The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-11
SHE STICKS TO IT
HUSBAND TRIED TO KILL HER
Their Quarrel Will Probably Result
in the Death Of Their Little Baby.
Judge Reed Refused the Ap-
plieation for Habeas Cor
pus and Held the De-
fondant in the Sum
Of Two Thous-
and Dollars.
The Courts

The habeas corpus Applicant on in the
case of the state OF Kansas vs. VIM. p, Par
man was heard yesterday before Judge
Reed III the district court. The apDiica-
ton was denied aud Mr.. Parllman put
under s., COO bonds. Willard BeoOe APP
peared Tor the state aud David .,mythe for
Mr.. PariIman.
It was one of those cases in which the
position OF Judge Reed is an unsuviable
one.
Mrs. Parliman came into the court car
rying baby in her arms and two more
Iii tie girls were hanging TO her skirts.
The wee little baby WAS very pupy and
the measle pimples had not Yet fully
disappeared from Its face The poor little
thing was thinly clad and II
the cold air and exposure do
not cause its death il will be miracle.
The fever blisters were still on its lips,
which prevented it from nursing with any
satisfaction, aud the result was that 1t
Was very fretful. With OF her ills the baby
baG sore eyes, which it had taken evil
IDENTITY from its mother. whose eyes are
affected with chronic soreness. The baby
looked more like it was dead than alive.
Judge Reeds tender heart naturally at
tracted him towards the baby, as II by
being near it it could borrow some of bis
strength and robustness. but his sympathy
may probably cost him some pains him
self, for he never has had the measles ard
1t is not at all improbable that he will get
them. When he was informed that the
baby had the measles he wheeled his chair
aboat ten feet farther off, but still he
looked compassionately upon the little
sufferer, and probably philosophical on
the cruelty of.nature in inflicting the pun
ishElent OF disease on one SO young and
innocent. When Parlimao was brought over
from the Jail he kissed the two oder
children and had one of them bring the
baby to him from it's mothers arms
When he felt the hands of the little one,
too ems isolated 10 have dimples, tears rolled
down his face. In such Gases it is easy To
observe the magic link that children form
between parents. Ali this had its effect,
doubtless. upon the court and attorneys,
but the goddess of justice is stern, cold
blooded lady. aud her mills had to grind
regardless Of the instincts Of poor, weak,
fallible man.
Mrs. Parliman was put on the stand and
the night of the Oath of February herself,
her husband and the baby retired to bed
as usual. The clock was stopped aud she
did not know what time of the night she
was disturbed by somebody raising the
bed clothes from her face. She aw0ke and
found her husband applying II cloth to her
face which was saturated with some
liquid that SinarteO ana burned
her. She realized at a glance that
something was wrong aud she struggled
with him. He then pulled bottle from
under the pillow and dashed its contents
in her face. She ran to Mr.. Strausberry's
house near by for protection. Soon he
came after her and persuaded her to 30
back home. While sitting by the fire she
says that he told her that on account OF
their condition (being very poor) he in
tended to kill her and then kill
himself. She asked him what was
in the bottle aud he said that it was
chloroform. She asked him then what he
had done with it and he said he burned
the cloth in the stove aud threw the bottle
out in the field. She was still timid and
to satisfy her he said that he would take
lantern aud go out aud show it to her.
This was the main point in her testi-
nony. Parlimau is yonng man about
So, and his appearance does not indicate
that he would do a crime of that kind,
and if he did, it was probable that he WAS
Respondent at their i'll fortune and in
tended to end their fierce struggle for ex-
istence, for they were very poor.
Mrs. Parliman seemed to tell n strange
story, and her disposition indicated the
she would not falsely swear away the
liberties of her husband.
There seems to be something very mys.
ferrous about the whole business.