The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
Wife and StepsOn Accuse Him
of Assault and Bat
terry.
TROUBLE OCCURRED
AT FAMILY HOME
Young Man Has Ribs Broken,
and Mother Has Shat
tered Arm.

A woman s screams and a man IS loud
cries for help took the police to the
home of j. T.. DOnahoue, l41 East Sec
ond South street, where the widest
confusion reigned, at an early hour Fri
dav morning.
AS the officers arrived Mrs. Donahoue
was seen running across the street IN
her night dress while her husband,
James T. Donahoue, pursued his step
son, L. NJ. Wilkinson, down Second East
street to the corner of Second South,
AT that point Donahoue disappeared
and Wilkinson returned to the house.
Tells Police of Assault.
Wilkinson told the officers that his
step-father had cruelty beaten his
mother and himself and asked them
TO send for a DOCTOR The police pa
troll wagon was called and Wilkinson
was taken to the City prison hospital.
There it was thought that his injuries
were insignificant until Police Surgeon
Paul arrived and found that two of
his ribs had been broken, the jagged
edges of which had penetrated the left
lung. Under DR.. Paul s orders the in
Jured man was taken at once TO st.
Mark s hospital, whore he still is IN
precarious condition
Statement of the Wife,
The facts in the case did not de
velop until Friday afternoon, when
Tribune reporter visited Mrs. Dona-
houe and took her statement. In her
own words this statement rs here
given:
came homo at about L clock this
morning. he was so drunk that he
could not make mis- latch kew work and
[ got out of bed, went down and OPP
ened the door for him. AS he stag
gered into the room l said; jim,
you have been drinking again For
reply he snatched up dower vase that
stood on the center table and hurled
it at my head. 1t missed me and made
q deep dent in the wall, as you see.
He followed me about the room and l
ran screaming up the stairs.
Son to the Rescue.
''When about half way up my son,
r. ". Wilkinson, who had heard my
screams, ran from his room in his pa
lamas and we all three came together
Just about midway up the flight. Ny
husband began to beat my son and [
offered my feeble strength to protect
him. We all tumbled together down
the stairs, landing at the bottom in
heap. [ got up first and ran from the
house, while my husband continued to
beat my son. l went across the street
to Mrs. Watson, neighbor, and there
found that my right eye was badly
swollen from contact with my hus-
bands fist and that my right arm had
been broken, above the wrist, by the
fall down stairs.
Saw Him Pursue Son.
s'From Mrs. Watson's 1 saw Jim
pursuing my son down the street Fin |
allv the latter returned TO the house
and the police took him away in the
patrol wagon to some hospital DR..
Snyder was sent for and he set the |
broken bones of my arm.
"At z clock this morning I re-
turned home and found my husband |
locked in his room. lie came out short
ly after my arrival, said he was sorry
for what had happened and left the
house. l haven't seen him since.
My other SON, w. j. Wilkinson, has |
sworn to complaint charging my hus-
brothers, Sam and William Mcintyre, |
declare that, with my assistance, they |
intend to prosecute the case to the
end -
Arrested by Detectives.
Donahoue was arrested at $3.50 |
O'Clock Friday afternoon, just as he
was leaving the Sanitarium baths on
Third South street. Detectives Chase
and Burt made the arrest. At the sta
ton he gave his age as 3S years.
Friends Immediately, got busy and
Donahoue was quickly released on
bond of 500.
Donahoue is a passenger conductor on
the San Pedro line. Mrs. Donahoue is
proprietress OF a hotel, general mer-
chandise store and a meat market at
Mammoth. The pair have been married
twenty years.
r. NJ Wilkinson, the stepson of Don
ahoue, who lies injured at ST. Marks
hospital, arrived in Salt Lake only
about six weeks ago from San Fran
cisco, where he was engaged in the
mining business.
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