Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1912 — WIFE IS TOO BEAUTIFUL [ARTICLE]

WIFE IS TOO BEAUTIFUL

Jersey Man Said to Have Slashed His Helpmeet’s Dress to Keep Her Indoors. • s ______ Jersey City, N. J.—Because his wife, buxom, middle-aged and mother of six children, is “so beautiful It is dangerous for her to go out alone,” James J. Fryer is said to have slashed her clothing into ribbons. Before Judge Butl?r Mrs. Fryer said her husband had locked her fine clothing in a chest having five padlocks. The judge put the case over for a week.