The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-30
EIGHT
AIRED N.GgQRT
SLEPT WITH RAZOR AND
BUTCHER KNIFE UNDER HER
PlLLoW-MApE HER HUSBAND
, SIT UP ALL NIGHT. &

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sIT2UP ALL NIGHT.
Another wrangle was in the courts
OF tzis city, 1t being the case Of Al.
bert Roher against his wife, Della
Roher. and Della Roher against Az.
bert Roher her husband.
For. The past couple OF days the 20.
lice and justices OF this city have been,
hearing rumors that the family were.
having trouble. the couple only hay.
Ing been married for two months, and
II came to real head yesterday when
Albert Roher gave Information which
resulted in warrant being issued
against his wife, charging her with
assault aud battery, and threatening
to kill him.
The woman in court this morning
proved herself of a capable tongue,
while Roher seemed OF quiet unas.,
Stunning nature.
1t seems that on Thursday night
the woman slept with razor and a.
butcher knife under her pillow. and
made Roher sit up all night, refusing
to allow him 20 go to bed.
He claims then that on Friday she
drove him away from their house In
the First ward. and while he was gone
she took a razor or butcher knife, and
cut his hat and his new clothes.
After this trouble City Solicitor
EIaggerty swore out warrant for the
arrest % the woman, and last night
ut an early hour the police went to
the Roher's home TO arrest the wo.
man and bring her to jail.
Mrs. Itoher claimed that she was
III and unable to 60. but the officers
insisted upon her going, they having
found her at butcher shop across
the street from her home. The wo.
man refused to go. and the officers
started to use force in taking her, and
the trouble was on in earnest.
Officers Seamon and Arnett and
Assistant Chief Fleming made the ar.
rest, and they indeed had quite time
with the termlgant woman, she fight.
Ing fiercly to prevent her arrest.
The officers offered to allow the wo.
man to put upa forfeit for her APP
pearance at court this morning before
Mayor Marlin, but this she refused to
do. and screaming, kicking and fight.
ing, she was started toSNrds the po-
lice station, but crowd OF her broth
ers and their friends gathered around
and made some violent threats against
the city police, and the excitement
became so strong that the police
stopped a street car and placed the
woman on board 1t. bringing her to
the court house where she was placed
in the grand jury room on the top
floor of the courthouse, where all OF
the women prisoners are kept.
A large crowd of people came to the
court house. following the arrest OF
the woman, and upon complaint OF
the wife that her husband had beat
her, the husband was arrested and
placed In the county jail over night.
1 This morning the trial before Mayor
Martin was indeed hot one, and aft.
er hearing all OF the evidence In the
case. both sides having large sum,
Der OF witnesses, the mayor Imposed
n fine which totalled $1,000 on Mrs
Roher. and fine OF $500 and costs
upon Roher
, While Roher was arranging with
Mayor Martin to pay his fine the wo
man who had paid her fine left and
went before Squire Amos where she
swore out warrant against her hus
band. suing for q peace warrant
against him. Roller was therefore re
arrested and taken before SOUR,
Amos, who remanded the man to jail
after he had failed TO give a bond o
. $4,000 for his appearance at court OF
!, Monday morning at o'clock.
Roher then, turns around ant
swears that he wants a peace warran
against his wife.
Large crowds of the friends OF botl
OF the couple were present at boti
. courts, and large crowd and a rea