Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-03-29 | Page 7 | Wife Beater is Beaten

is beaten! ! Young Man Hired by Woman to Do a Good , Job Seattle, March 29. "Wanted A man to thrash a wlfo-beator Ten dollars reward. Easv work. Mrs. R. B. Gillies, 116 Nob Hill avenue." This advertisement appeared heic yesterday and eight men applied for the job The first applicant was a little lit-tle follow and Mrs. Gillies sent him away The second, a husky youth, said It would bo a pleasure to do the work for $5. Mrs. Gillies cngagod him at onco and gave him instructions. Her husband must not be permanently permanent-ly disfigured or disabled, but must be slapped, choken, knocked down and rolled on the floor. When Robert Bent Gillies, aged 53, formerly a water front broker, returned re-turned borne late In tne afternoon Mrs Gllllos, telling tho story today, said tho young man's work was so excellent ex-cellent that she compelled him to take the full $10 fee Gillies could not bo seen today. The couple have boon married ten years. Both are old residents of Seattle Se-attle Before advertising Mrs. Gillies had complained to the mayor, chief of police and prosecuting attorney without with-out satisfactory results, she said.