Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-01
A WHITED SEPULCHRE.
TAE PsLT DROPS OFF lHs WOLF.
Captain Linscott. the Preacher OF
Temperance, Arrested tor brUtally
Treating his wife.

himself. a great miracle 10 himself. In his
temperance WORK throughout tils Northwest
he has gained the reputation of being al
earnest, Efficient worker, and there can be no
doubt has efforts 10 reform fallen
mankind have been fruitful Of
good. Many times his audiences have been
told of his great love for hls wife and only
son, and this has been 80 emphatlcally i'm
pressed upon their minds that no thoughts
of anything contrary could be entertained.
During the past three or four years, at least.
these utterances, according 10 his own word,
prove him base falsifier and man III
whom the people have little reason 10 place
confidence. Yesterday morning the reform-
er attended church and returned home 10
tarn that home into q scene OF sadness; 10
lay violent hands upon his faithful wife. and
while she was sick, treat her worse than he
would a semi intelligent brute. Had II not
been for the interference of neighbors and
the son, who had returned home for a few
days sojourn, the disgraceful performance
of yesterday would, like many Others similar,
have been kept quiet and the wolf would
have been free 10 put on the skin of sheep
and repeat his base falsehoods TO the people.
The son, al his mothers request secured a
warrant for the arrest of his father and he
was arrested by Superintendent Perry last
evening upon a charge OF assault and bat
ttfg anu spent the blSht NJ ponce nchu-
quarters. representative OF 1HE 1ELE-
GRAM visited the handsome, not cheerful,
home of Capt Linscott, In Luce's block on
Ottawa street, last evening and gained from
the injured wife the following, which she
regretted must come before the people:
/ was married 10 Mr.. Linscott twenty two
years ago and for many years endeavored 10
prove worthy of his love. / was ever true and
faithful TO him, aud had he not devoted
himself entirely 10 liquor, think
no shadows would have darkened our
home. | lived with him 10 his
disgrace, lived with him when he was cruel
abusive and violent, and until / could bear
my burden no longer, when We separated.
In the red-ribbon reform movement, some
eight years ago, he reformed from the use of
liquor, but, as did not realize then, he did
not reform from his cruel and abusive ways.
Thinking the reform was entire and genuine
i afterwards REMARKED him. That was
about eight years ago. and for some time We
lived happily together. Three or four years
ago he began TO speak cruel 10 me, refused
TO show me little attentions ! asked for and
longed for, and often since has abused and
i'll treated me, calling me the meanest of
names, cursing me, laying his hands upon
me, and has threatened to kill me. We have
had little separations several times, when
forbearance has ceased TO be a virtue, and
then upon his promises / have returned 10
him. / could give you instance after instance
where ne has threatened my life, treated
me worse than he would dumb brute
and the same evening go before an audience,
bible IN hand, offer prayer and deliver a lee
ture upon temperance. Honor, honesty and
sincerity would apparently depart from him.
/ will not bother you with relating these in
stances. but Will name one of the more re-
cent. Mr.. Lnscott was lecturlng at Fremont
Center last spring and i went to see him.
He was mad the moment he saw me, began
to call me harsh names and abuse me. We
were at tine hotel and | suffered that night
untold agonies. He ordered me to go home;
did not bid me goodbye and left. AT the
junction at White Cloud / cried until il
seemed my heart would break: the world
was darkness TO me. / determined TO return
| to my husband and see if he would not give
me one kind word, one look of love. / went
back and we stopped at a private house he
was only more inhuman than before; he
abused me all night; not one kind word did
| | receive. In the morning he damned me,
using the vilest and most profane
language. For this he never gave me
| reason except that he had ceased 10 love me.
We went down to breakfast together and he
asked the blessing at the table and after
| breakfast read the bible and prayed at the
| family altar. When j started for the first
! train for home | tried To get a wife's recog-
/ milton from him, some happy look, some
| kind word. As there were Others near 10y he
| kissed me. / came home with leaden heart
| and have suffered everything since. week
| ago Saturday he came home and for n week
| he has not spoken a kind word to me: gave
me no kind look, nothing but curses, harsh
words and blows. On Thursday, when
| knew not what to do and he threatened my
life. | sent for our son George at Benton
| Harbor 10 come home. He came and talked
| with Mr.. Linscott, but his imploring words
seemed to but infiame the wrath within him.
! To-day fixed myself up as best / could and
while he was reading j went 20 him. knelt
| down before him and. TO draw his attention.
said John, do you like 10 see my
hair done up this way He
said No. don't care don't like You
asked hun why, and he said, i could not ask
| for a more handsome wife: for q better
1 housekeeper, one more neat or economical.
! I don't love you and that is all ] looked up
/ at his face and he struck me in the eye with
corners Of HE paper. The pain vas severe
and j threw pp my hands. He grasped my
| wrists and pushed me to the couch. when he
held my arms over my head and placing both
/ knees upon my stomach and chest he held
/ me until shrieked for help. He then Jet me
| up. pushed me violently against the wall and
| threatened 90 Kill me II ] cried aloud. i
| wrencbed away from him and opened the
! hall door, when he pushed me backward over
A trunk sn0 ran down stairs. cried for
| help and he returned and threw me upon the
floor, when the neiRhbors came out Of their
/ rooms and 10 my assistance. He then went
I awaya nd did not return
| The son George. a young man about
| twenty years Of age. and who Is a telegraph
/ operator al Benton Harbor. was nsIt see1
/ By the reporter. tie corrOborates all of hrs
I mothers statements regarding has father :
conduct in the past. and speaks in the high
est terms of his mothers fidelity and m
changing devotion to the Captain" he
eharacterizes his father as fraud" and
says ''fhe people think ne is = ssint buf he j.
black sinner. He has Rad his spells a
playing the brute for years and ] hope tine
VII end a.
TIE reporter visited the Captain 81 bss5
qnart4rs he do4e not take 70 confinement
vel and says had Re known any arrest would
have followed from the fsmily's little un-
fortunate aTair he coul6 essily sveded she
0ifoer- snt5l morning Re did not care te
talk over the matter and hoged. on sccouu'
of his great work. nothing would - ssso
shgat H. he says they hsd agreed 1Eson >
separation ard gere making TreT,arstlg1'
for 81. he came home cross snd admitted
his ~ife hsd made advances ~ hin
several tIr8es. came - him - clsinn recog
+ nifi0n vhicts ~ Rad not gwen Hs had ssl1
- his vife ghen they we're qu8rreisTlg tfs'
- fears 3 theiY a~sirs r01id sTs0 in trsg
edF. He erpacted bis uIfe's wrists vers
biscs ~ tse Tas srgry vhen hs seazed tflerr