Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1908 — A Decent Move by Peacock. [ARTICLE]

A Decent Move by Peacock.

Erastus Peacock, who was cited to show cause why he should not be convicted of indirect contempt of court for h|s refusal to pay to his wife the sum of $7 a week, last Saturday came up with the proposition that he will pay this amount provided the prosecution is not pushed and to make good his premise paid up a considerable portion of the delinquency which dated from the order of the court on Jan. 15th, and arranged to pay the balance soon, and also to keep up the payments in the future. The cloven hoof attitude of Peacock in the past would Indicate that it was no change of heart that brought about this reversal of action, but an awakening to the fact that a further effort to thwart the reasonable order of the court would mean more trouble and possibly <a jail sentence for him. This is all that the public have asked him to do and if he faithfully performs it in the future a part of his contemptible attitude in the past may be forgotten. This has nothing to do with the fine of SIOO assessed in Newton county for wife desertion, and from which fine Peacock has taken an appeal.