Litchfield enquirer., 1872-11-21
Morris, Mrs. F. being then ence;ente.

HAolAAS, 1uIs. F. D0Ing then e5lcei6ltc.
 aIhe next day after wezwent there testlties Mrs. Frisbie, ssI went to the barn with him. Walter wanted to 70 with us. Ills father told Linn he cofi1d not, but must stay in the house. He cried and wanted to go. Levi told him if he didn't 1 stop crying he would tend to him when he got back. He was crying when we goi pack, and Lew commenced kicking him ne was two years and seven months old. l thought he would never stop kicking him, stepped between them, and set Wal ter Tn 8 chair. He then began kicking me. Said he would learn me better than to interfere with his government"
 About the middle of that month he kicked her again several times, and, on the 28th, Mrs. Frisbie testifes to the following occurrence: @s.a@sss
 After this, on Sunday, the 28th, he wanted me to bring up pail full of but ter and tack on the lid. asked him what he wanted to do with 1t that day. l He said it did not make any difference what he was going to do with 1t. All he wanted of me was to do as he told me. l said could not bring 1t up; that if he would bring it up would tack the lid on He said If l was too lazy to bring it up, he could, he guessed. He then brought up the tub. As was lacking the lid on, one side was warped, and I was afraid to pound hard. He told me to strike as if I meant to do something: not to be all day doing nothing. l struck harder and broke piece of the lid. He commenced kicking me and said Damn you! I'll kill youp He kicked me five or six times. After he got through told him 1t was the last time he should kick me, for I should go home."
 And home she went, seven miles to her fathers, on foot. The next day Frisbie came for her, but she would not return. Then he came with his parents. There was a family conclave atwhich he acknowledged his abuse, as all parties testify, much as she states it, alleging. some proyocation, however. He asked her forgiveness, and she was finally urged into giving him an- other trial On her return she found him very sulky, as disagreeable as ever, though not quite so demonstrative in his abuse. Before, during, and after her confinement early in November, his treatment of her was so brutal that she determined to leave him and so informed him. At first he told her to go forthwith, but she refused because the baby was sick. ''He said it didn't make any difference; baby sick or not, should go. told him should not go then" He boasted that he had so fixed his property that though she might get a divorce, she could not get any ai- mony, remarking, ''You will find out that the Frisbies are smart enough for you and your d-d babe" When she was ready to go, few days afterwards, he an- noyed her all he could with objections, but finally took her home, and she refused to return with him. .-..--
 The respondent, on his examination, de- nied some of thebeatings and kickings sworn to by his wife, and preyaricated about others, particularly with regard to striking her in bed three days after the birth of her first child. He admitted at the family meet ing, as all present testified, that he struck her on that occasion, but Tn court he swore that he only struck the pillow by her head. He claimed that she broke the kettle pur- posely and admitted kicking her for it. He denied that she was sick for several days afterwards as she testified. He tells the story about locking her out the fol- lowing Wednesday, as follows: H
 ''I was out doing chores; came in. She was up as usual I asked her if she was not going to get me breakfast. She said, No I asked why? She gave no an- swer, and shut her mouth in that provok- ing, spunky way she's got. I said, What does this mean? I put clothes on your back and food in your mouth, and you re- fuse to cook without giving a reason? If you don't I shall fasten you ont of the door. I put her out and fastened the door" SsssR 't "~- t.h .
 He admitted kicking her twice or three times in the butter tub affair. Frisbie's mother threatened to whip her daughter in-law, as that lady, her father and moth CT all testified, if she refused to dress a shad (She and her husband swore that she only threatened to turn her out of the house). After the final separation Mrs. Frisbie was repeatedly denied the privi- lege of seeing her little boy; never having been allowed to do so except in single instance. [. 1
 The respondent is the only son of Mr., Henry Frisbie, who represented this town in the legislature in 1870, both respond ent and petitioner being children of we'll to-do farmers, above the average in posi- tion, property, and intelligence. 14
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