New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
WIFE DEAD; HUSBAND DYING
ALLEGED MURDERER. WITH THROAT
CUT. RIDES ON 4 STREETCAR AND
PLAYS A PIANO BEFORE Be
ING CAUGHT.

Mrs. Mary Tighe, eighteen years old, the Wl1e
of Martin ]. Tighe. twenty-five years old. Of No
149 West One-hundred- and -eighth-st declared
last night, just before she died in the J. Hood
Wright Hospital as the result of having had her
throat cut and gashed with a carving knife, that
her husband her murderer. Tighe is
prisoner in the Presbyterian Hospital. with
cash across his throat, charged by the police of
the West Sfxty-eiGhth-st. station with the muir
der Of his wife and attempted suicide
The tragedy. from accounts given by the po-
lice and the parents of the young husband and
wife appears TO have resulted from differences
between the two families, The two-months old
abe of the couple seems to have been the inno
cent cause of the trouble.
The couple were married fifteen months ago
Mrs. Tighe the daughter of James l.
Murthy a clerk in a brokers' office living at
No 145 West one hundred a nd -fourth-st.. while
Tighe the of James F. Tighe, saloon
keeper Of No. 210 Amsterdam-ave. Two months
ago the baby was horn. Two weeks ago the hus-
band and wife separated Mrs Tghe going to her
fathers home. Last night she and her aunt
Miss Margaret Schaffrey went to the Tghes
apartments 10 get some of the bahy's clothing
While there Tighe came in. He ordered Miss
Schaffrey to leave the fiat she says, and became
abusive. He scol1ed his wife and Miss Schaf-
frey and downstairs in search of
policeman She asserts that Tighe locked the
door after her. and that she heard loud talking
and heard Tghe threaten his wife. She could
not find a policeman, and went back to the fiat
Through the door she heard Mrs Tighe plead
ing with her husband to spare her Then she
burst open the door. and ran into the apartment
just in time. she says, TO see the young wife
fall to the floor. her throat gashed and bleeding
and to hear her cry out:
Take me to mother! I'm dying
She screamed, Miss Schaffrey says. for the
police. Then she Tighe come out of an in
ner room, his own throat and bleeding and
run downstairs. Miss Schaffrey followed, and
found Policeman Kenny. of the West One-hun-
dredth-st. station. who lives in the same build
ing. search begun for Tighe A hurry
call was sent the J. Hood Wright Hospital
for ambulance DR.. Frank responded Mrs.
Tighe, unconscious and dying, taken there.
She lived only half an hour. Before she died,
however, the policeman asked her who cut her
throat. and the woman answered:
My husband did it."
Tighe had gone Broadway. He walked up
that street to One-hundred -and-eleventh-st
where he boarded downtown Broadway car.
There was only one passenger in the car other
than Tighe, Mrs. Kate Richman, Of No. 444
West Forty fifth-st. She insisted that Tighe be
put off the car. He paid his fare and al
lowed to ride. He talked in Easps. and seemed
10 be in distress. At SiXty-ninth-st and Broad
way the conductor called Policeman Baxter. of
charge OF Tighe who said he wanted TO go to
his fathers saloon. He taken there, and
into his fathers room upstairs. There he sat
on the piano stool and although gasping for
breath. and sitting upright with great difficulty.
he lighted a cigarette and strummed on the
piano.
An ambulance had been called from the Pres
byterian Hospital and Tighe taken there
prisoner Policemen from the West Sixty
eighth-st. station went work. and IL was only
few minutes before il learned that Mrs.
Tighe dead in the J. Hood Wright Hospital.
and had accused her husband of being her
Gerer.
Captain Schmittberger of the West One-hun-
dredth-st. station, told of Tighe's arrest.
1t his intention to take him before his wife
for Identification. but Mrs Tighe died before this
could he accomplished.
According to statements made by Tighes
father. the trouble all grew of family jars.
He declares that the aunt. Miss Schaffrey and
Mrs. Tighes parents. responsible for the
breach between his and Mrs. Tighe.
For long time, Miss Schaffrey says. there has
been trouble between Tighe and his wife's peO-
pie. 1t came to a head when the baby born
two months ago When Mrs. Tighe and the child
were able to go out she took the child TO show
ii 10 her father and mother. She went there
frequently. Tighe. his father says. objected to
this declaring she should spend more time
home
Tighe was formerly insurance agent. but for
some time had been working in a restaurant at
No. 90 Nassau-st. At the Presbyterian Hospital
ii said his condition was serious and that he
lie