The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-10
WICKED CREATURE, MAN.
One of Them Has Deceived Trusting
Widow Grass,
BUT SHE ISN'T AFRAID OF HIM

II He Did Threaten Her Life With .
RazOr-says Shed Like 10 Wiring
His Neck
A little plump woman in a rather dill
apidated buggy drawn by an emaciated
little dun pony drove up to the corner of
Sixth and Kansas avenues at $3.50 o'clock
Iast evening A bright looking 9-year-
old girl sat on the lap of colored woman
in the seat.
Officer Carlson was passing and the
woman called him.
look here" she said, 81 want you. I
have had some trouble with my hus band
and l want to know what to do"
Officer Carlson is of a fatherly DISPOSE
ton, and he inclined his head and mo-
toned for the woman to go on.
ooh it is terrible" said she. "Five
weeks ago l married Charley Haus. l
had been divorced from my husband and
/ was living in Wichita. He told me that
he had good job on the state house, and
persuaded me TO marry him."
The voice of the woman had risen
several octaves, and Officer Carlson said
ais that so?" SO that she could get fresh
start.
81 had seven rooms all furnished"
continued the woman" and do you know
what that man did? He took my furni-
ture and sold il and spent the money.
Then we got ready and moved to To-
peka, and we had enough furniture left
to furnish three rooms, and there was
SIG 10 freight on the stuff. and what do
you think? He would not pay the
freight, and 1 had to get money to pay
il.
Then he took me down to low
down place on Quincy street to live and
we had three rooms. He had no work,
and I found he had lied to me
whom he said he worked on
living down on Quincy street that man
took my eight foot extension table and
sold it and he made table that l have
had to use ever since
MY husband would not pay the rent
and SO l moved over on Lake street
where l had to pay only So month and
he went to his fathers, who lives on
Western avenue. l told his father to
tell him l wanted to see him and he told
me he would not tell him anything Z
said; the old long neck, 1 would like to
twist it.
when my husband came over to
where we live on Lake street he abused
my little girl and he took a razor and
was going to cut my throat but he didn't
scare me, tell you.
"Then 1 telegraphed to the father of
this girl and he came up and got US
soma groceries, for my usband had
stopped NY credit a; Lux's, where had
been trading. l believe he made all the
trouble between me and my first hus-
band, but didn't know it then"
You had better get warrant" said
Officer Carlson.
DO you want to get your husband
back?" asked some one.
mo, 1 have had enough of him. When
he married me was getting $50 a
month alimony and l gave all that up,
lost my furniture and now he wants to
sell my horses, but he will never get
them, not if l know myself
Nov l tell you what am going to
do. 1 am going out to where that old
father of his lives and 1 am going to get
my husband. He has to get out of that
for l don't intend to stand this any
longer. want you to remember this
MIR. Policeman. l am not afraid of that
mao and am going right out there now
and l will attend to him, see if 1 DON'T
Then she gave the. dun pony a cut with
the whip and was gone.
The only time the woman manifested
any emotion was when she spoke of the
$50 alimony.
The woman who is now Mrs Charles
Haus lives at 315 Lake street and says
she would be perfectly happy and would
never be fooled again if she were only
free and back in Wichita.