The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-17

To the question If be had ever threatened
| TO strike his wife with a knife DO replied
mo. sir; never did"
ONCE SEPARATED.
"Were You ever separated from herr
ayes. sir; we were separated about nine
| years ago. She then kept hotel at Dublin.
After she left me I went to Orlando and
| was doing well. l had secured plantation
/ when l received word that she had run
/ head over heels in debt; paid the debt Of
! over goo. and We have been getting along
very we'll after that. have never quar-
re.ei with my wife: as soon as she gould
Of the way; tried to get out OF the way
yesterday morning, but she fell just as Sir.
Floyd has explained to the jury. When
she would fall down in these fits / was tell
ing you about, l would always rub her with
cam2hcr and bring her to-
why lid you refuse TO open the door
when the officer knocked for admittancaW
- did not want any Of the neighbors r
SEQ her II her position as they might think
hard OF it, or think that she had been
drinking. She did drink a very little, but
not TO excess She was also addicted TO dip
ping snuff, which l told her was the trouble
Of the flooding of the heart She used to
tell me that she had heart trouble, but
would always laugh at her ard try 70 shake
it off. ."
"Did she take any of the medicine that was
prescribed for you"
Yes, know that sac took some Of the
choral that DR.. Builoch prescribed for
me-"
To the question as to whether his wife ate
anything on the day Of her death, he replied
she was hearty eater and had eaten dinner
at l o'clock, eating besfsteak and other
food. As matter of fact the post mortem
EhnWn6 40 sf~nfr .r,1- eesr
empty.
FAcKLER ONCE IN JAIL FOR LUNAcY.
There is history in the records Of the
court or ordinary showing that on Dec. IL
last Mrs. Fackler swore out an affidavit Of
lunacy against her husband, and that il was
necessary for the public peace and safety,
and especially for her own protection, that
he should not longer be left at large, and
Deputy Sheriff Prudential arrested Fack-
Ter on the same day and the prisoner was
committed TO jail, and on Dec. %, after a
weeks imprisonment, Fackler was dis
charged on the strength OF the following
letter, which she submitted in the court of
ordinary TO Judge Ferrlll, and he took q
pledge before Judge Ferrill to quit drink
ing:
SAVANNAH, Ga. Dec. 10. 1885,
TO The Hon. Hampton L. FeITiH Ordinary
Chatham County:
DEAR SIR: AS l have reason to believe that
my husband, s. A. Fackler committed by your
order TO Chatham county jail for supposed in
sanity, Is 50 much improved that he shows deep
contrtion for his past conduct, and is willing to
go before your honor and swear to total Austen
ton from all Intoxicating liquor forever il is
my desire that, if your honor please, he be re-
lieved from custody. Mrs. KATE FACKLER.
During the time her husband was in Jail
Mrs. Fackler made application to the Union
Society to have her two boys sent to the
Bethesda Orphan Home She stated that
her husband was in jail and she had no
means Of supporting herself or her children.
Although it is against the rules to admit
children who have fathers 60 the orphan
asylum, Mrs. Packers distressed condition
was taken into consideration and her boys
were sent there temporarily until she could
provide for them. or until her husband got
out of his troubles.