Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-22
POLICE COURT DoINGS
Woman Captures Il Burglar Making
 Off With Her Husbands Clothes

The Sunday drunk was again be- fore the city court to-day and Judge Burpee made him vince. The mans name was Alden Doii;iilue and he was charged with beating his wife as well as with intoXicutiOn. Mrs Donahuc told the old, old story of the Saturday night drunk and the effects on the fol lowing morning. She added that her husband has not for some time prop erly supported her and their children and but for the assistance she derives
 from the two oldest children she would
 not be able to get along at all. Don ahue was fined $1O and costs on both
 complaints.
 Michael Sheehy, James Fitzgerald
 and John Kelly were each fined $5 and costs for intoXication on Saturday evening.
 MT and Mrs George Badger. of 46
 Jewelry street.. charged William O'Neill with burglary. Mrs Badger stated that On Saturday morning as
 she entered her bedroom she noticed the door of the clothes closet being
 slowly closed. She hastily opened the
 door and, to her surprise, saw the ac-
 cused inside. Mrs Badger does not look to be possessed of very great strength while, on the other hand. the
 intruder looked to be fellow whom a man would think twice before tack ling. Nevertheless. Mrs Badger seized the fellow by the coat collar and pulled him out or vhe closet. Then
 a tussle took place and both fell on the bed. Mrs Badger was the first to regain her feet. and sine proceeded to pull the man into the Kitchen, scream [ ing for help the while. She sent her children for their father and for Off
 cer John Sullivan. who lives on the
 street. Meanwhile severe struggle
 was going on in the kitchen. O'Neiil got Mrs Badger up against the wall and was trying to choke her. He had on her husbands coat and vest over his own and during the struggle some silver cutlery. fell out of his pockets At last Mir Badger arrived and took
 care of O'Neill and g few minutes after Officer Sullivan turned up and took O'Neill to the police station. O'Neilrs excuse was that he was drunk. He was bound over to the next term of tho superior court under a bond of $6OO.
 The case of Cleophns Trudeau for non-support and assault was continued thirty days he agreeing to pay his wife SI a week for the next two
 weeks and s a week thereafter. | After city court was over. Judge Burnoe said that the old method of punfShing wife heaters. the whipping post. ought to be revived. He said tl'at the average wife beater is nov
 afraid of any term in the county jail: | it has no terrors for him and frequent lv 1t serves anlvvassa @period of recu- noration for his general constitution. The actual sufferer ifs generally the
 wife and children wlaan there arc
 any,. They aee~left without means of
 subsistence and the humiliation of he in" obliged tn appeal to the town for bid seldom fails to be their lot while
 the father is in ja!I. Jsdges BurDee
 said that If no ono else interests him self in hrinring this nr2tter befarn the
 noyt "onoral assembly. he -wills do it
 himself. He thou"ht the wiiippine post
 would be more effective than any sen | tenco a city court or police court
 could impose. The liberalization that
 could net fail to result from nublir
 whipnno on tho bare back could not
 fail to bring the s,1hioct to q nronor sonsn of manhood and reSnect for his 1 far,ilv if any foolinos of dnconcv wore in hirp at all at the tim" ho was sub iectod to the f~nomy of half an hour
 in the public pillory.