Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-19
A Wife -Whipper Mobbed by Women

A Wife-Whipper MObbed by Women
Last evening one Mr.. Downer prefer
red.a charge of assault, with intent to
kill, against number of his. ,neighbors
Dnwner was a sorry looking object--his
looks giving the truth to the assertion
that.he had suffered some hard usage.
His clothes were torn and thoroughly
soakediwilh water, his face was scratched,
and he held in his hands bundles Of his
hair and whiskers, which he said had been
pulled out.
He was sitting in his house down on
the bench quietly, doing nothing at all to
break the peace, when who should come
+ in but all the women, that lived about
there, and brfore he said word they as
sailed HIM with clubs, sticks, guns and
brick bats, aud beat him to q jelly. He
knew all the women, and he wanted them
arrested and punished.
A we'll known citizen came in and told
the story in q manner which did not add
much to the credit Of Downer.
The gentleman had been on the beach
for an evening prom enade, when his at
tention was attracted by loud cries, which
came from knot of shanties some dis
-tance away. Upon going to them, he
found that Downerswas indulging in his
usual amusement whipping his wife
and the woman, suffering from the blows,
was uttering most heart-rending cries.
Fhe gentleman, weA aware OF the danger
OF interfering between husband and wife
when quarrelng, nevertheless was about
to interfere, when his attention was at.
:tracted to the actions of a woman, who
looked as though she had the strength Of
a young Samson in her limbs She ran
from shanty to shanty, calling out the
women, who promptly responded, and it
did not seem to be more than ten seconds
before q. dozen we're assembled, each
armed with mop, broom, fre-shovel
ur u pals; .rof tengs. The band marched
directly to the house from whence came
the cries, and, without the ceremony of
knocking, entered. The gentleman fol-
lowed, deeply interested. There was
sound of voices, as if somebody were
ordering somebody else cut of his house,
in very coarse language, sadly mixed up
with oaths. Then there was general
onslaught upon the. wife whipper. Mops
that had been soaked in dirty water
swabbed his f,ce; blows from brooms
came thick and fast upon his head. The
i,stonished wife-whipper dropped the sub.
jeet Of his blows, and looked to his own
safety. He struck al one of the women
with his fist, and TINS broughtup the rear
guard of tire-shovels and tengs. On his
mead come tae blows, thick and fast. He
yrappled with one Of the women. Tie
rest Immediately dropped their weapons
and grapped with him. Strong they
were, their union perfect, and their cause
just. rnry fairly scratched Downer
upu 'he d'o-, and scratched him up
again. they lett the lmprints of their
~ IL upri III. face and hands and neck.
'fhey pulled out his hair. Resist he tried
to, but be was.a ehild Ill the hands of the
,troug- women, and he soon found
itoul. Cowed, beaten, demolished, he
beloved like mad bull, and begged that
they would not kill him.
y pariey toIlowrd-a truce they cali it in
war times. The PROSTATE, thoroughly cow
ed individual was told that his abuse of his
wlfe-a poor, sickly woman-had grown
To be a nuisance, which could no longer
be. submitted to- They. had complained
of him, but his wife refused to appear
against him, and he went mpunished. If
he-would promise never to strike his
wife, again, they would let him go; if moi,
they Would punish him until there was
not a breath Of life left in his body.
Downer WIS ready for anything he
WAS already the worst whipped man to
be found. He promised, promised faith
fully as man could promise, but they
brought cross and made him swear.
~ rsoeI!ed at this, but the upraised
nnps, and b-ooins, aud saoves, and the
clan>lng II a par Of tongs, brought him
10 his seilses, and never did man take an
oath more arnestLy.-Milwaukie Wis.
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