Shocking Treatment of a Wife.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 557, 15 January 1891, Page 3

Shocking Treatment of a Wife.

News comes from B*lhannab, South Aufltrai>4,to the effect that a man naru»-d 0 esbolm (living in the towaahip), whose wife was repnr'ed to be eomewha. peculiar, and was seldom eeen about, reeemly leaned a garden r ear hi-. housH. H« and hi* family continued to reside at but teport >ed cir that he had laneo nie wife and ehut hnr up in a cottage on the leaded property. On Sunday two youths proceeded to the scrub to ascertain the truth or ob-rwine of the report, and found the house boarded up. Air fit st they'cuuid hear no hi »g, but after a time som-thing appeared to be enrring in one of ihe back rooms They wrenched <ff a board from the window, and found the Wom-tii fastened iu the room Sh« presented a moat diagu-ti"g and piteous Rppctac’e. There was not a scrap "of furniture, unless a obi bags end a bucket <>f wa'er can be so called, and she was almost, deati'ute of clothing, and in a fil-hy coini ti n Potice-UQu t«b e Ryder uu re .uh llig the imprisoned woman f -und her in even n worn© eondi ion than h d here rep ined. She was perfect y ravenous He o t.iu d a warrant, and, having released her, took her to Woodside, wh* re she w-v« examined by Dr Esau, J. P The hush-nd w»s charged before Mr K. Drummond, JP. H»* tv«<<-rtefi that he C"U d do uo iiiiig wi'.h her at home, so he took her mu separate house. He fur'her stated th it be gave her all that i was «<’fe to give, f >r ahe * uu d only des’toy her blankets. He give her fond two or three times a day, and remained in the huu»o at night. The wom »n was sent to an asylum, although iu some respects whe ,pp.* ired qmie ra ional when bring ex mi ed. The p > ice are busy inquiring into C rsholm’a ouuduct, and wih proceed ..gainst him.