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Show 1HBRTY DAYS FOR A WIFE BEATER STORY OF A BRUTAL ASSAULT TOLD IN COURT. Husband'Was Beating His Wife When the Cries of Tholr Little Girt Attracted Outsiders. The case of disturbing the peace preferred by Mrs. Lewis Rlnglo against her husband was continued at an afternoon session of police court Monday, the defendant being found guilty and sentenced to thirty davs on .he rock pile. When first arraigned, Rlngle pleaded plead-ed not guilty, claiming that he had done nothing which could be legally construed as disturbing the peace. Mrs. Rlngle was then asked to tell her story. She stated that Rlngle had been loafing for a considerable length of time and consuming more or less Og-den Og-den liquor. Monday night he came home about 2 o'clock and demanded Z, which he thought she had In her possession. His demands were refused, re-fused, wheroiipon he grabbed her by the face and, forcing her on to the bed, struck her repeatedly, and threatened to '"finish her," as tho witness expressed express-ed it. Their little daughter was in bed at the time, and her cries, mingled with the screams of the mother, attracted at-tracted the attention of the ' entire house, J. C. Gasberg, proprietor of the Colonial block, soon appeared upon the scene which had the effect of ending end-ing Ringle's attack upon his wife. The police subsequently arrived and arrested ar-rested the husband for disturbing the peace. , Mrs. Ringle's face still shows tho results of her experience. - Proprietor Gasberg was called and stated that he had been awakened by the screams of Mrs. Rlngle and, upon going to their room, had discovered the battle In progress, as related. He said Rlnglo threatened to attack him but the arrival ar-rival of the police prevented fresh hostilities. hos-tilities. The defendant a.lmittyd that he had gone home late and had demanded money from his wife. He stated, however, how-ever, that she had begun to abuse him and strike him with a strap. To defend de-fend himself, he had pushed her on to the bed and scratched her face. The court was apparently Impressed with the woman's story and proceeded to give Rlngle a severe lecturing. "There ought to be a severe penalty pen-alty for you fellows who don't know "how to treat a wife. I have never been able tn etlck one of you for more than a week or two before somebody had jou pardoned out. Tn fact, I don't epect that you will be in Jail more than a week or so before your wife or someone gets you out. You ought to have six months at hard labor. You ought to be sent to the penitentiary. In this cane I will make the sentence thirty days straight" |