The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-11
BURMASTER'S BAD BREAK.
Nick Burmaster Assaults and
Beats His Wife Shame
fully While Drunk.
The Man Calab oosed While His
Wife Is Under the Care of a
Physician For Repairs.

IOr some time, has b. Ell h1ri drtnker and
has abused his VILE more or less, but moth
ing serious h 8 happened until yesterday
evening, wh.n he beat her fearfuliy.
A BAzOO reporter harnIng oil the brutal
affair started out to- interview the lady in
question. He found her at The residence If
her sister, Mrs John Schumacher, corner Of
Sixth and Brown streets in AN u" conscious
cOuIItiOn Her sister stated that when she
was not unconscious she was very excit-
able; that the slightest noise drove her
nearly frantic. Through Mrs. Schumacher,
however, the reporter learned the follow
ing:
Burmaster for the past three years has
been drinking very hard and negleciing
his wife. This conduct on his part con
tirueI until il became utterly unbearable.
and the consequence was that his vile left
him, and taking her two children With
her, little boy and girl, she went to Ne
braska
She owned house and some very valu-
able furniture in this city, and during her
absence BurmasIer sold all the house.
hold effects for one hundred dol
lars, and rented the house for fifteen
dollars pr month, giving n lei<e for one
year. The money which he received he
run through with in about five weeks, alter
which he concluded 10 follow his wifi TO
Nebraska Mrs. Burmaster'S brother learn
ing that he was goiug to follow her, wrote
To her and warned her To look out for
MIN.
Arriving where Mrs Burmaster was, he
pleaded with her, and on his bended kneps
promised that ii she would return and live
with him he would go To- work and do bet
ter. After much persuasion she at last
consented To return. Arriving at the Gar
risOn house In this city she asked
him where he intended To take her and he
replied ii her To- her brothers or sisters
She asked him II he intended To take her
o the brother and sister he had 60 abused
and mistreatrd. He said he would take
her TO hotel Mrs Burn aster ssked him
where he would get the money to pay her
board at hotel. Finally, he rented
house and got cookstOve and SOME dishes
and went to house kes ping, hut things were
not as they used to b., for Mrs. Burmastel
had always been used to tn beet of every
tLing.
One day he went to Mrs. Schumacher
and asked her If she did not have kind
word to say to his wife, so that she Won IL
stay with him. Mrs ). replied that she had
not, having lost all faith In him and his
promises
Everything went on smoothly, however,
until one day Mrs. Burmaster went TO her
sister and told her that every time Bur- |
master came home he smelled of beer and |
whisky and that she Was afraid he never !
would quit drinking. Mrs. s. replied that
that, too, was her opinion.
: l.. l. VI
bone drunk, and when his wife attempted |
10 put the two children to bed he declared |
that she should not, ana II she tried he
would throw her and the children out of |
loors. When she began 10 undress the
children he jumped into the bed with his
roots and clothes on and would not per-
nit her to do as she intended. Mrs. Bur
master then toek her children and went TO
ler sisters bot subsequently went back to
him on his promise To do better.
Then everything seemed tn work well
until three or four days ago when he lock-
d her out. and would not let her into the
house. This time she went 10 her brother
md be offered TO give her a room if she
would get her furniture, what little she had
eft, and move into il. She went to see
awyer and he told her to get a wagon and
20 after il, which she did. This made
3urmaster mad He met her and her sis
or on the street and stopped them, asking
drss r. II she intended to be home that
light. She replied that she would if he
would get her some wood, as it was
old and she could not See her
hildren suffer, Burmaster said, THAT set
les it, theu." The ladies proceeded on
heir way and Burmssser followed them
after this had been kept up for three or
our blocks he overlook them, and again
sked Mrs. b. II she would be home that
light. She replied, II will IL you will get
ne some wood" At this Burmaster began
D curse and swing his arms in the air, and
D frightened the ladies that they went into
store. Subsequently Burmaster said that
e would 20 and get 5 me wood and saw it
Dr. Mrs. Ii. On returning, Mrs. B. went
D the house, but there WAS no wood there,
D she returned to her brothers house.
Yesterday evening Burmsster went TO
FRS. Schumacher's and asked II his wife
as there. Mrs. $. replied that she was
OF, and that II be had done right he |
'ould know where she was. He then tried
, force the door open but she closed it In Z
is face.
He then went around the house and
srted off in the direction of John Burns
ouse, . brother of Mrs. Schumacher.
eeinR where he was going, Mrs. b. told !
mother brother who was in the house at the
me, that he had better follow him, as the I
vo ladies were alone and she did not know
hat be might do. "
Burmaster, in the mean time, proceeded c
ward the house but met Mrs.
. and Mrs.. Burns on the !
rect, coming to Mrs. Schamacher's. c
Ie asked her il she had ironsd his sh irt
nd what she had done with it, and upon c
er replying that she had not ironed il | Z
scause she had no wood, he struck her in a
Ie face with his Est. Mr.. Burns came d
'ound the corner just in time to see him i
rike the second blow, probably with q 4
nife, which felled her 10 the ground. The i
reams OF Mrs. Burns attracted large Il
owd to the spot. and Burmaster, seeing o