The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-19
Prse6eal Ownership of Wives.

From The Woman's Journal
We commend 10 DIR. Holland the fol- |
lowing practical applications OF his the |
Org or Hthe ownership OF wives by their |
hUsbands,'t recently made by several |
gentlemen who hold the same doctrine, |
but carry II out more consistently than |
the editor Of Scri5neg's Monthly:
Mrs. Macmillan Jacobs, living at l3
Prentiss street, Boston, scolded her hus-
band for not getting home at the proper
tiIae 10 supper on Sunday night, when
tho exaspeFated husband seized plate
and threw II at her, inflicting an ugly
wound on the head. She was taken TO
Station Ten, where her wound was
dressed by DR.. Goss.
Castigan, the husband Of the woman
recently found by the roadside in Som
err, with her throat cut, is under arrest,
or suspicion of being the murderer.
New Hampton, y. H., has case of
suspected murder. Mrs. Pattee was
found hanging in closet in her house
last Sunday morning, and now her hus-
band is suspected of having killed her
TO obtain possession of the property.
The reported suicide of Mrs. w. S.
PRttee, at New Hampton, y. H., last
week, turns out, as was suspected, to
have been, instead, a horrible murder,
her husband doing the deed. It appears
that about year ago, James Pattee,
Whose second wife had died only two
months before under suspicious circum-
stances, married his late victim, then
the widow of James Jackso She was
the owner Of some Slj,O worth OF
property, including a fine J. nm, while
he was wandering clock-re lairer of no
means and unenViable repu alton. He
pulled the wool over the owls eyes
and those OF many others, h. Yever, by
suadenly pretending TO bee ne inter-
ested IN religion and PROCESSING to be
converted at q Methodist revival meet
ing. Contentious with his wife for the
possession OF her property is supposed
20 have led 10 the murder, and last Fri
day, Psttee was captured at Compton,
WlitheF he bad fled to escape srrest.
On. his Indictment for the crime at La
coma, 0n "Wednesday, he pleaded not
gDilty.n
PORTLAND, Ne, Sept. lS.-HsTkins
the man who attempted the murder OF
his wife, has made the following state
m~nt; he SAYS he is devoted 10 his
wife aud nadly IN love with her; last
Christmas be told his wife TO take her
choiee-+eitller 10 live with him, or he
wunld XIII her yesterday afternoon he
nosssie Hp las mind to do the deed; he
went ioto The yard where she was lang
tIlg clothes; asked her il she would live
with him. and receiving = negative an
sWef' sliot hei. After making this state
i1ent ne refused TO answer any question.
HRrkibs IS twenty-siX years old, and
htE vile twenty-five. Several cartridges
were fouHd il his possession that ex-
actly fit ihe pistol with which the deed
Was committed.
North Kingston, r. l., is excited over
3 case OF supposed poisoning. 4 young
man from HOpkinton married = Young
lady of North Kingston, aged only slx-
teen, taking her 10 his mothers home.
After few weeks the bride was induced
TO withdraw certain invested funds, os-
tensibly for the purchase OF a home.
These funds were Kept secreted between
the two beds OF the couch occupied by
the parties. II is alleged that the bride
partook of some tea at breakfast, and
WIS 30 affected with dizziness that she
YVES carried to her couch, and that her
husband brought her = glass OF milk,
upon drinking q portion of which she
became unconscious. Reyiying about
two o'clock the next morning, she
found both husband and money gone.
She travelled two miles TO the house OF
her husbands brother, and from there
was taken home. Officers are after the
aosconding husband.
Mrs. Fred. =. Leland, OF East Middle
ouryi VT, committed suicide by taking
poison on Thursday night. The luicide
As attributed TO domestic trouble.
O'reat excitement prevailed i'm the
IoWh ol SaXonville, Mass, on Thursday.
Oet. :, on account of the attempt made
oy JOSIAH Bigelow, of Framington. 10
murder his wife, who is employed as a
domestic In the family of Mr. Joserb
Dana, OF SaXOnville. u"
Some two or three months sinco NJ.
Bigelow was without employment. and
his wife has supported herself Inv wori,i ,rIu
ing for Mr.. Dana. The husband and
vile continued on good terms. ana ~
constantly visited her, coming froro
Framington, where he resi,ied Of
late. however, he has been iealous Of
his wife, and this led TO the murderous
deed which he committed. Going TO
the residence of Mr.. Dana about seven
O'clock on Thursday evening, he called
hia wife TO the door, and after q brief
conversation between them he drew a
knife from his pocket and plunged il
into her neck, inflictiDg a serious, and
Il is feared mortal, wound. Bigelow