The Glenwood post., 1908-10-31
Demanded Arrest Of Negro Who
InsuIted His Wife, Beats Her
For Not Killing Negro
IS HELD FOR TRIAL
From Saturday IS Daily Post.

From Saturday IS Daily Post.
Walter Dix, night barkeeper for the
Cedarbrook saloon in this city was
arraigned before the justice of the
peace yesterday afternoon charged
with having beaten his wife. He was
boundover till the next term of the dis
trict court under thousand dollar bail.
About ten days ago Dix and his wife
appealed to the justice of the peace
for a warrant for the arrest of Ger.
tain negro whose name is not known,
for having insulted Mrs. Dix by call
ing at her house during the absence of
her husband and asked her to go with
him to a rooming house. When asked
when this took place she stated that it
occurred two years ago in Montrose,
and that the man was now in town and
unless he was at once arrested or driv-
en- out of town he would be killed.
With others Dix demanded his imme-
diate Arrest otherwise he would kill
him at first sight.
The justice of the peace explained to
rest man who committed crime in
another county and that in order for
them to have him arrested they would
have to 90 to Montrose.
Wednesday the colored man learning
of the threats that had been made
against his life appealed to the author
tiles for protection stating that he was
respectable citizen and had done
nothing to in any way insult the par
ties who were seeking his life. Before
any action was taken Mrs Dix WIS
seen on the street with revolver i'll
her hard and she chanced to meet the
colore man on the river fronJ walk
and threatened to kill him unless he
lef. town within two hours. The cpl.
ored mar paid no rtlention to the
threat and walked on his way.
That evening when Dix returned
home and questioned Ills wife as to
what she had done with the neg-n and
when he learned that she had not kill
ed him as he had demanded she should
do when he left the house at noon, Dix
at once ragged with anger, began strik-
ing his wife, throwing her on the bed
he struck her several times in the face
and then kicked her on the hip and in
the scuff Mrs. Dix s left law was
roken.
| Mrs Dix testified that she Was Mt
sure that her jaw was broken by 4
low from her husbands fist or whether
she fell and strick il against some
firm substance. She stated to the jus
tice of the peace that she was com
PEELED to go out and seek for the ne.
gro with the purpose of killing him,
by her husband.
Mrs. Dix was not gwen any punish
ment for her part in the tragedy, Lut
was severely repremanded for carrying
a gun about the street with the ap-
parent intention of killing the negro
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however. she would have been dealt
with more severely. She was told TO
go home and attend to them and make
living as best she could and see that
she caused no more disturbance. Dix is
now in Jail awaiting his trial.
Is has been learned that the name
of the colored man in the case men
toned above is grant Hamilton.
This morning Hamilton swore out a
complaint against Mrs. Dix who he
claimed had threatened to kill him un-
less he left town at once. The COM
plant will be held over during good
behavior of the accused on account of
her already critical condition from the
abuse of her husband who is now in
Jail, and the two children ages II and
| II, who are now entirely dependent
upon their mother for support.