The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-12

by occupation. According to their
away from Savannah in October. 1910.
and went to Baltimore, where they
lived until the suspicious of others In
the house became aroused. Ono day
the landlady came to them, and asked
to see the marriage license. Mrs MUIR
ken said that she had lost 1t. and
when Mccarthy came in from has work
she Informed him OF the request of the
suspicious landlady. Then. she says,
She gave Mccarthy So with which to
purchase license. and afterwards
they were married, each fully cogni-
zant of the desperate step they were
taking. s.5
Went Bnc,, 10 Savannah.
Afterwards she Sired CT Mccarthy,
and returned to Savannah, Mccarthy
followed. desperately jealous. He tried
to effect meeting between him
self and the woman. she told the Of
iicers and was shot through the left
shoulder by her husband Mccarthy
also admitted this to be true. and ex
hibited the souvenir bullet in evil
dence. For weeks he lay in a hos
pital. After his departure Mrs. Muir
ken met him again. and again they
ran away. Ui
They arrived in Richmond on May
IS. and for time boarded at Mrs.
Whites. Fifteenth and Main Streets.
Mccarthy informed the police that he
was an iron molder by trade. and that
he had been working here ut one of
the local iron foundries. Mrs. McCar-
thy. or Murken. stated that he had not
been at work. and that she did not
know what he had been doing. He
left her. she said. about midnight. and
She has NOT Senp hin, sfnCa. She wnS
questioned closely as to his character,
particularly as to whether he had ever
been arrested for burglary. She did
not know, she said, what crimes he
had been charged with. but stated that
he had been arrested many times, and
that ne was a bad character. Each
made accusations against the other.
and how much OF their story is true
cannot be l-nown until the Savannah
authorities are heard from
Captain Mcmahon wrote to the Sa-
vannah chief OF police. asking If the
pair We're wanted there. ina both will
he held pending a reply. III the mean
time Mccarthy Will have TO appear In
Police Court to give n better eXpana-
ton OF his presence on the roof of the
Bailey Furniture Company. for his
statement that he climbed there sim
ply to watch his wife is held to be far
iipHi tnc u utH, ana OtHeT ueSlSHS are
suspected.
Married mt Age of Fifteen.
Mrs. Mccarthy or Murken. was mar
ried In South Carolina, she Informed
Sergeant Wiley. when she was fifteen
years old, and is now the mother of
1--WE children. Before running away
the second time. she went en-, she sold
her house. dividing all the money. ex-
cept $500. which she kept for herself.
among her Ave children. She exhibited
bank book to show that she has sla5
on deposit in the National Bank of
Virginia, and pleaded that neither OF
her husbands" lie informed OF her
petty wealth. M
The woman is thirty years old. She
Is live feet three inches tall, small
and attractive looking. But her face
is marked with the lines OF care and
worry, and when she was arrested she
took matters with the utmost calm
ness. She had expected 1t. she said.
and knew that 1t was only matter of
time before she fell into the tolls of
the law. She realizes her position be-
fore the eyes of the law. and seems
to fear both Murken and Mccarthy.
Had she learned of McCarthys arrest
hefore the officers called on her. she
said she would have committed sui
eide. She was closely watched IN her
cell last night 1t being feared that
she might attempt to carry ont her
threat.
McCarthy's leg is broken between
the knee and ankle. and is d had frac-
ture, but there are no other wounds.
He gavo his age as twenty-seven
years. Ha is dark, and Is FIVE feet
seven inches tall.