Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-10-17
.,RIE VIVOID NARRATES a STORY
OF MALTREATMENT.
r,andish CrueIties, She Says, Were
inflicted by Italians Near
This City.

snokane, Wash, Oct. lion a bed
IN the farm house OF d. J. Bal
lard on White Bluff prairie Marie
vvod, a Polish woman, lies, a mass Of
ruts and bruises. If the story, or even
half the story, told by her is true, she
has suffered great wrong and been most
brutally and cruelty maltreated.
The woman is "a years of age, and an
ignorant Pole. She can speak but a few
words of English, and when seen yester-
day by q Spokesman-RevieW reporter
was so weak that she could hardly talk,
but made strenuous efforts to tell her
story and how she received her present
injuries.
Five months ago Marie Viyoid, then
living in a little town in Poland having
lost her husband. came to America at the
request of her brotl:cr-in-law, who sent
her money for the passage. He was
then in Spokane. and she at once came
to this western city, among strangers
and unable to speak with or understand
them The brother-in-law evidently was
not as we'll pleased with his late broth
er's wife as he expected. He took her to
the Sacred Heart hospital, where he pre-
vailed upon the sisters n let her work
for her board, at the same time telling
the girl she was to get $12 per month, and
that he was going away 10 get work and
would write to her as soon as he could
When she discovered she was receiving
no pay she left the hospital and fell in
with Polish woman whose identity or
residence is unknown.
Here Lombardi, an Italian gardener,
with a ranch some six miles west OF the
city, came looking for a girl, and hired
her This was three months ago. Last
Sunday morning the barn on Lombardi
place burned He said he had a LOT Of
money hidden in the barn, and that the
woman had stolen 1t and set fire to the
barn to conceal the crime.
Wednesday he came to the city aud
aWore out a warrant for her arrest for
stealing the money. The same day j.
T. Ballard, a farmer living about four
miles from LombardIs place, also appear
ed at the court house and told the OIL
Gals that the woman In question had
been most brutality beaten, and was then
at his house. Constable Fink went out
with the warrant for her arrest sworn
10 by Lombardi, while DR.. Newman went
along to attend the wounded woman.
AS she could not move, the warrant was
not served
yesterday a Spokesman-ReVieW report
en- accompanied by Max Fox as inter
prefer, went out to see the woman. She
is still at the house Of Mr.. Ballard un-
able even to turn over in bed. She Is
d strong looking Polish woman. "a years
vi age, with the constitution of a big
mdh She is uneduCated, and speaks
peculiar dialect of Polish. SO that she
Is hard to understand even by one speak
ing her language. She knows but few
words in English. AS she told her story
she several times started to raise her
mead from the pillow to emphasize some
word but dropped back exhausted md
Vahed for water in a whisper. Several
uiies she came near swooning.
one presents a frightful appearance.
i1ef throat shows the prints of a hand,
"nere she said she had been choked, and
'''e SKIN is scratched as if with finger
"""s' The back of her head is badly
,"oleh where she says she was struck
~ ner 2Ssailaut On her face are a num-
De' Oh cuts from a knife blade There
VIC TWO slashes across her lip from the
"ose down to the corner Of her mouth,
a"other under the nose, and still another
email - cut on the bridge OF the nose. Then
.lere are several marks as though the
,1i1lp point of a knife had been stuck
.l.'o her face. There is a cut on her
s.G'st' another on her abdomen, with
~ 1piIe deep one on her left hip. Her
'"OHlen is black and blue while from
l ler waist to her feet she is almost solidly
oIack and blue. Her ankles are badly
swollen and bruised. with the skin cut in
: N.et r places. Her back is also almost
solid mass of bruises.
vn was quite weak, and spoke with
,nn "e dlfflculty, but through the inter
er' her few English words and her
20 hdtic way of illustrating things, the