The record-union., 1892-11-18
WILLFUL MURDER.
p. J. SULLIVAN sTABs HIS WIFE
TO DEATH.
The Crime Committed on a Public
Highway in san Francisco
Jealousy the Cause.
Special 70 the RE~oRD-UNIox.

/ Special 10 the REcoRD-UNIoN.
! SAN FRANCIsCo, Nov. 17.-Montgom-
/ cry avenue between Pacific and Broad
way streets, about > A. NJ, was the scene
Of a willful murder, in which Deanie
| Sullivan, better known as Belle" was
killed by being stabbed with n knife by
her husband, p. J. Sullivan. There were
/ five stahs in all, any one of which would
have proved fatal. Two wounds were
made at the base OF the brain and tore
away the scalp for over three inches. The
others were all made in the back of the
unfortunate woman. At every stab the
weapon was sent clear up to the hilt and
then turned around. The woman called
loudly for nelp and when assistance ar
rived Sullivan's victim was sinking from
the loss Of blood.
All the way down the avenue from
Broadway to Pacific street there is trail
of blood, which shows that Mrs. Sullivan
tried to escape from her husband after
The first wound, but he kept following
her up, pushing the knife in her back
until sne fell to the sidewalk unable to
arise. Sullivan then stood over the pros
trate form OF his wife and gave her sew
eral kicks.
AT this juncture Police officers Barry.
Walsh, Mccarthy, and Hutchins came
up in response 10 the loud blowing of
police whistles. They saw at once that
the woman was fatally wounded An
emergency call was rung in for the patrol
wagon, and the dying woman was care
fully placed on a stretcher and hurried
toward the Receiving Hospital. She
gave one gasp and expired when she had
been driven but half the distance. The
wagon then went with The body to the
MOrgue.
>uIIi,-aD hoe baau orrasfoI Y,o,.- j,,,oc
on charges OF threats against the life OF
| his wire. lie has also served a term in
the Home for Inebrates.
on one occasion he followed his wife
from where she worked in a bowling
alley on kearny street, near jackson,
with razor, threatening to Kill her. He
was jealous, and said she was trying 10
get ria of him.
Sullivan and his wife roomed in the
Newton House, on the corner of Broad
way and Stock ton streets. AL that place
the room was not disturbed, and looked
as though it had not been occupied dur
ing the night. on the walls OF the room
were a number Of pictures of children,
probably relatives OF the deceased woman.
The murderer at one time was the
owner oi saloon on the waterfront, but
through reverses lost it. From that time
on he became careless, and compelled his
wife to contribute to hls support, and
4lC las tOAllllAcA " i've OH OF DGr earn
ings.
They have not lived happily together
for some time. lie has beaten and abused
her so frequently thar she told him exist
ence with such as he was was nothing but
one continual round OF misery, and the
quicker he understood her intentions the
letter Tor himselt.
Alter hearing the declarations of his
spouse sullivan took 20 drinking harder,
and the longer he thought about it the
worse il made him. He resolved that his
wife should not be separated from him.
and alter serious contemplation carried
into ehect the murder OF his wife.
The murderer is large and well-pro-
portioned man, with "a surly and forbid
ding countenance. He refused to utter
one word about the killing OF his WIFE
lie had the appearance of man on the
verge of delirium tremens. and did not
seem to comprehend the dangerous pre-
dicament in which he was placed.
After Sullivan performed the deadly
work with his knife, which was some
thing like those whalers use, he threw it
down d cellar doorway.
When told by one of the officers that he
had murdered his wife, he glcated over it,
and said lie was glad he had finished the
--. He was now even with her
for not being true to Kim.
An autopsy was held over the body this
morning by DR.. K. Il. Williams. He pro-
nonnced it most brutal murder. The
stab on the right side OF the back was
about one and half inches from the
median line and two inches below the
shoulders. 1t passed through the body
until the blade struck one of the front
ribs. Both the sub-clavian vein and artery
We're severed.
sullivan has had a charge of murder
placed against his name, and he has al
ready commenced to play the insanity
dodge, apparently in hopes OF escaping
the gall0ws.
The murdered woman was a native OF
California and about 30 years Of age.