The evening world., 1903-07-09
In a Desperate Attempt to Get
Away From Irate Wife a
Woman Climbed Out and
TumbIed from the Fifth Story
to a Paved Court in Rear.
HER BODY NEARLY CUT
IN TWO IN DESCENT.
Husband of the Woman Who
Was in Pursuit Made Good
His Escape by the FREES
cape, but Returned Later and
Fell Into Hands of Police.

In attempting to escape from an angry
wife. who accused her OF an intrigue
with her husband. Mrs. Bridget Cav
anagh to-day plunged to a horri-
BILE Heath from the hfth-story fire-es-
cape platform Of her home at No, 743
Third avenue TO the courtyard below.
The accused husband Is said to have
fled down the Telescopes. Mrs. Cav
anagh intended to do the same. but the
dizzy height appalled, her. Then she
made a bridge with an ironlng-board
across the narrow space to to building
next door. The board turned as she was
on It. and tho woman was dashed down
the chasm-like area, her body striking
an iron bracket at the first floor and. be-
ing terribly mangled as 1t bounded TO the
stone-paved yard.
Mrs. Bridget Healy. pale. gaunt, Ill
fed and poorly clad. n leading her
barefoot boy james. found Policeman
EDMOND Barry at Forty-sixth street
and Third avenue before daylight and
showed him a summons she had for her
husband. Thomas J. Healy. whom she
accused OF deserving her two months
ago. She said he va then with Mrs.
cavanagh in tho latter's room and
asked for the protection of the police
man while she ssrvsd the m to
court OF her husband.
Il Went TO Servo Summons.
The policeman went with Mrs. Healy
and the starving boy to Mrs. Cavan-
agh's rooms on the top fioor and Mrs.
Hesly raped on the door While Barry
stood back u see that she was not
harmed.
Immediately the voices of a man and
woman were heard inside. and then the
door was thrown open and a man.
who IRIS. Healy says was her hus-
band. rushed by. He darted by the po-
~licerian while only PARTLY ditssed and
jumped out of the rear hall window onto
the hre-Gscape. He had climbed down
before the wife and policeman could
reach tho window.
In another minute a person was heard
running through the rooms parallel with
the hall. The rear door WAS flung open
and a white. clad figure leupei out and
IN to tho flre-escape.
This was Mrs. Cavanagh. She was
ndTuly uIOn the mc-eSCupe WHti thcie
was a terrific noise from below. In his
rapid descent Healy had overturned a
| barrel of discarded tinware on the third
hoor landing and several windows were
broken.
Hoard Hurled Her Down.
Mrs. Cavanagh had evidently sought
the same escape as had the man. but
when she got on the platform and looked
down the distance intlmidated her. She
placed an ironing 5oard. which was on
The platform. from the railing over TO
the edge OF the roo OF the building
which she intended crossing. But the
board turned with her n she fell,
The neiShoorhood was aroused ant
while the excitement was at It's heigh
aid demanding 10 know what it wa,
al about. Then Mrs. healy servec
liceman suggested that they ali no r.
the East Gtfty-first street station
There they Were detained until a mi
Investigation could be made.
Mrs, Cavanagh had four children by
McGrath, a widow, until last January
when she married C%avanagh. He,
oldest daughter. Sadie. sixteen years
old. left her then and took with her
her eight-year-old sister. Annie. They
an aunt.
Soon after this the ChilGren's Society
took the two other children. small boys
from her and SEM then, to an institl.
ton.
Cavanagh left her after they mad beer
married two months Healy had beer
living in the house as a boarder for two
months.