The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-21


claimed: 4 don't want any old Ike Ram.
sey-hlike Hess to work for mel That
made me mad, and have been mad ever
since, and have an awful bad temper
anyhow. told him that unless he quit
calling me such names
I WOULD KILL HIN IF COULD,
IS my little children got to calling one an.
other the same names. He began the same
thing Tuesday, when I told him to hush
or l would break his mouth or knock his
head of; and threw the rolling.pin at
him, which struck him about the temple,
nearly knocking him down. I went out
of the room, and he still kept calling me
names.
"0n Wednesday kept out OF his road,
and hoed in the garden while he ate
breakfast. Then went TO the cornfeld
and in about two hours aiterward came
in, when my Oldest daughter said: John
rschappatt told me thatPap said as soon as
the corn was planted he Pap intended to
give you a hi oil a beating and then
leave At noon | did not come to din
ner, but waited until he ate and left, to
keep from getting into fuss with him.
In the afternoon did not return TO the
corpfeld, and about the middle Of the
afternoon DaVy, my little boy, ran to the
house and said, Pap says be intends to
beat your cd Did brains out and leave.
then went to the drawer and got the re-
volver, which l myself owned, aud in
which there was but one cartridge. Told
Dave 10 tell Pap that had taken the gun,
and II he came near me 10 fight me
would kill him; but as he did not come
put the revolver in my bosom and went to
another part OF the corn6eld, and when
Claude got supper ready she called the
men and gave them their suppers first, on
account OF Pap's threats. She then sent
Lizzie, the youngest child, to tell me to
come TO supper.
"When got to the raise OF the hill saw
him going out OF the yard Of the house
We were then about three hundred yards
apart. He then sat down on sled and
waited until saw him get up and leave
then / thought I would be safe enough
in leaving and going to my supper, which
| did, thinking he was out OF reach. In Q
few minutes he came in and said, where Il
my axe?' l replied that | didn't know
when he said, I'll only speak once more
tell me where my axe is, or I'll knock
your Cd did brains outr and as he
said this he grabbed me by the hair and
struck me twice, when the children ran
shrieking out and pulled him away from
me. He then reached for chair, which
Claudia pulled away from him, and
among US We pushed him out Of the door,
and Claudia got the door shut. He
tried to burst 1t open, but Claudia and !
held 1t shut, until saw 1t was no use.
My daughter told me to go out by another
door, but could not, as 1t was locked. !
thought OF the revolver, raised the ham
mer. and turned, as he came in with an
appraised hickory cane. AS he struck !
fired once, but
DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL HIM.
l am sorry l did," Here she broke
down and cried, "but 1 have told him
numbers and numbers Of times that I'M
less he quit calling me those bad names l
would kill him, and many times when
both were in good humor, l have told
him unless he did quit it would kill him.
He always answered, well, the one who
strikes the quickest will be the best fell
low!' 1 will say here, until he met
Mrs. Duval he was always good and kind
to me, and attribute all my trouble to
her. We were married twenty.one years
ago; he was thirty-iour and was eighteen.
We had a little farm between SO aud 43
acres, upon which we have lived SIX
teen years. Before that we kept the wa
ter station at Glencoe, on the U. & o. r. R.
Many times to avoid him | have gone out
OF the house for hours at time. l
killed poor Pap, but did 1t In self defense
and didn't want to. am a daughter OF
Reuben knight who lived near ST. Glars,
vile; but don't put that in and disgrace
that good old man who is dead and bur
ied,' she said, exhibiting the first real emo.
don that had characterized her narrative.
Recovering herself she continued, "af.
ter shot Pap walked about 10 yards and
fell down, when the family ran to him,
but II was too late.
have tried time and time again
TO induce Pap to keep away from
the Duyall woman. One day he became
angry and broke new door.knob. be.
came mad at once, and jumping up said:
Pap, | promised to help you all my life.
I'll do the other half, and smashed the
other half Of the knob. l the same day
became angry, and threw his fno coat
into the garden, and the knobs upon
1t, and told him that ! would do
this way until he quit abusing me and call
ing me hard names. He told John Tschap.
pait one day he would knock my did
brains out; but" she said, in conclusion,
-. i Liza. L. hns inll lnnnth al hnun ham