The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-26

worry. He thought such treatment as
had been described would in time make
her a nervous wreck.
Mrs. Rosa Winnifred Mayo, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Osborn, bore out her,
mothers statement at most points. She
related the incident Of the fatiron
throwing, and also told about her ia
theirs appearing with rope and razor
and try to get his wife alone with him
in the dining room. She had to help
brace the door to prevent him dragging
in Mrs. Osborn. All the time Osborn,
she said, appeared uglS and like q
crazy man. On cross -eXa mination she
admitted that she bore a grudge
against her father Cor the many vile
epithets he had applied to her and her
mother.
Mrs Florence Corey, another daugh-
ter, testified that she had scarcely Wis
tied her parents the past few years
without hearing loud and angry talk.
She had only Joined herself when pro-
voked by her father. She never saw
him do violent act. He was as af-
fectionate as father ought to be to
the young children.
Chauncey j. Cameron of New Hamp-
shlre was working on the Troy farm
When the Osborns were there. On one
occasion between the hours of
and 2. Mrs. Osborn CALLED
out to him to come down.
When he was half way down. she told
nm to so back, saying, Its all right
now"
A, W. Newcomb. an uncle of Osborn,
worked on the farm while the Osborns
We're there He frequently heard bois-
ferrous and abusive talk from Osborn
to wife and daughters. The latter
Joined in when provoked. One time Os-
porn called his wife hog" Mrs Os-
born replied, Thomas. 1 will show
you that l am no hog" That was the
only time he ever heard her give an
indignant reply to abusive epithets.
Usually she said nothing.
The witness said ne frequently re-
proved his nephew for his conduct to-
ward his wife and never got an answer.
several times in the presence of the
children he had checked him, saving,
Iom, for Gods sake, don't talk 80 to
your wife" The night after hearing Os-
born call his wife a nog he had been
SO dlsgusted that he refused his ne
phew otter to drive him to the depot,
ana walked the whole distance. He
had frequently seen Mrs. Osborn in
tears.
AFTER the f1atiron throwing episode,
Tom had come to him, and said it was
a lie; that he had peked up a hot
iron and dropped it. The witness had
the0 sold, tom, it looks bad But
previous to that he had got disguised
ana refused to live longer on the farm.
he had never heard anything q -ainst
the daughters Of the family. i re-
sarded his nephew SIS hopeless case
and never wanted to speak to him
again.
Arthur Kendall Green, a 1S-year-old
poy VINO with his mother, Mrs. Good
win, occupied the other tenement with
The Osborns at the Troy farm, arrived
on the scene the day of the fatiron
throwing, just as the iron struck the
wall He saw 1t strike, but did not see
the throwing.
Mrs. Clara A. Green of Rutland for
.merly Mrs. Goodwin, gave testimony to
i'll treatment on the part of Mrs. Os-
born from her husband. She told how
on one r,a occasion; when Mrs.
tenement, Osborn had come in,
and, grabbing her by the arm, had
pulled her out, telling her to come
home, where she belonged.
Mrs. Sareh K. Briefly, next door
neighbor to the osborns, when they
| were living on Woodland street, said
she frequently had to shut her windows
| to exclude the sounds of Osborns
swearing and foul talk. On cross ex-
animation, she admitted that Osborn
usually swore at the boys, and she
could not be certain that he ever d.
rected this talk to his wife
| Mrs. Margaret W. Day, next door
neighbor on the other side, gave sim
| liar testimony
DR.. Marietta H, Kempfer testified to
having been called to treat Mrs. Os-
born and two of the children lately
| When in the house one day she heard
| Osborn pour out a torrent of the worst