The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-03-29

last and Mrs. Morrissy paid thu
seldom I'm the history OF a crime
stained city has this act OF deliberate
brutality been eq,.ailcd, and it is said
by those who have viewed the re-
mains that they are Il fearful sight,
I, dreadful testimony TO tho ndietiNe
spleen Of this callous brute.
The Crime.
NhGu: 81 O'Clock last night the un-
suffering intense pain and il is sa d
EiN those who claim TO know, thai no
medical aid whatsoever was summons
cd or was present at the death bed.
As The story is told, il has 10 equal
i'll all tho annals of crime. Thursday
nisht, p.ssscrsby were startled BY the
appaGition of Mrs. Siorrissey burst
ing from the back door OF her resi-.
Gonrc on North idaho, screaming for
help. She was pale W I'll fear, her
wild, tetror-Stricilen eyes were start
ing from her head, her form only
wrapped in Il loose ilimono.
She had reached the bottom Of the
stains that lead to Il little back yard,
when. NorrisSey, his teeth grinding
with animal rage and his eyes flam-
ing with l1.it", overlook her. "Oh, Ed,
lld," She screamed, don't" But i,
was OF no await. The stricken woman
was So zeI and hauled back into The
horse, her brutal mate venting his
spleen amid fearful oaths and ours
ing. Clad Only in his night clothes,
he poiIAccd upon the unfortunate
woman and, grabbing her by the hair,
dragged her screaming up the stairs.
''0h, let rae up. let me up" sine
pleaded, ed, Ed, please let nc up.
I'm weak, Ed, but | can crawl up my
self. Oh, please let me crawl up N.Y.
self, Ed Ed 1t was OF no avail.
The primal beast in The man knew no
pity ana no compassion, eXcrting an
his force, he hurled the poor creature
with II and slammed the door, that
tho fosll shame OF ii might be Shut
cut from the sight OF passersby.
Later on Mrs. SEorrissey displayed
fearful bruises upon her unfortunat.
body to L nciGhbor and explained
that thcy were due 10 the beating She
had received At the hands of he foul
iuilian, who had SO often inflicted
the like upon miners and citizens,
that it had become second nature.
"Ee w II kill me, sure, one day," she
is said to have Wi,impered, and. alas,
never were trlIer words spoken by
amy phopiet anywhere. Frequently,
it is said, the interference of Nor
s'isscy's brother had saved her from
the fate she so dreaded, for the hus-
band had often taken her by the
throat ard choi;ed her Into insensi-
s,ility.
And now. at last, she is dead. Rig
ii sac lies, y mute and terrible wit
ness to the Sp Tit and instinct that
makes Il good stininan and frs:
class servant of the company. She is
dead, poor woman. At 8 O'Clock last
night, her fearfuIly battered cadaver
WAS snealled out of the house, it, is
alleged, there being no medical men
present, and the grim evidence oi the
shocking crme, hastily gathered to-
ssethc: and pitched into the garage.
BiooG-sjained sheets and betliinI
rolled into il bundle and thrust away
lest vengeance cry out for justice.
Chief of Detectives Morr SScy is
well known throughout the city as
the man who. in the presence Of a
number Of high officials of the cop
per company, dubbed six or seven
onlookers in Precinct Il, Ward 4.
during the count in the recent pri-
uiafieS.
With full knowledge that the cleo
tion had gone for Dunn and render
cd frantic by the knowledge that
Duans election would mean the end
of such practices as he flour shed on,
he gave vent 80 the same snarlin2
rage that resulted in the fearful end
OF his wife, and fell upon the Witness
es and watchers to defend the theftS
and falsifications of which he must
have had full knowledge and TO cover
which he became so frantic. aLor-
risscy's last fatal act is the logical
consequence of life of overbearina
Tyranny in the service of the soul
less \. c. NJ, who no doubt W II
strain every effort to save their too
from the fate he richly deserves.