New-York tribune., 1896-05-31
A LITTLE GIRL MURDERED
MYSTERY IN AN EAST THIRTY SEVENTH
ST. TENEMENT HOUSE.

ONE MAN PLACED UNDER ARREST BUT THE
POLICE 10 NOT RELIEVE THEY CAN con-
Meet IuM WITH THE CRIME
Mary Cunningham. the thirteen-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Annie Cunningham, WIDOW lVihe al
No 315 East Thrty-seve; th-st was fouhd oeau
Yesterday about 2:3O D. m in her mothers roome
A towel tied tightly around her neck ihoica'e"
that she had been strangled to death 1t appears
that the mother left the house about o:oo d. H.
Yesterday. telling her daughter to remain In care
OF the house and to do certain work arouhu the
rooms Francis p Farrell who lives on the sec
ond eoor OF tn, building saw Mary at work AT
0.3O when he left the building. Yesterday pelhS
a holiday most Of the tenants were out Tor daS
Of recreation.
Mrs. Cunningham came home at about 2:5o p
m. and upon entering her rooms was somewhat
surprised that her daughter did not come Ior"aiu u
to meet her Upon entering the first room oacH
OF the parlor she found Mary lying on the Moor
with her head under the bed. Pullng her iil'o
view she was horrifed to discover that there was
q towel tied around her neck and that her eyes
were black and blue as II she had received
severe beating, The tongue protruded from Tie
mouth and was black and swolle3
rnon making the discovery the mother ran
screaming into the hail. and by the time the
neighbors aroused by her cries. had arrived
upor the scene the woman had become hysterlcaL
Farrell went ou, and informed the Thirty-nt"-
ST station and called DR.. j. A. SinsaoougA OF NJ
672 Second-ave. The police Immediately sent ioi
an ambulance from Bellevue Hospital. BY the
time this had arrived the girl had beer iaid upon
= he'd and was pronounced dead by the ambulance
eureeon Wher the police arrived they made an
exam,nat,on and found that besides the black and
| <ha hpr
| the throat as II made by fingernails large
| carving-knlfe vas found near the body, but TINS
| was Identified as belonging to Mrs. Cunningham
Tb. condition Of the room and OF the girrs cIo'h-
| ing indicated that a struggle had taken place
A few minutes after the discovery OF the muir
dor a tall man was seen ID come from the mouse
and start on a run mp Thirty seventh-st 70
liceman Tarpy started after the man. ana
caught him at Thrd-ave. lie SAID tha' ne n"'
been ir the house to visi. his aunt. Mrs. NC
Mackin a dressmaker. Tarpy took MIN pack "
the house followed by mob OF people re was
taken I'D TO his aunts room and ldehtiIeu 'e
is Edward Mccormick. forty years old ana iiNe'
al No 232 West Thir.ieth-st. He was tahe" ~
the East Thirty-htth-st station ana iocNeu ui
co,eral neople in the house said that they had
seen him coming from his aunt ap"i
=. &C. M, likely that he had anything to 90 YIN
- crime The police believe that an attemp.
III liz ,nade to a ,sault the GIL and that she was
murdered because Of her resistance. ,,or,ors q,
Acting Inspector Brooks Captain Mar'ena avsroi 81
! ~ VS., Thirty .ffth-st station, ana s'sela'
U tIe "a oecn men are working on the mystery
rbev took Mccormick to the rooms las' nism rn,
/ and showed him the murdered h sir r,,hnu,
INV show oe emotion that he mad never see' '"'
| child before -, os q nunil at ST
The Cunningham gir' was nns1dare9 pe4'' a " good
Ganiiei l eha had considerable taste for music.
and took lessons ir the pianoHrom uh"'''
| ~ Police-S Sergeant Hatton