Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-02-22
The Wife Murder in Providence.

The Providence Journal has tho
following additional particulars rclo
tive to the murder which was commit
ted in that city on Friday cvcpinc,
from which it appears that Tic traood,.
was one of peculiar atrocity:
The recent murder of Kate Whit
by her husband, John White, on Tin
pccanoc street, was one of the M.
brutal that we have for a lon, ,i,
had occasion to record as occuri.,r
this State. 4 drunken hux,aaI
finished q long course Of violent N
treatment and shocking brutality ~
a wife, whose only fault was that ,bo
endured so long and so uncomplaj.
ingly, by deliberately choking her n
death because she would not give him
money which proved really uot 10
have been in her possession at the
time.
On her body arc founl the trac ,
Of bruises received from him in prcyi.
Gus aflrays. and the fresh wounds with
which lie prc;accd the horrible grin.
which crushed the organs Of the throat
and was the immediate cause Of death.
Even in her last expressions she de.
clincd asking for his arrest. and when
Inquired of as to whether lie had been
beating her, said, mot much. The
Jury OF inquest, summoned by Coroner
Wightman, held Il prolracted session
Saturday afternoon and evening. TAX.
ING the testimony of sixteen witnesses
with great care, ard elected all the
facts connected with the tragic affair.
The fact that White is the murderer
is csiabi he'd beyond any possible
doubt. The testimony showed that
he was always abusing aud beating
his victim. and that she was very often
seen with traces Of violent blows upon
he" face, but would never confess that
they were inflicted by him, invariably
giving some other explanation.
In consequence OF the dispute about
the scvcnty-fvc dollars which White
wanted TO get away from her. She
went with her child Tuesday night to
stop at Mrs.. Mulvay'5 on Plane
street, and remained there until her
husband came and brought her away
Thursday evening. She told Mrs.
Midway when she LEFT that she did nor
"'ant 70 90, and taking her hv The
hand, said: Goodbye; You will hear
OF my death Friday moruing the
quarrel between White and his vic
about the money was rcsmtd as "
evidenced by the noise which several
OF the ncighbors heard. She told him
That the money was Oh Pine street
lie wcHtaway and did not return dr
mo he forenoon. lie obtained sou.c
liquor Oh Plane street, but ma money
a. II was il The possession Of Mrs
" bite ) mother. When Mrs. Whites
mother saw her, al , o'clock =. n
src was uninjurcd.
White came back about two O'Clock
and then occurred the aitclra,ig1
" hlch resulted fatally. Between
three and tour O'Clock there bcinppo
one in The ro2m except White and
his wife, several ncighG0rs ard PASS.
erS-by heard the noise of a >trnpo,c
and cries Of murder from Ms
White. Mrs. Mynchon, Mrs. Al.
croft, and afterwards others. ol,fainrL
Into tie room and tounJ
The woman in an apparently d>i,g
condition, shc having been sjrannIed
and her throat crushed by the clutch
u her husbands hand. White was
arrested and q complaint lodged
against him for murder.
The jury after session OF five
hours. returned q verdict that the dc.
leased came to her death by Injuries
Inflicted by her husband. John White
producing slrangulation.' White was
irralgned sunday, pleaded not guilty
ma The case was continued until tie
sd last, for examinations.