Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1912 — MARTIN’S BETTER HALF DENIES IT [ARTICLE]

MARTIN’S BETTER HALF DENIES IT

Newland Woman Says Husband Did ~ Not Try to Kill Her and Asks Correction of Report. . t 1 : o>f It looks like George Martin, the ‘Newland citizen against whom a charge of assault with intent to kill his wife was recently filed and who was bound over to the circuit court after he waived a preliminary hearing, is going to have an important witness on his side of the case when it comes to trial. Will Postil! and other well meaning men at Newland responded to cries for help, according to their story and found Martin choking his wife and her so completely exhausted that she was semi-conscious for some time. They. said that Martin had made a threat to kill his wife-. But Mrs. Martin writes The Republican that it Is “all a mistake” and if her story can be believed then Postill and his companion rescuers were either dreaming or they found Martin and his wife simply indulging in a little play that they did not understand. The letter Mrs. Martin wrote to The Republican is as follows: Oct the 10 1912 Newland Ind. |Mr. Editor dear sir as there is a terible piece published in the repuly lican papr about George Martin of newland trying to murder me ihis wife I can say it is not so he didnt lock me up in the house nor say one word about killing me I wish you would tt correct the mistake as you was. not to blame that is to bad a piece to go over the country when it is not so that is not so one word of It. please correct the mistake yours truly from

Mrs. G. Martin

Newland Ind