The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-06
MURDER WAS BEING DONE.
MRS. FARLEY FELT THAT SOME
THING WAS WRONG.

A"LNS WAC WbV"Us
Fisaily She Heard n Scream and = Fall over
~head-Then she and Hsr Husband psitea
Their D~oors-soon Something That DriPped
from the CeiIinE ConHr~od Her 1ntuitien.
This is tho statement Of Margaret Farley. the
wife OF James Farley. a railroad conductor. who
lives at Lafayette avenue and Fourth street,
West Brighton, 8. l., in the matter Of the muir
der Of Mary E. Lynch by her husband, Peter
Lynch, a laborer, and the attempt of Lynch to
commit suicide-both on the night Of Monday.
Oct. 4:
ut is q sorry day for this house and for all
that live in 1t, and may God have mercy on us
and on the soul of her that is gone. There are
some who say that Peter Lynch was drunk whom
he did II, but he was not drunk. There are some
who say he was crazy, but he was not crazy. Or
II he was crazy, no has been so for five years
that l know of. and may be more. For these fits
have come on him for five years. since he was
married. When no would drink, and he was
drinking all the time, he would be Jealous
Of his wife. And a better woman you
will never see. Nor l. May God have
mercy on her soull He was 80 crazy
that II you. who never saw the woman in your
life, were out on the street before the house.
minding your own business, and Potter camo
home drunk, he would be after killing you for
being In the house with the woman, and you
never knowing VINO tho woman was. An, Out
he was a bad man. The devil was in him.
But he was not drunk last night. He was
not drinking for some time. I think 1t was at
the primaries two weeks ago this day. He was
drunk then for three days. And on the night of
Thursday he fell over the stair into the hall.
Right before my door. DR.. Townshend said he
was i'll from the effect OF intoIication and to
give him the medicine and keep him from work
and to keep the drink away from him. He was
in bed from then on, and Mrs. Lynch. God have
mercy on her. she has no moro troubles-but her
children are all alone, and his mother. they
waited on him. In all that time we heard not .
word from him until yesterday.
when it was dark and Jimmy tmy mani
came in and was going to bed. he says to me:
How Is the man upstRirsf
"'All day long, says /. he has been rum.
bling and talking as you hear him now says l..
So he is sick abed no longer
He'd better stop his drinking. now, says he.
"'God knows he had SAYS L.
AT IL o'clock I woke up. 1t was as II I had
a feeling things were not as they should be.
T TasEiDS T Ss a mo s soMa s snc tSs-s the T Bo9rn %onn1
at the ceilingl is her blood. 1t is a sorry thing.
AEF,h a5 M III, + is, : s . Js, thing III, Tin.
dreaming that Pat Mailoy, who is the Waterman
at the Town Hall, was walking around the house
where near. Butt felt as IL things were not
Ilkub- 4 koI IA inc Y uuu Cy TUG LaUlc
there, ! wanted to wake, him l~nodding at the
bedl. but he was tired working. on the train all
III sat By the table With tho lamp it, lido doing
nothing. for there was no sound in the house.
afraid, for it seemed az Il something was wrong.
Then all Of a sudden she screamed out loud up
said to myself: She was tired with waiting on
her man. and she was dreaming in her sleep.
Poor thing Poor thing. indeed. But what did
Then in a minute there came a heavy fall
and Peter was Yelling: They seemed to DO fight
Jimmy says, he has taken another crazy
at: He is going to do her harm. fear
there came a noise at the door upstairs as II ho
was going to tear i down. heard him call out:
door or IN push it down. and with that he did
bolt the door or hen be in here t to XII US ali.
Bolt the door. Jimmy, says l; bolt the door,
lamp and went into the children's room and told
them to put what they could against the door in
|, for Pete was taken with another crazy ft. Then
we looked at the window and saw him go by
I s 81. shirt lH. .nd d irsess 80 a aai P listis JOINING ns Rei IN
who boards with them and slept in the same
. t HSa Jo Hlnh 'sf faee Was T TSnaia as . I .Ses,, behind
. He went up on the Doorstep OF his mothers
, with tho light turned down, afraid for our lives.
t ihe baby. MAY God be easy with them! Poor
/ heard something drip. drip! drip in The
. . TO soFa a whisper. p:o arip. Il aH %e lS"eT dPip. h Drip po'ef /
o saw Jimmy, turn His head. and I knew he heard
!. 1t, too. but he said nothing; nor did l. Then I
For Gods sake, Jimmy says 1. for Gods
a sake. turn up the light and see what it is that is
S He turned uD the lamp and came over here
hitting It and pointing TO a red spot on the foorI
'Jimmy,' SAYS I; he's killed hery
1 "He has says he. sure enough
1 with that he put on his clothes and took his
. billy The used to be on the night watch, and ran
a been murder muir . IN The a, hogse. Locked the door
enough he came and he went up the stairs ia
$ where his children were crying. Johnny Reilly
{ was not with him. for he had zone to Peters
o carrier. to tell him what had been done.
"Then there was a noise outside. ana looked
. walking around the house looking at the win
5 --"'Would to God I was dreaming again say.
. cornerI ! knew 1t was no dream. Then the po
b up the stairs, and / heard Peter. who was stand
;. ing in the door he had broken in. yelling:
. voice eea as Il he y was drum. tTf'sFi tell n me = . ' Ss wan az
. cutting at his throat and at his wrists with q
razor all tho time, while his W .fe, with all hel
undress herself. lay behind him with her throat
2 Gene and take my children he says. 'ant
"~They went upstairs and took him away, ant
face again. They say that he is not to die from
8 his hurt. but trust God in bis mercy viii lie
the man die OF what he himself has done. for thu
THAT is all I know about it.. I have not seer
: him. Rfr; n %%d h I hope ; G tfat q GOD tP vii ihI grant / fi am mot 1ss sc
q to see n him ii Hf ;bas .r !. in is it. . sSTT gS day Gd for b sni