BRUTAL ILL-TREATMENT OF A WIFE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6092, 19 August 1881, Page 3

BRUTAL ILL-TREATMENT OF A WIFE.

(Oamaru Mail.)

A dastardly case of ill-treatment of a wife aas been brought to light in Oamaru. The (acts of the cate will ba fouud detailed in the

subjoined statement made by the unfortunate woman. On Tuesday lust tho sad case of the ciufortunate woman beoatne kuoivu, and sho *ai removed to the Hospital, and then found to be in a critical condition. An informs lion was at ones laid against the husband, Augustus, assd ho was nrreatod yesterday ou a charge of assault. An terioua doubts an entertained of the probnbili:y of JMib Augus'.uu' recovery, it has be;n deemed

idvisable fc" take the wotnins im.teuoe ,it one. Thij was doun last evening, when Mr 1. N. Wat,',, K.M., witti Servant-nnjor L'hompsou, whu prosecutes, aud Mr OVMejghtr, why defends ihe prisoner, attended at tho Hosyital, a:id took her da|poi;tion as fol'owa : — Is*be!la Augustus : X aji tho wif < of Charles Augustus, the acous=>d Ou the 3.-d of thin m.mth, at O..maru, I gave birtu to a child. I vas contiacd ;o my bid fuitr days. Oa the fifth dr.y, bet-vecn 8 and 9 o'clock, I wm Wf-oh ing my foct in my bedrojin. My eon Guards, aged 10 yearn, was also ia tUo room, aud my tinsbund came iv and told tho boy to go to his ircl, and that ha would eort my feet hiinseif. [The next portion of tho evidence as to tvhit ouk place is uutit for publication. In coub* qaeuce >f tha hiuband's treatment to her she .v*s confined to her bed uu.il lha following Sunday ] Witness continued :On that duy I itruggiuu to geS the breaUfiiit. My hcuiband was tuen present, and I culled him to breakfast. Afttr he bad sot hia breakfast I asked him if ha would uliow ie« to get one visit from the ductor. He Baid "N:.." I was sitting tn a low Btuol by the lito, and :ie threw ma to thu fl ior. Ha ".lieu gnvo mo a kick and uhovod ma beforti him. Wlieu 1 «aw hii bauk luruod, I opened tha bauk doornud ran <u\ Jle r^n at'tor m.i aud polled me bai:k, aud with hi* iista knocked my toeth loose. He then took me ujj by tho paltiojuls And tlireur nij un to tho be!, am\ said, " Will you nek h liic'.i.r in now ? ' 1 paid, '' li-iave mj alone." Ue naid if h^ knew it would keep him from his work he would not let a doctor come in, ai;r ?.nyou<) eJ-ftl, aud that if hs found it out ha would tales a tomahawk and chop uiy braiu3 into UjiDceov-at, f)rhr> wanted to m:ik-j away with me. That k\ij nil that d.iy. When Monday O-icie te went away to his work, aud I did not Bee him till after 5 o'clock iv the eveuing, aud nothing occurred until next morning, when, before g: ing ta his work, ai I waj in my bed, he ii-i\v:goJ me out and put hU naila into me aud ><!iid, " Toat is auother fa'Qi-.hii]g blov.-." Ho ■liien went away, leaving mi ou the rl «;r. Taas ni^ht pretty lata hd said to me, " Well, did you get a doctor today?' I did not say aye nor no, and through the night, iv thedurk, he cams two or three tiuiej and g*ve me a blow, Haying ha waa ghd he waa getting :id of me. I cau^e to the Hospital on Tutsday at ncou. I mate v mistake; it wa? ou Monday that he asked ma if I had had a doctor. On the Sunday he tied my hair to the heel of the boy's boot, turned it round, and pulledit out. Since my baby waa boru he kept the door open and gave me no light. He would give mi nothing warm, and he would not ris9outof his bed. I asked him todotheso things, ■tnd he always refused. He wou'd not let the boy do little things for ma. Since my confinement I have had half a pint of sherry wine, some porter ona day, and some whisky, but Very little. Mrs Carter (the nurse) gave me the *iue and the whisky; the porter I took myself. My husband gave me soma money to get uome bread and meat. I did not speed any upon the wine, or whisky, or potter. The prisoner was brought befora Mr Watt at 2 o'clock to-dny, when an application was made by prisoner's counsel for a remand until Tuesday next. Hia Worship uatd that as it was impossible to conclude the caao while the woman was lying iv such a precarious condition, ha would the remand as requested.

j (Peb United Press Association.) Oamaiiu, August 18th. This evening the woman died from the injuries inflicted by her husband.