The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-21
DEATH TO HER A RELEASE.
INNS. PE1ERsEN KILLED BIZ HER
BRUThL HUSBAND.


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tenemen' oehInu irh'y Chuioh' No. -.
retersen' NJ U. uruhAo" iio"sy, -
whe ahu nimseii. ror the womah ~
vas reiease' her "nolo w y 80,
Ooeh one OIL the uhtho'ne u.uuseIy
some women support themselves u :
mes enu Q ! pau'nt supmlsslcu W
0ta hueuauu Woree .nan Wort" -
was tne oest tnins tnat count n"pp0n =,
hei, anu tne olner tenants WHO oS"e W
AZ the oouies' ~ was the Only soou ..H -
ever uu ior ner. nut Iho pOor 'u'' ""
TO become OF them ?
There are Ave children left orphans by tho
u.-,...na .,1.h,. ~. - a. br, sov.n
murder ana suicide. one OF mem is out seven
iust before the petersens moved into the
nro,oho1 l,,,ta ,o,ros ~ ,,o ,on eoor N, IN.
hve-story tenement at 1od Trinity place. The
Others arc IL, 10, and O Years old. The Peter
sens lived in three email rooms, which were
shared by Mrs. Fetersens brother, hicharu
small. Mrs. Small. and her sister. Annie Nc
Laughlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Petersen had been married hf-
years old i've years his wifo's senior. Only
nn.inIsS ,,.,i. 80 nss..,.L
bors of her husbands cruelty. But they knew,
for often. late at night. they heard Pctersen's
heavy footsteps in unsteady progress up the
with drink, bowling curse, and threats at hi,
wife even ,erore he reached his rooms; AT
urn IT,. u 80, rne, vi, ,.ta .S"n S.s s| .,r.S !,
ne " y ). poa' "s "uo "no =, s.uIy
brother was there. But often small, who was
aaI.,h-.a h,.uI ~. -, :, ~. "a go
glings in tho room above, which ended only
when sleep nvercame the drunken brute, or
when the wife. bruised and bleeding, ran for
3St . ,ehsmI Even theh sho maze EXCUSES '0r
do T. y REhep bn WAS ,o she Ss'u' no'e "ou'u
But he never seemed TO be sober when he came
home. Once, when he chased her into the street
IN .ne h't ,ha pr :, u,h iIgh l.. t b y " W. h % 9r ~
police csnshs him end he was sent 2 shs Island
iSe aanfsn months suR months Thesq ba, fo w9 9Ss p hsvs msd af
sadly familiar TO every police court Judge made
III you'd only giSe him another chance; yarr
hS WSsn IN pa, sure h eam treat esst me fpd r,sh ne ef 1.lsn 1dis +.
went H ON afi long voyage s%Hes on nnse coal s.p% soh ' q tSi'n pl ne
inf, that time his wife managed to support her
SsspI sed the tee d Gn,i.reg ' she e~soon1lS o hsys Ssen;
return; Another baby was to be born to her
soon; an no net h Tohs; a prayer Ter was tnnt ksri
the q sv little sie,S one hs I had come Snmc a a,i meek xI before 5e, tie
Daoy,s orth ne came nome faN,ins WIN nflnk.
tesri fisY I, Si!1 g. Before tF? Re V vent sno out s'ES s G sav 9
her . ina. kisx; ana sroTied; ,,,. .,r,o re-,
b,ysbsss afTTh 1--we I've, RniIhed you this 'nle' II
fore rss sSs VA saip te5 al Her .h si.tsos sfS fs~f fiftsd her Pc 70
he bed and got a doctor; It was 2 narrow liIs
born. but t.. Hs,is %yins% pulled throush:, =
swore out n warrant :or Petersen's arrest, but
her scrubbing work. Her, brother. Dick Smell,
was at home, and she had no fear as long as he
stayed, for &c had once given Petersen sucha
the sailor had never dared TO lay a hand on her
IN DICKS presence. BUT on Wednesday night
small left the house to hoard a vessel on which
hsps Petersen found thiS oqt; or perhaps II was
only chance ina Drought MIN home yesteriey
mornins after his 6roth.r-ln-law had sailed.
work at q O'clock. saw MN standing IN me
oO3rwsy, No. a "SSt ha ne pusnsd ~ ma
entered the, room with him, CRYING out:
ohcriey's como oack' ruin! Charieys nero;
get up. .
Mrs. small came out 70 meet fetefseh. Mrs.
hetersen was iylng % ~ oea VIII tne ntue
oapy' ana s-ySar-oIu Saoina vas asioep IN the
erin. Sne 700 juinpsa UP, ana Mhen hetersen
saw her ms Iace asfkened. Inc other two
Women saiu mat there was murdeI ~ tne look
that ne turned on MS wne, ana they ran out.
shriekihR Ior neIp. ihSiI cries awoke Malta
Lille, tne ELDEST OF ,nm Shnnren. who was IN the
auyolhlng roon' anu part OF what happeneo she
saw ahd heard. lier Ialher put MS hanu on her
mothcr : Si ,p sentb ~ hshn Whor.ist,,
q Cse tr : y vonE wouiydn,t h nrtei n !" " pleaded
the frightened woman. It's so little you would
XIII MT me- put uon Y touch the oaoy: