South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-14

Mrs. Ionic SrObbeIeire, Now in
County Jail, Exhibits Black
Eye as Evidence of MiStreat-
ment.

Mrs. Ionic 5. Srobbeliere. IS years
husband lies at St. Joseph's hospital
in a critical condition as the result of
a revolver shot wound inflicted Satur-
day night by his wife, consented We'd
nesoay afternoon 10 tell a reporter
her side of the story OF the shooting
My husband, he is pretty bad off,
is he" she enquired as she finished
her story. "Oh well. l don't know.
she sighed. Il don't know. | cry all
the time after it happen, l cry all the
time while l was in Mishawaka, but
now-I don't know that it is different
now"
1t wes with difficulty that one fol-
lows her as she tells the story in her
odd mixture of English and Belgian
lie treat me bad all the time" she
said. He whip me all week and he
drink-oh, awful bad. This place here
IS where he hit me on the eye last
Monday week and then he hit me-
again so that l have my eve all black.
Married IS Pears.
The woman says that she has been
married for Is years and has been in
this country only six years. She has
two daughters, and one son is dead
Her husband, she says, had always
been given TO drunkenness although
not so bad now as when he was in
the old country and spent all of the
money he made.
~ seems that on Saturday night
when the shooting occurred. there
was a dance which her older daughter
attended and which some of Mrs.
Srobbeliere's friends wanted her to
attend. She did not want TO attend
the dance, however, for. says she
pointing 10 her eye, Il have the eye
all blue and l don't want that they
should look on it and laugh"
She says that her husband had
spent much of the week in drinking
and had remained away from his
work much of the time. At o'clock
Saturday night she went out to de-
liver some washing, and when she
returned at 1880 O'Clock she found
the friends with whom she spent the
evening
She says that her friends tried 10
get her to go to the dance but she did
not want to and so they had some
beer there in the house. She de-
clares that the four drank only six
pints OF beer and so she is sure that
she was not drunk at the time when
her husband came home at 10 min
utes after 10 o'clock
Il hear someone hit on the door,"
she says, "and | say to them il is Paul
D. L
can't open Ii because he push il right
in against me and he have a big black
stlck-big like my armand he lick
me right there. Then he lick Camille
and the rest of them run away. L take
him right by the arm and throw him
OF of Camille and then Camille he
run too"
Husband is Infuriated.
According 10 the wonlan's story the
husband then became more infuriated
at her and proceeded to beat her some
more until she was forced to flee. As
she made for the rear door she snatch
a revolver which she had hidden
under mattress and as she ran out
she threw the gun under the rear
porch while she went on to a shed
where she hid until after II o'clock.
MY husband then he went upstairs
and got his big gun and he shoot
many times but / don't know why he
shoot unless just to scare. And after
awhile I get cold and l come to the
window and l hit on the window and
] say, Paul, are you going TO let me
in?' and he won't let me in so I break
a window in the porch and open the
door and go in and then he start to
lick me more"
1t was while the husband was at
tempting 10 put his wife out Of the
door again that the shooting occurred.
She says that he had knocked her
down once and when she got up he
knocked her down again and then as
she was on her knees she thought Of
the revolver under the floor of the
porch and reaching under she seized
the gun and fired.