New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-07
WIFE-MURDER IN HOBOKEN,
TIE HUSBAND sURRENDERs HIMSELF.
SHOCKING SCENE IN THE ROOM WHERE THE
TRAGEDY TOOK TLACE

SHOCKING SCENE IN rHE ROOM WHERE TIE
TRAGEDY TOOK TLACE
George II. Dlsgue Oge thirty-One, mOulder
who lives at No 50 Adamsst., HobOken, qnarrciled
with his wife yesterday afternoon aud killed her. Ihe
murder brought TO the attention OF the ponce oy
Dsgue himself, who walked to the headquarters ana
stated to Roundsman JacObus that he had left his WIG
dead at homo aud that he had come to surrender hse
having killed Rouudsnan Jacohus sent P0hcc-
Nelson Kaiser to and they opened one
Of the doors leading to- Dlsgues apartments with Key
which ho had given them. on entering the Kitchen
horrible sight their view. Mrs. Dsgne was In tie
middle OF the floor in small pool OF blood, wnich was
oozing frOm cash in her neck baby boy only hVe
months old who had been dabbng in the bloodon the floor
was trying to climb up his mothers breast Tue
policemen carried the child down stairs and placed him
In the OF Mrs. Desmond. the wife of Policeman
Desmond, who the house. They then removed the
body to Cranes morgue.
Couaty Physician Converse, who made On examination
OF the body, found that the woman's windpipe was
severed the appearance the wound indicated that
the knife with which it made had been turned ana
twisted two or three times. IL incised wound
beginning tho left extending downward to the
middle Of the throat then upward toward the chm anu
thence in upward santing direction toward the right
ear. The left carotid artery and the windpipe were
both severed and it evident that the murderer IN
tended to make complete Job OF it. The Knife with
which the deed was committed was on the bureau 1t
has blades and the largest which Is four Inches
in length, stained with blood. formal charge OF
murder entered against Disgue and he made the
following statement:
MY name IS George DisSuo and charge myself with
the murder OF my wife. born Ia East Houston st'
New York, and now live at NJ. 80 Adams-st nave
been married six years and have three children an
moudcr by tradc. bat have kept saloon and worked
as "a bartender. | perfectly sober when went nome
this afternoon about3 o'clock my wife was drunk. As
entered the room SAW "A coming out OF the Oed-
ruom asked my wife who be and she said that ne
for the Prudential Life Insurance 'o any
and that he wanted her to increase the amount OK @
policy the childrens lives sho also eNPAineu tnat
the In the bedroom LOOKING Ior lHc ih'utaHto
books told her shc lcl and sho PICKED up inc liic
and rushed at got hold OF her ana aitc
| got the knife away from her We Doth :en % uo"h IN II
front the lounge aud the knife went INTO her neck
put baby the lounge locked the uOOr anu '"ihc
here 10 give myself up -,,-.-.,.-,
Disgucs story that there was man IN ms "e 9 og ia
room ia not believed Policeman Desmond ana ms
family did hear anybody In tins house De'ore Due
IN aud did not sec any btrahEnr 20 o"ti VI
Dl-cne's maiden name was Minnie SteBhth anu sue was
married 10 DisgIc ak years ago when sho was twenty
four years old She descrbed by the heSRnora as
an industrious hard working sober wOmanand tucy say
thnt she was obliged work 10 support herselt ana
family Disgue who has AN favored Appearance mas
tbc ram alton i'm the neghbOrhOod Of being drunken
ouarrci.oino fellow. His mother keeps tavern IN
fir--t near the foot OF the hill and he occasionally
worked for her rs q bartender lie has three children
Annie a "a i've Carrie three and the BABY Inc ap'
pcarancc Of thelr aparn'nS indicates At ulry NJ
poor the furniture being mcagre ana OF poor pui,i
Last summer bi-guo pr0cureI enough uoheS ltoh.
mother start Ia the rum business ana ne opchou
niacr in a house In Gardcn.5t I'm "A house owned by
Alderman william j. Wnges. IIe continued the bust
ness during June, July and August ard thcn Alderman
hi. freuucnt qulrrels with his wife lie sofa OUT Tue
hu-lnr,. and has not been doing anything since ckcet
f,trrr 1. R,iularJ Scgmau who keeps ktudliuS wopd
factory and is Ia olorably comfortable circumstances