The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-15

the floor in all the squalor and dirt.
women and girls FROM the adjoining
teuements crowded the narrow, rickety
stairs and halls with u morbid curiosity
TO see the dying woman Outside In the
street were great crowds OF the residents
OF the quarter. Inside the poorly fur.
nished room the doctor, policemen and
some reporters waited with the dying
woman. Over by the window near pool
of her mothers blood. the little nine-year-
old girl. who was Ia the yard at the time
Of the murder. was sobbing and crying,
"Oh, my mamma. oh, my mamma"
Some of the reporters tried 10 comfort
her, but she would not be comforted, ana
still cried on while her mothers breath
grew fainter and fainter until all was
over. A priest, who came, arrived Just
after the woman died, and her fellow
tenants stood inside talking in suDdued
tones Of the horrible tragedy.
Dr. Gray examined the pieces OF the
broken pitcher. and said that the wound
might have been made with one OF them.
Superintendent Smith began an inves-
tigation Immediately.
The dead woman was stout, about
medium height, with dark hair sprinkled
with gray, and a full face. Carson is a
tall. heavily built man with common,
ignorant sort OF face. and close shaven
skull. He was dressed In red flannel
shirt and dark trousers when brought to
the station house.
Detective Mcbride was at the place of
the tragedy before Mrs. Carson died, and
questioned all the tenants In the house.
The rooms back of the bloodstained one
are occupied by Mary Walsh, who was
out at the time of the tragedy. The rooms
under the Carson rooms are Mrs.
DIVERS. She was asleep and heard
nothing. She says the people upstairs
were Quarreling all day. Mrs. Carson's
body was sent to the morgue and Super
intendent Smith placed II guard over the
rooms.
HUNTING FOR KERRIGAN.
Immediately upon his notification OF
the mnrder Superintendent Smith set to
work and covered all the ferries and
depots, aud also telegraphed to all places
near by, description OF kerri-
gan. who is about i've feet
six inches In height, OF sandy complexion
with a red mustache. He wore q blue
coat and vest, gray trousers. lawn tennis
shirt and cap when he started out tow
ards the ferry.
The Superintendent examined Carson
last night, aud in addition 10 his story as
told above he denies positively meeting or
speaking to Duryea. Mrs. kerrigan was
also examined by the Superintendent
She stood by her first story, that Carson
gave his wife the wound. She doesn't
know how it was done. The Superinten-
dents theory of the murder is that Carson
and Kerrigan began fighting. They were
separated by the women; kerrigan went
out into the hall and Carson started TO
follow, but his wife seized him to hold
him back and he struck at her making
the wound which caused her death.
Carson's injuries are not serious. The
pitcher is puzzle. When whole IL cou Id
not have inflicted the wound, and If
broken, a piece of it would only make q
wound IL used as O knife.
Overseer Hewitt took charge of Kerri-
gan's three children and Carson's
daughter.
Carson, presenting a horrible appear.
ance, was arraigned before Police justice
o. O'Donnell this morning. and was held foi
examination until tomorrow morning
Jane Kerrigan was also held as witness.