The Daily spy., 1849-06-15
Free Soil Nomination for Congress-
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.

This was on an indictment which clarged ihai the
defendant, at Souhbrdge on the 25d OF October last
did waIfly sand ieonousy, and of his malice, afore
thought cut the throat OF Eyra S,reeer his wife, WIN
razor. innicing a mortal wound OF the length OF i've
inches aud the depth Of three inches, OF which wound
she then aid there Instantly died
After The jury was empannelled, the case was opened
on the part Of prosecution BY Ezra Wilkinson Esq,
after which he proceeded to call the witnesses, as tol>
lows:
Ilues-Is brother in law TO Sreeter. married
III; sister There had been difficulty between Streeter
and ms wife, and that morning Mrs. Sreeter had enter
"a a complaint against hun before justice and he was
ordered 10 give bonds for his good behaviour became
ba, for him. aud Sreeter made oyer his personal pros
nerty TO ME for security We went together and remoy-
ed il to my house. He then said he had leh some shs
and would 90 back after them | offered togo, but e
said he would 60 himself offered TO so with him and
he assented When We got 10 The lhouse, his wife ~es
not n and he said he guessed she wasn Mrs. Diaeefs
part OF the house. He went out the front door. and m>
mediaely returned, having apparently met her at Mrs
Dnabers door. When they came IN, he inquired or his
shirts and she told him theywere en- the basket up stairs
He went up aad after came down and asked where
the cloth was lhat was out for shirts aid not made
She answered him that she understood lm that he
would give her that for whats he owed her lie lheh
went back and appeared be stepping about up STAIRS
when she called out, rather sharply, and tod him he
need not tumble those things all over that what he wan'
ed was all together the top OF the basket She 'heh
went up stairs soon heard scream and run up stars
Mrs Sireeer met me the door with her throat CUT
turned ana went down and run into Mr. Dliaoers 70
give the alarm. She followed me, and as came oui
with Mrs Dllaber, she met me al the door ohe men
went about half way TO the door and sal oo"h on me
grass. left her with Mrs Dllaber, and meeting Mr..
Lamb with horse and wagon. procured 'nein 0i
him and rode into town. 1--WE were able TO take bn
imperfect notes Of this wuesses testimony but beeVe
we have all the essential facts correctly stated ]
Mrs. Dalaber-Streeier and wife had lived In our
house weeks previous her death. There Is no COM
n;.,;on between their pat aud ours. Knew Of diff
cultv between ,hern. Saw her on the morning OF her
death. and when she came home from the village, be>
tween 70 and o'clock. She. old me IN The morning
che was tgoag 10 complain Of him. Saw Streeter and
James betn cen 2 aud o'clock, moving away some
good Mrs; Streeter came in my part Of The house and
said he had got things Of hers, and she meant TO go
10 Esq Bottom 10 see il she could not get them again
She s,aid there till Sueeter came back again. When
told that he was in the house, she laid down her work
and went back her part. Soon atter heard noise
like pounding running, and went TO the front door
there met Mrs Sreeter and James holding her BY the
arm. She had one hand pressed TO her throat cried
murder and led her away from the door, and sat her
down on the grass. She could not speak. l went TO
MIR Smiths the nearest reighhor, and told them Mrs.
Streeter was murdered. When came back, Streeer
was sitting by his wfes side with his own throat CUT
/ said eSueeer, what have you donel You have cut
vour own throat and your wes, and here you sit wal.
Iou,pu in each others blood" Streeter replied there
I die.D NY children screaming, and went TO
nuiet them. When | back Mrs s. laid on the
Ground where left her, and Streeter lying the
wood she'd Otber people having come, returned to
my house,
Roual S,nah-Resdes in Southbrdge-Have known
S,ree,er Al out seven wears. He married in July or
Auoust AT He came TO me September '48 for a
tenement but hired one Of Mr.. Dhaber. told him [
had heard that they had difficulty, and did wish
have any disturbance in the house, that he in the
habit OF hunting, &c, the bhah, and If were
he would keep an orderly house should have objecn
ton 10 letting him in. He said there had been dtcu
between them but he meant TO have no more, and be ln>
tended to leave off Sunday huatng, &c did not let
the house TO him. When word came TO me that STee>
er had cut his wife's taroat, went down theie The
distance about 100 rods Mis-. Streeer laid upon the
u,ound raised her head and the muscles moved
front door and saw him standing at the further end of
tbe entry with a razor in his hand. said "What is
going on heIe?, SIeeter tuned and passed quickly
into the kitchen and thence into tie bed follow.
ed him and as entered the bed room, Sireeter gave
stroke across his throat with tie which then drop.
ned from his hand, and he fell upon the floor
AFTERNOON. Royal Smith Continued-Afer Street
erfell. Dr. Thayer come 10 examine hm and had him
carried 10 the door.
Cross Eramined--Never had any difficulty with
Sreeter steanrs reporledIh IhatSueeer and his wife v-
ed unhappy together. know nothing oft personally.
E6eneser Edmunds-Has known SHeeter or
years Went the house about O'Clock on the day Of
the murder on hearing the alarm. MIS- s. laid upon the
ground apparently dead Saw the wound. Saw Street.
er pass from the entry into The front room then shut
fae outside door, AT first Mr. Smith went into the
house went in and saw Sneeter. He run against the
wall and struck his head hard as TO make inden-
tation in the plastefag, and fell backward upon the
soor. He attempted run, but we kept him there till
the Doct ,r came He could not speak. He was good
deal bloody Saw the bedroom up stairs the next day
The aoor was bloody, and blood was spatered upon
the plssiesing.
Cross E.ramined--When Slreeter went against wall,
both hands were raised so that hey well as his head
s,yuek The wall The indenation is or IL feet
from the floor.
Or, Charles H. Fay-Was called to Sireeters about J