The weekly soliphone., 1915-06-25
MRS CASTLEBERRY
IS in COURT AGAIN
Eormer Paragould Woman Tells
Revolving Story of immortality
With DR.. G.. A. Henning.

who died several years ago, is
again featuring in the courts at
Fort Smith, according to story
published in the Fort Smith Amer
ican of Sunday. Immediately after
the death of Mr. Castleberry, his
wife left here with DR.. G. A. Hen
ming who deserted his wife. DR..
Henning and Mrs. Castleberry
broke into print several times after
leaving Paragould, but perhaps the
most revolving story of the immor-
al conduct of the couple is that
contained in the Fort Smith paper
of Sunday, which follows:
A revolving story of life and
shame and immortality, lived in the
very heart of the city for months
under fear of personal violence
was told in justice court yesterday
when Mrs. George Castleberry tes
titled before Judge P. G. Fisher in
the trial of her charges of pander-
ing against DR.. G. A. Henning. The
defendant has been in the custody
tA1Lf federal officers for some months
on a white slave charge, but re-
leased yesterday from the federal
courts on a defective indictment.
His trial on the pandering charge
followed Immediately. The affida-
Wit was filed February 5, 1915, but
1he warrant was only served yester-
day.
Mrs Castleberry told of her il
iicit relations with DR.. Henning,
living here with him, she said, as
husband and wife, at first believing
that she was his legal wife, and
later finding that he had a living
wifeH She told of being fined in
Justice court here with DR.. Hen
ming for Illegal cohabitatiOn, when
she said his wife appeared on the
scene. Following that she declar-
ed that in fear of him and of
threats to kill her mother and sis
ter she lived with him against her
consent, in state of illegal CO.
habitation in a room on North
Sixth street, and said that he had
persuaded her to come here from
Alma.
She told of living in various 9TH
er Nlaces over the city with the
defendant as his wife and as his
sister. She told of illicit relations
with the defendant, against her
consent. She related to the court
how she had been violently abused,
beaten, injured and cursed by the
defendant, and how for fear of him
she would not leave him. She
even related to the court that he
had stood her upon her head and
sat upon her.
The witness swore that Dr. Hen
ming had often knocked her down,
causing bruises and injuries. She
said that when she would show
them to him, he would reply that
she should mind him. She declar-
ed that he would come to their
room in a drunken condition and
curse and abuse her.
Many letters were exhibited in
the court and introduced as evil
dence, in which the defendant
pleaded with the witness to come
back to him here. At that time
she was in Alma, Ark. She swore
that after she returned here, all
her immoral relations with him
were against her consent and that
she. lived with him because he
forced her to do so.
She told of the final parting
from him, when he had been at
the room all night, and she "got
him away" about Z o'clock in the
morning. She declared that he
then said he hoped he would new
er see her again, and that she told
him she would be gone before his
return. She went to the home of
lady here, who took her into her
~
days later she testified that she
left for Admission, Ala.
During the time she was living
| with him here she declared that he
| toldAaer that he was not married to
any other woman. She said she
u saw newspaper clipping telling of
Ia charge of bigamy being prefer
Ired against him, but that he de-
MED it, and she believed him.
L AfteF. she left here for Ala
Il bama, Che said she did not see the
defendant again until she saw him
/ in federal court Friday
She swore that when she was in
Alma, before she returned here for
the last time, the defendant called
Il her on the telephone and told her
lthat the people on her bond Con ap-