Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1912 — MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER [ARTICLE]

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

Witness Says That George Martin, of Newland, Almost Carried Ont Threat to Kfll His Wife. Will Postill, who has been working on the construction of Ed Oliver’s cold storage plant at Newland, played in the role of a hero Thursday Evening and it is said by himself and others that his timely interference prevented the murder of Mrs. George Martin by her husband. Postill and others were startled at about 7 o’clock Thursday evening to hear loud cries of “murder.” They lost no tiipe in reaching the place where the cries eminated" from, the residence of George Martin. Postill was the fleetest of foot and reached there first. He saw Martin choking his wife, bending her backward from an upstairs window. He ran into the house and up the steps, but before he had reached Martin the latter had released his hold upon his wife. Mrs. Martin was almost unconscious and seemed after reviving to think that Martin had really intended to kill her. Several people are alleged to have heard Martin say that he proposed to kill his wife. It is claimed that he talked about it to several people on Thursday. After the rescue she was taken to the home of a friend and spent the night there. Martin is then said to have threatened to kill Postill and to have gone to Wheatfield and loaded up on booze. Postill came to Rensselaer and swore out a warrant for Martin’s him with an assault with intent to kill. He was arrested by Sheriff Hoover and Marshal Mustard and brought to Rensselaer and Squire Irwin admitted him to bail in the sum of S3OO, L. H. Hamilton going on his bail He will have a preliminary hearing Monday at 1 o’clock. It is charged that the day on which the assault was committed he had kept his wife locked up in one room of the house all day and had not permitted her to have anything to eat. It is. also alleged that he has beaten her up on several occasions.