The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-26
ASSAULTS HIS FRIEND.
She Had Told Her Physician That the Dew
il Was Down at Her Lodging House
and Everybody Agreed With
Her---The Unfortunate
Woman Insane

Mrs. Thomas Carey, So years of age,
while suffering from a violent attack of
mental ALTERATION killed a boarder in
her home, named Patrick Hassett, by
beating him over the head with a large
carpenters mallet early Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Carey committed the deed
shortly after o'clock and before noon
time was committed to the hospital for
the insane, where she has since rested
quietly.
Mrs. Carey was evidently driven II
insanity by her religious fervor, and
the statements of her relatives and
friends show that for several weeks she
has not been herself Friday evening
she visited the office of Dr. William j.
| Delehanty, who has been the family
| physician for some time. She entered
the physicians premises in a highly eX-
| cited state, eXclaiming: 1.-THE devil is
| down at our house" She was suffering
much and the physician did all that lay
| in his power to calm the woman anC
after time succeeded and she returned
to her home.
ne HuSDdlu ana ms ulIDfLhlldlt
wife retired early in the evening. Short
ly after o'clock Thomas Carey, thu
husband was awakened by cries anC
shouts from the room occupied by Pat.
! rick Hassett and Michael Sullivan
| boarders in the Carey home. Mrs
| Carey was welding a heavy wooder
mallet and when the husband stepped
over the threshold of the door she wal
raining blows upon the head of Sulli-
] vrn - InG !, ~ 4
! blows and he appeared to be slightly
dazed. The husband grabbed his wife
| by the arms and by main force led her
| to her bedchamber and then took away
| the weapon.
| Sullivan was badly bruised and cut
about the head and was terribly fright
ened. He arose, dressed himself and rar
to the Waldo street police station
When the man entered the station he
was covered with blood and presented a
pitiable sight. He told the story Of the
assault, after which he was placed in
the police ambulance and taken to city
hospital.
Hasset also left his bed after the de-
parture of Sullivan and washed the
blood from his head and face and then
went into a room occupied by a third
boarder named William Kennedy.
Mrs Carey when discovered by her
husband, appeared to be calm and
quiet, and when the latter thought that
1t was safe to do so he awoke Mrs.
MCGOWAN, who lived in the tenement
above the one occupied by the Carey
family. He explained the happening
to the woman and asked her to remain
by his wife's side until he could Sc
cure the services of q physician,
Mrs Michael MCGOWAN came down
stairs and Carey, without stopping to
put on an overcoat, ran to the resi-
dence of Dr. w. G. Fogarty who re-
sides In the immediate vicinity.
Hasset remained in Kennedy's bed,
but the latter arose, dressed himself
and left the premises, fearing probably
that he would be the next to be at
tackled by the Infatuated woman.
Hassett and Mrs. MCGOWAN were
the only people in the down stairs ten
ement when Carey left to secure the
services of physician, and what real
ly transpired may, perhaps, never be
known, but when Carey and DR.. Fo-
garty, who had hurried to the house
arrived, Hassett lay on the floor Of the
kitchen near the sink breathing his
last His head had been smashed TO o
Jelly by the heavy mallet. The wo-
man had evidently creDt UP to him
quietly while he was washing his
hands and from appearances the first
blow knocked him down and probably
stood over him and continued to strike
until Hassett's head was crushed en-
tirely out of shape
Mrs. Carey ran from the kitchen to
her bedchamber, and when DR.. Fogarty
and her husband entered the house she
was lying on the bed screeching at the
top Of her voice, I've killed him! I've
killed"
DR.. Fogarty tried to bring the man
back to consciousness and worked over
him for a long time He tried to stop
the flow Of blood but was unsuccess-
full, and at z. 80 O'Clock the patrol wagon
arrived from the police station and
carried Mrs. Carey to the police sta
ton The police ambulance made its
appearance at the house at 7.45 and
Hassett was at once removed to the
city Hospital. He died soon after
reaching the institution, without re-
gaining consciousness.
Mrs. Carey was taken charge Of by
the matron at the police station and
was quiet and submissive. At Is
O'Clock CITY Physician Clark and DR..
Fogarty examined the woman at the
matron's room at the Waldo street
police station and satisfied themselves
that she was insane. Mrs Carey dur
ing the examination acted strangely.
She seemed dazed and appeared unsafe
She seemed dazed and appeared I'M
able to remember anything that had
occurred. The physicians signed her
commitment papers to the hospital for
the insane. The papers stated what
the woman had done and gave the ex-
pert opinion of the doctors Mrs. Carey
was sent to the hospital at once, and