The age-herald., 1902-03-12
HUSBAND CUTS HIS WIFE MN ETEEN TIMESj SHE LIVES William Nabers of Ems ey Convicted in the Grim
 inal Court. A "A MlLY DISTURBANCE Husband Claims He Caught His Wife In Compromising Attitude and
 She Hit Him With
 Chair.
A FAT MILY DISTURBANCE

William Nabers, a white man 46 years old, who resides at Ensley was convicted yesterday in the Criminal Court on charge of cutting his wife nineteen times with a knife In an effort to kill her.
 The offense occurred last November at a boarding house in Ensley where they resided. The defendant pleaded insanity. Nabers, 1t was testified, shot twice at policeman who arrested him and did not hit him, although they were within fifteen feet of each other. The policeman shot at Nabers five times, finally wounding him, after which he was taken in charge and brought to the county jail
 Mrs. Nabers took the stand and testi- fed aginst her husband. She is woman of middle age and looked none the worse for year yesterday for the attempts of her husband to carve her up. She stated that she had been down town the morn ing of the difficulty and returning she saw her husband enter the house before her. She was just behind him and fol- lowed him to their room That they were in the room only seven or eight min utes when the cutting began. That no one else was there and that the assault was an unprovoked one.
 Shot at Policeman.
 Officer Ward of Ensley testified to mak- ing the arrest and said that the defendant shot at him and that he had to shoot In self defense. Nabers was arrested just after he left his house.
 Will Harris said he was passing by the house and heard women screaming inside. He enterd and started up the stairs when he met Nabers coming down with a pistol in one hand and knife in the other Ma Lers said to him:
 Do you want some of 1t, young mani"
 'I don't remember whether I said yes sir or no sir' continued the witness, 'but l fell down the steps in a hurry"
 He described how the officer met Ma bers and shot at him, finally hitting him.
 Did you see anybody else around when Nabers came out of the house?"
 "I saw kid on the steps but ran over him."
 You were badly frightened, were you?'
 "I sure was" replied the witness.
 Continuing, he said that Nabers fired 
 they were about fifteen feet apart. "She Warn't No Good" Mrs. Ruth Haskins, a daughter of Mrs Nabers, testified that she ran to her mothers room when she heard her scream and tried to open the door; that she beat on it with a chair and that the door finally opened and her mother fell | i,f Mol as she fell, and exclaiming to witness: D her, she warn't no good."i
 Dr. w. l.. Jones described Mrs. Nabers' wounds. She was cut in the right breast in her back below the shoulder blade and on her abdomen, leg and arms.
 William Fex said he saw Nabers come out of the room where the cutting oc- cured; that Nabers had a pistol in one hand and dirk in the otherTT that Officer Ward shot at l,abers five times. Witness himself was ordered by Nabers to get out of the way, and" said the witness, q got"
 The defense sought to prove insanity. Their first witness, H. P. Berry testified that he was the warden at the jail the day Nabers was brought in and that Ma bers was under the influence of whisky He found double -barreled derringer and a pint of whisky on him when searched He did not notice any peculiar actions.
 Drunk or Crazy. A. s. Brice said he saw Nabers when brought into the hospital; that he was drunk or crazy or something--acted like he was crazy drunk. Will Brice testified that he had known Nabers two months since he had been in jail; that he was drunk when brought there.
 The defendant then took the stand and said that at the time it occurred he was in charge of five night watchmen at the steel plant; that he worked at night and usually got home about 6:30 or ' o'clock in the morning
 That morning." he said, "T sat around the house awhile after getting home. My wife dressed and went up town I went up the street and stayed until about 10 o'clock. l then returned nome and en- tered the house from the Avenue c en- trance. tried the door of my room and it was locked This was something unusual. and I picked up a chair which was stand ing nearby Tn the hall, placed 1t by the door and got on 1t and looked through the transom. I saw my wife in a com