The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-19
HORRIBLE MURDER.
A COlOred Woman EVmahawked
by Her Husband.
Hs Brains y Her With e -HPtShet,'
The Murderer Escapes.

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street, above Union. The House was &C.
cuplcd by q colored man, Taylor strauder,
Anna Strauder, bis wife, and Fanny
Green, her daughter by a former husband,
A, LITTLE Bill mine years old, The tesu-
riohy Ielieited, and printed below, shows
the tragedy to have occurred in this way
strauder and his wife had risen from bed
Mra 'stSuder was sitting in q rocking,
chair In her night clothes. Strauder was
sitting partly dressed on q, lounge behind
her; and the little girl was yet in bed,
Strauder asked his wife where his shoes
were. She replied that they were where
he had left them the previous night.
Thereupon, without, further ceremony,
strauder reached and picked up Ratchet
lying on the floor and dealt his vile two
blows with tho poll Of 1t, one on the
temple, crushing II in, and another be-
hind the ear She lsppears to have BEEN
killed instantly, at least to have died with
out struggle, as she was still sitting in the
chair when found. While the awful trag-
edy was in progress the little girl became
alarmed and esSayedt TO get out of bed,
strauder commanded her toilie still and
make no noise, on pain of death. She
obeyed and Strauder left the house; but
she not knowing but that he might re-
turn and execute his threat, did not stir
from bed.
The murder was discovered by Mrs.
Lucinda Thomas, q sister Of Mrs. Stral-
der, who went to the house between six
and seven o'clock. She found her sister
sitting in the chair, her head hanging
down covered with blood, quite dead, but
the body still limp and warm. She ran at
once TO the house of Justice Gillespy and
communicated what she had seen. Squire
Glllespy went directly to the house and
found the dead woman as stated and thelit-
tie girl still in bed and greatly fright
ened. He communicated with the police,
and summoned the following citizens as
a jury to sit upon the remains: D. ].
Stone, P. E. zinn, Stephen Ripley, God.
frey Price, Felix Dold, Thomas Colyin,
Daniel Arndt, John A. Morrison, John II.
Ball, James N. Baird, Daniel schambra
and ]. g. GiIlespy.. :, 90 ~. ''.'g5 g
AT nine o'clock the jury met and took
the testimony Of Mts. Thomas, the little
girl, and OF Dr.. r. II. Cummins, who ex.
amined the body. The, following is the
substance Of the evidence ELECTED:
Lucinda THOMAS sSorn-Ssys about
o'clock A NJ. came. To my sisters 1.-THE
deeeased) house TO leave my children and
found her sitting upon the chair with 8
cut on her head. I think she was dead
then. There was blood on the floor and
she was still bleeding. ran out Of the
house aud went as fast as l could to Squire
Gillespy's house, and told him that Tay.
lar Strauder had done killed my sister
Annie over at the house. He (the Squire
told.ne to gosspd tell Mr.. Junkins, and ]
went after Mr.. Junkins; Usually came
to my sisters house every morning at, OF
before, 2 o'clock; i last saw her alive yes.
terday evening at quarter past six clock
l have heard Taylor strauder say that be
would kill her; he beat her and threaten
ed to kill her about six months ago, and
she had him arrested for 1t, and he has
continued TO quarrel with her ever since
that time; WANTED her to leave him, but
she was afraid he would kill her il she
did, and was afraid he, would kill her il
she lived with him, SO she told mo her
sslf; but j have heard him myself threat,
en- to kill her; II was about six months
ago, and before he was arrested then.
Esquire Gillespy here stated q, the urJ
that when he was informed OF the fact, ht
went Immediately to the house and found
the deceased sitting upon the rocking
chair, with her body leaning over on Thu
right side and the head down; and jusl
under the head, on the floor, was thii
pool of blood;and he Ituund her warm
and supposing her not dead he lifted hel
out OF thea chair and Just laid her down
on the floor, and then found e9shea WA
dead. which accounts for the body being
on the floor, and not on the chair as tht
last witness states; and when he got there
It was about o'clock in the morning.
fannie LGresn, "a child Of nine years
Sworh.-Says the dead woman Is my
mother; my name is Fannie Green; my
mpthet's name Is Annie, Strauder;; Taylor
Strander ldlledmy mother with hatch
e. he struck her two times on the heat
with IL; my mother. was, sitting on ,rthI
rocking chair; Taylor Srauder was sit
ting on the lounge Just back Of her ant
l was lying on the, lounge; Z he asked
mother where his shoes were. she said
they were where he had left them las
night, and he picked up the hatchet Rnt
struck herr (The Ratchet, which wa
bloody was here shown to the witness ant
identified BY, her as, the one tsedl II was
lying on the hearth; 1t il always KEEP
down stairs, and used for chopping wood
don't know how itcatne TO be up there;
mother did not scream nor halloo, moi
neither did l, for,as ] was going to he told
me to not do It, for i'll made any noise
or get out Of bed he would kill me too
and did not scream but was afraid, and
laid down; he, then went out; they were
quarrellingl last night and he 70 struck
her; / don't know when mother got up
but when I first saw her this morning, she
was sitting in the rocking chair. a;i =
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