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Herald Of The Times, And Rhode Islander
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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In Southbridge, Mass., on Oct. 24, Milton W. Streeter murdered his wife Elvira by cutting her throat after she led him upstairs; she died on the doorstep. He attempted suicide but failed and was arrested. Both were young; he had a history of threats.
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MURDER.—Southbridge, Mass., Oct. 24.—A dreadful murder was committed in this town yesterday by Milton W. Streeter, upon the person of his wife, Mrs. Elvira Streeter. He had before threatened her life, and she had just instituted a complaint against him, which had resulted in his being put under bonds.—He entered his house and inquired for his shirts. He was told by his wife that these were up stairs on the top of a clothes basket: he said, however, that he could not find them, and insisted upon her coming up to look for them. She accordingly did so, and had no sooner reached the head of the stairs than she was heard to scream, and on the persons who were in the house rushing to the spot, she was found with her throat cut from ear to ear.—She came down stairs, passed out of doors, and died upon the door step. Streeter then attempted to take his own life with the same razor, but failed, and is now in custody. Both of them were young. Streeter's crime may serve to illustrate the danger of cherishing a revengeful disposition. He was in the common habit of threatening to kill people, and had that very day 'wished he had a rope around the neck' of a neighbor. He had been brought up without a religious cultivation.—N.Y. Recorder.
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Southbridge, Mass.
Event Date
Oct. 24
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mrs. elvira streeter died from throat cut; milton w. streeter attempted suicide but failed and is in custody.
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Milton W. Streeter, who had threatened his wife and was under bonds from her complaint, lured Mrs. Elvira Streeter upstairs under pretense of finding shirts, then cut her throat from ear to ear with a razor. She screamed, came downstairs, went outside, and died on the doorstep.