El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-09-19
@mr E 1nHnIu n@E @NE uWUs"
my FOUR YEARS IN HE'LL MIGHT WELL Be TITLE
OF MRS. CA2S ASTOUNDING STORY OF MARRIED LIFE

cursing, swearing, an abusive type 0f
husband. He raved at the weather,
the food, the people, his friends. II
a certain dish were placed on the
table that he did not then care for.
he would make a fuss, eve throwing
the food away.
Admitted He Was Crazy
"Mr. Case never tried to explain
his acts except to say he was crazy"
the witness remarked. He said his
father had treated his mother that
way and he was afraid he was going
the same road. He said his father
had committed suicide"
Mrs. Case added that she began To
realize that possibly Ar Cases mind
would break down shd this possibly
worried her.
Spells Case Had
The curious things Case did, the
extraordinary things he said in these
spells. were told by Mrs. Case, and
they appeared to hold the court room
audience spellbound.
1t was the biographer Of o. Henry
who stated that If there was one type
of man or woman VINO aroused
boundless interest In the mind of
this great writer, IL was the person
suffering from a h~allucination. The
average sane person, no doubt, also
takes a wild delight in studying the
anomalies and curiosities Of the UNI
hinged mind.
Mrs. Case narrated the spells Mr.
Case had. and in chronological order;
she told what he said and did under
them, as she remembered.
Down at Deming in December,
1914, about four months after they
were married, he began to talk about
wanting to finish up this thing and
got out a pistol from under his pill
low and rushed around saying he
was going to kill people who had
been telling things to his wife. Mrs.
Case said no one had told her any
thing. She consulted DR.. Hoffman,
Of Deming, about her husband. Case
went away for days and returned, ap-
parently ablivious Of the entire Incl
dent.
Another spell in 1915
She said Case had another spell
in 1915. He grew so disagreeable
she decided to leave him, she ex-
planned, but he threatened her that II
she left him it would be in a box.
Then it was Case threatened to kill
one Of her boys If ehe left him, she
also said. Case got over this spell,
and appeared most contrite because
Of his conduct. "He expressed his
In every way one with any
love could Mrs. Case testified, with
tenderness in her voice.
Another Spell in 1916
The next year Case had another
spell, his wife testified. 1t
was at his brothers house at Deming
md was in 1916. He choked her and
threatened to lock her up in an in
sane asylum. .IIl get Doc Hoffman
and another doctor to Judge you in
sane II you 60 to I'll Paso; I have
got you on my own land,' Case
shrieked, the witness said. It was
because she had tried to leave him.
But the witness did go to Ell Paso,
md went TO a hotel to lie down
n bed as her throat hurt her. she
jaid earlier in her testimony that
Jase had choked her as she was
washing dishes, remarking that he
1t was hard on her to wash
and that she showed 1t in her
ace. While in El Paso, the witness
she did not consult a doctor AZ
The thought IL was a disgrace to let
know her husband had
her.
Sends For Her Trunks
The Witness said that in ri Paso
he sent for her trunks, containing
Ter clothes! Case sen mem to her.
When she opened them she found
hat her clothes had been removed
nd ~gunnysacks, stuffed with hay, had
~~--~<-~- acknowledgement
continued on page two.)