The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-05
RECORD OF BLOOD,
Murder, Suicide and Mis-
hap Furnish Jersey City
With Morning
Horrors.
MIXED ALE WIFE SLAYER
Mrs. Wiggins Struck Down by
Her Husband in a Fit Of
Jealous Fury.
OTHERS DRANK WHILE SHE DIED
Chastity Suicide With a Shot Gun
Little Coal Pickers slaugh-
tered on the Rail.
OTHERS DRANK WHILE SHE DIED

Another murder has been added TO the
long list of those committed in this CITY
This last addition is due to jealousy
precipitated by drunken carousai. mrs.
Rose Virgins, formerly concert nan
singer. is the victim. Her death is oe-
lieyed to have been caused by fractur-
ed skull, her husband. it being aliegeo'
having struck her on the head with the
leg of a table. I He is boatman and ne
made his escape shortly after the falal
blow was struck. Detective McGinness
of Captain Farrier's precinct is in FRO
violence today, where it is expected ne
will capture the dead woman's nus
band.
The murder was discovered last night
by the police There was considerable
mystery surrounding the case and 1t
was frst feared that the name Of the
nerpetrator would not be divulged. After
two hours work Chief Murphy and Cap
tain Farrier had all the information
about the affair that they desired. They
did not hesitate to make the circumstan-
ces public.
SLEPT BY THE VICTIM.
Mrs. Mary Reardon, a respectable old
LADY. went to the home of Ellen Madden,
and poorly furnished rooms in the base
nent of the big tenement house at No.
sc Morris street yesterday afternoon
Furniture was strewn about the floor
Broken glasses were conspicuous on
dirty table. and an odor of stale beer
filled the rooms. In one corner Mrs
Madden lay stupidity drunk and asleep.
In another corner lay the dead oody of
Mrs R0geE iggins, who was daughter
of Mrs MaddGn. IS. Her clothes were torn
and dirty and she had a gaping wound
on her head just above the right ear.
Face and body were covered with blood.
It was dry and coagulated,
SCREAMED. FOR HELP.
The terrible scene frightened Mrs.
Reardon and she ran into the street
screaming for help. Policeman Faherty
of the First precinct heard her cries and
entered the house. After making a hur-
ried investigation he telephoned to the
First precinct for assistance. Captain
Farrier and Detective McGinness hur-
ried to the scene of the murder. Chief
Murphy put in an appearance later and
then began a most thorough investiga-
ton.
Mrs Virgins was twenty-five years
old and lived with her husband, William
Virgins, in the Arlington flats, on the
corner of York and Warren streets.
Virgins is an engineer on the tugboat
Belle McWilliains, owned by Captain
Charles McWilliams of this city. On
Sunday evening Mrs. Virgins went to
No. 36 Morris street to see her mother.
During the evening Albert Hall, who is
known as .'Dory Bats" and his wife,
who is more familiarly known as ENG
lish Annie,'' dropped into Mrs. Madden's
home. A can Of beer was suggested.
EVERY ONE WAS DRUNK.
The first one was greatly enjoyed and
for an hour can after can was brought,
until every member of the party was in
toxicated and in hilarious state. Wig
gins in the meantime had returned from
work, and not finding his wife at home
went at once to her mothers house
AS he entered the door it is alleged
that he saw his wife sitting on Halls
knee and permitting him to caress her
in an affectionate manner. A rickety
old table stood in the centre of the
toom Virgins seized one of the legs
rSwrenched it from the table, swung 1t
above his head for an instant and then
brought it down with terrific force on
his wife's head. Blood spurted from the
wound. and she dropped on the floor In
an unconscious condition.
Mrs. Madden, it is alleged, nor any of
the others, made any effort to procure
medical assistance, and the woman was
left where she fell to die.
THE MURDERER ESCAPES
Virgins left for Bridgeport on his boat
Sunday night.
Miss Kate McNab, who lives near the
Maddens, declares that the drunken
racket was kept up all Monday after
noon by the Halls, Mrs. Madden and the
injured Mrs. Virgins. She also asserts
that she saw Mrs. Virgins in the back
yard emptying g can of ashes as late as
two o'clock Monday afternoon. The
police, however, think the woman is mis-
taken.
DRUNK WHILE SHE DIED.
Mr.. and Mrs. McNab also declare that
they heard singing and carousing in the
Madden apartments all Monday after
noon, and it is Chief Murphy's opinion
that the Halls and the injured woman's
mother kept up the orgies while Mrs
Virgins lay in the corner dying.
When the police arrested Mrs. Mad
den last night they also found English
Annie.'' TIE latter woman was almost
as drunk as Mrs. Madden. She was un-
able to tell coherent Story of the oc-
currence. Both women were placed in
cells without much ceremony
ACCUSES HER SoN-IN-LAw.
Mrs. Madden early this morning said
that 1t was her son-in law who struck
her daughter on the head English
Annie'' is reticent, and declares that she
can tell nothing about the case.
At midnight last night Chief Murphy
telegraphed to Bridgeport to the police
10 arrest Wiggins, If he had arrived in
hat city. Detective McGinness was also