New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-20
. WOMAN MURDERbD IN BAXTER-ST.
BY HER HUSBAND.
-, ,Dprcr AND sTTppoSED INSANITY.

,,s ARREST AND SUPPOSED INSANITY
On Tuesday morning about O'Clock woman
named Marraret Mcdaniel who resided Ia the second
.,o,v of nremises Nc. Baxter-st, was murdered by
her husband. Edward Mcdaniel, who is charge win
cptt;nO her throat with razor in such manner thet
abe d;ed in few hours afterwsrd. From all the fscn
AT hand If is thought Mcdaniel was temporarily in
sane at the time of committing the deed
His conduct for some time past has been very
strange so much so that il has excited remarks 70 tnss
effect from his friends. He and his wife, as nov aP-
nears went 10 bed late after offering up prayer :"
their Creator, and remained quiet until the tins
named when he. as is alleged got up, and sezing his
wife by the throat with one hand inflicted the violence
with the other. She screamed, and rolling on tho
floor at the same time bled profusely, and died in
few minutes afterward. The alarm was raised, and
officer Conner Of the Sixth Ward into the house
and arrested Mcdaniel, whom be locked up In tho
Police Station. The accused bears good character.
while that Of the deceased was quite the reverse He
is shoemaker and Is said 10 be comfortably well Oh
in the world.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Wilhelm held an in
quest uron the body of the deceased. The prisoner
was present, attended by counsel, and seemed mach
depressed in spirits The first witness examined was
JOudnDh WIZ oCPo'NN '""N -
eighteen months she had been employed in tamyo OF
Mcdaniel as a servant. The priioner and his wifehad
AWAY lived happily together and he always appeared
much attached to her. Witness slept in the same
room with them, and they all retired at about IL
O'Clock on Monday night-thc prisoner and his wife
having previously knelt down by the bedside snd
said their prayers, their custom. AT : o'clock
witness was awakened by cry OF some kind and on
arising saw by the light OF a candle the prisoner IN
the act of putting his pants his wife lay upon the
floor in a pool of blood; witness slipped out OF the
room quietly, and went below and called the brother
of the prisoner; she then returned 10 the room and
found tbe deceased bleeding from wound IN h@
throat but still alive the prisoner had left witness
had never known either the prisoner or his wife 70
use intoxicating drinks, and never knew them 70
quarrel about three weeks ago he was deranged for
four DAYS and acted very strangely; he also acted
rather strangely on the evening previous to the
murder
examined and testified that the latter was afflicted
with insanity about three weeks ago and that he had
always lived very pleasantly with his wife he was IN
the habit of drinking, but never saw him intoxicated;
at IL O'Clock on Monday night he was sitting on the
front soop with his wife and seemed TO be quite happy
with her
Officer o Conner of the Sixth Ward deposed that at
q o clock on Tuesday morning while he was stand
inc at the corner of Baxter and Abraham-sts.i tue
prisoner came up to him and said, " give myself up
- to YOU: he further stated that he had been quar-
reing with his wife who had, he said, abused aud
beaten him and had finally taken up razor 10 cut MS
throat but that he took il from her and with 1t cut
her throat and that che was dead took him TO the
Station House and then went to No. Baxter-st
where found the deceased lying dead. and was
handed a razor covered with blood which had been
found in her bed.
Pat Brady, an employee of the prisoner, deposed V
seeing the accused in wild state on Monday morn
ing and the deceased spoke to him, repeating that
her husband was again becoming dcranged.
DIR. Reilly of No. Oliver.st., deposed that in
May last he attended the prisoner for delrium tre-
mems and that he recovered after three four days
treatment; that about two weeks ago he saw him
much in the same condition, and advised him to stop
drinking. TIE witness thought was the infiuence oil
liquor that made him appear deranged.
DIR. David Uhl deposed TO making post mortem
examination of the body of the deceased, and to find
ing wound in the throat three inches In length, which
she could not have inflicted herself and which was tho
cause of her death.
The Jury rendered the following verdict:
"1hat Margaret Mcdaniel came TO her death by
wound in the throat inflicted by razor in the hands
of her husband, Ed. Mcdaniel
Upon the rendition of the verdict, the prisoner was
examined by the Coroner, and stated that he was q
native of Ireland "A years of age and shoemaker
by trade He had nothing TO say in relation to the
charge preferred against him. lie was then commit
ted 10 aw ait the action OF the Grand Jury.