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Show f o'clock Inht nlcht her husband cam I heme and commenced to kcoM hr. I He stnrtevl to throw some of her clothos out of her trunk, and because she remonstraied with him about It. he struck her with hi fist. She raid tho blow did not knock her down, b- ' canae at the time It was struck she was lying on the bed. She said that when her husl-and struck her she Kcreamed, and that it was her screaming scream-ing that created the disturbance In the hcuse. She tried her be-U to eblebl her husband, by stating that he was "not the man to strike a woman," and that he was not in the habit nf trlk Inx her. "We never hare trouble of any kind, and do not think he Intended In-tended to hit me." ho said. "It moil nave been a mistake on bit part." Before the lf' had concluded her testimony the court stated to the city attorney that he did not care to hear further testimony In the case, for enough en-ough hr.d ieen said to advise him of the tacts In the matter. "So far as I am concerned." said the Judge, "tills man can go to jail 09 days. I will IS x it so the woman cannot raise the money and Ret him out. I will sentence him to i9 days In I 1m-city 1m-city jail. 1 suppose, though, that thlj woman will go to the mayor and get a ptrdon lor her husband, but I can't help that. The man ought to serve the time." I . WIFE BEATER SENTENCED T0JAIL At midnight last nt'eht Officers P.urk nd Chamher.. were called to the Denver Den-ver house to quell a dlsturbanee. It was reported ?hat a "man was beating beat-ing bis wife which was creating pandemonium pan-demonium around the hostelry. When the officers arrived at the hotel ho-tel they found Mrs. Charles S. Price r. iFlng a badly bruised and swollen eyo, the result of a blow from her husband. Price waj arrested nnd taken tak-en to the police station where he was placed in Jail and held for trial thlH morning. When lie was arraigned befo:e JucLge Murphy . n the charge of disturbing dis-turbing th: peace, he entered a plea of guilty, but assistant City Attorney Willis asked I he court to hear testimony testi-mony in the easn hetore passing sentence, sen-tence, because It was an aggravated case and deserved more than passing attention. Mrs. Price was In the court room, her eye still much swollen and discolored and she. with two other witnesses were sworn. Mrs. Price stated that at about 12' |