The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-03
Mrs Edward Mahafey, Of Harrison, n.
j., Beaten and Kicked 10 Death
by Her Husband.
THEIR CHILD The SOLE WITNESS
Three Woman-slayers to Be Hanged Stimuli
taneously in New Jersey Next
Thursday Morning.

N. j., a suburb of Newark. Mahafrey Is
thirty eight years old, of stocky sturdy
| build. His face IL bronzed and his mus
cles strengthened by work in the open
air. When he is sober. Mahaffey is
employed by William Tierney, a bridge
| builder and contractor, and an eX-Free-
holder of Hudson County. His mother
| lives on Commerce street, Newark. She
is widow, and Mahaffey is the only
survivor of her family, nine sons.
Margaret Mahaffey was about five
years younger than her husband. She
| was Miss Dunleavy, the lighter Of
Patrick Dunleavy, a wellknown and re-
spected war veteran. formerly of No.
| "a Harrison avenue. Old Dunleavy
moved from Harrison to Norwalk, Conn.
| four years ago. He died there fort
night ago, and was buried with mill
| tary honors.
Mrs. Mahaffey was comely woman
| and buxom. Five children were born to
her and her husband-Joseph. aged ff-
teen; Mary. eleven; Thomas, eight; Mar
garet, five, and a baby girl of eighteen
| months. In three months the children
| would have been six,
Nevertheless, the Mahaffeys married
| life has been unhappy. The man Is OF
|
when he is not in his cups. When he
| Is drunk he Is desperate, savage. His
treatment of his wife has estranged
from him her sister and brothers, Mrs.
| Mary Burns, who lives on John street; ;
| Harrison and Thomas and Joseph Dun
| leavy. About six years ago Mrs. Ma
haffey was driven from her home by
her husbands conduct to her. Taking
her children with her, she went to her
| fathers house. One evening soon after
little Thomas was sitting on the stoop
came along picked him up and ran of
with him. His mother could not bear
to be separated from the child and a
reconciliation between her and her hus-
But Mahaffey's ill-treatment of her con-
t!nued. Four years ago she had him ar
rested for atrocious assault and battery,
and attempting to kill her He was tried
conviction by bringing into force his po-
iitical pull and other influences.
MURDER AT LAST.
Early yesterday morning Mahaffey
kicked and heat his wife to death.
And at that very moment there were
| three men in Jersey jails awaiting exc
cution for the murder of women. All
| three will be hanged almost at the same
| hour next Thursday.
| Mahaffey went home at $50 last Satur-
day night. He was drunk and he was In
a rage. With an oath he tossed his wife
S., what was left Of his weeks wages.
rooms for awhile, Mahaffey threw him
self down on the floor near his bedroom
door and fell into drunken sleep. All
their sleeping room. But Joseph. the
Oldest, was awakened by his father 3
| curses, and remained sleepless.
| Mrs. Mahaffey went to bed about 2
o'clock. Four hours passed, Mahaffey
snoring on the floor, his wife doing, the
four, children fast asleep, but Joseph
awake Ir,gntened' Hs's eth,od men Ma
the bed where his wife lay and seizing
| her shook her.
Give me some money" he growled in
up quick. you. and give me some
Where are you going at this time of
lay down and go to sleep. It's almost
"i'm going to Ned ;Mccrones wake. 4"
tell you. / want that money"
McCrone was a friend OF Mahaffey,
who died of consumption last Friday
II, can't, give you any money for
drink" said his wife: you gave me
scarcely any. We need every penny OF
Swearing fearfully, Mahaffey seized
his wife and pulled her from her bed
He dragged her across the floor. from
the bedroom to the kitchen. halting at
shoes and to strike her with his fists.
"oh, Ned" she screamed, once. don!
b fS5 do Ssa s sdn't don't Ned Murder!
The children were awakened and began
| to cry. Their father dropped his wife
for an instant. and making q Jump to
| in and glared at them.
CHILDREN THREATENED, TOO.
shut up" he said, hoarsely, shut
up or I'll give you some Of it, too"
The frightened children covered in
bed. The man returned 10 his wife, who
again he kicked her, He beat her with
his clinched hands about the body. She
was almost naked. Soon she lay moan,
her until he had tired himself. Then he
picked her up and threw her on the bed
again. He went into the. bedroom. took
come OF the paltry sum OF money he had
given her and went downstairs into the
No one in the house heard the noise, of
ow Mahsffeys William Banner rne n SHd bis
family live; on the fret floor Patrick Nc
earthly apd his family. None OF them
sT bsdss:s ey LIKE e nn apa s0 rs RP rS9
oody. Young Joseph listened for a min
ute after h, heard the street door close
behind his father; Then he he. ran an from his
top of the bed. clad only in a gauge gar
ment, the blood pouring from her.
Joseph threw the bedclotheS over her
and, hurrying downstairs. awoke Mrs
Banner. The woman saw directly that
she could do nothing for Mrs Mahaffey.
whose groans grew weaker and weaker
"Run for a doctor. Joe." she said TO
Joseph jumped into his clothes and
started for DIR. Dolphin's house, near
by. on the way he met Policeman
Dolan. Together they called the doctor
who at once returned with them When
he arrived at the Mahaffeys' rooms the
woman was dead.
THE MURDERER LOCKED UP.
1t was $50 A. NJ. when Mahaffey
staggered home again. He was too
drunk to realize his awful crime. DOlan
arrested him and locked him up at
Police Headquarters at Harrison. When
he awoke from his drunken stupor Ma
haffey was told he had killed his wife,
but he said nothing. Last night he was
arraigned before Police Justice Multi
gan.
Joseph, his con, was the only witness
against him. The boy is most intelli-
gent. He swore he knew the nature OF
an oath. and told the facts narrated
here. Even then Mahaffey would only
did it," '10'' nav" '
His old mother went TO see him last
night. She was almost overcome by the
dread of the position in which her son,
the only one left to her. had placed him
self She threw herself upon her knees