Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-14

NHSou Notel. bnlef IN ltm evening S0e
said thet he telephoned 10 her and
wanted her to come to the hotel bu.
She was hystorical over the manner In
which he had treated her aud was
not In any condition to go so refused 20
join him at the hotel
The next morning he came back and
seemed terrified at the way he had
acted and asked her IL she had told
any one about It and declared that II Il
got out he would lose his job IN the
schools. He then asked his wife to
bring his lunch to school ut noon. Sho
did SO ana he then said that he did not
want to 60 hack TO her parents home
after the way he had acted and asked
he's to try and find some other place.
They found place but could not get
the house for two weeks SO they then
returned to her parents.
Even then Mrs. Nelson testified that
he treated she and her parents just
like servants and would have nothing
to say to any Of them. He refused to
kiss her goodbye and would 60 out the
back door To avoid her. On one occa-
sion she called him back and asked
what was the matter and he replied
that she had never bean n wife to him.
and that he had made a mistake In
marrying her.
SOME VERBAL BOUQUETS.
A few days later she said that he
gave her $50 and among other Things
she bought herself q pair OF shoes,
when he saw hem he became angry
and said that she had lied to him and
had deceived; that he had given her
that money for household purposes
and instead she had bought shoes. He
said that She got the money under
false nrctensa9. and that people went
to the lenitenuary for such things.
He also declared at that time that she
was a CRATER, and that her mother
dressed her up and chased her around
town TO try and catch some drummers.
Soon after thcy had moved to their
own house she said that she wrote
a letter to his sister in Portland and
when he came in she read IL To- him.
He insisted on reading but she object
ed He then insisted that there was
something IN the letter which she had
not read to him. and that she did not
want him TO know, She denied that
such was the case and he then called
her liar but that he could not blame
her for lying because that was the
way she was brought up. He said that
both of them could not stay in the
same house that night and that either
she or he would have to leave. He
left the house and stayed away al
night and she sat W and cried all
night
SAMPLE CONVERSATION.
There was a telephone in the house
which he wanted her TO have taken
out hut when the telephone man
came he insisted on leaving IL there
and asked her to wait until her hus-
band came home and talk with him
about II and have him sign UP con-
tract which he left When he came
home and found that the telephone
had not been taken ont he flew into n
rage and said that she had made ar
rangements to keep It there after he
= had told her to have IL taken out. she
insisted that she had not made any
such arrangements whereupon he call
cd Nor a ID liar" Mrs. Nelson tol"
him that she hoped God would strike
her dead # she had not told him the
truth about It. He replied; God IS
not doing such things. II he was you
would have been dead long ago"
BURST INTO TEARS.
AT this point Mrs. Nelson burst into
tears, and It was some time before she
could proceed with her testimony. Upon
resuming, she said that her husband
would rave so that she was afraid of
him. He called her a liar and told
ner TO 60 home and did everything he
could TO tantalize and humillate her.
On one Saturday Afternoon she sail
that she went TO her mothers and her
uuhpdIiu NlO SpiIlN shopping. w HtIl ~
came home he brought some herring
and beer for lunch, but she did not care
for either so she ate hardly any
lunch He accused her Of having eat
on her dinner ~ her mothers. which
she denied, and he then called her 4
liar. She insisted that she did not
lie, wbereupon he few in a rage and
said, shut your d. ugly mouth
and keep It shut uutll YOU can speak
to mo decent"
TOOK A DRINK OR TWO.
Mrs. Nelson said that her husband
took drink of whisky or wine nearly
every morning and evening, and that
rho thought perhaps that had some
thing TO do with his conduct, 80 she
bid II and omptied II out, one night
when the weather was very cold she
said he got angry and would not sleep
With her He went into another room
ANA took nearly all OF the bed clothes
with him, ana she was so cold she had
to get up and dress. The next morn
ing he told her 10 90 home and stay
there, and she packed her belongings
ana called an eNpreHndn ana sent them
10 her home. She then telephoned 70
her mother to come ~ her and then
for tho first time she told her mother
what had happened and what she ia
tended TO do. Her mother talked tho
matter over WIN ner ana advised ner
10 wait until Mr. Nelson came home
and talk the matter over with him.
She followed her mothers advice ana
waited for him. She tried 10 talk with
him ana recalled their happy days as
lovers. and how they planned their
future happiness when they should be
married and have "A home OF iheir own
but he would make no reply.
THIS is WHAT HE WROTE
During The narration Of those happy
days Mrs. Nelson again gave way 10
tears and sohs and buried her face In
her handkerchief untll she could recov-
~ her compoRurt Continuing she said
that she brought up all those things
Just to see N he did not still have some
love for her and would not ask her TO
stay with him, He still said that no
was sorry he murrod her and that he
had made a mistake ana she then lett
the house ana took the car Tor her
mothers. He passed her on the street
while she was waiting Tor a car ana
would not speak 10 her, The next
morning she said that she received tho
following mole from MIN which was IN
troduced IN evidence;
Dear Madnm
kindly return today the property
OF Mrs Smith ana also the property be-
longing 10 me which you and your &C.
complete took from my house yeA1tr-
doV d. A. NELSON"