Show BEGE CHIME compelled his wife to lead a life of shame DROVE E HER FORTH AT NIGH tho the woman required to support the family her tearful confession in court nearly all her visitors the vile husband took tile proceeds of ilis his cifes james L ford arrested on friday night tor for compelling his wife to pirt prostitute I 1 herself that he be might continue to revel in a life 11 of profligacy was yesterday sent to prison tor for clays clay the court neglected to supplement it with an order that the brutes diet be confined to bread and water but that was probably due to the tropical condition in III which it found itself at the conclusion on of the trial which was fraught with the mont disgusting revelations clad and lagged the accused was marel marched led into the mart court chamber where sat his wife a plump little mother of SO 80 years who had been kept away from him by order of the brute 9 captors until they met in the presence of judge sells rord ford looked pleadingly in the direction of the miserable woman welman it aa a she was waa called to the witness chair and began her story they tied had blan married nine epars six fix of which had been lived in salt lake city ford was a carpenter but a worthless one and exerted himself but little to support the family finally he be ceased work altogether and threw the entire responsibility upon his wife sho she reluctantly accepted acce ce toil it but her babies of which there were throe three must be fed at times there them was very little in the house then ford began his abuse bad language was followed by brutas blows and it was too in one of these exhibitions on friday night that patrolmen janney and gillespie Gillesp le swooped down upon lint him they heard cited him curse her and heard him beat her th then on prosecutor james took hold of the woman and begin began the bearch search for details she said the accused had returned home at friday afternoon and asked her it if she was nias going out that night the wind was ho howling tho the a sky ky threatening she looked outs out find and shuddering pleaded th that bhe be allowed to remain under tinder shelter then lord ford knocked her down night came and his abuses were renewed A t beating rain was coming down and because in her thin attire she che did not go forth to prostitute herself he applied a to her the foulest terms what did he say urged Prose prosecutor cut or james the witness pleaded that the language was too loo vile tor for human ear car Is it a tact fact that your husband compelled you to resort to a life of shame tor for the support of himself mind and family yes bir that tried cried the court the question and answer were repeated how long has he exacted this of youl you continued counsel for FOP four or five ave months hs rep replied hed mrs mra ford brushing away the tears that filled her eyes have you any reasi onse for knowing that your husband was aware of this yes sir sobbed the wretched creature he has nursed the children in one room while I 1 received men in the other has he ever compelled you to go forth and solicit he has a number of times last night he said there was not a 2 cent and if I 1 go out hed break my nock neck what was the character of at the men who i visited you mostly chinaman stammered the woman what was done with the money it went to t the family did your husband share it yet yes he ha demanded it and I 1 was compelled to turn it over to him the arresting officers told how they had listened list enod d to the husband a abuses and then ford stepped to the chair ile he admitted having pushed his wife when she fell ile he admitted havi im n or used the language quoted by the witnesses tor for the pros prosecution ec ution but pleaded that he was exalt excited act ile he had a vague suspicion that his eife w lie was rec receding ehing st strangers strang cis but she kept her business to herself so the brute went on with his falsification at the conclusion of which he was sent to the burhouse bughouse bur bug house tor for days |