The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-07
BRIDE OF A MONTH.
Appears in Webster
Court With Two
Black Eyes.
PAID HER HUSBANDS FINE.
Story Of Domestic Chaos
Related to Justice By
Abused Wife.

Webster, July Gone of the most
brutal of assaults was aired before
Justice Henry j. Clarke in the district
court today. The man charged with
the crime was Paul Davoit, husband of
Martha Davoit. Joseph P. Love was
the officer in the case.
The case was one of the worst on
record. Martha, a young girl and
hardly out of her teens, told the judge
the circumstances of the case. She ev-
identity was sorrowful that she had had
her flowing" husband arrested, and
very reluctantly testified against him.
There have often been prisoners and
plaintiffs in court before with a black
eye, but seldom does a woman come to
court with both optics blackened. Her
eyes were deeply draped and swollen
considerably.
Last Monday night her husband came
home and started in to clean out the
house. He beat his wife so much and
hard, she told the judge that she bled
from the ears. She looks as if she had
been through a stone crusher
1t seems that there is young man
implicated in the affair some way, who
had some grudge against Martha, and
told her husband certain things that
made him angry.
When Mrs. Davoit succeeded in es-
Gaping his blows, she ran out of the
house on Prospect street, and clad only
in her underclothing took refuge in a
neighbours abode.
She was afraid to go home until yes
terday noon, when Officer Love discov-
cred her at the railroad station. She
wanted to go to Worcester, but she
didn't have the money. Mr.. Love gave
her money to purchase food.
The girl had been married just a
month. With the aid of Victor F. Will
der as interpreter, the judge heard the
evidence. He decided that a $25 fine
and bonds of $500 to behave for six
months ensuing, would hold the wife
tence was translated to him, the pris-
oner emphatically refused to pay the
fine, and remarked that he didn't ask
his wife to have him arrested. The
wife of tender years quailed at his
fierce remarks. The judge ordered him
to be taken to Jail to work his fine out,
and arrangements were made for Mr.
Love to take the prisoner up on the
LIS train this afternoon. However,
just before the train went, the black
eyed wife came running down street
and cried: "Mr. Joe! Mr.. Joe Love! me
got $25; me want me husband let got"
Poor, afflicted Martha was taken to the
judge and the fine paid, and the hus-
band and loving wife made up and re-
turned home again, arm in arm, to en-
joy in a different way the anniversary
of their first months marriage.
Mr.. Love, however, will keep his eyes
on the husbands actions in the future,
as he will not allow any beating
or maltreatment if he can help it.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Charles Groh, wife of the ex-selectman
of Dudley, was held at her late home,
at o'clock this afternoon, and Rev.
Henry A. Blake officiated. Mrs. Chas.
P. Davis, Miss Nellie M Wood, e. D.
Clemans and S. S. Hawkins, sang 81
cannot always trace the day" Pass
ing away" and II would not live al
ways" The bearers were Christopher
Malhert, Augustus Schultz, Christian
Holly and William King. Deceased
came here in 1854, and since that time
has resided in town. She was 81 years
months and % days old. The inter
ment took place at the East Webster
cemetery.
Jacob Goldstein and his wife of New
York city are visiting Ike Shea, the
tailor, for few days.
"Parson" Weaver closed his bowling
alleys indefinitely this morning. In the
fall he will open again with altera-
tons.
Uadileas Jonakowsk returned tonight
after visit with friends in Chicopec
Robert Shaw North Webster cot.
ton spinner, aged AZ years, was fired
SO for drunkenness before Justice
Clarke this morning. Henry j. King
was the officer in charge.
Officer King started out this mornine
armed with list of persons who have
failed to pay their dog licenses. Ht
will compel them to settle or stanc
court proceedings.
Frank Brown and Stephen Plasse
were each fined IS for disturbance this
morning, on a complaint, dating June
rs, and sworn to by A. Waldo Joslir
of the Hub" Richard Thompson also
testified. The fines were paid by the
| young mems fathers.
P. j. Sweeney is spending few days
| in West Warren.
Miss Clara Pendergast is also at the
same place on a short vacation.
George d. Morse went to Worcester
and Leominster today on business.
A North Attleboro man was in towI
| today. The local Spy man had tall
| with him. He said that the team tina
is coming here Saturday will be {
strong one, and that the game, h,
thought, would be a good one. H
| follows the Webster team in the pa
| pers, and says they are all right. Ac
| cording to his statements, the sports
| from his town are coming here Satur
! day with the intention of doing som'
betting. Sanders and Merritt will b
| the battery for Webster, while Bacoi
| and Lestage will be in the points fo
| North Attleboro. Webster knows AL
about Lestage of Brown university
| but they never have heard anything
| about Bacon. The Webster Eeopl
would be greatly obliged IL the sport
ing editor of The Spy, who is well III
on base ball, would give them fev
tips about this Bacon.
George Beauregard, bartender EN-.
| ployed in Klebart's saloon, on Pleasant
| street, is confined to his home in a pre-
carlous condition. He was taken with
severe hemorrhage of the nose yes
| terday, which has bled for seven hours
| continually The man is very weak
from loss of blood.
| While the assessors of Webster were
] busy raising the tax rate here, the
Dudley assessors were just as busy
| lowering 1t in their town. The rate last
| year was 1870 on a thousand, but this
year 1t has come down to SIG on the
| thousand The reduction in the taxa
| ton is because there was less apbro-
| priations this year, and also decrease
in the state tax. The board Of assess
ors are John j. GILES, Frank Putnam