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Show II BEATER OF WIFE I GETSjAK LIMIT Oden Court Refuses to Accept Fine After Conviction KNOCKED WOMAN DOWN N0 CHOKED HER SON Testimony Showed That the Defendant De-fendant Had Been Guilty of Other 0 Ileuses. f Special to The Tribune UGDKN", Nov 16. Another admirable B sentence wis Imposed In tho police court litis mornlriK bv Judge Murphy, when he sent Cipors1 Messerly n wlfe-beater, to H I ho rock pllo fur tdnetv -nine days, the lull limit under the law. Thl; la a maximum sentence to two H human brutes In two successive day? M lydo Moore having been sentenced to a like term on Tuesday for Inhuman trcat-ment trcat-ment of his bable. 7 month and 2i years mm Knocked Wife Down. Hesserly was arrested only this morn- In'g He had struck his wife with a teacup tea-cup .mil afterward felled her with a blow of his rtst. His fifteen-year-old stepson interfered and the brute choked the boy into lii.--ii.-lllllty and l lion proceeded to beat the woman. Has Offended Before. According to tho testimony, this is but one of many times ftfesserly has been guilty, and his Step-Children have been forced b him t leave school and hustle for mo. cy which was given to him for their support. Court Talks Plainly, in Imposing sentence Judge Murphy said be would not accent a fine In thbs clasw Of eases. "A man who boats his wife dc-BCrveS dc-BCrveS no compulsion. My judgment I.-, that )OU bf. ak rook Cood and hard loi ninety-nine nays. 1 |