The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-25
MURDERED HIS WIFE
Horrible Deed of a Drunken
Kearny Husband Early
This Morning.
SLASHED HER THROAT WITH A RAZOR
Death Almost Instantaneous-Then
Cut His Own Throat, But
Will Recover.

Jealousy was the cause of brutal wife
murder last night at Kearny. The victim
was the wife of Edward Bull, a rosy checked
brunette of forty. Her husband, the muir
derer, is a short. stout man, thoroughly
English, and he and his wife came from
England to this country fourteen months
ago to live. They brought with them their
four children, two daughters, aged seven
teen and eight years, and two sons, John and
Edward, aged fourteen and ten years.
Before leaving England Mrs. Bull had
been left by a relative small legacy, which
she insisted in not trusting to the care Of
her husband, who drank heavily and worked
but little When they reached America
they went direct to Kearny, where sister
of Mrs Bull lived She was married to
Henry E. Willoughby, one of the most
prominent butchers In the town.
Mrs Bull proposed that she should go in
business with Willoughby and he accepted
the proposition. An agreement was inme-
diately entered into and Mrs. Bull and
Willoughly became partners. The VIII
loughly's lived on the second floor of the
meat market at Winsor and Van Dam
streets, and Bull and his family lived in the
rear of 1t.
For time the new firm got along nicely,
but finally Bull whose disposition was
naturally morose and whose deep drinking
made it worse, became jealous. The busl-
ness relation of his wife with Willoughby
were looked upon by him with suspicion
and he frequently declared that his wife and
her business partner were unduly intimate
These suspicious were Indignantly denied by
the woman, but they frequently led to bitter
quarrels.
CUT HIS wIFE's THROAT.
Last night Bull went home rather late.
He had been drinking heavily and was In q
quarrelsome mood. He twitted his wife
about her friendship for Willoughby and
she resented the insult. She was in bed at
the time and he was preparing to retire
while carrying on the conversation. Some
sharp remark Of hers infuriated the drunken
husband and he struck the woman. Her
screams and his oath aroused the boy Ed
ward from his sleep, and when he opened
his eyes he saw his father had left the bed
side and had gone to a bureau and snatched
up razor.
Edward ran to the foot of the stairs
screaming for help ,ard shouting that his
father ana mother were fighting. Mrs.
Willoughby, the boys aunt threw on some
clothing and as Soon as possible descended
to the apartments of the Bull family. The
sight she saw she will never forget.
On the bed lay her sister, Mrs. Bull. Her
throat was cut in three places, and one cut,
evidently the first one, had severed the
Windpipe She could not speak and
moment later was dead. On the floor be-
side the bed was stretched at full length the
murderer, whose throat had also been cut by
himself The deadly razor lay on the floor
near him. Just where it fell from his hand
when he believed he had committed SELF
murder. a
The walls, bed and floor were covered
with blood, and evidences were plenty OF the
short and terrific struggle the unfortunate
wife had made for life.
AS soon as Mrs WiIloughby could recover
from the effects of the horrible sight she
rave an alarm and in few minutes had
three or four persons started for doctor.
Policeman Sincock asked these messengers
what had happened, and upon being inform
ed he ran to the house of Chief TurnbuH and
informed him The Chief hastened to the
meat market and was there before the ply
sicians, He found the woman dead
tion. His only garment was shirt
and that was covered with blood
which flowed from the great cash that had
been made by the razor across his throat.
Soon afterward Deputy County Physician
Rothe and DR.. Reese reached the house. A
superfici&l examination convinced them that
the injuries of Bull were not necessarily fatal
and as soon as possible he was sent to St.
Michael's Hospital, Newark. The body OF
the woman is vet in the house and viii not
be disturbed until the coroner views It.
County Physician Converse has also been
notified of the murder.
Chief Turnbull when he searched the
clothing of Bull found in 3 pocket a letter
addressed to his daughter who lives with
doctor in Newark, and who is supposed to be
an uncle. The letter said
"Get the money, leave your uncle and come to
Kearny to live.H
REFUTEs THE HUSBANDS CHARGES.
When Chief Turnbull questioned Henry
E. Willoughby concerning the charges Of
Bull that he had been intimate with Mrs.
Bull, Willoughby denied with Indignation
that there was any foundation for such
charges. He emphatically repudiated them.
He said
'sBull was a brute to kill his wife in such =
Manner
More than this he would not say except to
explain that the business partnership be-
tween him and Mrs. Bull brought them to-
gether a great deal, and that Mrs. Bull
would never let her husband know any
thing about the business or her finances.
The neighbors say they never knew or
mistrusted anything wrong concerning Mrs.
Bull, that she always appeared to be a
pleasant woman who did all she could to
take care of her family. They sald that
Bull was of but httle account, and would
rather be drunk than to work.
At St Michaels Hospital. Newark, it is b.
lieved that Bull viii recover.
District Attorney Winfield has sent me1
there to work up the case and to secure, il