Show THREAT TO KILL NOT PROVEN Masters the Man Accused by MrsHaskell Only Said He Would Be Pleased to Kick Her Slats In i T W Masters the engineer of herculean I her-culean frame who was arrested several I days ago for threatening to kill airs Sarah Haslcell because that lady would not consent to marry him was acquitted ac-quitted of the charge when taken before be-fore Judge Smith for preliminary ex nmiiialion yesterday afternoon The < court found though after hearing the evidence that Masters was guilty of having caused the complainant considerable con-siderable annoyance and informed the engineer that It would be exceedingly becoming of him to leave town at once During the course of the trial Mrs Hnskell said that Masters previous to ills arrest had acquired the habit of proposing matrimony to her every live minutes of the day notwithstanding that Ills suit was frowned upon by her as often us presented She also staled In answer to questions that Masters had In the past boarded at her home in the western part at the city that he furnishcl the groceries for the household house-hold and on hat I account did not have to pay board She also said that on ohe occasion when the dally routine of proposal and rejection had been done away with Masters threatened to strike her unless she looked more favorably on his suit Did lie seem angry and in earnest was asked by the County Attorney Oh no he seemed very Jolly about It r Dllcd Mrs Haskcll i Mrs Delia Boyd to whom Masterss j threats to injure the object of his affections I af-fections are said to have been made i was called to thii stand and she related 1 having received a letter from Masters in which he set forth that ho was not sorry he had slapped Mrs Haskcll at j the time he was hauled up in Police court and lined 100 for so doing He would kick her slats in which term translated would read Fracture a few of her ribs As it was on the strength of this letter let-ter that the charge of threatening to kill was brought the prosecution asked to amend the complaint so as to make the charge that of threatening to commit com-mit assault and battery That action was taken Mr Worrell a resident of the western west-ern part of the city then appeared on the stand and related that Masters told him several weeks ago that he intended tu strike Mrs Haskell for spreading a bad report about him and another woman wo-man Also that he carried the threat into execution and slapped her several evenings later Owing to the fact that Masters had already been lined JOO in Police eout for that assault Worrells evidence had little bearing on the caseIn case-In discharging the defendant the court addressed liimself to Masters in the following words The best thing you can do Is to get out of town before you got into serious trouble It Is evident evi-dent that airs Boyd who Is married does not wish to get any more of your letters It is also evident that Mrs Haslcell doesnt like you You had better l bet-ter leave them alone after this |