Show > WHr IS IT HUSHED UP Justice Demands an Investigation of the Smith WifeBeatliig If onehalf of what is charged against the Herald Smith be true notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the affair has been hushed up the man is entitled to something more than mere censure for it looks like a piece of brutality rarely equaled in domestic circles cir-cles To strike ones wife is enough to produce a hangingbee in some communities commun-ities but to so violently chastise a child as to break a bone is beyond all endurance endur-ance The mans demeanor behind the counter shows him to be many removes from a gentleman and that he was not prosecuted is a public calamity Such things should not be lightly dealt with Mr Smiths pretensions to being an exemplar of virtue to the rising generation genera-tion are in view of the circumstances somewhat hypocritical the domestic tyrant is only surpassed in natural cuss ednesa by the domestic brute AVe pass by his appearance because that he inherited in-herited but when he lets l his disposition reach such lengths as are herein suggested sug-gested he is a just subject of reproach from all points and he today stands convicted at the bar of public opinion if he should never be elsewhere Such actions bring nsure upon the people in whose midst they are committed unjust as such judgment may be |