The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-21
A TRAGEDY IN HIGH LIFE.
rHE STORY TOLD NJ THE WfDOW or
r. w DESHLER.
Bosien nv her Husband for Drinking Wine
knocked Down aud Kicked In the Face
-De.hIet's suicide md Last Request

Nom me Columbus D. po'"h oi H.
AZ the solicitation Of Mr.. william u.
called upon that lady to-day. Sho was SURROUND
ed by friends, aud seemed {" be suffering from
the shock occ stoned by the suieidc OF her nus
band -,
Mrs. Deshler comm enced with the date OF her
marriage, aud tr,ce,d, o. nan, .,n,e, a nh
dition 10 using unkind words. t'rurk her blows.
TITO oruelt, OF the Il, ceased horan ten dats
after MARI &c. At The residence % r.. Moul.
ION. near CincinnnlI Ihey Ind Iust returned
from their wedding journey. rhc bride or NIX
wine, as she had been aceU=t yincd 10 : lnost
daily That uiphi. said 'itl. Dcshler, at nv
fathers house. | wns abused and tcHtcn Tor
,irinkiny the vine, and can recall how often
I have gone throp ia such scenes. An 'ther
time, at his ~ tiers house, IN the iresence nf
Ms mother and several 'Iioud-. said Mrs. Desh-
Ter, I was carried W staii. by main s'rength
because did not wish - N OLD dtenC0 To his
order. I'M. was u few murtl- after marriage.
| screamed at the door. and hi- trends told him
he ought not 70 con mtn,e ncwy welded NE
IN tn 4 way. H. cav me knock a. knocked
Kept mo there all night, vita pistol to my
head.
midnight. Sister wns having n club dance. One
musician waa playing upon the piano ana one
npon tho violin. | WIS standing ny the piano.
Ny hush nd sent word for mc 20 ,omc up stairs.
I wont up. lie sad he saw ne hanging over
some man. He broke chair over NV back, and
went down mud danced all night. was bruised
and not able to 20 down.
lie always locke I'll the doors when he con-
templatod whipping me. ard put everybody
1t will be four weeks next Wednesday since I
left homo ana went Z" tuy father's house. Inc
night before l'it me he abused me gu night
and beat me, and quauced with me. lie made
use OF the most dreadful and opprohrious ont
thets that could b. Imagined. Affcr he hnd
gone to the bank In the morning wrot' him
that I was leaving home. ! told him would
never come back until he had 81, her proven his
assertions true or false, and that II lao found he
was wrong IN his assertion and suspicious
would come for the Ike ~ the child.
He followed me To- On clnust' tnai nigh'. ne
aulA ha a al lali NAT ~ IA
me; that he had said II on account of insane
passion. when I've did not know what he was
and try to live with him. tod him would
probably the n, 1t week or probably the week
after just as soon ~ could overcome my ter
came home three weeks after. In the mean
time got letters from him almost every dey.
The letters were kind aud afrectiOnate.
When | returned to columbus my husband
told me where wss every dav while IN Cincn.
natl. He said he TIA me watched. l asked
him. " Did do ANYTHING that met with your
disapprovalT" lie sad. No" What no OBJ
iected to. he III. wa- my leaving his house
without his consent OF knuwlv dee; that he was
di-graccd hy II.
Reporler-IIow and where did he meet you
Mrs. Deshler-ile met me 1t the depot, and
said; We'll ,or,Ne got beckf' replied.
YES" al d kissed h'm IN the cheek. When we
reached tue house he told the nun Sc to take tho
child into its graLdui u,ncr- hou-e for supper.
THIS was about I ~ J.. ". The child wnnted 10
stay With me. Anna, the nurse. was inclined 10
take the child where " Wanicd TO go, My hus-
band rem ked to Anna: Go where tell GU.
We entered our hou-t, as husband aud | lie
fastened ~ the Windows and i ors. | Lad a
box Ia my hand. He asked what l. In That
boxf" replied: Az alligator. | have brought
II up for nav aquariun. lio took the alligator
and threw II against the wal tnrcr or ur tunes,
killing IT, aud sud THAT - the way | treat
everything that como, from Cincinnati" Then
he threw me down and J. At ne with his Mt aud
kicked me 10 the face With the toe Of his boot
| did cry out upon this occasion for the brst
time IN my lite when be Was beating me. NV
ores were not answered though | believe they
were hoard next door. After scenes Of this
Kind Frank Invariably became Tepentant. AS
usual. ho begged nv pardoo. lie felt dread
fully. and walked M In the night repeatedly and
told ne he would rather die than live and see
those marks. and know thai would not live
with him again.
saturday afternoon. Frsnk and came up into
the front room. took some sewing for the
baby. and he took ~ took entitled " LIBRARY
tho book home The previous evening. lie had
read probably h II an hour, when he laid the
book down and ask cd mo TO show him lac brulses
on my odv. did 10 he requested. He said
would rather havr died than done that"
| took NJ the sew Ing. and he took down the
revolver. | said - him. FTank, put that
thing up am not going through any more such
scenes. It's lily aud clildish." Then | stopped
TO Iick W needle, aud before raised heard
thu shot.
jumped. He said: Nusic. have shot
myself. am diving" ~pr.ng TO him when hs
shot, aud placed bi, drOoIiug head upon my
arms. cailsd Tor help. and sent out for assist
ance.
Frank said Music. viii you forgive mo fol
everything ] have ever done to you p and
said &c Yes. darling, FORGIVE you for everytb ing
you nave ever done to me
lie went on to So: Don't let people know
how badly ! haye treated YOU. II you can help
IT, Just then he tainted. aud bs mother came
az, ana never heard hun speak again.