The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-05-26
wife
Waved A Knife Over Husband
In Bed
According To Story OF Co.
shOCtOn Co. Man
Says He Fears For Safety Of
His Family
(Cosbocton Age)

| Glledu Lawyer, living TWO miles
south of Fresno, told a story to Squire
Stats early Tuesday morning that
tinges of the old tales of the wild
and woody west. Lawyer says that be
cause he has started suit against AL
len Murphey, Mrs. Lawyer attempted
to take his life with an ugly looking
knife, Tuesday morning shortly after
midnight while he lay in bed, as she
thought, asleep. Lawyer produced q
big dagger-like knife with curved
blade about inches long, as evi
dence of the truth of his story.
The trouble, according to Lawyer
started two years ago. He was work
ing for Allen Murphy in whose house
the Lawyers live. Murphy failed to
pay Lawyer any money and the lat.
ter started suit in Squire Geese's
court; but being unable to put up the
costs of the case the suit was dropped
Several weeks ago Lawyer again
started to work for Murphy and
claims that he has received no money
for his work. Last week he came to
Coshocton and had Squire Staats start
suit against Murphy for his work,
Going home he told his wife what he
had done. She flew into rage, Law
yer says, and threatened to throw
him out. Murphy lives with the Law.
yers.
Monday Lawyer came to Coshoc'
ton again to consult Squire Stats say
ing that he had secured work at an
other place. The squire advised him
to go to the place and take one of the
three children with him. Another
| child. Lawyer said, could be taken tc
the home of friend, but he had nc
place for the third child He left late
Monday afternoon saying he was go
ing to his new position.
Instead, he says, he walked to Wes'
Lafayette, purchased some groceries
and went home. His wife, he said, re
fused to get him any supper and went
to bed, sleeping on a bed arranged or
the floor. Later Lawyer with the chill
dren went to bed sleeping in the same
room with his wife. He did not go te
sleep, he says.
About midnight Lawyer heard Muir
ply drive up to the house, he having
a bed in one of the rooms at the Law
yer home His wife, Lawyer says
crawled on her hands and knees out
of the door and returned in half al
hour and went to bed again. Soon aft
er she again crawled from the room
on her hands and knees to the kitchen
which adjoins the bedroom. She re
turned and lay down on the bed.
Then the trouble began.
| After lying down few minutes, ac
cording to Lawyer she cautiously
crawled again on her hands and knees
toward the bed on which he and the
children were sleeping She reached
the bed arose to her knees and raised
her right arm above her head Ther
Lawyer saw that in her hand the wo
man carried a knife. He grabbed hel
arm and wrestled around the room
with her but she eluded him and wen
to her bed
In order to see more clearly Law
yer arose and lighted lantern. HI
went to his wife's bed, lifted the Pill
low, thinking he would find the knife
but instead found letter. This en-
ragged the woman again and running
into the kitchen she threw the nsl.
knife on the kitchen table. This Law
yer secured and went to Fresno t.
see Geese and later came to Coshoc
ton arriving here at o'clock Tues
day morning.
He left the knife in the possession
of the squire.
He decided to find places for hi
children and go to work and leav
his wife alone. No arrests have beel
made.