Year: 1871

At an adjourned term OF rne Court OF Oyer and
Terminer, held In White Plains, Westchester
co unity, before Justice Tappen County Judge
Robert Cochran and the Justices OF Sessions,
yesterday Richard Wise was placed on trial for the
murder OF Julia Wise, his wife. The crime with
which the prisoner " charged was perpetrated In
the village Of Sing Sing during the latter part Of
October last. the particulars OF which were duly
published in the HERALD.


In back street or the village named the prisoner
and HIS wife occupied, together with their three
children, comfortless cabln, which was made still
cheeriess by the h0bitual intoxicatlon OF WISE
and his wife. The latter was weak. suffering, In
valid, but Of late her illness did not prevent her
from becoming


AN INvETERATK pRUNKARD.


While complaining that his home and children
were being neglected by the deceased, Wise fre-
quently got drunk to keep her company, and during
HIS intoxicated moments would beat the ill.rated
woman in an unmerciful manner. About the goth
OF October Wise, who was on one OF his drinking
sprees locked the deceased out OF the house. and in
the morning when she sought admittance he beat
her prutally with o broom handle, and ended by
lifting her bodily and throwing her over fence.
She lay In semi conscious condition until carried
into the house by some neghbors whom the pris-
oner had directed to the spot On the evening Of
the same day wise came home mad with liquor, and
finding the bruised and helpless woman In bed he
dragged her to the noOr, where he .l#f


STAMPED ON HER UNRESIsTING BODY,
ana having kicked her until his fury had exhausted
itself, he threw himself on the bed, where, In the
deep slumber OF the nebrate ne was soon oblivious
to the fact that his victim was at deaths door. The
part OF Wise was his little daughter Maggie, child
about ten years old, and whose testimony against
tention. While sne told the tragic story OF her


RUTHLEssLY MURDERED


serpentiIks Intensity, and when during her exami-
nation, the Court ordered a recess OF i've min.
utes, the exasperated and brutal father jumped
from MS seat, and carching her by the hand NUT
tered something In the child's ear which made ner
shake with fear and drove her into 1T OF crying
from which she was unable to recover during the
hour or 80 she subsequently remained In the court
room.
is native OF Ireland and about forty fve years old.
In stat ire he Is perhaps five feet eight inches OF
are BY
even tinge OF intellectually or moral sentiment.
The prosecution was energetically conducted by
District Attorney Dykman, Francis Larkin having
been assigned by the Court TO defend the prisoner.


Among Inc irst witnesses Placed don on te e. stand Sta & BY
been examined as TO the nature OF an oath, testified
as foliows:-l live at 12e Henry street. with my
was julia Wise; remember mother COM
ing to the door and wanting to get In:
w M e sne asa 70 s Ssn %
he said he would not; he said 4 she came in It
would not be better for her. sne then went away;
she was then l. leaning .H over @ the colored mans
SSI SoS Richard, don't strike me. rm almost gone;
he then took her by the legs and threw her over
Sn, s Sls Mr. Many broke away the fence and carried
her INTO the house, on Mrs lanes er tnsn came S
tween six and seven In the evening; my my
mother was laying on the bed; no one else
stamped @ on her; he said that the bed was his; he
left her the moor and jumped In bed with his
clothes on: Mrs. James came in next morning and
TOOK mothers clothes on and put her in bed; she


number OF other witnesses were examined, in
cluding the physician who MADE the post mortem
to finding the exterior OF the body on the back, ,
covered with bruises from the shoulder TO the waist


THE ARMS HAD BEEN BROKEN


also the collar bone and two OF the ribs these
discovered by the evidences OF old fractures: the
lungs, Kidneys and intestlnes were covered with
COted blood; the lower portions OF the smaller In
testines were in state OF semLRangrene; the lungs
especially were one mass OF extravasated blood
and had completely lost their integrity IN his opin-
ion, stamping on the body or kicking II would pro-
duce such injuries.


The principal witness relied on by the defence
was John Wise, lad Of about fifteen years old and
o. the wall as IN n 70
and no tender remembrance OF his murdered
mother could alter hts mind IN the expressed be.
lief that she Was the worst woman that ever
lived. Notwithstanding the ract that ne
was away from home several weeks, he deliberately
swore that his mother had mot drawn sober
breathu from last Easter sunday until the day on
which she died. His entire testimony was palpa-
BILE illustration of juvenile depravity and amount
Ing, in his own words. TO the opinion That MS
mother was bad woman and his father good
man.


Wise was placed on the stand, and IN answer to
his counsel, denied having caused the death Of mis-
wife, and pronounced the testimony or his little
daughter as false IN every tmportant particular.


Alta late hour the given TO the Jury,
who, after brief dcliberati0n, rendered verdict
M .ilulty of manslaughter IN the second de0ree.u