New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-05
TELL OF CHILD'S .ABUsF
Mrs. Ray Betrays No FEELING AZ
Examination in Nezcark.
COMMITTED WITHOUT BAH.

Mrs Catharine Flynn Ray tvensv-th-..
old, OF No 10 IcWhoFteF-st.. Newark VINO =, -
cused OF brutaily treating and Of causing tba -
OF her husbands niece. Mary c. Coming 81
years old. was arraigned before Justice scbaIE :.
Newark Yesterday. Witnesses testified IN 4-.o-
and cruel beatings that the child had reces,as -
Mrs Ray and Of neglect OF the child in hA- -,
and raiment Mrs. Ray betrayed no feeling d,,-,--
the examination and at times displayed lsvity. -
father and mother were present at the hearing e.
she passed them without recognition.
The courtroom was crowded with peopla -,
hundreds waited outside unable 70 get adnitf,o..
Ex-Prosecutor Eivin W. Crane appeared aa oor-
sci for the prisoner. Mrs. Bridget Reilly yrha -
formerly servant employed by the Rays, tesris.s
that Friday OF last week. the day vhan 49,
child was killed. she went to see Mrs Raw =
secure work. Only Mrs. Rays two childrs, -,
little Mary were with her. Mrs. Ray told tsa ~.
ness TO return later. and accordingly she wen. :,
the house at p. m and entered through the b..
ment door She assembled the stairs. and the A..
Of the rear room being open. she saw Sfra p,
standing with large fork in her naad Marv
Coming was In the room The witness dszee,a.s
the stairs and then she heard the screams az
child She heard the child call for her mother ard
excIaim please don't murder ne NeIier' IT,
witness said that one left the house while Sra
was there It was evident that the witness unde-
the questioning OF the prosecutor. did not ten an
she knew
Miss Minnie Hine. who had also been employsd a.
servant in the Ray house testified that she ha8
frequently seen Mrs. Ray maltreat Mary Mrs
Ray pinched the child's cheeks with al be-
strength. and once threatened TO put her aUav
where one would ind her. The witness had
never seen Mrs Ray strike OF her own children
Mary had proper clothes and did not get enouzs
to eat.
Mrs Cecilia Purcell OF No. 15f Narket-st tsstf
fed that she with Mrs Ray on that Fridav
morning and they bought a bottle OF whiskey. ana
Mrs Ray drank freely. Mrs. Ray took her tao
children TO the house Of her brother-in-Iavg James
Hannigan, in the neighhorhoo6 and LETT Mary IN a
room where there was fire The witness said The
child was poorly fed. and she had al times siVe1
her food without Mrs. Rays knowledge When ths
witness Ieft Mrs Kay at 2 p m. she was not very
drunk.
Several witnesses were not called among Their,
Mary Schiller. employed a servant IN the house
until rev days before the clldS death. IL said
she IS the most important witness in the case.
County Physician Mckenzie who examined fha
child, testified that her BODY was a mass OF
bruises. There were more than one hundred o.
them. There were twenty-siX the breast and
abdomen, being the liver. There were
legs were full of bruises and cuts Death had been
caused by bleeding from the liver. which was torn
in two places Any one OF the blows over the
liver on the breast or back could have caused the
fatal injury.
Nellie Flynn seventeen years old a sister ~
Mrs Ray. who escaped from the City Home several
months ago. appeared for a few minutes at the
courtroom. Miss Minnie Ginger. the nnatron 81
but missed her. A brother OF Mrs Ray, who also
ESCAPED from the home about the same time, was
caught at his fathers house last Sunday and
taken back to the home.
Mrs. Ray was recOmmftted to Jail without bail
An effort viii be made by her counsel for her re-
lease on bonds