Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-26
WOMAN USES WHIP.
ON SPOUSE AFTER.
AFT Unity EPISODE.
BECOMES INCENSED WHEN HUS-
BAND RETURNS HOME UNEX.
PECTEDLY AND CATCHES HER
IN COMPANY OF PARAMOUR.

IN COMPANY OF PARAMOUR.
This is the story OF human trl-
angle concerning two men and worl-
an that is different Instead Of the
outraged husband brushing aside his
coat tail to reach for a big six
shooter with Whicn to kill his betraycr
the man he found trcspasSing upon
the sancity of his home--the spouse
spent the night in the hospital, his
Wife's traducer in jail, and the wOm'
an STAYED at home TO vent her ire
upon the vagaries of married life ana
the peCuliarities of some men. Incl
dentally, the woman in the case WAS
responsible for the husbands being
in the hospital nursing broken wrist
bone
The triangle and its unusual twists
this morning were laid before Judge
George kOenig to SolomOnizc. after
which he pronounced judgment The
man was assessed a fine of 500 and
the woman advised to return to her
home and forget her paramour.
The Case.
Steve MarchinO. A., Industrious,
thrifty and a good father is the com.
planning witness who today nurses a
fractured wrist because he had the
tcmerity to accuse his helpmcet, Mary,
80. Of inhdelity after he had found her
in a decidedly compromising position
with one John Nadcringe, 81 at their
home in the Federal Plate district.
Mary. the faithleSs woman struck
Steve over his arm with the blunt end
OF a cattle whip, The blow delivered
with great power, was intended to
crush Steyc's head, but he parrlcd
with his right and took the full force
of the amazons wallop on the wrist.
4 bone cracked and Steve was made
hnr, de combat without more ado,
Help was summoned when the dis
mrbance in the Marchino home a.
tanned the proportions of mob scene,
and Naedcringe was rushed off to the
county Jail TO do penaCc, while Steve
was hurried to the hospital to have
the fracture reduced, Before he was
rushed TO the hospital Steve was
forced to listen. in all his pain, to a
vcnOmOus TRADE aimed at him by the
female who had promised to love,
honor and C?). She told him he was
no GOOD and said she was through
with him during fearful outburst nf
an unfcttercd tongue Steve mildly
protested against the abuse, but with
his arm incapaCitated he was in no
position to use Caveman methods to
convince his wife is was willing to
have her quit her spiliirc tactics.
Tells HIS story
TO a representative of the Free
Trador-Iournal steve this morning
told the pathetic story Of his broken
up home II all happened yesterday
afternoon because he misunderstood
orders which shift he was to work
with at .he plate glass factory.
Steve. in his broken English. re
lated how he left home at O'Clock
10 report for work, but after report
Ing was told he was supposed to work
with the 10 o'clock night gang. Steve
owns his own home and eight or ter
lots. It is claimed, on which he pas
lures five milchors When he recog
nizcd there ha0 been mistake h'
returned home.
Arriving at the house, he found al
the doors and windows locked, ant
his efforts 70 gain admission provin'
| futile, he went to the back door an
used his strong back and arms t.
/ good advantage. He smashed his wa
in
As ne fell into the house he sa5
suspicious figure disappearing int
ano,hc room II was Naoderingc, h,
said. trying to make a getaway whit
! the getting was good, NOderine
dashed upstairs his face liyid white
as rapidly as a pair Of good legs coul'
carry him and there frantiCai,
sought an avenue of escape by mean
or jumping rom second story win
dow.
steve said he went into the bee
room and found It had been occupied
His wife was in partial state of di:
habillo. The appearances We'