THE NEWCASTLE TRAGEDY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 145, 16 July 1909, Page 2

THE NEWCASTLE TRAGEDY.

EVIDENCE AT TilE INQUEST. MRS. STREIT CHARGED WITH MURDER. Received July 10, 12.30 a.m. Sydney, Last Niglit. Letters written by Mrs. Streit to Mrs. Healy were read at the inquest, wherein she stated that she loved deceased and wus jealous of another woman with whom he was 011 friendly terms, adding that she had told Healy that her heart was broken and she intended to kill herself. He asked her to let win die with her. The last letter was written on thp day of the tragedy and stated: "This woman is to blame for all. The deaths of myself and Healy nvill lie at her door." Mrs. Streit was present in custody on a charge of murdering Ilealy, [The police entered a house at VViolcham, a Newcastle suburb, last Friday, and found the dead body of a man I.amed Healy, while a woman named Streit was lying beside him. As a constable entered, tile woman placed a rev./h i'i' I '■ her car, but it missed iiro. She liul taken clilorodyne, but not in a u.uigerous quantity. The police had received a letter that both of them intended to die together. Streit stated that the man shot himself. She had not the courage to do the same. The cable stated that Healy was a married man, with five children. Streit is also married, and is living apart from her husband, who is believed to be in New Zealand.]