The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-20
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

A WIFE BEATEE. 49, \ Cornishman,
named jim Richards, was arrested sun
day evening by the officers on complaint
made against him for disturbing the
peace. He resisted the officers on arrest
and was not handled very gently by
them. After he had been placed in Jail
he commenced lively series of various
kinds of annoying noises, which he kept
I'D until the guard opened his cell door and
threatened to effectually gag him with a
club. On Monday he was brought before
Justice Hoffman, and after the examlna-
ton of several witnesses, pleaded guilty
to the charge and had dished out to him
a dose of Hoffman's "bitters" that made
him open his eyes, and he said it was a
"bloody houtrage to treat q gentleman
from Cornwall that way in this bloody
Country" The Justice gave the brute the
full extent of the law-S200 fine or sixty
days in the county jail-and being unable
to pay his fine was placed in jail. Ills
wife had to be lifted both In and out OF
the wagon by. three men when she was
brought to the Justices office. IL ap-
pears that the fiend Richards, like many
of his class, thinks that woman IS worse
than an animal and that to deceive, be-
tray and beat her is manly and a noble
trait. and he has carried out this idea for
wears past. During the past sixty days
his wife has been confined to her bed
with rheumatism, and although Richards
has been earning good wages, yet he bare
w supplied her with the necessaries of
life, while he would catch her by the
throat, trying to choke her to death, at the
same time holding one hand over her
mouth, thus preventing her from scream
ing. He would also drag her out of
bed, bestowing upon her person liberal
supply of kicks with his heavy mining
boots. Whenever she showed any indi-
cations of getting any better this was the
way he treated her, causing her to be
again laid up sick. At last the relatives
of the ill-treated woman took the matter
in hand and had him arresed, as stated
above.
DEATH OF ELI WRAY.--On Tuesday
afternoon word was brought to Phoebe by
the mail-rider that the body of Eli Wray
was being brought from the Muddy by
Dan Shankland. just two weeks pro-
vious Wray and Shankland left Phoebe
by private conveyance for Tombstone,
Arizona, travelling by way OF nt. George
JAIL a4I uie sto,,n w %, nh;Ia at tho res;
dence of Colonel Jennings, and after fix
ing their wagon Wray went into the
house for the purpose of taking smoke,
and on seating himself in a chair he fell
nat;o"S ~ No ,y,s dw;no She called n
Sbanl,I.nJ i'' who resnonded immediately
and snnnorted the head of the DIVING man
until he breathed his last. which was a
few minutes after the attack on Saturday,
March I3tb Mt half.pas four o'clock.
Wray had been ailing for long time and
the trip to Tombstone was taken in the
hopes ol petLerl MS he - d;s us
and a general breaking up of the system.
When he left here on his last trip none OF
his friends ever expected to see him alive
again. Wray's body arrived here Tues
afternoon. He was for long time ar
employee Of the Floral Springs Water Co.,
and was native OF Pennsylvania.
D,nuv cun,rrs Mo;r s+roe+ drr;no The
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winter, mas become nlthy from dumping
ashes in the street. 1t is the custom il
tho weo+ern norton If this State To form
''chaln-gangs" and make prisoners, hele
m 1 .b Ja,,s All 4ha pe tnyr caan;no
improving them. Now, Mr.. Count,
Commissioners, as our streets are very
dirty at the present time, fact which
you are all well aware of, and as we hav'
prisoner in the jail for sixty days
would it not be a good idea to attach
ball and chain to his leg and set him t.
work cleaning the streets, thus making
him earn the grub he is supplied with?
OUT IN THE CoLD.--The Day mine i
left out in the cold and is unable to ge
it's ore worked, owing to the Raymond
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