Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-21
HIS ONLY MOTIVE SEEMS To BE
THAT SHE HAD HIM ARREST.
ED SATURDAY
On Charge of Disturbing Inc Peace,
and tle Was Fined ia City
Court
MAKES GOOD ais ESCAPE

4 terrible aftermath u '44e# arrest
af Jake staia6aeb tIr negro y.b4 was
placed in custody las Saturday Ter
disturbing the peace, caearfol i6i5
morning neaf the hour 4f& a'e'8af4
He stepped into the room wItef HI
Wife vas working and assaulted iiae
with a razor, iHfietms probably fl
teen wounds ON her before heI=efjee
for help brought neiahoor3 IN T. ne
assistance IS soon as tnoV began 80
flock into The house Stainbaeh God
mecipitateN leaving his victim 1n-
moreifHIy bateherod tiis fight Waa
50 hurried that he left Ais nat behind.
y few minutes after inc affair oc-
Cured the police werc notified, Il
WIS thought to be outside the city
limits and The jurisdiction Of the Do-
lice and the sheriff and eonstables
We're notified. In a few minutes Dep
uty Sheriff Pleas Culpepper and Con
stable Check We're on the scene OF the
affray. They were told the direction
in which the negro went away ana
started in pursuit Of him
Acting Chief of Police Alex Pctcf-
son and Graphic representative
were on the scene q short while alter
the affray Great excitement prevail.
ed in the neighborhood among the
negro women and scores OF them We're
in and around the house where the
wounded woman was.
Dr. Thompson was present banding
ing her wounds. The woman was re.
clining in d chair suffering consider
ably. The spectacle presented was a
pitiable one. Her head and face were
badly cut in ten different places, and
scveral ugly gashes had been inflicted
on her body She bled profusely be.
fore Dr. Thompson arrived and the
floor of the unpretentious cabin re-
sembled slaughter house.
Though weak from loss of blood
and excitement she told her story of
her husbands brutality to the Graphic
representative. 1t was told in a few
words She was in her room busy
making up bed. Stainbach slipped
in on her caught hold Of her and be-
gan cutting her with razor exclaim
ing as he did so:
C d---n you, | told you | was
! going to fix YOU. and now am going
to do it
She tried to defend herself, but he
did not cease his onslaught until
neighbors arrived.
1t was ascertained Stain bach fled
! into the woods in the direction of
Sulphur Springs. A negro of the name
of Eubanks left in close pursuit OF
him preceding the officers People
coming in from Sulphur Springs state
that he was seen near Simpsons place
on the Sulphur Springs road and
again on the bicycle path leading TO
the springs.
Stanbach is u heSfO about five feet
ten inches in height; weighs about 16J
pounds: complexion, light brown:
wears a mustaehe; when last seen was
wearing a pair of trousers. noticeable
for the number Of patches on them,
and white canvass jacket He would
be described as pop-cyed, and easy to
distinguish from other members of
his race.
The motive for his vicious assault
is probably anger on account of his
arrest last Saturday, mention of which
was made in Sunday mornings Graph
c
He bought a new razor last Friday
and made threats against his wife.
They had quarrel Friday night and
she went to neighbor's house and
spent the night. and the next morn
ing she had him arrested In the af:
terrcon Judge Brown fined him $5
tie raid the fine and stated that his
wife had been bad woman and that
he would not have anything to do with
her.
Che 4h ho had &ixoa&o hae