The evening times., 1897-01-23
THE HUSBAND RELEASED
George Woodbury. Was Tried for
Beating His Insane Wife.
SOME EVIDENCE NOT HEARD
The Court Was Apparently Satisfied
That the Charge Was Not True,
Although Police Matron Pennefiu
and the WoHan's Mother Say
That She Is Covered With Bruises.

sipated-loOking man, was acquitted this
morning in the police court of the charge
Officiating his demented wife, Evelyn Wood
bury, who at that time was confined at
| the First precinct station house. Matron
| Pennifill, who has charge of the unfor~
| taRate woman. says her back is covered
| with bruises. which have the appearance
OF having been inflicted with a stick.
The trial before Judge Miller did not
| bring out the matorn's testimony, his
honor failed to delay the case until the
arrival of the matroE, who had been sent
| for by Policeman Bradley VITO arrested
/ Woodbury. A Mrs Masterson, also wit
ness, ha Il been summoned, but did not put
| imam appearance andthe officer askedthat
an attachment be issued for her. This was
not done
Mrs Annie Stauff, the mother of the
! insane woman. took the stand, and in an
swer to an inquiry from the court said:
| This man Woodbury. married my daugtl-
ter when she was a crazy woman. She Is
| subject TO attacks of violent insanity. and
for the past week has hac several attacks.
onThursday he went into her room and beat
her. The blows were something awful
Did you see him hit her?'' asked Judge
Miller.
Il was afraid to go inthe roOm,'' answer
ed the woman. but l pecped in at tic
crack of the door and saw him hit her with
his hand the awfulest kind of blows.'
what does ne do for living?'' was the
next question.
The 1nother-inlaw replied that Wood
bury had pension OF S24 a month.
so your daughter married a pensioner,
did she?' remarked Judge Miller.
Yes. your honor You see. he beat her
when hc was drunk: but she was crazy
Where is this woman
AT the First precinct station an
swered Policeman Bradley She is in
charge of Matron Pennifill, who will be
here and tell about the bruises on the wO-
mans back We have sent for her
Mr Duffy, a roomer in the house of Mrs.
Stauff, testified hat the latter had asked
him 10 help Woodbury. tie his wife down,
as she was violently insane. They got
piece of rope and tied her TO the bed He
then went TO his room He did Not see
Woodbury. beat his wife, and did not think
that he was any more drunk on that Occa-
sion than lie was this morning.
When again questioned, Mrs. Stauff de
clared that Woodbury. beat her daughter
both before and after she was tied in the
bed
ne kr ows he did il. yoUr honor ard
the woman looked directly in the face of
the man who stood beside her. He knows
he did it, why, ne told mc afterward that
be had beat her, saying Yes; l gave it 10
her ro-d.'' -
when " oodbury was placed on the stand
he denied ever having raised his lard 20
strike his wife, and intinated that any
bruises must have been caused by the
Io3e with which she was tied.
Dr. T. W. Slaymaker told the court about
attending the girl during her spells of
epilepSv He did Iot examine her for
any bruises tut uBderSt o1d that Mrs Penni
fill had performed that duty. Thercupon
Judge Miller discharged Woodbury. with
oat further comment on the case.
Nation Pcnnifill ard Mrs StaWf insist
that the oor, dem ented creature is mass
OF bruises Times representative Wis
tied the station house and saw Mrs. WoCd-
bury in the NATIONS room. She is rot Yet
thirty years old, and is raving maniac.
though at times she appears slightly
rat oaal.
once in q great while she is able TO cor
rectlypronounce words .butmuch of hcrcon-
versation is inCoherent. She occasionally
assumes a sitting posture and pointing her
long. emaciated fingers at an imaginary
aSsailant, declares that he will kill her.
The words "kiIl-wOrld to end are fire.
quently distinguishable, while more than
once she points to her body and utters some
thing about 'man-kill." Her large gray
eyes glare in fear about the room and
shudders pass over her weakened and
bruised body.
Evelyn Woodbury. will be sent to st.
EhzabeJh'S Hospital some time today,
while herb us5and willreturn TO Mrs Stauff's
home on the Pierce Mil road where he has
been living ever since he married the de- |
mented girl three years ago. About that
time he applied to her house for board and |
was accommodated Mrs. Stauff SAYS
that Evelyn was then under the care of |
a doctor. She declares that Woodbury. |
began paying attentions to her daughter, |
and she was startledin a shorttime to learn |
Jhat they had come into the city and been |
married. She did not believe the truth of !