana not remain Il, LIE
ctouIuch long enough to lDjUre nun. lOIiccHlah
Ewing arrested Murray and took nm 10 thr N'Ioci
ST. police station 1t WAS said that the pol''e Miio
Murray placed t. ms WIGS LpS ToHt'lIeu
1andonun There was a story related ny the Young
wIles atuuamtances to the effect that she eNpecl'o
10 rr tken 20 The jefferson Market Police
Court IN the afternoon and Iemanded by Justice
Reilly for examination.