The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-18
A BRUTAL HUSBAND
He Knocks Down His Wife, Closes
Her Eye and Tries to Bite Her
DIR. HUSTEDS MAD ATTACl
Patches and Raw Beef
Poultices.

DR.. Singleton Hustled, with his wife and
two small children, for four years
have lived in the brick cottage just west OF
the Twelfth ward store On Second South
street, between Fourth and Fifth East
The cottage sets back from the street some
twenty feet.
AT eight o'clock yesterday morning q
woman in her morning dress rushed out
into the yard screaming at the top of her
voice: "Murderl He's killing mep'
The neighbors rushed to the rescue. The
woman's face was all bruised and bleeding,
and her general appearance was that of q
woman who had been attacked by q wild
cat.
The wild cat that few into her face was
her own husband, q prominent physician OF
this city.
When THE HERALD reporter called at the
brick cottage and asked for an interview
with Mrs Hustled. he was met at the door
by Mrs. Shirtliff and ushered to a chair at
the head of q bed on which lay little wo-
man whose face and head were covered
with great patches of lint and bandsges,
with q great pile of lint and cotton on the
nose. The little hand that fell by the bed
side as If pleading for sympathy, was as
delicate as child's. When requested to
tell how it all happened, the little lady at
first choked, but after several gasps gave
the following as her story:
He has been growing worse Tor year,
until life is intolereble to me. This morn
ing / said to him, doctor, il is no use If we
can't live together, we mad better separate.
We'll, he said PHI take Eva along and 60 to
New York. toldshlm ! could not live
without her as she was part OF my life. At
this he few into rage and knocked me
x,shA L. <y-% IJa he, "a
when i was down, striking me on the head
and beating me on the side until l barely
could breathe. As raised up he rushed at
me like wildcat, and grasping me, got my
nose into his mouth and tried to bite il off.
Some way, do not know how, i got away
and rushed into the yard and screamed
This brought the neighbors."
There was great lump as big as fist
on the side of the little woman's head, one
eye was closed and the fine lines Of her
nose broken by the marks OF q mans
teeth. And she is but small bit of a be-
ing not weighing much over eighty pounds,
whom any man could pick up like doll. 1t
was q sad sight to behold her there bat
tered and bruised by the hands that were
once raised to heaven in a solemn VOW to
love and protect her.
AL she had to say was that he was ''a
beautiful husband,'' but there was in her
words bitter scorn. HE is a very tanta-
LIKING and has a bad temper which he never
tries to control. You can't stop him. He
came here from New York. We were
married the 25th Of this month six
years ago. We have two children,
both girls, Eva four years, and
Lula was born one year ago In April. L
owned this property, but he would give me
no rest until / decided him half of il. Then
he treated me worse. When Lula was
born ne abused me so shamefully that
made him deed it back. He then kept
throwing that al me and / have had no
peace since. We just returned from New
York where we had been visiting his peo-
pie. When there he had one of his spells
and told me / would have 70 go home
alone"
a warrant for the Doctors arrest was
sworn out, but he was no where to be
found. He is believed to have fed the
city.