The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-06
DID NOT KILL HER.
Virgins Only Smashed an
ACCORDION on His
Wife's Head.
THAT eARoUsE WITH DORY HALL
All the Parties Now Under Arrest
The Accused Man Sees the
Dead Woman's Remains.


William Virgins. the husband of Rose
Virgins. who was found dead Monday
evening in the room of her mother, at
No 96 Morris street, was arraigned be-
fore Justice Potts this morning he
is charged with nanslaughter. Justlce
Potts held him without ball. The police
give Virgins more freedom than n11a
Who haze been placed in similar posi-
tions Il s represented that there are
mitigating circumstances surrounding the
case which entitle him to consideration.
10 beain with, he surrendered himself
voluntarily last night and this morning,
to Chief Of Police Murphy, he made a
sweeping denial of being in any way
connected with the death of his wife.
THE sCRRBNDER.
Virgins entered Police Headquarters
at eight o'clock last night IN company
with Captain McWilliams, and to De-
tective Clos, who was on the desk, he
said he wished to give himself up.
Chief Murphy and Captain Farrier were
at once sent for. To them he explained
that the tugboat Belle McWTill ans, on
which he is employed as an engineer,
was anchored off City Island yes ierday
afternoon with a tow. en- route to New
Haven, when the tu5boat Zouave OF
tain OF the Zouaye showed him news
paper in which appeared an account of
the death of his wife He at once de-
clirled to proceed to New Raven. and
boarding the Zouave returned to tbs
city Chief Murphy warned him in Civ
ing an account of the trouble at his
n1other-in-law's not in any way to I'M
plicate himself
WIGGINs' STORY.
He says he left the tugboat Belle Nc
Williams Sunday afternoon about four
o'clock TO so to his mother-,n-lay
house to get pair of overalls which
he had asked his wife to repair and leave
at her mothers house.
When he arrived at the house he
found his wife and mother drunk. He
asked for his overalls and his wife re-
piled that she had not repaired them
and that they were still at Their apart
raents in the Arlington flats.
He remained in the house about fifteen
minutes and then returned to the tug
boat, which sailed for New Haven at
half past seven o'clock He denied hav-
ing struck the woman with the leg of
| a table or anything else. He claimed
not to know how she was injured or
any Of the circumstances surrounding
| her death.
SURPRISE
! While he was being questioned, Annie
| Hall, or English Annie" as she is bet
ter known, was brought in. She aston
ished Chief Murphy by declaring that
| she was not in Mrs Madden's house al
all on Sunday She claims to have gone
| there about three O'Clock Monday after
noon. When she entered the room she
found her husband sitting on Rose
| Virgins lap.
Il says 10 my man." she continued.
''Dory Hall, if you can't ind anything
| better than that to do you had better
so to work.
Rose Wlggins is supposed to have re-
Piled, Never mind Dory, don't you
| work; let her go to work.
Mrs. Hall replied hat she had earned
| her living before she met her husband
| and that she was able to do so again.
A glass of mixed ale was offered her
| by Rose Virgins, but she declined it
for the reason that it didn't agree with
| her, and more particularly because she
had just eaten ham and eggs at Hen
Dillon's."
Chief Murphy questioned her about the
wound on Roses head, and she said that
she was told that Rose and her husband
had given him as good as he sent.
NOTHER-TN-LAW MADDEN.
Mrs Madden, the dead wonnan's mother,
was next called in. She corroborated
| virgins statement that ne called at the
house for q pair of overalls. She ae-
| knowledged that Wigglns had not struck
| her daughter with The leg Of a table,
| but Insisted that he did strike her on
| ken instrument was found in the room
No SGT hot trfal O II
! her daughter during the fight with her
! husband. She concluded her staie ement
| o1Iarreied az ID ana ii foueht ali the time.
| Albert, or Dory, Hall, who was present
! during the carousal and is supposed to
| know something about the alleged fight,
| was in Rockaway. Mcrris county, last
night. Detective Dalton followed him,
| and arrested him al noon today. at his
| this city by Dalton and he IS now coa.
fined at F2iG9 I g rs hsa991SE5ISrs ,3lyi5 I,IS
| H says that at noon on sunday Wig
/ sins asked him to so aboard the boat
house SUNDAY afternosn at he REQUEST
tive cans OF beer ana ABOUT swo. quarts
no wound of any kind on Mrs. Wisgins'
| either Sunday or Monday.
Mrs. Virgins, he says. toldhim she nad
| he had broken an accordion over her
/ Hall was arrested IN EtockdWay III
| 1885 for horse stealing and served five
years in State Prison for it; In 1888 he
| was arrested In this city for burglary and
was sentenced to one years imprison-
ment. He will be arraigned before JUS
| tice Potts tomorrow morning.
DECENT BURIAL.
Detective McGlnness took W.ggs'ls
I to Speerf S InorgEe this morning to view
| his wife's remains. he. spoke Of hes
| kindly and arranged to have her given
| a proper burial tomorrow.
4 post mortem examination is to be
| that alcoholism played prominent pert
| in the woman's death.
| The fact that the woman was about
all day Monday apparently all right puz-
| zles Chief Murphy and corroborates his
belief that something more than the
| alleged blow on the head Sunday night
| caused her death.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
NEW YORK, Feb 6, 1s9s-For the thirty
six hours ending at s P. NJ. Thursday For
New York City and vicinity-Fair today. fol-
| lowed by increasing coudiness and
Thursday; warmer; winds becoming easterly.