The Northern Daily Times. — 1857-05-26 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER IN LONDON. ANOTHER ATTEMPTInu_  -mulling and brutal An attempted murder of a moat se-. ' the house No. character took place on Saturday 'aiming al„,- '. opposite 7, Little Russel-street, Covent-garden, Linmeu'ate),' en the the stage door of D -lane Theatre. cupied by a young second floor of the house alluded to was (se' couple named James Geary, 23. and Emily GrY.' r'fw .., ue back room e .., hree were married on the 4th of the present montl-4 fill ' ' weeks since, and to all appearance lived happl:l7 to until the night on which he made so determined an ' on her life. Both James and Emily Geary were orig ;pally,.agttot silk-spinnere, but latterly the husband has filled the site tion of aporter to a furniture dealer in Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn. On Saturday afternoon the newly.married couple paid a visit to the mother of the wife, and during their stay there nothing occurred which led to a suspicion that there was or had been any disagieement between . hem. On their way home there was some dispute about going to a eoncert-room, the result of which was that they parted, and the wife went home to Russell-street. At half-past ten o'clock James Geary returned home, and, as appears [ from the statement which has been made by the unfortunate woman in the prospect of death, having dashed his cap on the ground vent to the cupboard and took out a dessert knife. He then rushed at his wife, knocked her down, and cut her throat. She struggled with him, screamed as loudly as she could, and exclaimed more than once, " Oh dear, oh dear, don't murder me !" These cries were heard by Mrs. Emily Baylis, the wife of police constable 85 I', who occupied apartments in a higher part of the house. She ran down stairs, and having communicated the facts to Mrs. Evans, the landlady of the house, they went up together to Geary's room. On opening the door they saw Geary and his wife struggling violently with each other on the floor, Geary having the knife in his hand, and the woman bleeding from the throat. Mrs. Baylis anti Mrs. Evans were horrified at the scene, and ran 0 ~.: stairs with the view of obtaining assistance. At • -*°"— door they met Baylis, the police constable, street o returning home from duty. He went yr wh was just and his wife struggling on the' i) stairs and f run 4 floor. The brutal fellow had hip on the bottom stair of the ki kit down, with her head aanding of the second directly he saw the officer lie stifeet,eleading up -"les' illei throat and worked it about. Tfite--svo'lmeaknuiefxe.cilnait.m:'he-dis, God's sake, save me !" Bayl the knife from the womanreiessL Once Bei4o him and drew 7‘ Corfi ,unieted three slight wounlsr Ooant. his towthnisthtrimoset.GeAarct ditional assistance having been obtained Mrs. Geary was conveyed on a stretcher to King's. Collegs: Hosp ital, where her case was at once seen eby Mr. Charles Heath, the house e-• urgeon, He found on the right side of the neck, about an inch below the jaw, a wound three quarters of ail inch long, communicating with the windpipe, and also with the cesophagnsd immediately . Above and below this were an two superficial cuts, below the right ear was a ragged wound extending under _the skin for nearly an inch ; immediately above tha collar bone, on the same side, was another superfici left side cf the neck, midway between 'l t , ciheu, t , et 00 11 aOt hr ne bone e , and jaw, was a transvenes cut one inchlong three-quarters of a inch into the neck. Close penetrating ear wAs a superficial cut. On the back of were three superficial cuts, each about alquearritegrhtohfanan inch in length. Immediateiy after tlle attempt on his reat were wife's life, Geary was conveyed to B sr terseseetd bs tyat ivi oinr., where the wounds on his Snitch, the divisional surgeon They were found to be very slight. The prisoner remains in custody. On Sunda morning, at four o'clock, Mr. Ins° ter Mackenzie having y been informed that the unfortunateae conveyed the prisoner to King's Cowllornan was sinking, in his presence the statement of his Nvifeewgeaslla°kEleniladLowannd. The mother and sister of Mrs. Gearyry b v.isited hsr at the hospital, but the interviews were of her critical situation. Istios tishovculeegshetrref in consequence .trip_ossible that she by ee dr as a careful, can live many Lours. perseverirg, industrious young woman, her disposition, and one who was unlikely ytopeaceable in offend her husband by any misconduct on her part.  ~-~-- .XT3AO.IZOINARY Ch