The Washington times., 1914-02-06
SQUIRE WILL WHIP
ALL WIFE BEATERS
Justice of Peace in PennSy-
vania Town Makes His Own
Laws for Cruelty.

wILKESBARRE, Pa, Fen. 6.-J usllCe
of the Peace Henry Z. Miller OF SWo-
versville has ideas of his own regard
ing a wife beater and he has started III
to enforce them. He has announced
that every man who is brought ectore
him to answer charges Of wife beating
will get a taste of his own medicine
and get one OF the finest beatinSs he
ever got or handed to his wife
Squire Miller goes further than that.
In order to encourage wives to D!ihS
their brutal husbands before him ne
offers his services free # charge ana
guarantees to carry out his fight pro
gram to the complete satisfaction o.
any Inundated wife.
while the Swoversville justice is not
a giant in stature. weighing less IMAM
$50 pounds. yet he is willing to take
chances with any and all wife beaters
and the more that come before him the
merrier. he thinks.
Let the man who beats his vile be
as big as a mountain" ne says. ana
if l cannot give him all Of the hghtLnS
that he wants / will be glad to take !
licking myself / figure il that the man
" no beats his wife is a coward, one OF
the biggest towards living, and any
man who is a coward cannot put up
good fight even when he is ccrnered.
Has Law of His Own.
Laws on the statute books OF the
State will be cast to the winds when
Squire Miller deals with wife beaters.
He tas a law of his own and he intends
TO enforce it every time that the oppor-
tunity presents.
THE only way to deal with wife beat
ers is to give them a dose of their own
medicine" he says. My plan is to beat
them I'D good and hard while am at II
in order that they may know just how
il feels. I want to blacken the eyes of
every wife beater that comes into my
court. l also want to decorate his face
with we'll aimed punches and 1 want
to send him forth so that his friends
and people in general will know that he
has my trademark for men who beat
and batter their wives"
For many years Squire Miller has
held office at Swoversville, and during
that time has handled many cases,
but his dislike for wife beaters has al
ways been marked. He declares that
the laws do not provide sufficient pun
ishmeut for the wife-beater.
When the laws are defective he
saws. Il believe in making new ones to
suit the occasion. / believe hanging is
tco good for a wife-beater, and ] am
sorry that l have to resort to Il milder
punishment. While am in the harness
as a Justice of the peace ] intend to
see that no woman who comes to me
need cover in fear from a brute of =
husband.
Offers Services for Nothing.
Il offer my services to any woman in
Luzerne county who is subject to abuse
and blows from her husband without
cost to her. She can rest assured that
I will not fine him or send him to Jail.
But she must not object to the kind of
punishment that l Inete out.
In these particular cases ! believe in
justice with a punch. ! will guarantee
70 do all the punching and II can't
send a wife -beater on his way with the
firm determination to treat his wife as
human being | will quit my job and
step down and out"
While this may be pItting it rather
strong. yet those who know Squire Nil
Ter say that he means what he says
anything he never fails. He doesn't
stop for obstacles, big or little, that
arise i'll his path. 80 there is now terror
in The hearts Of UifC-bcaters in this
county.