Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-15
EuREKA DAILY SENTINEL,
PINNgY vs..
SEPT. is. 1871.

recital of her marital experiences with
her late husband. To say that Geo.
NJ. Pinney is shown to be a brutal VII
lain, is to put the case In the mildest
possible form. A few DAYS ago, and
while Pinney was at liberty. Mrs. Pin
ney filed, in the Nineteenth District
Court in San Francisco, an elaborate
affidavit, recounting her trials, and
praying that her whilom husband be
restrained from following, visiting and
annoying her. This document exhib-
its the cowardly brute in all ofhis hid
eousness. Mrs. Pinney, being first
duly sworn, says:
was ma ried TO George NJ. Pinney.
the defendant, on the 9TH of February,
A. d. 1867, 1t Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Ton DAYS after | was married, and
while riding with George NJ. Pinney,
in q carriage, in Chicago, he slapped
NV face without any aus or provoca-
ton. During the first winter of our
marriage, George NJ. Pinney was in
the frequent habit of slapping my face
without any cause or provocation.
About six months after our marriage,
George NJ. Pinney. at Helena, Mon
tana, threw two hooks at Inc, both of
which struck ME in the face, and u
of which made a mark on my upper
lilo, which lasted for several days,
and this without any cause or prov
ocstion. At Helena, Montana, and
about eight months alter marriage,
and when / was encientc, Geo. NJ. Pin
ney, because his lunch was not ready
ut the precise moment that he came
home for it, kicked me violently and
unexpectedly in the back. and thereby
threw me fiat upon my face upon the
floor, where l remained stunned for
some minutes. At Helena, Montana,
about eighteen months after u mar
rage, Geo. NJ. Pinney beat me fear
fully because l allowed a married gen.
tlenlan to escort me home in the even
ing from church, although that gem
tleman was well known To Geo. Nj.
Pinney as a married man Of entirely
respectable character. We lived at
Helena, Montana, for about three
years. and during all that period Geo.
NJ. Pinney was in the constant habit
of using to me vile, profsne, and indie
cent language, too vile and too profane
and too indecent for any one to repeat.
Mrs. Pinnsy follows this up with a
long list of additional and specific
charges Of m~altreatment. In Virginia
City, while she was playing at Piper's
Opera House to support Pinuey and
his family, he frequently went behind
the curtain at the conclusion of love
scenes, and slapped and beat her. AT
the Russ House. in San Francisco, he
kicked her, with her baby in her arms,
SO severely that she was unable to
leave her room for several weeks. On
two occasions, while boarding in Oak
land, Pinney's conduct toward her
was so cruel and offensive that the
people with whom they were living
compelled them to change their quar-
tiers. His brutality seems to have
grown with lis years. After they had
procured q home of their own
in Oakland he frequently amused him
self by dragging her around the room
by the hair, hurting dishes and books
at her, AMI administering we'll directed
kicks, on several occasions decorating
and bruising her in such an outrageous
manner as to prevent her leaving her
room for weeks. On her refusal to
sign the deed of her homestead to Billy
Carr, Pinney struck and beat her un-
mercifully, knocking the earrings from
her ears. She concludes her affidavit
IS follows:
On several occasions George NJ. Fin
ney has taken q cooked pistol and
placed it against my face and threat
ened to shoot me, and when / would
say, "Do SO. Death is preferable to
life with you," he would say, "No,
you. You are Toe anxious to die.
I'd sooner cut your heart out and fry
it."
The Chronicle, ever willing to do the
bidding Of Geo. M. Pinney, wen to
the extent Of attempting to crush a
poor feeble woman, alludes to this
array of wrongs of Mrs. Pinney as
:" imaginary griefs inspired by the
ring composed of Sargent, Gorham,
Page, Carr ct oil. Such stuff to be
thrown In the face of an intelligent
Pacific Coast community Is entirely too
much. Supplementary to all this will
be found in our tslegraphic advices
from San Francisco another most re-
markable statement from the pen oil
Mrs. Pinney. 1t goes to show what
manner Of scoundrel Pinney is, and
will we'll repay perusal.
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SPEAKING of Brigham's marital re
lations, the Corinne Record has the
following: "Ame,ia Folsom was the
only wils that Brigham lived with al
the time Of his death. He forsook all
for her. Upon this isvorite he lavished
all the cars and attention the most de-
voted monogsmist could possibly be-
stow upon his companion, and now we
ere willing TO bet q new bat that she Ia
Glad the old man 4 that corn."