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Show ausi IFE'S GREAT SCHEME- lCflrj os AnScs Woman's Plan to Keep iV ,.! I Her Husband at Jjfl;Q I Homo. l I Witnesses don't often appear In court ''Wfl n t!ic,r n,sht cIothcs- especially when those- witnesses are beautiful women, 5;ai nut a Los Angeles court was treated I to this experience a fc-w days ago as t taie climax of one of the most sensa-tlonal sensa-tlonal cases over brought before It. fr.Mrr.. Max Basehc, a bride of a few months, was an unwilling witness at TJ tcaat. that Is the legal term for her re-fusal re-fusal to give evidence against herself, J but anything else sho might have told ? the court would hardly have redounded jto her benefit or added to her peace of j Blind So when the summons was sent 1 for her to appear she said she was ill. 5fi s and it would be Impossible for her to iSi'si jijcy the mandate. But the court was Tl3Si suspicions, and a physician was dis-' dis-' j rktcheu to the Bnsehu home to make sn examination. Ho reported that airs. I B?-scl:o was In good health as far as ft TJir ri nn ambulance was sent lo bring Mrs. Baseho to court. She at first had S"jTi -Avcral fainting fits and became ly 3 frsterlcal. Then she went to bed. But " 4 tli" officers of the law were obdurate, ,1 and thf-y ten' ncr out of bed, loaded the i fair v.it'icrr. on to a stretcher, wrapped au eiderdown quilt around her, and cJt conveyed her in the ambulance to the jAvli Iclty hall. whore the case was called for SiJ trial. Tho courtroom wos crowded. I -The caso Us-elf had attracted a great f'dpal of attention, but no such sensa- 'tlonal climax as this was expected. T22 4 Mrs. Bate he was oblivious to every-thing every-thing the f.ttorlngs. the sly nudges?. iijo inurirurod admiration of tbe !!:t6 Tvondcrlr.s males. The Judge asked her 'K '5 ac question. No answer. The witness ,j was asleep or pretending to be. The .'' Judge entreated, urged, cajoled, and i threatened, but still the fair witness 3 rtiept serenely on. Another medical o::-irnination o::-irnination was made, and the verdict Kse4( 1 of the first physician was supported. Then Mrs. Basche was fined ICS for l contempt of court and sent to her home. ' M I-This is the experience Mrs. Basche underwent for trying a highly original .'3 plan for keeping her husband at home. Her trick has succeeded after a fashion, j The Bnschos were known as an ex-' ex-' ''I ircniely loving couple. Mr. Basche -M never stacd away of nights, and lie - Ir.&ver went visiting without taking his tlivjfe with him. .B'At last the momentous day arrived jJRlh Basclie informed his wife that he "'fcrtiuld hao to go away on a little Bfjburncv. 11 would take him a few days, "and 'he could not go with him. Mrs. "jpBawho pleaded and shed tears. But "ft'or husband said it was Impossible to Ehke iKr When Mrs. Basche found -ft'er tears and pleadings of no avail she "wrav silent Then she laid a plot. s!SD3i6 day before Mr. Basche was to go (UHtty h came home at C p. m. and j'i'Wrail his wife bound and gagged and 4 jflfng 011 the floor, apparently uncon- HuSujfahtn Mrs. Basche returned to con-DHBbiousness con-DHBbiousness she was hysterical for scv-fcril scv-fcril hotn-s Tears! She shed them In . Barren ts. ,iWjShe said that when she returned from TjJ shopping tour about 2:30, p. m. and JJ-Mtopped ff the car near her home two Sjgly looking tramps eyed her In im-fj-Jmadent fashion. She entered her home -ipnd was soon busily engaged in setting 'things to rich'?, for everything was ijj .opsy-turve from moving. She 'topped into the front room for some-3 some-3 hlng and w as astounded to find one of L he tramps there-. fefci jJJ'How much money have you got and iiaai vliere is if" she said he cried as he fiatjtri noved threateningly toward her. pkliO "Oh, don't hurt me," she pleaded. f4rA, ?Ve haven't much money In the house, tiia ml you can take my rings If you will pli fctra? alon " She held out both hands, Pu rtavily laden with rings. "'mfii'l don't want your rings. I want uonej," said the tramp, trt (She told him there was only In the wuse. The tramp looked in the purse, Jc Mid, K. nd then, after curi-lng her. let", grabt'd a. newspaper that waa ly-:e-ar and stilled her shrieks by , !i rahmilng wad ai'tfr wad of t lie paper J I'0 nr"r mouth. lie bound the wads in Itr mouth r.ith Ills hnndlce.rchlc.' and ''-S -en' 3, irru''nX ouuage! he tied her ,Op Slid.' and ankles with pink ribbons. a,V SLVVhen he finished his nuest for jfcwjl ilundcr. Mrs. Basche raid, the tramp iprinkWl her face with chloroform, .it r.e of which got Into her c-yes nnd iauscd her untold agony. She lay thus lOund until her husband came homy to I llnner at C o'clock. JjTg An instant sen'rch was made for the atirMmmp. Xnu could be found answering I description given by the woman, policy h'ard her story, but were 'Icloug In the first place the tramp t '.avu been an absent-minded ftr, for he Io.t even the $5 in the c-. And then as the rude policc-ob?frved policc-ob?frved tiie sturdy liner, of Mrs. :he's magnificent physique they dercd how those fragile pink rib-i rib-i held hrr ar.kles Mcurely for three lal hour.'. ;ut I w .s unconscious, you know," aine.1 Mrt Basche-. !t i"y, after closer questioning. Basch" changed her description of villain In fact, she described a ne-urly vi-rybody knew. Hi ihMi it must hay been John Icf'.y.j gaid one of tho dotee-liotf dotee-liotf J.ist v. ho it was," tearfully ItUd Mrs. Biische-. iir'i.af-y is a respected citizen and r''ls h.ui been connctted will! the Arc l -v fire depart niont. lie bad vtRiiiv. il us an upright citizen !ri tii" .rt of a mail who would go r-d obi iv.g and frlghlc-nlm? wo--. B'u t. e pullce were no respecters fevsioi.i end ihey wer.t to Hennes-'es. Hennes-'es. I did It," admitted Hennessey, f a monicnfs liesitatlon. "You see, aaked mt to." have known Mn. Basclie for four' ve year?." pakl Jlennessey later in lining his part in the affair. "One iT.rxm I met her on Main street and asked nu- to come to her house on ion avenue. She wrote the address slip of paper. See, here it Ik. I'm My glad I kept it. Well, 1 went up e-r hous'-. She told me her husband Koing to leave the following day i business trip and she didn't want Now,' says -die, T want you to tie feet, tie my hands behind me. and 11 bandkerchief over my face' warned her that it was a risky play and advised her not to do it, as sho was liable to get Into trouble. ' 'Oh.' says she. lt will be all right. It's only a Joke on Max.' "2o I got the ribbons and handkerchief handker-chief nnd tied and gagged her. Then I wet the handkerchief with water. She complained that the handkerchief was nc-t Ugh- cnoush, so I stuck some parjer under It. She iid rhe wanted the thing done to frighten her husband so be would not go away without her. After I got her fixed the way she directed di-rected I left her lying on the floor, jumped on a Central avenue car and came right down town. That was about 5 In the afternoon." But troublo had not been altogether averted. After Mrs. Basche had declared de-clared Hennessey to be the vllllan both she and her husband refused lo testify against him. Then came the summons to court and Mrs. Bardie's refusal to obey it. Although the court Is powerless power-less to compel Mra. Basche to rehe-arijo the details of the counterfeit assault, it is probable a long time will clapte before Los Angeles will cease talking of the case. Hennessey has been released from custody. Ho Is cynical now on the subject sub-ject of aiding brides to keep their husbands hus-bands at home Chicago Inter Ocean. |