The Washington herald., 1908-08-26
BEATING AFFINITY
CHARGED 10 EARL
MOther-in-Iaw Causes the Ar-
rest Of Artist.
SOULMATE LOVE IS BRIEF
Mother OF Julia Kuttner Declares
that Brutality Drove Mrs Earl
fronf Home with Her Baby. and
She l. In Refuge with Friends
Earl Held for the GrEnJ Jury.

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Pinney EarTs love for his affinity was
short lived.
To-day he lsrEG-s1ss fin jail on
charge o5 brucaur beating his present
{ wife. who as Julia Eur-1e- fz--sd as
. his affinity when pc sent his former wife
1 back 10 her parents in France. The
complainant against him IS his w.fe's
mother
An automobile containing several or
GERS arrived az E1rTs home in Monroe
this morning. The officers fuuedia-alv
entered the house and III a little while
came out with Earl He was arrz5era5
before Justice Csrpente- Of Monroe
charged wiki assault il The second de-
gree. The complaint cited that On OF
about August Is Earl had brutauv beaten
his wife with his fist and Otherwise mis-
treated her
Earl made no resistance 10 the arrest
although IL had been expected that he
would put Up a SIGHT When arraiE1ed
before Justice Carpenter De was smiling.
and refused To- have anything 20 do with
the proceedings He was asked 70 plead
10 the charge of assault and pleaded
guilty He was held 20 await the action
Of the grand Jury
Now in sufi.
When asked Il he wished 20 give bar
Earl stated that he did not and that he
would go 20 jail He plainly thought that
he was being badly treated
Earl was at once brought 10 Goshen.
where he was locked up in the county
jail As the grand jury does not meet
until October Il Is probable that he VIII
get tired Of his quarters in the jail and
viii be glad 20 be released on bail
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by the mother Of Airs Earl II IS claimed
that Mrs Earl has not been well for some
time and that she and her infant son
have been cruelty treated At the time
the sheriff had departed with Earl. an
other automobile was waiting in the I
driveway in front OF the house. The Of [
hcers had no sooner departed with the
prisoner than Mrs Earl. her baby. nurse. ]
and her brother. who acted as chauffeur. I
entered the automobile and hurried away I
IN the direction Of Central Valley. where 1
Mrs Earl and her child viii remain with 4
friends for the present.
Stories Go the Rounds.
Several weeks ago. talk ran around the /
countryside TO the effect that Ferdinand I
Pinney Earl and his Heaven-sent wife
were not dwelling in sweet accord Pr7r-
veyOrs Of the necessities OF life who Wis
tied Semmerins spread the news that the 4
couple were not in tune When the deli I
cate artistic temperament had been iarred I
by plain domestic existence and the ar
tstic soul had been thrown out Of har-
mony with things celestial. plainly Earl /
had quarreled with his wife when she in
terrupted upon household affairs his
Il was no especial secret In
the close-knit towns and villages around
here that more of the incompatibflffv OF
temperament was developing rapidly.
About . month ago Mrs Earl cave
birth TO a hoy She Is not a strong. woman
though Of rather stout build
and she was weak and III for a long time
after the child was born. Earl insisted
that she should not nurse the child her
self He wanted II brought up on tho
bottle Mrs Earl refused. she was
quite able 10 nurse her son. and insisted
upon performing the natural duty Of
mother. Earl became sulky. then angry
then infCriated-
Mrs. Inez Barry. an aunt Of Mrs. Earl
vas staying in the house helping Mrs
Earl tide over the dangerous period. She
nterfered in her niece's behalf which
had the effect Of angering Earl further.
On August is. a week ago last sunday
when Mrs Earl once more refused 10 nr,+
the baoy away from her breast The
pOet-artlst struck her with his clenched
land g blow in the face. which left its
mark. then caught her around the neck
with his strong fingers and choked her
lntil she was half unconscious Il was
he aunt who made the charge OF assault
against Earl. and not the mother-in-Iaw.
Is first stated