The sun., 1899-07-08
STARVED BY HER HUSBAND.
A MIsER'S WIFE FOUND NAKED AND
<LMOST DEAD IN 4 GdRRET.

The Discovery Due to n Boys Curiosity
Before He Was Arrested tho Miscr TOOK
n Roll of Bills from n Bureau Drawer
He Says He Has $4,000 In Bank.
A boy. moved by curiosity. tiptoed yesterday
afternoon into one OF the garrct rooms at 4lo
West Tventy-slxth street. The first thing
he caught sight OF was naked human BODY
dead as ho thouGht-undeT rhg-illed.
hroken-down bod. He rushed from the place
and tried to tell Policeman Lunny OF the West
Twentieth street station. who vas patrolling
beat on Ninth avenue. what he had discovered
Iunny went with him to the house. and. en-
,srIng tho garret. encountered a stencil so re-
u-llnnt that he had to retire for a moment to
pother breath and courage for another at
TEMPT His first measure when he at last re.
entered the room was to open window. but
,he fIlthiness OF tho place was such that little
relief was obtained.
Under the bed he found the body OF wo-
man. naked, except for a shoe OH the left foot.
shockinglv emnrinted and to all appearance
lIfeless. The policeman thought he beheld n
corpse until faint Kroar informed him OF his
>istaKe. Then he spoke and asked all kinds
( ques ions. but n repetition OF the Eroan was
all the answer he received. He looked around
for some clothes to throw over the woman. but
there was none in the room.
While the policeman was Investigating an
cid man. apparently drunk. entered the room.
He stopped until he looked like n hum pback.
his clothes seemed to be dropping apart and
he was inexpressibly dirty.
"lEey. there. you" he cried in squeaky
voice 'What are YOU doing In here2"
You had better explain a few things your
self" cJ1ined Lunny. turning upon him.
what about this poor woman under the bed?"
"Uh. that.".th man r.nlied with a sneer.
that's only my old wife, Mary. She's all
Well | don't think 50" the policeman said
'"Not At all. not at ALL" the old man num-
lled "But she don't eat much NOWADAYS
Il think shall have to take your wife away
"And.y"ui have to follow. too. II you have
arythlng of value here you'd better take II
along. ,,. A., -,
rushed to n bureau and ummaged among the
raxs with which 1t was filled until'he found n
rolcsnlau asked him If he Iad more than that
md he answered. with n mocking laugh. that
he had some money in the Greenwich Bank
number Of persons living in the house had
come NJ bv that time To see what was going
on and they told the policeman that the old
man and his wife had been living in .he same
room for : long time. The woman had not
i,ru seen hy 3ry ui the neighbOr- for months.
but her husband 'ntue aud went now and then.
mostly ou rrrGnl@ TO "A saloon. He spoke to
nm ,,na ANA mad always before been careful 10
"rk th,. door when ne left the place. He had
orrn out several times YESTERDAY morning and
md hyri drlnkiHg every time. they sad. and
I,,rthruEht that had made him forget to fasten
he door. lie had nor been working ior a year
qt least and was generally looked upon rs n
riIsrr some ll;ic ago "a rnmOr was Sul cad in
he house that has wife had inherited II 900
fDnl Il relative. which she had placed in a
innk Sine" then the nciGhburs had hnd an
1lpn thar the u.I man was negiectinR and NAL
,rn,irr his wife IN order to get rid CT her AMI
spt her money. but no one had suspected that
matters were as bad as they really were.
,,Up nD-
Fcrn,ar n: IHnnys request, and hs was sent
to summon an ambulance from the New 0rk
Hueii;al Dr sally responded to the call. He
.a!h the woman had been starved almost TO
lsath and there was little hope Of her recOv-
.y lie did his best to restore her to cOu-
,rlousnps. but ali his efforts were futile She
va finally wrapued in blankets and carried to
the ambulance 49,
The husband was taken to :he West Tvsn.
'iath street police station. whore he was asked
20 give his name ana age.
NV name is William Quinn" he said. Il
vas born IN leland, and | think am 80 years
III. hut am not sure OF that. My wife is
'hrre wears older. | know. | am an honest
wnrkihrman, tell you. and have done MOTH
ug wrong
lisunJcistrodqurstinn. that he had Sln.OOO in
he bank. asked how long II was since he
'rok "A unth lie hcmmed aud hawed n little at
Nrst but finally answered. ,hat II was five years
'or the health. h- thought. He became silent
lud restless when asked to explain his hehnv-
ur toward his wife.
Quinn was equally reticsnt in the Jefferson
Market Court. where he was arraigned before
Magistrate Olmsted on n charge OF neglecting
Lo provide Tor his wife according to his means.
There were moments when he seemed to be
outof his head and several times he answered
Questions with foolish. Jeering laugh The
Magistrate held him In 500 bail for exami.
laton come time next week.