The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-16

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The MslisOn (Wis) lOutsal. Of ihe let
inst, contains an account OF q mosl hsndish
piece Of cruelty ptibetrttfd tawurbs a wo-
maj, In that vicinftS, and whose dead and
mhngled remains were just discovered in
Lake Monoua. The body was that OF an
American woman Imed Mrs. Mauley, but
lately a resident 9f a Shanly 10 That weigh,
borhood. II is supposed thai she was mur-
dered by her husband = wAe-h -had-=elsea- ct.
, tempted il By beating kicking and stamping
upon her, He has since aesls 10 parts ,ui-
known. A yovrg Tud gives The paper doDre
alluded to, some particulars of-his hofribte
treatment Of her, us-follOws: ( g,!3eiT s,d
Having heard Mapley threaten to kill bis
wife; our Informant preceded him to his
house, in order to warn the woman Of what
was in store for her. He found her seated
on the fosF, clothed in rags, snd with afaee
and person which showed evidences Of re-,
cent brutality, reading from snail Bible.
She received her visitor courteously, livery
much as lady," as he expressed It, and
thanked him iorhis kindness, but told him
she was q miserable, heart,broken wretch,
aud she only Loped to die sooni" She said
TINT for Two or three years past she had
suffered all that hell could compass, In
mind, person and soul that she had been
forced, time and again. esen to duubt II
7 there was a Godl--but that SO long as she
still possessed the Bible she then held-the
last lin Of her dead mother-.sh could not
! be entirely host; but that her husband had
tried often to take it from her, in order to-
pawn it for rum; but she had managed to
hide il from him SO far" s... Il. +, p
! While they were talking, Mauley came
! in. In the confusion Of his sudden appear
auce, Mira. M. had forgotten to secrete the
book. As soon as the ruffian saw it,, he at.
tempted to snatch it from her, txclaining
with an oath, too horrible for US TO pen. that
he had ''the d-d bitch tight this riIne!"
Mrs. NJ. put her book in her bosom, beg.
ging him, on her knees, "forl the love of
Heaven, for, the sake Of her soul, and b. the
memory Of his own deed mother" to let her
retain II. He had taken every Thing else, he
IN ght do as he pleased with her and hers
only let her keep that Bible. 7g a.wj
| During the extraordinary scene. the visi.
tor had been too Stupefied with amnzemelit
to interfere. He says "if an ange! were to
be catehcd praying he wouldn't hold a Gun,
die to the wny that woman pleaded" He
now stepped forward to interfere between
the two, when. before he could make an cf-
fort to prevent him. Muliley raised his foot,
covered with heavy double sou!ed cowhide
boot, and kicked the poor woman full in the
mouth, as she was on her knees before him!
Without even groan she fell ove- buck
wards, and Mau'ey jumped upon her, s'rik-
ing his heels with all his force full Npon her
breast! The lad then cauah. a stick Of wood
from the floor and knocked the ruff IN down.
He sprinkled water in the face Of the wo.
man nhd brought her to, after an hour of
hard labor, during which NJ uley got up and
went out, swearing vengeance upon him. -
In returning to consciousness, the woman
vumitcd great clots Of blood and "takcd
queer" before she opened her eyes. After
getting her comparatively EASY, and laying
her upon bundle Of straw aud rags, which
formed her bed, in one corner Of the room,
he secured her Bible. told her where he hid
II, and went away, being very Much afraid
tGat Maulrs weuld stake tho law Of him"
for knocking him down, or else return and
beat him; and he did NOT dare to visit the
woman again, more csprcifliy US the neigh
borS advised him to keep cleur of them. 9 I
It Is supposed that subst quent to this, he
had murdered her outright aud fed; hut
whether he murdered her by his direct act
or not, it is very evident tlIrt his treatment
Of her--whth is spite equal TO unyihiRg to
be found in the annals OF wife beating Sag
nndOm-was snlicientto cDnse d,aiA. We
trust that The officers Of Madison will succ. cd
in ARE sting tie murderer.