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Show mrs. wilgox mm . USE OF CUSS-WORDS Says She Called W. Wright a "Damned" Liar; Dei'en-dirnl Dei'en-dirnl Discharged. Wrighl, charged with battery upon !Mrs. AL il. Wilcox, from whom he rented rooms at ilS South First "West street, was. provoked into the battery bat-tery by Mrs. Wilcox, who called his wife a liar, himself a damned" liar, as well as a dirty lint to, and poked her fists into his face. These things aggravated aggra-vated Wright, into skimming the door in the face of Mrs. "Wilcox, and. when she reopened il, into ejecting her from the room and shoving her part, of the way down the stairway, according to the testimony in Judge Diehl's court Tuesday Tues-day after noon. Mrs, "Wilcox said that she wont to Wright's room to remonstrate with him for stopping up the water pipes with paper. Wrigtit lost his temper and slammed the door in her face. She tried to. re-enter and he kicked the door oil' the hinges into her face again and, roughly grabbing her by the arm, led her to the top of the stnirwnj' and shoved her downward two steps, lie did not lot, go of her, however. Wright, who is slightlj- deaf, admitted admit-ted that ho shut tho door in her face, but denied that, he struck her. lie e.jecl-od e.jecl-od tho woman from the room for fear of the results of excitement upon his wife, who is in a delicate condition, ho said. Mrs. Wright testified that Mrs. "Wil; cox, when her husband made, denial of the charge that he clogged up the toilet water pipes, said: "Damn you, you did." Mrs. Wilcox cnlled Wright, a dirty brute and put her fist info his face, Mrs. Wright said. She stepped between them and pub her hands upon Mrs. Wilcox, sho testified. Upon crosp examination, she broke down and wept while relating charges Mrs. Wilcox-had made that she had been unfaithful to her husband and had been seen upon Commercial streer. Mrs. Wilcox, m redirect examination, cheerfully admitted that she hail called Mrs. Wright a liar and her husband u "damned" liar. Judge Diehl thought thai; Wright's ejection of Mrs. Wilcox from the room was due to his desire lo snare her unnecessary un-necessary excitement. Wright was found guilty, but discharged. |