Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-21
BRUTAL BILLY WILSON.
HIS FEMALE VICTIM RELATES HER
STORY IN COURT.
The Jury Credits Her Statement as to
His Brutality, and Pronounces
Verdict of Guilty.

VIM. Wilson, alias Curly Wilson, was
tried in the Police Court yesterday on q
charge of battery preferred against him by
the woman with whom he lives. The de-
PENDANT demanded a jury trial when the
case was FIRST called few days ago, and the
selection of twelve men to try the case con-
sumed considerable time.
Wilson was not represented by an attor-
ney, but conducted his own case. He had
no questions to ask of the jurors, but
awaited himself of his right of 'peremptory
challenge" whenever he detected Hebrew
in one of the Jurors chairs. The following
jurors were finally selected: B. B. Brown,
c. C. Brown, 81. Fisher, J. Lewis, C. A.
Sawtelle, George Newman, D. J. Mannix,
VIM. Grafmiller. s. H. Davis, Joseph Hop.
lev, Claus Anderson and George F. Bron-
ner.
Jennie Wilson, the prosecuting witness,
took the stand and gave her testimony in
an entirely different manner from that which
was expected of her. Heretofore, in testi-
fying against Wilson, she had been re-
luctant about telling what she knew, and
invariably shielded him, but yesterday she
gave her evidence with determination
that was rather surprise to the City At
torney. She said she had been living with
Wilson for two years, and during that time
had been most numerically beaten on
numerous occasions.
AS q rule she paid the house rent and
furnished food, while Wilson, who worked
part of the time, spent his money in
saloons, and coming home would habitu-
ally beat her because she did not have
more money to give him. Poverty and the
persuasions of Wilson had driven her
lately to enter house of ill-repute, and
because she could not earn sufficient at this
business she was again beaten.
On Friday Wilson came to the house
partly intoxicated, and started to abuse
her. He caught her by the hair and
dragged her around the room, at the same
time t1ourishing knife and threatening to
thrust it into her, land turn it around" if
she did not make money for him. Her
screams attracted two or three men, who
compelled Wilson to desist.
Frank Goulert, a saloon keeper at Second
and L streets, testified that he heard the
womans scream on Friday afternoon, and
rushing out, he saw Wilson with one hand
clutching her breast and another brandish-
ing pocket-knife, as if to draw it across
her throat Wilson remarked that he was
taking her home, and intended to see that
she did not frequent saloons.
The prosecution rested, and the defend
ant took the witness stand. He denied
having used any force upon the woman,
other than was necessary 10 get her away
from saloons and keep her in her house
He said he worked for living, and that
she went into a house of ill.fame of her
own will.
City Attorney Hart made a spirited ad-
dress to the jury, in which he stamped Will
son as man of most degrading character,
and one of those individuals who would
rather live off the earnings of a frail woman
than exercise his physical powers and mus
Gle in his own support. Such men were
the most detestable beings on the face of
the earth, and not fit company for ours.
Wilson made few remarks to the jury,
setting forth that his only object IN using
violence on the woman was to keep her
from leading life of shame.
The jury retired, and in few moments
brought in verdict of guilty. The de.
PENDANT will be sentenced to-day