The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-10
SINGULAR DOMEsIC DRAMA.

land bought house and lot on Madison
street. lie was about forty.fve years old,
somewhat stern in his manners aud averse
to sociely On tho other hand, his wife,
who was young aud quito pretty, was
naturally gay and fond Of balls, parties,
letc. They had been married but few
months at the time they camo here, and
it is now supposed that tho marriage was
merccnary one on her part. Mr.. Halle
Iengaged in business and was only home
Iduring the night time and at meals, and
his wife very soon became acquainted
with all her ncighbors. Much of her
Itime was passed. in visiting aud shopping.
IThey had disagreements on single point
lshe wished to attend the thcaters fro.
lquently and to go to tho many parties to
which she was invited, while he strongly
objected to it. lie did not wish to 20
himself and would not permit her TO 90
without him. So there were tears and
reproachcs, quarrels and rcconciliations
sometimes he would yield to her and go,
but it was generally the contrary. lie
was fond Of domestic life, while She de-
tested it. Had she loved him il might
have been different.
Their quarrels on this subject became
bittcrer and bitterer, until one night last
December she went TO party contrary to
his commands. When she returned, he
told her that if it happened again he
would separate from her that her ex-
pcnditurcs for dress and jewelry had been
too great, and that 10 future she must be
content TO stay at home, as loving wife
should. He added that he had no objcc-
ton to taking her 10 the thcater or to q
party once or twice d month, but beyond
that he would not 20. She cried, OF
course, but he had become so used TO that,
having been married almost year, and
did not alter his determination.
During the last week of December,
Mrs. Halle received an invitation to at.
tend what was TO be one of the most fash.
ionablc parties Of the season. Not to at
tend would be Questionable or course,
she wished to accept it, and TO get new
dress, etc, for the occasion. Coaxingly
she spoke to her husband about it, bu.
nc at once refused to let her 60 He had
been losing money; he could not afford
it, and he was tired Of having his wife
from home. Again she cntreated, coaxed
and wcpt, and all in vain.
Angcrcd at her husband, with her self.
love aud pride wounded, and full Of long
ing to attend the party, she determined TO
20 at all hazards. The next day, when
her husband was at his business, she went
TO her dressmaker's and ordered a new
and costly dress. When her husband
came homo 10 the evening she again i'm
plored him to let her 20; he refused
She consulted with her maid, who had
long been with her, aud the result was
this:
When her husband returned home the
evening before the ball, che met him with
SMILES aud kisses, saying she had made
up her mind TO be contcn,cd at home.
At supper she gave him, as usual, his Two
cups Of tea, which he drank, complaining
of peculiar taste in ii. The tea was
tdrugged with something, aud in short
time he was sleeping About 10 o'clock
the wife and maid took from him his watch
and chain, money and rings, and cut and
tore his clothes somewhat Then they
poured some whisky down his throat, and
spilled some on his clothes. Then, hay
ing put c!oaks on and covered their heads
with shawls, they partially raised him aud
made him walk out of tho house with
them The night was dark and the streets
were deserted. Supporting him on either
side, they went three or four blocks from
| the house, and there left him lying on
tho side walk, knowing that policeman
would pass within half an hour, They
then returned home.
All happened as they expected. The
policeman found Mr.. Halle lying on the
sidewalk, and knew from his breath that
he had been drinking. As Mr. Halle
would neither answer or move, he natur-
ally supposed him to be dead drunk, and
had him expressed to tho police station.
The next morning he was brought before
the Police Court on the charge of drunk
euness. lie was still under the influence
of tho drug, and acted as if drunk, and
appeared so. He was fined three
dollars, aud as he had no money was taken
to the Bridewell. He did not fully re.
cover until the next day, aud could not
imagine how he came to be at the Bride
well. The last thing he could remember
was eating supper with his wife. He
managed to get note to his partner, and
was released toward evening.
When his wife and her maid had left
him in the street aud returned home,
they were disappointed to find that they
had not obtained all the money needed to
pay for the dress and some other articles.
Mrs. Halle saw but one way to obtain it,
and that was to sell her husbands watch
and the other things she had taken from
him. The next day they were sold by
the maid at pawnbroker's. The
dress was thus paid for, and Mrs. Halle
attended the party that evening When
asked why her husband was not present,
she answered with sigh that she feared
he was on spree" that sho had not
seen him for twenty-four hours. When
the party was over she returned home,
we'll satisfied, and locked the dress up in
her'trunk. Then she calmly waited for her
husband.
As soon as Mr.. Halle was released from
the Bridewell he went home, and there
found his wife in bed sick aud weeping.
He was met with storm Of freproaches, she
accusing him of having been drunk and
of having left her to keep company with
some vile women. She asked him, in a
meek and injured way, if he did not re-
member how he left her after supper two
nights previous, saying that he had to
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