New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-25
YOUNG MURRAY HELD FOR TRIAL.
HE AND HIS WIFE TELL THEIR srOKIEs-LlNELf
SCENE IN COURT

SCENE IN COURT.
When Lawyer Nelson 5. Wolf; counsel Tor me me
,,,fe of Gerard Francis Norman Murray, Walked
into tbe Jefferson Market Police Court Yesterday
morninp accompanied by Charles f. Hughes; co9n-
sci for Mr.. Murray they toT W 9I had come prey
pared to prove his assertion, OF tne diy neloIT, i'
Mrs Murray would not appear IN court. I ollcc-
man Ewlng. armed with supgna, hau' however,
found her at No. 26 West Thlrteenth-St., and
had brought her with hlm: All the parties men
assembled tbe d atformand Mrs. Murray as directed
Inv Mr. Wolf not to make any statement justice
O'Rellly requested the lawyer TO step uoWI,
winch he refused 10 d, ana Two +ind
IN loosen his hand from the ran.
order was only restored when Justice . KclIly
sent Clerk MCGOWAN and Mrs. Murray INTO an ad-
joining room, where complaint was ul4T" upi
accusing her husband OF pointing plStol ana
threatening to shoot her. NJ VOL VINO was 'N-
cludpd from the room. was highly Indignant.
"You are intimldatlng my Client he cileu' "u-
dressing Justice y Relly.
She is Iot n,imIdatcd," replied the magistrate
"bnt she Is a witness for the people, and her com,
paint must first he taken. Then we can pfoceeu
in order" .,,.,,,i,.o-, ooli,, GIRL
with little eyes and peaked nose, then
took took the stand and told how, she
had gone away from the idclih"nI
Hotel. in West Twelfth-st., after her husband had
gone to Virginia She was a stranger III me CIV,
but ,eclrg a sign, Kooms 70 let on the n 0I
No 26 West rhWtcentn-st. she went mere 10 lN''
INC newt time she saw her husband was III the
concert hail IN East Fourtccnth-st hat was OH
Friday. She next saw nm on MoHu"n c' ,tni
aud asked her to axe some of each, SAYING lhat
tic hest thing to do vas to XIII themselves. Nnc
declined TO take tnc poISOn however, although she
knew he carried pistol He then pointed the plS-
to at her ard threatened her life. She screamed,
and Mrs d. McQuade tie h0usckeeper came III.
Mrs NcOulce SAID that she hadadmUtcd Murray
10 The hOuse and aftcrWard found hlm III his VIE :
room on the bed. fle sad, " love my wife 100
mach to harm her.
wife 10 come with him when he weht 10 virginia
Lnt she refused He telegrIphcd to her, but gtth1
no answer hurried home TO find that she h'd lett
The Richmond Hotel. On Friday, after searching
for her through Out the city he was passing the con-
cert garden IN last FOurtccnth-st., and being tired
said 10 a friend. Let's 90 III here; we might hhd
her. He found his wife III the gallery, seated al a
table IN the company of Il wcll-dreSsed man. lie
afteryard went 10 the house on MONDAY evening
and ms wife told HIM things about man on DoiId
the steamship which crazed him. lie had never
tired 10 shoot her however. lie had put one h;ild
i'm ms pocket for the purpose of Ina Ding her MS
pistol and had offered her his p"nknlic lie rec9 10
iected nothing more until he found himself III the
hospital tne next morning .,
JustIcc ORcilv then committed Murray 1OI tllai
IN default OF 900 nall on the charge OF aNSdu l
an! dismissed the charge of attempted suicide.
Mr. MURRAY was sent TO the House OF Detention as
a Witness She can be free at any time hy giving
Murray was baed IN the afternoon by
ex. alderman JacObus In conversation he Sald
that he would take no proceedings against bis Wllc,
but would await the arrival of her mother, who Is
expected iIom England IN a few days