The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-07-12
The Husband Arrested Accused of
the Crime.
What o'Hare Says in Regard to the
Tragedy.

vicinity into a furore of excitement and
shortly after the officers took possession of
the house, in an upper room of which lay
the body of the dead woman, a crowd of
people gathered eager to learn the particu-
lars of the affair.
Terence O'Hare, the man arrested, has
lived with his wife and two children in the
house No. SO Lincoln street. O'Hare is a
man apparently 80 years of age. He is of
medium size, with rather scanty gray hair
and mustache dyed black. Tie claims to
be peddler dealing in dry goods, ETC., but
it IS charged against him that his livelihood
was in reality gained by smuggling. Mrs.
0Hare was about ten years younger than
her husband. Both husband and wife have
been hard drinkers and their house is said
to have been the scene of frequent quarrels.
Last Wednesday, the children, daughter
named Kate, 16 years old and son of nine
years, named Patrick, went to Brownield.
So far as is known, Terence O'Hare and his
wife were alone in their house Friday night
or early Saturday morning.
About o'clock that morning, Mrs Kisms
FEEDER, who lives nearly opposite O'Hare's
house, was reused by O'Hare who said to
her that he thought his wife was dead and
asked her to go over to the house. Mrs. Kill
fcder hastily dressed and went across the
street, supposing that O'Hare had preceded
her home and expecting to meet him at his
house. When she arrived there however she
found the street door open and the house ap-
parently deserted by living occupants Co.
ing in she was appalled, at the signs of strife
in the rooms upon the first floor. Mrs. Kill
FEEDER did not dare to make her way up stairs
where she knew the sleeping room of Mrs.
O'Hare was located. She called but no one
answered; then she ran hastily out of the
house. Returning home she called Mrs. Ha-
gan who occupies the other part of the
house she lives in and together the two
women returned to the O'Hare house. This
time the two went all over the lower floor of
the house and upstairs to Mrs O'Hare's
room. Here an appalling scene was pre-
sented to them and an involuntary cry of
horror burst from their lips. They saw the
body of Mrs. O'Hare lying in the middle
of the floor. the right side of her head bruis-
ed and bloody, her han0s and face discolored
almost black. Spots of blood were upon the
mattress which lay away upon the bed, and a
bottle of lager beer which had blood and
hair upon it looked as though it might have
been the weapon with which the wound up
on her head was made, lay by the woman s
head Her right hand and arm lay across
her body, her left was extended above her
head and a little way from her finger tips
among the wreckage of furniture with which
the floor was strewed lay a silver half dollar
Hastily covering the body of their dead
neighbor with blanket the women fed
down stairs and ran away from the house
filled with horror.
The women had called Mr.. Rufus Ell.
Waite who lives next house but one to Mrs.
Kilfeder, and he also entered the house and
going as far as Mrs. O'Hare's chamber
glanced in. He saw the body lying upon the
floor and satisfied that the woman was dead
Mr.. Waite went to the county jail, short
distance from O'Hare's house, and called
Sheriff True, who telephoned to Capt Black
at the police station that murder had prob
ably been committed.
The sheriff at once went to the house and
also notified Coroner Gould. The door lead
ing into the parlor from the hall was locked
and this door Mr.. True forced open thinking
it possible that the husband might be locked
up there. When the sheriff entered the room
where the body was found, blood was oozing
from the mouth and nostrils and the face and
neck were very red. Apart from this red
ness there appeared to be no discoloration
about the throat Before the sheriff and Cor
oner Gould, who came to the house immedi-
ately upon being summoned, had left the
premises, the face and upper portions of the
body were assuming purple hue.
THE ARREST.
After calling Mrs. Kilfeder, O'Hare left
the neighborhood and is reported to have
gone to Washington street, and having met
Michael Hanlon. shoemaker who lives
there, went with him down Cumberland or
Congress street to the centre of the city, buy
ing a half pint of rum on the way. O'Hare
then returned to Lincoln street.
Meanwhile Captain Black had taken
prompt measures to effect the arrest of
| O'Hare While dressing he had a telephone
message sent for fast horse, and accom-
panied by Officer Hanson drove to Lincoln
street. thinking it possible that if O'Hare
was attempting flight he would leave the
NiOJ Ny AuAOJ DliuSCs vi hluCUlA oblOCt,
not great distance from his house, OHare
was seen walking in a way to show that he
was intoxicated. The carriage was driven to
| the curbstone and Officer Hanson jumped
out, seized O'Hare and ironed him, as the
man showed fight. The prisoner was quick
ly taken to the police station and locked up
in cell to sleep off his drunk. Hanlon, the
shoemaker was also locked I'D
THE SCENE AT THE HOUSE.
A reporter for the PRESS visited the scene
Of the tragedy Saturday morning. The
house occupied by the O'Hares is a small
one story and a half dwelling, situated
at the northerly corner of Lincoln and Mayo
streets, and numbered 80. 1t is sadly in
want of paint externally On the east side
is a vacant lot of land comprising several
acres, so that it is quite distance to the
nearest house on that side of Lincoln street.
No. So is a large house and it backs up close
against No. SO. There are several win
dows on that side, and it seems odd
that not sound was heard in relation to the
affair by the inmates, with the exception
that an old gentleman thought he heard
somebody fall in the next house during the
ulSuI lie mousse lHSlue presented Lno ap-
pearance in its furnishings of that of a well
to do family. The front door opened direct
ly on to narrow entry, running at right
angles with it. The parlor door faced the
front door. At the entrance to the parlor
was the foot of the flight of stairs, running
parallel with the entry up into the second
story. The front entry communicated, at its
other end, with the kitchen. Off of the
kitchen, on the north side was a sink and
wash room. At the head of the stairs, in the
second story, and facing it, was room ap-
parently used as store room. At the right
was good sized bedroom, and just beyond
another, in which the dead woman was
found. At the other end of the entry, facing
the store room, was third bedroom. This
room, and the room in which the woman was
found, looked out on the empty lot on the
east side of the house. The parlor, on the
first floor, was directly under the bedroom
where the tragedy occurred.
That there had been a tremendous strug-
gle, disturbance of some kind was evidenced
at glance Whether occasioned by terrible
fight between husband and wife, or by them
assisted by others, is the question. Examin