The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-19
A Negro Kills His Wife win
n Hatchef.
A SIcKENlNC SIC
Escape of the Murderer
The Inquest and Testimony

as follows:
About a year ag) very fright and
rather good looking mulaito woman,
about &c years Of age, widow, with
one child, we believe. named Annie
Green, was married to a mrlatto man,
named Taylor Strauder. Strauder is a
carpenter by trade, and las worked Tor
VIM. Exley, and other master carPen-
tiers OF this city. IL has lstterly
worked for Mr.. Gilchristin the country.
From the day OF their marriage they
have quarrelel. lie was terribly jeaI-
ons OF her. and was eternall Y accusing
her 0! infdelity, actual OF intended,
until the woman had not moments
peace. He has told her many times
that If she left him she should never
live with anv one else, for he would kill
her. Though often advised to by Aer
relatives and friends she was afraid to
leave him, fearing that he would carry
out his threats against Ter life. So
violent did he become that some three
or four months ago she had him arrested
and held to keep the peace.
Night before last they had a terrible
onarrel, and Fannie Green, child
about nine years old, daughter Ct the
murdered woman, says that Strauder
whipped her terribly. According to
the child's description Ct the fight. it
must have lasted for an hour or t"o.
1t originated in the woman's desire TO
take her child to bed with her. Strau-
der said she thought more of the child
than she lid OF him, and from that
went on TO accus' n her Of thinking
more Of other men than Of him.
Yesterday morning, Just before six
O clock, as well az We can Gr tho 80. .-,c
Mr.. Strauder arose, partly dressed her
ss,f and went out into til. YARD. lhis
vas the last time she was seen awe by
auv one except Strauder or her child
She came back into the house AMI sa'
down on a rocking chair and commenced
putting on her shoes. Strauder Ivy ms
time got mp ami wanted to N~c 49," "Ae'e
his shoes were She replied, 81 suppose
they are where on put them last night.
Hardly were the worls uttered before
he Crasp,d an Old Ratchet that was
standing at the corner Of the fireplace
and struck her a blow on the left tenn :
pie, with the head OF the Ratchet, that
crushed her skull in and produced death
in short time. Determined 10 do his
horrid work certainly. he struck her
another blow ju>, behind the left ear.
The unfortunate woman fell towards
the right arm Of the rocking chair, on
which her right hand rested, with
her head falling over her arm, 50
that great stream Of blood rushing
from the wound in her temple ran down
over her eyes and nose 10 the floor
The little girl, Fanny Green, was lying
on a lounge that stood near the fire
place, and on which Strouder sat when
he asked for his shoes. She was
awakened ~ hc sat down, and with
staring eyes and frozen blood, saw her
mother murdered within two feet Of
her. AZ the murderouS Ratchet fell on
her mother head the second time, she
attempted 10 scream, but he turned on
her with a savage oath, and warned her
that il she made a particle of noise and
did not at once cover her head up in the
tedclothes he would kill her, too.
Terrified and filled with horror, the
child obeyed, nor did she remove the
clothing OF the bed from her head until
the neighbors had heard the terrible
story and had come in to stare at the
murdered woman Strauder then left
and nothing has been heard of him
since.
About hall past six in the morning,
Mrs. Lucinda Thompson, sister Of
Annie Strauicr, went 10 Strauder 5
house to leave her children in her
sisters care while she went ont to work
as hal been her custom. The first
thing that met her gaze az she opened
the door was the inauimate body OF her
sister sitting in the rocking chair in the
manner described above, and the lite
blood streaming down her face and on
to the floor She at once gave the
alarm, and notified Squire Gillespy and
Officer Junkins OF the murder. Search
was at once instituted for the murderer.
Squire Gillespy went to the house
with all possible speed, reaching there
but a few moments after seven o'clock,
The blood had ceased flowing when he
got there. Finding the body still warm,
he thought that perhaps life vet re
manned, so he thought to lay the
woman on the bed and send for a phy-
stefan; but finding her dead, he laid
the body on the floor in which position
it was when we saw it. At the side OF
the rocking chair was grea: pool OF
coagulated blood, while near was the
bloody hatchet-the whole forming a
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