Emery County Progress | 1907-11-09 | Page 3 | Beat Wife, Spanked in Court

BEAT WIFE SPANKED IN COURT at judge s order detective usei use 1 mans own shoes on H m new turk A novel scene was wit hessed in the cayenne police court the other day when john mertens was ordered to take off his shoes and the recorder then told acting detective cassmeyer Hass meyer to give the man a good trouncing cassmeyer Hass meyer grabbed the prisoner pris and in a jiffy had him across his knee to the amusement of the spectators the shoes were used with good effect where they would do the most good the prisoner squirmed and wriggled and it was hard tor for the detective tc hold him the recorder finally or dered the beating to cease and told the prisoner to stand up before him calling merten merton s wife who had made a charge of beating her against him the recorder asked it if she would forgive him and take him home but she refused whereupon the culprit tell fell upon his knees and begged he her r to tale tal e blip hlin back but the wife refused to listen and the recorder remanded him to jail mrs mei feiten tens s eyes were blackened and her face swollen and she cited 20 bruises and marks on her body which she said had been inflicted by her husband she hoped his stay in jail would reform him