The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-03-22

Dver the wife.murdercrs. II IL the sen.
Iimental phase. Husbands murder
wives quite rs often rs they ever did,
but they now murder them because
they love them.
There was poor Kitty Elroy, out
in the Black Hills. Kitty complain.
ed that she no longer could live with
her husband, because Of his ugly and
cruel treatment. Course you, Kit.
ty,' says he, "if you can't live with
me, you shan't live with any body
else At that he pulled out his liz.
tie pistol and shot poer Kitty dead.
Public sentiment excused him for it
because he loved Kitty.
There, too, was a certain much.mar.
ried Mormon Bishop, high up in the
councils Of the Lords saints. Ono Of
his many wives let her affections stray
from this saint Of the Lord to n pro-
fame person. The Gentle. like Bar
kis, was "willin'," and the Mormon
wife forgot her duties to her hund.
redth part ola husband so far as to
attempt in elopement with the fasci.
mating Gentle. The Lords anointed
thereupon, like the good shepherd Of
the parable, leit the ninety and nine
that went not aslray, and hunted over
hill and dale for the one sheep he had
lost. lie found her and shot her Gen,
tile companion dead. He did not
shoot the stray wife. lie loved her
too much. lie lcd the weeping wo-
man tenderly home. He loved her
50 that he went down upon his knees
and prayed over her fervently and
powerfully. and mingled his tears
with hers. Then he sat down and
took her upot his knee and kissed her.
Then he took razor and cut her
throat. He sits in high seat in the
sanctuary Of the Lords anointed to
this day. Public sentiment justified
him-because he loved his wife.
A San Pe,lro (Texas) man also lov.
ed his wife desperately. But she
would not get up mornings and make
fires. Her loving husband reasoned
with her, as any patient, right-mind-
ed husband would have done. His
arguments had no effect. She still
refused to get up first. Then he en-
braced her afectionately, but mildly,
with club. Still she persisted IN
her rebellious conduct. This time he
admonished her little harder with a
club. II he hadn't loved her he
would not have cared whether she
made fires or not-but at last his aflec-
ton was so violent that, after the
club Of correction had knocked her
down, she never got up any more. lie
loved her, but she wouldn't make
fires, and now she makes no fuss.
Finally, there was one Gustav Lab
utat, a Frenchman, in New Orleans
who, a few days ago, murdered hi:
wife in the most artistically affection,
ate manner. He gave her time to
pray-which was very kind of him.
Then he put his arm around her
waist, and struck his knife up to the
hilt in her stomach. "On finding she
was not dead" says Gustav, II pick.
ed her up. kissed her and said, God
bless you! | love you; you are not
dead, pray again, because ! am going
to finish you She placed her arms
around my neck and said, Gustav, !
love YOU Oh, God! it was the hap
piest moment of my life. | saw she
was suffering, and as | could not stand
and see her suffer, | took the knife
blade and cut her throat" Here was
the most considerable and afiectionate
husband in the world. lie could moi
bear to see her suffer. Like poor Kit
ty Elroy's husband, like the Lord $
anointed Mormon Bishop, and the
Texas man, he loved his wife so that
he killed her. All of which is enough
to make woman question whether il
is rather risky to have a very loving
husband. At the moment he was EN-.
bracing her with one arm, might he
not be reaching around for his razor
Or little pocket knife? And the more
loving he became, the more danger
there might be-especially rs public
sentiment sympathizes with the man
who has to kill his wife because he
loves her. At any rate, when the
modern husband puts his arm around
his wife's waist, squeezes her affection
ately, and, with eyes full of tears,
says-"GOd bless you-l love you" it
will not be bad idea tor the wife to
keep one eye on him, lest at that mo-
ment he be preparing to make her an
angel!-[Cincinnati Commercial.
How THE UNRuLY PRISONERS ARE
TREATED IN THE Ono PENIrENTIA-
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