Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-04
nARD LUCK TALES fl0u POLICE COURT

fin" but not until b. faa rasas@i his
Tide of the HIN domestic difficulties.
Tie Hills eaCsuet q wall paper and
nsint establishment n the corner al
Twelfth and National ayenre. LAST
might City Marshal Ben Coles answer.
ed 0 hurry call 20 the Hiil home,
which Is In the ssore building. The
nsishhors Thought some one vns b.
tnr killed They we're attracted 20
the place by piercing female screams
the which. Il 10 limited. are not IN.
common In the HID domicile. Last
night. though. the noise was acceler.
sted and when Coles arrived he took
Htll into custody and locked him I'D.
He spent all night In the city Jail.
What have YOU 10 say for your.
self" Judge Bope asked Of the accus
ed. E,
IL Vas this way" be begun.
was reading The Optic 10 my
wife aloud and asked Der II I could
smoke. She got all huffed mp about
II. and ] told her | would 70 down
town TO do my smoking.
y took a beer ran aud went into a
liquor house OF the west side. While
u was there she butted In the place
and yelled. Now ! got you.' and pro-
ceeded to start a rough house. She
wanted me to go home and went.
and when We got there she started a
rough house again and ! lost my TEN.
per and threw something al her. I
don't know what Il was"
While Hill was giving his recital
bis wife punctuated II with derisive
smiles and sarcastic remarks until
the Judge a compelled TO admonish
her to wait until he got through and
not To interrupt the witness.
When HIN completed his side Of
the tale. Mrs. Hin. who could hardly
contain herself until her lord ana
master had finished. declared:
Judge. he don't ever hire a serv.
INT for me. have been washing
two days and tending to the store az
the same time. II you don't believe
u ask any Of the neighbors they will
tell you. He got mad and took his
spite out on me because I caught him
coming out Of a rooming house con.
Quoted by a Mrs. I4ambertson over
the liquor store ] found him In. ! saw
him going up the stairs. Judge, and
when he came down ! told Mrs. Lam.
bertson II she didn't make my hus.
hand keen away from there I would
have them both arrested. When ! co.
home b. told me II | didn't like MrN
Lambertson could go-well. yos
know where. Then he was mad and
called me every name under the sun
he could think Of. mrs. Hin here
Offered samples to convince his honor
Of the vileness Of the epithets.' He
threw a plate Al me and ] ducked and
II caught me In the back Of the head.
When he saw my head all covered
with blood he got kind and threw cold
water on me and when he heard men
trying to get In the door he was scar.
ed and tried. to let on that nothing
had happened Why. Judge. It hasn't
been two nights ago since he threw a
big rock at me-"
After sentencing Hill the judge
said: Mr.. Hill. ! don't see why you
persist in acting this way. You make
good wages and are a good artisan.
But let me tell you II your wife ever
complains about you again ! will not
accept a fine from you; I will put you
to work on the street and see II the
humiliation will not bring you to a
better realization of how you should
treat her"
well, Judge" said Hill as he start.
ed to leave. 1T is liable to happen
again. ! don't see how anybody can
live at peace with her. There is moth.
ing left for me to do and It is liable
to happen again. have been trying
to get a divorce, but ] don't seem to
be able to get. enough grounds to sup.
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