The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-06

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Louis had her In bis arms All day. a.
uiGht I found q sold chain and locket
around bis neck and one day I found
that be bad Mrs Ruaselis picture IN
H. I vas vsry unhappy. stood q
for two weeks and told his mother
that could not stand u any longer
and asked shat q meant She said
that u vas only a blur 20 that peo-
pie wouldn't believe that I Vas his
wife. Many other things happened
that didn't Ike.
u found that I vas with a child and
he made me so 10 Pittsburgh with
him, where be took me TO q doctors
once. lie waited outside. ! went In.
but was afraid 10 tell the doctor that
wanted an operation. tie told me that
was with a child. don't know the
doctors name. but ! could md bis
once as ! know the street and where
Il was.
Finally Had An Operation.
Louis he beat me and say that
was too cold and that I would never
give birth TO children. He took me to
three other doctors In Uniontown. I.
was afraid 10 ask them 10 perform an
operation and told them that I was
Siek az the stomach. Louis struck me
In the stomach a number OF times, aud
IN the four months he beat me a mum.
Der OF times. My sister wouldn't give
me any money or my bank book. I.
couldn't write a letter without him
seeing II and I never got letters that
we're written 10 me. He took me 10 a
doctor again and told him ] would
commit suicide as ] was afraid 10 80
home"
Here the woman details an alleged
criminal operation.
She continues: 'Dr. Eiehart Of
me and asked his mother 20 be a wit.
ness TO the fact that he wouldn't ad.
minister anything to me.
MRS. Russell said that an attsmpt
had been made TO kill the infant. The
child was born dead and I nearly died,
No physician was there but Dr. ri.
chart came Mrs Russell was afraid 10
show Il TO the doctor. After a week
Louis, who was In Pittsburgh, came
home and the child wac taken away
and placed In a box. I don't know
what he did with Il. For two months
! was too sick to get up and down
stairs.
Something happened and he had to
leave Connellsville and be came 10
Johnstown. he made me write let.
ter a month later asking Mrs. Russell
TO come and see his mother. didn't
want 20 do II, but he beat me. never
received a letter. Mrs. Russell came
with her little girl. I told Louis that
he either had TO give up Mrs. Russell /
or me. She finally went home. I was
never more surprised than when after
taking her TO the train he returned |
and said that he did not love her nut
that she was following him and that
she made him do everything. He said, |
Helen I will never see her any more.
He beat me and his mother and I was
afraid 20 80 home. He tried 10 kill
my second baby and I wanted 10 kill
myself rather than have II taken away
from me again. He came often 10 see
me but always told me to be sick in 1
bed 80 that no one could see my con.
dltion.
a Second Child Is Born.
"He told all visitors that was his
cousin, Helen Fenyes, and his mother /
tried to make me believe Il. I went TO /
my home In Newark. ] got a postal I
from Mrs. Russell stating that she /
was visiting Louis. He came 10 New.
ark TO see me quite often. ne told /
me that Mrs. Russell was a fine, high.
~ educated woman, with a very great
musical ability and she is very clever. /
"My child was born. She is very
nice and already have learned her 10 .
pray.
Next get letter. (Here the letter
was displayed and was signed Mrs. 4
Z. S. Russell, lis Porter avenue, Con.
"He came to Newark and took me 10
New York 10 what you call an alder.
man and wanted me TO sign a paper,
but while Louis wasn't looking the al.
derman advised me never to sign IT,"
A paper was displayed 10 the effect l
that the woman was never to place the
child with any Of her relatives and
she was not TO keep II herself. but the
priest was TO put Il any place. IT,
further exonerated the priest from
paying her any money. She was never
to come TO Johnstown.
He said that We could not 20 back
TO Johnstown, so We went TO Green's
burg as Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Fryer,
where We lived at III Division street.
Tne telephone number was lt9-W. IN
case you need IT, We lived there
from June until September, 1910. He
never sent me any money. He didn't
pay any rent and had no money. The
class Of work ! do could not be done
there. for there we're no wealthy per.
sons and the place was too small for
on September "a left
him and went to Newark He said
that he couldn't support himself and
mother and me and Erma begged
him TO leave his charge at Johnstown
md 10 TO Newark. where we could live
1n the money ! made. He said that
be never could save any money. n
Il asked him u be were my hus-
band before left home and be said
res. He called me wife In every one
of those letters There we're over Is
,f theml. His mother told me that he
owed me and that he and we're born
'or one another. lie did not waat his
Two aunts 10 know that he was mar.
ried 10 me. lie threatened to kiln me
4 I ever made public anything that