Show i STARTLING S N 6 STORY Of CRUELTY CULTY Mrs Erb Tells of Various Quarrels and Captains Threats to t Kill Her ller Media Pa Jan rall 2 Mrs M f Flor Florence Floronce sister slater Mrs I once nee Erb Euh who with her hor Catherine Beisel is charged with the murder of Mrs Irs Erbs husband took the witness S stand today toda and told a sen sensational sensational sensational story stor of oC extreme cruelty on tho part of her husband as one ono of tho lie causes leading up to the shooting of ot Captain Erb Mrs tITS Erb speared nerv nero nervous ous ens but told her story stol stor in Iii a straight straightforward straightforward forward manner Mrs Erb Erh said sho went to Red fled Gables tho the Erb country home In May 1906 1900 with a housekeeper and two maids between her and the Captain sho she said aid started on the first night nigh t they were wore there V Wo we quarrelled sho said and ho struck me mc with the be back of his 1115 hand band and knocked me over oo a n chair Tho The next day tIn da I hail had to call a physician to treat me Another time he ile quarrelled about lie tho food I became afraid and ran Into the lie tower u of the house Ho lio loan found me nue and grabbed me mo by tho the hair and dragged me down tho tile steps to his room where he ho kept m j all night am nih treated me nie cruelly Iu In December Decem er 1906 1006 ho he put me out of the house and as I woe was standing thinking what to do he lie came out and d seized me by the lie throat and throw me meto meto to tho the floor An ornament in my 01 hair was wall broken and my m head was hurt I Iwas Iwas Iwas was unconscious As S a result rosult of ot my mr injury I had to go to a sanitarium 11 One evening tho the found fault with some article of food on the tho table Ho swore 1010 at me and I ran to my nl room He Ftc followed and yelled at me inc nl you must leave Icae this house at once or orIll orIll Ill blow blo your our brains out Ho got his ills revolver hut put It away own again When he TIC loft left I r took too it and hid it When ho lie came caitie home hp demanded tho ho I J toM told him I 1 had hid iu It iio ilo chased rou mu around to hit me in ill Inc c tho the dining room trying to hit hl mo roe arid and when he could not catch up with vIUl me mo mohe he spit in my lay face Later an as I took the revolver from froni fromI behind I some books he lie caught me and grabbed for tho the pistol As we struggled for the Ule weapon he deliberately bont bent me over oer a davenport put his knee on my stomach and pressed till tillI I cried clied for mercy merc Finally ho he did release me and I Iwas Iwas Iwas was helped to my m room In tho the morn mornIng morning mornIng Ing he lIe forced the maids to pack paek my clothes and with jeers and laughter made molo mo me leave the house weak and faint as aB I was from the th Injury re received received received I She went on to tell teB of tho the spread eagle incident After in insulting Insulting suiting her In the presence of or tho the housekeeper by calling her names ho told her he was sas going to spread eagle e lo her GettIng some straps he threw mo no moon meon noon on tho the sofa she he said sold He swung his fist under my chin and drove my m teeth through my Wo tongue He Ho kept TUG me meon on the sofa until 3 in the morn mornIng mornIng Ing lag threatening to me but finally he decided not to do so The next ne day dar I had to go to Hot Springs for treatment Then she related a story of oC the Cap Captains tams treatment of her sister who had hal como to her defense defenso in tho numerous family fam quarrels One summer afternoon ho he picked my sister up and threw her out of oC tho the house sho she said d Later Lor ho he tried to force her through a swinging door and he began choking her Ill choke the life out of at you iou ho he said I thought he was CS surely killing her hor 11 r so I grabbed up a n whisky bottlo bottle and jilt hit ram tm rn OIL the head Ha Ho dropped and anil we ran for our lives Uvee Coming down to the day of or tho tragedy Mrs Erb told of or a visiting Olney Olne to look at nt a I house Intending to live apart from her husband after siler she s o had lial succeeded In making a settle settlement mont ment with him Sho She and her sister returned to the house late lato In tho day daj and learned that Captain Erb Intend Intended ed Cd coming homo honie that night It Il was decided that Mrs Boisel should stay star at nt tho the Village Green Hotel nearby Wien Captain Erb came camo homo home ie learned that hat Mrs Beisel had hod been at atI I tho the house he flew Into a rage and andI began bogan to make a search earch 1 for her I swearing and making threats Mrs Irs Erb said sho she avoided the cap caD captain fain tain and went to the hotel with two maids maMs and remained there with Mrs tIrs Beisel until late lato In tho the evening Going back to tho the house Mrs ir Erb went w nt to the second floor by b way nr of the back stairs Mr r Erb Eib rushed out of or his room He struck me on the breast she sho said and he tried to pull me into his room I fought him bini and finally picked up a brass brans cuspidor and throw it at him lm I stop to see seo whether It struck him but ran to tomy tomy my fly room I heard him following aa and l cursing me He was almost upon pon mo me when whoa I grabbed a vase vaso of and hurled It at him Then I got into my m room and locked the door 1001 After A tir a awhile awhile awhile while I locked out and saw no ono and anti andI antiI I r ran to the tho telephone and summoned my m sister When she sho came caine she sho went into the tho bathroom and I r went to my m room My M sister came camo out of tho the bath room Just Justas as my m husband left his room dressed in his pajamas and carrying a 3 reoh revolver er or Captain Erb aimed the pistol at atmo atmo atme mo me nod and exclaimed Ill pot got rid of you now I 1 screamed and ran mn Into my room Mrs Mis Belso flew at nt my husband I T heard scuffling of oC feet teet and arid then I heard a shot hot Then more shots When Wien all was wa quiet I r looked out of my room and saw my m husband lying l on his hie taco face and my m ulster sister unconscious on tho the floor beside him I ran wildly down tho stairs to call for help belp helpAs As Ati the wife fe finished her story of that fatal night she sho broke into tears ti wept nePt bitterly |