The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-24
SAYS LOUIS Belts
BEAT PHYSICIAN
Wife Appears Against Him,
With DIR. Leonard a. Jas
low Much Battered.
OCCURRED IN HER HOME
Mrs. Belts and Medical Adviser
Explain She Had 'relcphoncd
Call for Lattcrs Services.

New York, August 23.-Louis Belts.
| whose Wife In suit against him for
a separation told Justice Bischoff, of
me Supreme Court. recently that her
husband was successful gambler
with an income of more than $4,000
| year, was arraigned i'm the York
VILE Police Court yesterday on the
charge of assault and battery made
ey Mrs. Betts's physician. DR. Leonard
=. Jaslow, of zoo West one Hundred
ana Twenty frst Street DR. Jaslow
appeared in court with his eyes black
eheu. his face badly battered and other
parts of his body heavily bandaRed.
me physician asserted that Belts and
homas smith attacked him while he
was administering medical treatment
/ To Mrs. Belts at her home 40 West
| Torty-hfth Street. in response to her
summons by telephone early yester-
day morning.
Policeman Daniel Burns. Of the West
Forty seventh street station. who
made the arrest. was at a fxcd post
at Forty-fifth street and sixth Ave
nue. when he was attracted to the
mouse by the screams OF Mrs Belts
lie said he found the physician being
beaten BY Belts and his compan MON.
ana TOOK all four persons involved to
the East Fifty-frst Street Station.
MADE by all concerned. but Lieutenant
MsCalium, who was in charge noting
the condition OF Dr. Jaslow placed
setts under arrest An hour later
Belts was admitted to bail. the bond
being furnished by John Dunstan. OF
1oS West Forty-third Street.
Postponement Granted.
When the case was called by Mag
istrate Breen later all the partici-
sented by Michael DelagI. LAWYER
oil ia Centre street. who asked for
postponement of the case for an
other day in order that his associate.
George Gordon Battle. could appear
for their client. This request was
granted despite the objection OF Or
Jaslow's lawyer, Myron s. Yochelson.
of 366 Broadway
During tho court proceedings Mrs.
Belts. who was attired In close
hitting gray gown and was heavily
yelled. sat beside the physician ana
slared at her husband When seen
last night Mrs. Belts declared that
her husbands action In breaking into
her homo and attacking the physician
was an outrage for which she could
never forgive him. and that she would
testify against him. She declared that
Belts and his companion. Thomas
making the assaIl and believed Il
was done in order to affect her suit
against her husband
1T Is not the first time that Re has
attacked "a physician. and at one time
In Atlantic CITY. when he did the
same thing. he made me go 10 a sana-
forum in order to get me out OF the
way as 4 witness" she said
But this time | won't run away
frr ,I 7 ,tnl ~
off so easy when the ease comes up
tomorrow" she added.
Mrs. Belts declared that she had
always hoen model wife. but his
actions forced her to bring suit for
divorce in September. 1905. when she
named three correspondents. Retts,
she declared. asked her to withdraw
the suit. promising better treatment.
She offered TO be reconciled again
this year for the sake of her two
children. aged eight and nine years.
rt spcctively. hut says she vas again
forced to sue for separation owing
to his neglect of herself and the chill
dren.
DR.. .Iaslow said last night that he
had only taken charge of Mrs. Bett's
case on August II, and had visited
her only seven times. lie said she
was in very nervous condition. and
that he had been requested to take
her case by one of his patients. Mrs.
X. simmons, OF 81 East Forty-fourth
street Because OF her suffering I
got out OF he'd and went downtown
to attend her" he said. and in all
my experience in the city's rough sec
tion I never had anything so terrible
happen to me. If the policeman had
not arrived when he did ] believed ]
would have been injured for life by
my asSailants"