Mohave County miner., 1888-08-04
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issokEssv4ng Tor Deserted wisxs-a4ass
tai Troublss In New Y0rh Csey,

issokkssbfng eoe Deserted wisSs-A1asss
tai Troabiss In New T0rk Csey.
TO bs . sergeant Ia police opust ~
wolves 3 peculiar and son1swbat bus6sn.
soms duty, that Of acting a. banksg tce
the receipt and disbursement q tho
weekly stipends paid BY Husbands - D.
serted wives A sergeant 10 fortuna4e r
be has not above thirty such Bookkeeping
accounts on his list. and In busy court
the number may run up 10 100 o. t76.,
The obligation OF the husband TO support
bis wife assumes not romantic aspect ID,
q police court. The obligation u not To-
the woman a. her desert for services rsu..
dered or for affections sake but 10 The.
city, that II may not have paupeg On IT,
hands, This attitude Of self dsfense %
the community as against the husband
colo1 the proceedings which woman
must 20 through before sbs can compel
her husband TO provide for her The 6Syta
step involved 10 viKit 10 the commiageou-
ers OF charities and correction and IN ap-l
plication for requisition from thsm On.
ths police justice In her district rsquixtng.
him 70 Issue an abandnarDsnt Wufran1 ~
the arrest Of the delinqncut husband
The law being framed directly 70 pse-I
vent the increase OF paapers and MOI -,
punish the man, the wife d called upou
to swear on the face OF the warrant tha1
she viii be charge on the public unlssg
her husband supports her That y alk
she has 70 do with the matter - pein-l
cipal In the police court II ID the d4y
against the husband. with tho wife msrs1yi
as witness She 10 called upon 10 testify
q second time that she il In the pogit3o0
Of pauper and thGt the city viii have 70
support her u her husband does n0k
Under such circumstances the amounA
awarded the woman 10 seldom large. the
object being simply 10 keep hes out Il ths
poor house The weekly sum which lie
husband h put under bondS 10 pay her
varies according 70 his wages. bat moro
closely according 10 the ages OF her ehi-
dren. whether they can work and hslp
support her or whether she can get work
and support herself. Four dollars wssk
" $8 Is ~ high a. II often gets, and
sometimes it is not above $2.t0 or t8.
Women who brace themselves for weeks
to submit 10 the mortfytng ordeal Of
swearing out such warrants against thelr
husbands arc somstimes surprised 70
earn the exact basis Of the law.
II man has beaten woman and made
acr life en- almost insupportahle burden
70 her, but asserts that he has moi sbanr
iorcd her, that be will 20 home with her
and live with her. then that woman isn0t
n danger Of becoming psupcr. and thH
police Justice. though be may feel the ut
,uost compassion for her, can only tell her
to go home with him, and have him up for
assault II he beats her. The woman often
will not venture 10 appeal to the court
again. for an assault complaint, she hav-
;ng learned that any other ID useless, WIN
mean her husbands imprisonment and
.toppage of the family income. The man
very naturally comes TO the conclusion.
that whatever be does his wife wiz have
10 put up with It. and acts for the future
very much ~ he pleases- Aman who has
decent income has his wife even more In
his power. 6hs imagines she can secure
his punishment for deserting her for Q
prettier face than her own. She tsies.
She opens her cyes when she finds The
abandonment warrants open the door to
80 many dollars Q week only. II he can,
support two women that Is his business,
not the courts. He gives bonds to secure
her bread, with not TOO much butter, and
goes back to his nswer fama n =
couples Of this sort largely for whom ths
police sergeant b banker. They don't
care 10 mss4 personally. and the couxl
official collects. pays and takes tho ~.
ceipts- II b getting 70 b qcits . busl.
neas In tt way.