The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-25
THREATENS TOCU7
DOCTOR EARSOFF
Lou Belts Attempts to Force
Physician to Sign State
rnent.

Now York. August 24.--Gamblers
little and big. filled the benches of the
Yorkville Police Court yesterday and
during the examination of Lou Belts
upon a charge of assault upon DR..
Leonard A Jaslow. of eos West Ono
Hundred and Twenty first Street.
The physicians face still carried
evidences OF the beating which he says
he received while on a visit to Mrs.
Anna Belts LOUIS wife. in the latter's
home at 10 West Forty-hfth Street
early Tuesday morning.
DR.. Jaslow was the first witness
when the case was taken UP by Magis-
trate Green.
The complainant said that he called
on Mrs. Belts at her request late Mon
day night to treat her for nervousness.
He prescribed for her. and while the
two were sitting in the dining room
the womans husband and another man
rushed in and knocked him down and
beat him.
MIR. Belts picked up a knife from
the table and threatened to cut my
ears off," the complainant went on.
He accused me of being too friendly
with his wife. and demanded that
sign statement I said 1 would sign
any statement he wanted me to-"
George Gordon Battle. who is Lou
Betts's counsel in the pending action
for divorce, took up the cross eXami-
nation of the complainant and asked
him how he came to visit the woman
at such a late hour. THE witness said
he got telephone message at 1870
o'clock Monday night from her. The
lawyer questioned him about his ac-
quaintance with the defendants wife
DR.. Jaslow said that on August IL he
was summoned over the telephone to
call at the boarding house of Mrs.
Simmons at Isl West Forty fourth
Street to treat a patient. and there
met Mrs. Belts for the first time and
treated her for nervousness.
Did you treat her for the whiskey
habit or a drug habit?" asked Mr..
Battle.
NO. sir"
Me said he did not ask her II she had
ever been in sanatorium The wit
ness added that he called on the pa
tient every day and once in the night
up to August II. and gave directions
for medicine and her diet. He discon-
tinued his visits because his orders
were not carried out.
Did Mrs Simmons catch you kiss
ing Mrs. Belts and tell you she would
not allow that in her house?" asked
Mv Battle.
NO. sir
The complainant then told about get
ting the telephone message Monday
night to go to 40 West Forty NTH
Street, as Mrs. Belts had returned to
her home
He testified that he and Mrs. Belts
sat in the dining she taking
luncheon and he having a glass OF sar-
sa parilla, when the husband and a
friend came in and attacked him.
My patients husband said he want
the witness. He said he wanted TO
have his stepchildren. He held knife
over me. and his friend had a club.
That was after l had been beaten up.
said 1 would sign any statement. 1
hollered. and so did Mrs. Belts. We
both screamed. That was before the
policeman got there. Belts said IL l
made a statement it would not hurt
me-
Did you ever have improper rela-
tons with Mrs Betts?' asked Assist
ant District Attorney Minton.
NO. never"
Mrs. Belts then got in the witness
chair and wanted TO go into so many
details of her life that the court and
the lawyers were unable to contine her
testimony to the assault charge.
What is your address," Mr.. Minton
asked
AT 10 IVES, Forty-hfth Street. a
gambling house" she responded.
DO you mean to say that is a gam
bling house" the court asked.
YES"
I'VE are not trying gambling
case" the magistrate remarked.
The witness said that her nerves had
been upset since the birth of her boy.
and her husband had been trying to get
her into sanatorium. She said he
some times abused and beat her. She
said that last Monday night her hus-
| band went to d poker game on Eighty
fifth Street, and she sent for her ply
stefan to treat her.
The magistrate finally abandoned the
attempt to restrict the woman's tcs-
timony TO the assault charge. There
were number of other cases waiting
70 he heard,( and he announced that
the Belts hearing would have to so
/ over. Belts was parolcd.