The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-09
KILLING FOR LORE.
The New Phase Of Feeling that has
Come Over Wifo Murderers.
From the Cincinnati TDmmcrr;Dl

Aho Ne" TdaSe Oh Eee!inS Clat has
Como OVer Wifo Murderers.
From tie Cincinnati Commercial
There was poor kitty Elroy, out
in the Black Hills. kitty com
planned that she no longer could live
with her husband, because Of his
ugly and cruel treatment. course
you, Kitty" says he; "if you can't
live with me, you shan't live with
anybody else" At that he pulled
out his little pistol and shot poor
Kitty dead. Public sentiment ex-
cused him for it because he loved
Kitty.
There, too, was Il certain much
married Mormon bishop. high up in
the councils Of the Lords saints.
Ono Of his many wives let her a11ec
tons stray from this saint of the
Lord to a profane person. The
Gen;i!e, like Barkis, was "wiIlin',"
and the Mormon wife forgot her
duties to her hundrcdth part Of a
husband SO far as to attempt an
elopement with the fas s,inating GEN.
tile. The Lords anointed there
upon, like the good shepherd of the
parable, left the ninctyand-nine
that went not astray, and hunted
over hill and dale for the one sheep
he had lost. He found her and shot
her Gentilo companion dead. He
did not shoot the stray wife. He
loved her too much. He led the
weeping woman tenderly home. He
loved her SO that he went down
upon his knees and prayed over her
fcrvently and powerfully, and
mingled his tears with hers. Then
he sat down AID took her upon his
knee and kissed her. Then he took
a razor and cut her throat. He sits
in a high seat in the Sanctuary of
the Lords apointed to this day.
Public sentiment justified him, be-
cause he loved his wife.
At San Pedro, TeXa; il m N also
loved his wife desperately. Bnt she
would not get up in the mornings
and make the fires. Hor loving
husband reasoned with her, as any
patient, rigLt-minled husband would
have done. His arguments hid no
effect. She still refused to get up
first. Then ho embraced her
alfectionatcly, but mildly, with a
club. Still she persisted in her re-
bellious conduct. This time he aJ-
monished her a little harder with
the club. If he had not loved her
he would not have cared whether
she mado fires or not, but at last
his affection was SO violent that,
after the club Of correction had
knocked her dow, she never got up
any more. He loved her, but she
would not mako fires, md now she
makes no fuss.
Finally, there was Gustav Labu-
tat, u Frenchman, in New Orleans,
who, q few days ago, murdered his
wifein the most nrtisticully affec-
tionate manner. He gave her time
to pray-which was very kind of
him. Then he put his arm around
her waist, and stuck his knife up
to the liilt in her stomach. "On
finding she was not dead" says
Gust.v, 81 picked her up, kissed
her and said: God bless you I
love you, you are not dead pray
again, because T am going to finish
you. She placed her arms around
my neck and said : 'Gustav, I love
you. Oh, God ! it was the happiest
moment of my life. I saw she was
suffering and as I could not stand
and see her suffer, T took the knife
blade and cut hor throat" Here
was the most considerate and affec.,
tionate husband in the world. He
could not bear to see her suffer.
Like poor Kitty Elroy's husband,
! ike the Lords annointed Mormon
bishop, and the Texas man, he loved
his wife SO that he killed her.
All of which is enough to make a
woman question whether it is not
rather risky to have very loving
husband.
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