The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-19
TRUCK WIFE
NTH HAND AXE.
harmon, 522 Ridge street, Arrest
= IN charge Of Assault With
Intent 70
XIII.
k1ARRELED WITH WIFE
.,,.t Her With Axe and Inflicted
several ugly wounds-Mrs.
Harmon at Graham
Hospital.

. ,,.,,os+ic trouble wrought havoc IN
4 Do nnme of Ed Harmon, 522 Ridge
r. .a NV Yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Har-
!, ont by hand axe in three oil
a ~. nlaces, is a sufferer in the
r ZION, hospital today, while her nus
v az is in the city Jail. charged with
= lions offense, that of assault WIN
i au t0 TO kill. The hand axe when
,ured in the alleged assault, shut
4 oIr,sat at police headquarters,
X bloody, villainous aspect
4 T,s notice were called to the Har-
= home yesterday afternoon = be-
!. asn s:3O and 4 o'clock. Mrs. Har-
i ~ covered with blood from IN
Das said to have been inflicted by
10 husband. was found in Mysteries
= one of the neighbor's. Harmon
4 Is ont in the street close to MS
mo The axe was found on the
, WIN The man in the case was ar
! stad for assault, while the woman
+ Is rushed to the hospital.
- Harmon told the police that
milv quarrel came up in the nome.
said that his wife in her anger
: struck at him with. the hand
. and that he had tried to take
;. 4 weapon from her. In trying 10
h the axe away from her ne al
. itted that he had, struck her three
> hes, inflicting deep gashes. rms
: claimed was unavoidable, LOT the
e flew back OF its own accofu'
Sustained Ugly Wounds.
. In the struggle Mrs. Harmon haa
e end of her left thumb cut OIL
e web of flesh between the 1lrst
! hger and thumb cut down 10 Tue
L bne. a piece of the bone cut OUT
bd cut an inch long inflicted on
; e left side OF her head. Harmon
!, ceiyed a cut in the LETT wrlst' lol
J hich he received medical attention.
u he wife will have to spend at leas'
10 weeks in the hospital to re-
ver from her injuries.
5 Mrs Harmon was too Ill to De
, terviewed today. Her husband said
, at the family quarrel had come
/ Mont because Mrs Harmon had
AIMED to leave him, in fact that
had come home and found her
l. at very day getting her clothes
adv to leave the house. Words
1 me uo about her going. he claimed
a The police noticed that Harmon
! Id the same story when ne was
rst arrested that he told when un-
ergoing police grilling. But some
5 epticism was expressed by the Of
/ GERS that the axe could be held ana
:. BIT could strike back in such effec-
e bal fashion
+ "He could have taken that axe
5 way from her easily" said CHER
d harles H. Hennemann. THAT glrl
e light have been putting up an awful
+ ght for her life" AS the case was
brther investigated the chief chang
the nature of the charge from as
Ruit with the intent to inflict bodily
! bury to assault with intent to Kill:
i. Mr. Harmon is a laboring man en-
. loyed by the Lagomarcina- Grupe
/ bmpany. This is the first time he
Jas ever been in trouble with the
a |olice. Jealousy seems to be at the
, |ottom of the trouble, according TO
he story Harmon tells. He says
pat he has been suspicious OF ms
Fife for five or six weeks and mas
, leen watching her.
!. Yesterday noon when he went TO
llncheon she was pressing her
lothes. He asked her if she was
going away, according to his story,
md she made rough reply. MT:
, Harmon claims that he wasn't well
,, the afternoon and laid off from
PORK. He went home at $3.50 and
ound his wife gone
he came down town, he says, and
Jaw his wife standing on the corner
Tenth and Eleventh streets, on
ohnson street He joined her and
aiked home with her. On reaching
me home the quarreling began, with
He results above described.