Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-28


thing away and leave me with nothing.
Q. What about your former trouble
and a settlement when you agreed to a
division of the property?
A. He told me if would marry him
he would get me divorce from my
former husband and give both me and
my girl good home. After while he
began to get tired of the girl, and be-
grudged her every mouthful she ate.
Once when she was dropping corn he
told her he would break the hoe-handle
over her head, and she ran into the
house and told me and he pitched into
me about it. He told me to take my
things out of the bureau from his
things. / took part of them out and
he threw the rest out. He got an old
pistol around and was cleaning 1t and
dressing it and said Your life is short
So my girl ran away. 1t was coming
night and got afraid of him with that
pistol wabbling about. Sol went down
to MIR. McKichan's and he told me to
have him arrested, and did.
@. You settled that matter?
A. My friends settled it. 1 went to
Mt. Hope to live and took my things
there aad took in washing. He kept
sending me things and asked me to
come back. Finally went back. He
hauled my things to his house.
q. Without your consent?
A. staid till he got the things
away and then went home with him.
He said if l would 60 back with him he
would give me the place and divide the
money and we would live in peace. He
told me if | would sign off the other
property he would give me the forty
acres the house is on; but he never gave
me any writings for i.
made complaint against him for
beating me last May in corn planting
time. He would lose his things and
accuse me of stealing them. l wanted
him bound over or something to make
him behave. l didn't want to hurt
him at all. When l came back to him
he said he would treat me well, but it
soon began again, and has been going
on pretty much ever since.
Cross-eXamination.
@. You killed him, didn't you?
A. Yes, or would have been killed myself.
Q. When you married him what arrangement
did you make about property?
A. None at all.
Q. You married him for love?
A. Well, never married him for his property.
q. You got along pretty well the first yearg
A. / helped him outdoors and worked like a
man. AID then he m ade me do it all the time.
My health began to get bad and sometimes 1
couldn't stand heavy work outdoors.
q. When was your first fuss?
A. The next winter.
@. Something about the girl going to school,
wasn't it?
A. The girlnever gave him cross word, so
far as know. When he married me he said the
girl might go to school, but in harvest and mostly
in summer be made her work out like man.
@. That trouble the next winter was all fixed
APP:
A. Yes; but he made me live like dog on
noldy corn m cal.
@. In the quarrel about the girl, you took her
part?
A. No; told her she must behave herself
told Tyrell 1 would make her behave herself
when accomplished about her.
Q. What was the next trouble about?
A. About lifting the mower, as told you.
Q. 1t was in 1879. Shortly after that you sep
arated:
A. Yes.
@. You wanted share of his property?
A. No; never tried to get any Of his prop
erty.
@. But You did get some?
A. He agreed to pay me $500.
q. You had lived with him little more than
year?
A. Yes. IA or Is months
q. Didy have anything when you married?
A. / had my dishes and furniture
@. You have them yet?
A. Yes.
Q. When you left him seven years ago You
took your thingss
A. Yes; but let him have money out of my
own pocket to pay his taxes-S25 or $50.
Q. He promised to give you this forty acres if
you would 60 back to him. Is that the reason
you went back?
A. No.
q. You wouldn't have gone back without it,
A. l expect may be would.
After further questions concerning the recon
Citation, it was asked Did you promise to be-
have?
A. No; but he did. He said he was an old
man and couldn't take care of himself and want
ed me to do il nsed even to ,rnsh and shn,,o