The Express. — 1859-03-29 (London, England)

WIFE MURDERED IN THE ITEEET, AIID SUICIDE OF TM LI JIMMIED.  For some years the town of West Bromwich has net bees in a sta.° of each intense excitement as existed at a late hoar on Ft iday night teat, on its becoming known that a yoacollier named John Corbett had cat his wife., throat Reform-street,in and directly attar Indicted two such deep on his own throat that it was thought he could not Irrthee many hours. The circumstances under which this double murder, sett may well be called, occurred, eland thus. Few a period of five years the unhappy pair lived toge r is Wahell-strea. and there is no question that, although they had two fine little boys, the issue of the marriage, yetjealoosy on both side' prevailed, end mutual treasonous and suspicions led to frequent quarrels, and sometimes to blow,. Two week• ago they separsted, Mrs. Corbett and the children going to the house of her father, John Bhd, el Reform-street, and her husband taking lodgings in Gad's-lane, near the Shoulder of Mutton paella house. It would 6t4,21, from circumstances, that the ion himself desired to make matters up ; at all evade, the murdered woman went to him at hie lodgings on Sunday lest, and pared the night in bie company. Since the period of the separation Mrs. Corbett worked at "nailing" with her sister, Sarah Bird, in a chop at the back of the Hen end Chickens boathouse, kept by Mn. Lydia Biddlestone. Corbett himself was employed at the Messrs. Dawee's new pit near Bromford Works. Here be was at his labour as usual until half-put ax on the night of the fetal occurream. We have no particular account of bias further until about eight o'clock the earns evening. when he was aeon in Reformstreet, proceeding in the direction of the nailing shop where his wile worked. If he bad been drinking at all in the internal, we are assured that at this hour, although in a state of some excitement, be was quite sober. However, some person heard him remark, "These will be murder done this night." At twenty minutes pat eight, Lie wife, accordpealed by her sister, left the workshop. They bad not proceeded many jade ;up Reform-street, on their road to their father's, when Corbett, who had WC himself behind • low well just opposite the Hen and Chickens, 'prang out into the road, and in en instant, fatly cuhits .ileftoneremaidreourii. d ble her ther, ife's ind oat, with a icted a clasp knife which he hell in hie right hand. The poor. creature screamed " Murder," but ins'antly seizing her again in the rams manner, Corbett male a fearfulgash with the knife on the other side of her throat, a third in the direction of her bosom, and instantly ran oft A woman named Weaver, miming up at the moment, by her aid and that of her sister, Corbett wee led, or rather carried, bleeding profusely as far as He. Grainger's the Globe Tavern. This le withla • law yards of her fathaos house, end being taken there, the paw creative died from loss e,f blood and exhaustion, at a cleaner to nine, has than half-an-hour after her throat wee cut el above described. Misers. Hut.. Colwell, and Manley, eurgeons, were sent for by Major McKnight, who wee son on the spv, and these gentlemen promptly attended, but they arrived only in time to beer from the Poor sutferer the deep long-drawn sigh, which closed her life. The slater of deceased says that the tragic scene shooltnessed was enacted without the murderer *peaking a w but Mrs. Weaver states that Corbett, asking his wife, "Will you come and live with cue?" and receiving the word "No" in answer, said, "Then yon shall live with no one else," and then did the murder. We have said that Corbett ran up Reform-street with the bloody knife 'till in hie bend, es seen by his own aster, Mre. Harris, whoa garden looks into this street. Arrived at the top of Bull-street, the wretched man pointed the fetal weapon at bit own throat, and by a desperate cut eapa. rated his windpipe, and fell, bleeding end *enrolees, to the ground. Major M'Knieht, accompanied by lumen Holland and Peliosexasetablee Bunn end More came to ass spot where Corbett lay wii h the knife 'till in Leo band ; and whilst the officers remained with Ibe poor wretch, who was taken to Mr. Broom's beer-house ekes by, the medical geat'emen refereed to also arrived. The wounds which the murderer hid indicted upon himself were sewn up; and although Mr. Kum and Mr. Codeine entitled that be might be removed to his brother-in-law's (John Herrin), Walsall-street, which wee done in ;he course of Saturday to ening, yet they consider hie te,overy impossible. Corbett was about 27 years of age sad Lie *its three year. younger, and the teens of wretchedness presented at the houses of the parents of the silo and at that of the husbentre sinter was most distressing, enhanced as It was by the preseoce of the two title boys referred to, one three and the other 84 year. of age, now without a mother. There lea oellaterel circulate's** In immediate connexion with this tragedy which we publish, as the name of the party implicated wee voluntarily and freely nommunicaeed to es. Corbett, as pnviously stated, worked le a pit at Branford, and the doggy of the pit head by Corbett himeelf, when he left his work, to bare reputedly, daring the day of the murder, jeered him before the men in the pit le ith reference to his wife's leaving him. He was unmuly end tree enough to avow that be hid been Improperly into. mete with her during the week, and made other stet-meaty which were well calculated to nun the deepest feeling. of anger aid revenge in • husband want • woman who could thus act.—Birmingham Deily Poet.  THE SPANIsII "