The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-25
MATRIMONIAL CRIMES.

MATRIMONIAL CRIMES.
We group together from our exchanges of the
last week two the following exhibit of thecrim
which appear to have sprung directly out of the
marriage relation. Upon this truly lamentable
picture of morals we leave the reader to make his
own comments:
A WIFE MURDER IN CONNECTICUT.-JOhn p. War
rem, arrested at Wilmington, Connecticut, for the
murder of his young wife, by strangling her in
stream while they were bathing, has confessed The
awful crime. He says that they went into the wa
ter to battle, which accounts for her being found
nearly naked. He pushed her and held her
down till she drowned. He left the body in the
brook until the next day, when finding that it float
ed, he removed it short distance into the brush,
whence, on the next Monday, June G, he removed
it to the place where it found, just within the
town of Ellington. There he visited it number of
times. His wife about fifteen years Of age when
married, and he seventeen. He had been imprOp
erly intimate with her sister and she had him
rested, with view of forcing him to have her. The
unfortunate woman was under medium size, with
full bust, rosy cheeks dark brown hair, blue eyes,
and withal quite pretty.
SUICIDE OF FRAL AND FAITHLEss WIFE.-Mrs.
Mary Doriug, formerly residing with her husband
at No. 271a Chrystie street. died Wednesday at
the New York Hospital from the effects of guam
t:ty of oil of vitriol which the'took on the 18th
inst, for the purpose of selfdestruction. Inideity
to her husband and remorse of conscience are stated
to have induced the act of suicide. Two years ago
she abandoned him for lover, with whom she liv-
ed for few weeks and then returned to her hus-
band, who forgaye and received her. A year after
ward she again eloped with another lover, with
whom she lived for several months and then was
abandoned. Again she returned to her husband,
and again she was forgiven. They lived together
happily after that until about month ago. when
She for the third time eloped, and after absence
of two weeks once more came back, expecting to
be welcomed as before, but this time she 'ailed to
effect reconciliation with her injured husband,
who refused to have anything further to do with
her. After much entreaty, finding that she could
not move him, and learning that he had taken the
necessary steps to obtain divorce, she took the
law into her own hands, and ended her miserable
earthly career. An inquest was held upon her
body, and a verdict of ''suicide" rendered.
ANOTHER SIcKLEs TRAGEDY.-We learn this morn
ing, says the Wilmington, IN CO. Herald of Wed
nesday, that Mr.. Jere Collins, Saturday last a
Caintuck, in this county, shot and killed free
gro named David Jones' Cause of the killing as
we have been informed, was alleged improper init
macy of Jones with the wife of Colins Collins shct
him four times and then left him, but thinking he
had not killed him returned and shot his victim five
times more to finish him.
SAD TRAGEDY-A MOTHER DRowNs HERSELF AND
CHILD.-On Thursday last Coroner Candle, of
Queens county, held an inquest upon the bodies of
a woman named Jane Wintern and her little daugh-
ter, aged two years, who were found drowned in
creek, near the residence of Thomas Wakefield, at
Jamaica South. 1t appears that some two years
since Mrs. Wintern's husband left her for some
reason and went to the West Soon after the birth
of her child she followed him. but after return
ed without him. and took up her residence with the
family of Mr.. Wakefield. On Wednesday she was
observed to be more than usually melancholy, and
late at night was observed by Mrs Waket Id to go
out of the house. and after walking short distance
return. She left the house in this manner several
times during the night, and finally retired to her
room. Thursday she went in the morning, taking
her little daughter with her, as if for walk. Not
returning at noon, search was made for her, when,
on the bank of creek near the house, her hat and
shawl, and few steps further her ifeIess body and
creek, face down wards she having the child clasp
ed in her arms
SHooTING HIS DAUGHTER ANI WIFE.-An atrocious
murder was committed, at about eight O'Clock
night before last fourteen miles from this city.
man named Fulton, farmer residing in that vicin-
ity killed his little daughter, three years old, with
gun aimed at his wife, whom be intended to
der. The main facts are as follow: Night before
companied by a man named Mayhew, alteration
arose between Fulton and his wife, provoked by
her refusal to come to town with him and his COM
panion the next morning. Her excuse was, that
she would not be seen in the company of such per-
sons, both being intoxicated. The quarrel was
continued for some length of time, when Fulton
claimed that he would fix her, got up from the ia
BILE and went for his gun. Returning with it, he
pointed it at her and pulled the trigger Immedi-
ately at the moment of his taking aim she lodged
back and tae charge of shot passed bv her striking
little girl, who sat next to her. in the head tear
ing off the upper portion of her skull and scatter
ing her brains in all directions. The iend then
dubbed the gun and commenced to beat his wife