Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-21
A Moman,s Pathetic Tale.

W nhlaH Hlittlt Ihits
Mrs. Steinriede, who was reported
a few weeks ago to have run off from
her husband with her coachman from
Memphis to Chicago, made the follow
ing statement TO an Inter Ocean re.
porter:
81 left my husband because of his
cruelties to me; he has often beaten
me, and threatened TO kill nae, and the
day before left he hit me on the
mead with his revolver He had been
guilty OF a worse crime than that, and
he made no secret of il to me. Such
were the indignities he subjected me
to that my son, only ten years of age,
would go to him and say please,
papa, don't whip mama so. My
father was killed at Atlanta, and
shortly after my mother died of a
broken heart. Invent to live with my
grandmother near Yazoo City, Miss,
and at that time DR. Steinriede was
married man, and had son as old as
l was lie worked upon nay grand
mothers plantations and when his
wife died / was forced TO marry him.
/ was then only fifteen, and had no
idea Of the ways Of the world. We
were only a week married when he
began to abuse me, and he had
been dong so until the very day left
HIM. Oftentimes at night when he
beat me so l could not stand it any
longer, / would run away and go to
my grandmother, but / always went
back to him. His treatment of me
became SO notorious that he had TO
move to Memphis, but before going
there he promised faithfully to give
up drinking and to act like kind
husband to me. He had become
wealthy with the money he received
from my grandmother, and had quite
good practice in Yaloo City. Three
months before left him he moved TO
Memphis, but even there he abused
me. / don't know why; he must have
been jealous of me. On one occasion
he attempted to cut my throat, and /
caught his hands. Here are still the
marks where he cut me on the arms"
and Mrs Steinrie de barred her arms to
the elbows, disclosing some terrible
scars.
"What about the colored man with
whom you were said to have el0pedl'
asked the reporter.
Il did not run away with him.
Why, he was but boy. He was born
on nay grandmotber's plantation, and
we took him with US to Memphis. lie
was not our coachman, because we
didn't have any coach or horses al
though my husband was we'll off.
owning so, 600 acres Of wild land in
Mississippi / could not stand my
husbands treatment any longer, and
so ] left. ! had on gold watch and
chain, worth 1920; those | sold to
grocer for $40, and with that money!
bought a ticket FOR St. Louis, but |
got on the wrong train and arrived in
Springfield. had started out to make +.
an honest living an honorable living
! stayed at Springfield but short
time and went TO ST. Louis, where !
pawned my velvet dress AID bought
"a second hand suit Of coarser
material. ] had been at st. Louis two
days when met the colored boy, who
said he had to leave Memphis because
he was afraid his master would kill
him., thinking he was intimate with
nae. But wasn't, and God knows /
had been a true and faithful wife to
my husband. / asked John Irwin
about my poor little children, and he
told me of their sorrow at their moth
er's disappearance / didn't know
where to go when at ST. Louis. and
couldn't get any employment. Irwin
SAID he had some friends in Chicago,
and we came here. went with HIM
to his mothers house on Third avenue.
and all that night sat and cried.
have been trying to get work IN Chi
cago, but things are dreadful hard
here. I've been rebutfed again aud
again, and have had to wash dishes
and scour floors to get enough to eat.
A New York chemist asserts that in
every 100 pounds of green tea used in
this country the consumers drink
more than O half pound Of Prussian
blue ad gypsum.
A New Yorker predicts that the day
is not far distant when the speed of
the roller skater, by means of improv-
ed skates, will be increased to 40 miles
an hour.