Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-18
DOMESTIC DlSCORD.
HoUsEHoLp-A HONE DESTROYED BY
DESIGNING VILLAlN.

Jonathan Briggs was tried yesterday after
noon by Justice Cary for an assault and bat
terry Oh young man named Bowman. The
complaining witness appeared in court with
his left eye jammed up against piece OF ra"
beef and his arm in a sling.
BOwMANs STORY.
Bowman took the stand and swore that the
evening before he was calling on Briggs wife
on Nevada street when Briggs came in and
ordered him out of the house. The witness
demanded an explanation, when Briggs
knocked him down and stamped on hln.
The knocking down materially affected MS
eye and the stamping sprained his arm.
Attorney-How near were you to bls wife
| when he entered the room T.
Wituess-About eight feet.
Attorney-Had You been INDUCING in any
famliarities prior to his entrance3
Witness-No, sir.
Here the loungers of the courtroom pricked
up their ears and began to crowd toward the
front.
Attorney you know of any reason why
You should have been assaulted ia the house
of gentleman
Witness-None whatever.
A general look of incredulity spread over
the faces of all present, and significant rinks
and mods were exchanged at par.
The witness was then excused.
AwRoNGEp HUSBAND.
Briggs. the defendant. took the stand with
sad ami detected look, and told the story
o. the wrongs he had suffered.
81 had happy home" he said with some
effort to conceal his emotion, "before that man
entered my domestic circle. Ny wife and
were contented, and the poverty, compare
lively speaking, in which We lived, gave US
no serious uneasiness. This man Bowman |
began to make visits to my house and pay at
tention to my wife. She young, and |
perhaps prone to frivolity at times, but there
was nothing serious between them uatil abou
the fifth of the present month"
Here deathlke stiffness prevailed in the
aud the witness paused.
The Court-Go on, sir.
"Then the serpent entered my house. -
The Court do not care to hear this sesti-
mony. it is more proper for divorce
court. All l want to know here is, did al
did you not assault him.
Witness-I did. aud would again bat I
propose to tell the jury the cause.
The jurors expressed willingness to hear
he cause of the assault, and the defendants
attorney insisting, B.i9gs continued.
" This young man, i'll whom L had every 4
confidence, who had eaten at my table and
'artaken of ray hospitality, came there one day
When [ was at work aud gave my wife the t
irst Harpers Ba2ar she had ever seen. {
heretofore had kept that sheet ont of the I
ousehold. She became absorbed in the
aper and Immediately rushed down town q
o array herself In purple and fine linen.
The ordered $50 worth from Boskowitz, $50 h
rom Harris Brothers and over $500 from Il
he milliners."
The Court-Oh, | see; the young man
ere purchased her these tinerles as the price t
F. n
Witness Gnterrupting) - No, they were b
larged to me. The id Ba@ar put these t,
ztrayagant notions into her head and f
ad to foot the bills. l had to sell my G,
Terra Nevada in order TO settle for the oil
IN cracks she bought after reading the c,
.per. Last night | came home and there o,
} was again calling on her, and he es
I'd just given her a Ba2ar ! did not Al
actly see the transfer of the document of dis tv
I'd and bankruptcy, but she had the &C
per reading it when ! came in. She WAS ell
king him how he thought she would ca
ok in satin rolonaise with futed ri,
rders and French lace trimmings around 50
e top. Then my savage temper broke III
ose and my blood was up. Gentlemea of wi
e jury, busted the ceiling and swept
Q floor with him. Didn't do right!
g You did, simultaneously shouted the sal
ry, Thoroughly excited, and verdict CT
mot guilty" was rendered on the spot ha
GOOD enough" murmered the Court is
d three cheers more was given by the Oh
sctators. The man Bowman, who was th
;ognized by the crowd as man who had me
o spread discord in their families managed Mi
escape in the general excit ement but he ho
II doubtless leave towu in day 10. We
CT,
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