The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-12
PRAYED LIKE BLAZES,"
AND CALLED THE CURSE OF GOD ON
HIS WIFE'S HEAD,

After Which He Proceeded to Cut Her
Throat-Awful Work of a Boston Shoe
maker, Who Accused His Wife of Inf
delity-The Sons Story.
Boston, Mass, Feb. l2.-Michael DoraD.
a shoemaker, 46 years OF age, deliberately
cut his wife's throat at his home, s Albany
street He had accused her of infdelity,
and they had lived apart for three years
He called at her house, Wednesday, and
after upbraiding her fell on his knees ami
prayed that God would curse her. Having
thus arranged the preliminaries to his salts
faction, he cut her throat with shoemaker 5
knife, flung the knife into a corner, and de
liberately walked out of the room. He
waited on the street until his little son, who
was present in the room, notified the oflicera
when his arrest followed His wife wes
about his own age
The story is thus told by the son, who
was present: Father came to the house a
little after 10 O'Clock and commenced
scolding mother He was here last week
and they had terrible row. He didn't
strike her then. When he came in Thurs
day he brought his kit of tools with him
He and mother hadn't lived together for
three or four years. He had some trouble
with her about man, and they separated
| Tho. row in the morning was about those
old troubles After he had jawed her for a
| it'll. while he went into another room
didn't like his looks, 50 peeked through
| the keyhole saw him go to his kit of
tools and put something ia his pocket-then
| he came back into the kitchen Mother was
| in of EntbaF walk cd
to the middle of the room and dropped on
his knees and commenced to pray like blazes.
He lifted his head and called down the curse
OF God on mothers head. Then he got up
and looked at mother. He didn't say any
thing. He then made rush at her She
screamed | saw him push her backward
| but didn't know that he had knife in his
hand until l saw the blood fly Father
threw something into a corner and then
| walked out Mother tried to 60 out, too
but told her to keep still while | ran fol
| help. Father was standing near the dooi
when ! ran out Then the officers came and
took us both to the station house"
Sergt Thomas says that Mrs Doran was
| being carried across the street when he saw
her She lost so much blood that she tainted
when she reached the corner. He called the
ambulance, and after putting compress
upon the wound sent her TO the hospital
The doctor said it looked as though the knife
had punctured the large artery, but he wa:
not sure Of it. He could not then probt
| the wound. Doran appeared unconcerne.
| when arrested He had made Eo attempt t,
escape but staid near the house until the of
ticers came after him He admitted that HI
had tried to murder his wife, and said h
had used shoemaker's knife, also telling
the officers where he had thrown it. They
found it in the spot indicated. 1t wa' GOV
cred with blood Doran is I6 years of ag
and his wife Ellen is about the came age
Seven of her children live with her, Tn
son says that his father was sober. If het
only been drunk he would have kept quiet,
said the boy. Drink always make hin
stupid. He had not been drinking. II
has frequently threatened to murde
mother"