The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-06-27
Beat And Tortured Her Like
A Demon
KUHN MODERN BLUEBEARD
In His Actions Toward Common Law
Partner-Two Trips Necessary
to Jail the Man-Wife Has
Husband and Three Chill
dren in Sunbury

A modern Bluebeard has sprung in
20 existence in the person of William
Kuhn of Fairview who, although he
did not actually behead his common
law wife, at the same time subjected
her to all kinds of inhuman treatment,
notably dragging her about by the
hair on her head and lashing her with
whatever he could lay his hands on.
Kuhn is now in the county Jail,
where he was placed by Sheriff Wool
ison Sunday night after two trips to
the home III Fairview. His "wife,"
who incidentally is married to a Sun
bury man and, it is said has three
children in that village, will probably
charge him with assault and battery
Sheriff Woolison will charge the man
with resisting officers, while a further
affidavit will probably be made on the
grounds that the marriage of Kuhn
and the woman was neither legally
nor spiritually sanctioned.
Such an array of possible charges
came from two visits paid the Kuhn
home over the weekend by the sher-
iff and other officers. The first OF
these was Saturday night at o'clock
and the second Sunday night at $3.50
o'clock.
The wailing shrieks of a woman in
distress so unnerved certain women,
resident in Fairview, about the dining
hour Saturday evening that Sherif
Woolison was called. He was told
that Kuhn was threatening to kill his
wife and, on an attempted escape by
her from the house, had seized the
unfortunate damsel by the hair and
dragged her back into the domicile.
The sheriff was unaccompanied,
but started into the house. He found
all doors locked. The screams of the
woman increased and the sheriff final
ly kicked down the back door and en-
tered. Kuhn took to flight as soon as
he saw the sheriff, jumping out bed
| room window. Then followed a chase
of nearly two miles, Kuhn finally
losing himself in the Businesses of
the Samuel Yauger woods, the sheriff
returning to the city.
Unsated in his lust to pinch, beat,
kick and pull, Kuhn renewed his tao
tics Sunday night and residents of
the neighborhood again summoned
the sheriff. AS body-guard, the lat.
ter took with him Juvenile Office
! Purcell and Officers McElroy and Ais
dorf. The same screams were again
! audible when the officials reached the
home so a circle was formed about
the place and the sheriff entered the
front door.
The rooms are so arranged inside
that circular chase could be engag-
ed in all night. The sheriff started af
ter Kuhn, the latter lodged into the
sitting room, thence into the kichen,
into the bedroom and back into the
sitting room. The sheriff reversed
his manner of chase and Kuhn follow
| ed suite. Kuhn made an attempt to
jump out of the bedroom window, but
on seeing officer McElroy, plunged
under a bed.
The sheriff called the other officers
who came into the house. Officer Nc
Elroy reached under the bed and pull.
ed out Kuhn who by this time was
acting like a wildcat. He flew at Nc
Elroy, using his teeth, finger nails
and fists. The officer had several OF
his fingers bitten by the near-maniac.
The officers combined forces and
jumped on Kuhn. After about 10
minutes of fighting, they succeeded
in placing the handouts on him. Off
Ger Alsdorf received several severe
kicks from the feet of the fighting
man.
Kuhn was taken to jail, while an
examination of his wife showed
that this individual is already mar
ried. She will be asked to make afii-
davits against Kuhn and, in case she
refuses, the same will be done by
Sheriff Woolison.