John Daley: Murder

John Daley was born about 1837 in Ireland. He had been in the service and he had also been in and out of the poor house and asylums for sometime. 

Inmate: District of Columbia Jail

Arrested: 13 Jul 1887

Crime: Murder

He killed Joseph Kennedy a man who took over the loan for John's father's house. Here are some very detailed newspaper articles I found.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69547248/john-daley/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69547128/john-daley/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69546470/john-daley/

The trial:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69546102/john-daley/

John was placed in St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the insane, in Dec of 1889 he took his sheet and tied it around his neck and around the leg of his bed and strangled himself to death. Here's the newspaper article.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69545928/john-daley/

I think I found his military records he was in the hospital for asthma. He was in the Civil War.

Name: John Daley

Gender: Male

Birth Year: abt 1837

Birth Place: Ireland

Age: 26

Rank: Lds

Admission Date: 22 Sep 1863

Admission Place: New York, NY

Discharge Date: 14 Dec 1863

Discharge Place: New York, NY

Ship or Hospital Name: Navy Hospital

I found these photos of St. Elizabeth's Hospital.

Construction started in 1852 and it opened in 1855.

Here's a youtube video

 

Sad story for John being mentally ill. I wonder why they kept letting him out then putting him back in. At least John was known to the institution and was not placed in prison. I didn't find his family. It was mentioned he had a stepmother who had died and his father a few years before he killed Mr. Kennedy. He was all alone in the world with this mental illness that plagued his mind. He was only 52 years old when he took his life. I wonder if things would of been different for him if he would of got to live in his father's home.