Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
Ienizcd Account Of DOngS in City and
Country.
VEAL MURPHY'S DEPRAVITY.
10 Robs His Wife---and Then Leaves
Her For Another WOman.-An
Interesting Case.
NEAL MURPHY'S DEPRAyITY.

The kind people of Salem will
vividly remember the case Of Neal
Murphy who was sentenced to a ten
wears term in the penitentiary from
Portland in 1882, for forging checks,
and of his kind, loving wife, who,
remaining true to her villain Of a
husband, removed to this city, when
he was brought to the prison, and
tool, ND her home in the little house
adjoining the old court house, on
the west, on Court street, and opened
q hair store. How she struggled
along earning a meager living for
herself and child; how every Sun
dav. rain or shine, she and her
child made their weekly pilgrimage
To the place where the husband
and father lay imprisoned for crime
of which she believed him innocent;
how kindly people grew interested
in the case; how they secured a par
don for the convict from Gov. Moody
in December 1886, and these new
found friends made up a purse and
started them on their way toward a
new life. They went to San Fran
cisco, and, falling to get employ
ment there, continued on to Fresno,
California, where they arrived in
February, 1887.
A few months after their arrival
there, Neal began to show the vile
ness Of his character, and to show
attention to a young girl, to abuse
his wife and demand money from
her. He quit work, but his wife
still loving and true appealed to
friends to give him another chance,
and together they rented lodging
house, and he quit paying attentions
to the girl; but in a few days he
began the same thing with another,
daughter Of respectable people,
who had stood high i'll Fresno social
circles. This intimacy grew and
continued until the time of Muir
phys flight, and it is said the girl
is soon to join him. Last March
Mrs, Murphy took $3.50, which she
had saved and kept from Murphy,
he usually demanding all
her money and spending iton buggy
rides, ETC., with this girl, and paidit
to a firm for the lease of another
block, larger than the one she then
occupied, and arranged to give up
the house she was in ON April 1st.
When the time came, Mr.. Bradley,
owner of the Bradley block, which
Mrs. Murphy supposed she had
leased, saidit was verbally leased to
the present occupant for a longer
time, and Mrs. Murphy found her
self without a house. Mrs. Murphy
then began an action against Brad
ley for damages. The family then
moved into small house in the
suberbs Of Fresno, and Mrs. Murphy
paid their expenses. Saturday, Apr.
-lst, Neal and Mrs. Murphy quar-
eled over the girl, spoken Of above,
and Murphy left the house and went
20 San Francisco. He went to Brad
lev who was in San Francisco, Of
leTed to compromise the damage
sut for $50, and Bradley gave him
ln order on his agent for that
mount. On Thursday morning,
Murphy presented the order to the !
gent, who suspected all was not
lght but Murphy, by misrepresen- /
4uon got the original receipt for
leSl5O paid by Mrs. Murphy, from
Rf attorneys, and, on presenting
ls' and telling Bradley's agents |
pal he and his wife had become /
'onciled, they no longer hesitated |
paid him the $50 including
.N' Murphy's original $3.50 making
Do.
de then left and wrote from Mo
$40 to Mrs. Murphy TO go ahead |
laher divorce, guessing she meant /
'hls time, and that she was foolish /
'ha didn't. This letter drove Mrs. |
lphy into Mysteries, and she .
fled TO take a dose of nerve medi- /
Ae' and got hold of rat poison in
,ad' Neighbors gave her oil,
l'le OF eggs, etc, and Mrs. Muir
at once denied any attempt at
eide. She waited for two or
f days for Neal to return, but,
ao' coming, the began investiga-
u and learned that she had been
'ed and deserted by the man
W ought TO have sheltered and
'ected her. 1t is said Murphy is
''ged with forgery at Fresno, and
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