Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1917 — WIFE BEATER LANDS IN JAIL [ARTICLE]

WIFE BEATER LANDS IN JAIL

R. F. Kaster of Near Gifford Put Under Peace Bond. Ransom Frank Kaster of near Gifford was committed to jail here Tuesday upon failure to provide a 5400 peace bond; Kaster is alleged to have beaten" his wife recently, for which act he was taken before Squire C. W. Bussell and given a fine of $25 and costs. Laura Alice Kaster, his wife, whom he is also said to have threatened to kill if she told the officers, later came to Squire Spitler and instituted peace bond proceedings. From reports it appears that Kaster'has made a practice of inhuman treatment of his family, and while he provided lavishly for himself failed in all ways to provide for his wife and children.