The New York herald., 1878-08-16
A. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.


JEALOUSY INDUCES A MASSACHUSETTS Hus-
BAND 40 BRAIN HIS SLEEPING WIFE AND
KILL HIMsELF.
lBY TELtoRAPH TO THE HERALD
Bosrox, Mass, August IL, 1878.
The village OF Wyoming. about ten miles out Of
Boston, terribly excited this morning by the dis
eovsry OF Of the most bloody tragedies that has
taken place IN Aiddlesex county for numbor OF
years The principals and victims at the same
time were Peletiah r. Waite aud his wife,
the former OF whom Was the murderer ana
ssli.destroysr He killed his wife and then delibcr-
atsly committed suicide. Waite was sixty years OF
aao and his wiie forty.nvs. They had been in tho
habit OF quarrelling Tor time, and this
known TO the neghbora The cause OF their troubles
was Jealousy. The old man was found sitting on the
edge Of the bed, partially dressed, with two bullet
wounds In mis- head, one each temple. The pistol
which was tightly clenched In bis hand, was IN
ordinary revolver carrying atwenty-two cartridge
Tho wife was lying in the bed with her head horribly
crushed, and tho bed and surroundings presented a
sicKening sight, being dreuchsd in blood. The deed
was done at night, evidently before the old had
rstrod and after his wifo asleep she clad
In her night dress An iron bar was the implement
used 70 KIN her, while the husband reserved the revol
yer for himself st.4 wflh ass !A.ft ~
FAMILY HISTORY. ~
The couple have lived unhAppily together for yoars
and tue horrible decd was uadoubtedly the outcome
OF family quarrel The coupls have eight
They had besn married about fifteen years aud have
had in all about fourteen children Both have been
Four arc the result 81 this uaion, one one
some years m ago IN Boston ana failed, and rsasrroa
the properly 70 mis- wife,. and there has beon some
psr.ossg. but wa: bora in Portland JJ:usSssS JeossS
Is the, supreme cause Of ths affair. He
thought sh: paid 100 much attention to
Boston Rock yesterday and when they returned .hor
mother was asleep The chiidren retired. The iathcr
soon came and went 10 MIS- room. soon alter the
children heard groaus and pistol shots, but psid
a.tention TO II. ~ they thoushs thsie iaIhsr
WHAT rHK DAYLIGHT SHOWED
This morning when they awoks they discovered tue
dead boass OF Their parents and one Of them ran out
cumstances show ,ha, she VAS asleep when he came
In. took bar three ioss long three iuches
square and killed her. She was lying on her right
SIDE win her right hand under her. The
blav was a terrific one. smashing IN the entire
be shot himself first in the stomach, ,hen tho right
ear and then he changed The pistol TO hts lett hand
aoross her on me bed Ho was satstender on Tho Bos.
ton and Maine Railroad at Greenwood, and has bsen
there year or more. .s-
The HERALD correspondent paid visit 10 the sceno
Of the murder this afternoon. The house is mser-
marks OF poverty aud neglect The bed which tho
bodies were discovered was In q room The
roof OF which sopod down. The marks OF
the iron bar with Witch Waite murdered his
sleeping wife were visible the slanting
ceiling Blood marks were visible in oil parts OF
tbs room, the light spattcr and the heavy coi being
equally common When The doctor arrived he found
Waito's body almost erect oa the edgo OF the bed
with three streams Of blood flowing roely and orni
Ing as many pools on the carpet The body
was almost warm, while Mrs. wats's body
WAS rigid and cold In death, Indicating that the
murder committed carly III tho night, and that
tno murderer, tortured all night with the irrepres
stble feeiiDgs OF crime and tue pr0mptings OF
science, had, toward the dawn VI day. made up his
mind to end his own existence The medical
amner, who holds tho inquest omorrow said to your
correspondent that he nover witsessed such sick.
ening sight as WAS presented IN that room.
THE PARTIES
Wao was over sixty years OF age, OF slight build,
tall and straight He w0ro q board, and nos
pleasant looking IL Is said he Was OF selfish dispo-
Sition. Mrs Waite was ralher good looking, OF a
quick temper and had bright, flashing eye
and coarse features. He once had properly. They
have lived unhappily and quarre.d Tor tho past
years. Her namo before her marriage TO him WAS
Eliza Fuller. he was born In Maiden the old Waite
estate Over thousand people have visited the
OF the tragedy this afternoon. An inquest wiii be
held tO-mO