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FLEO/» ^MRS. DAVE MTWIN FHIUHTEXEDBY HER HUSBAND*f'N -xV» •FEARS TO; SWEAR OUT WARRANTTHREATS OX HER LIFE SAID TO KEEP HER SUBJECTED,1fase Militant Suffragettes oflola Fine Cbaiieejto Show TheirProwess.■]/iIf the situation in the Dave, Li twinhome on West Madison is as described by the authorities, here is a good5nirchjanoe for the militant suffragettes of Io)a to get action, not only jwitlioutbeing jeered at by .their nialle con-9 .sorts, but the M. C.s are doubtless willing to hold their vanity boxes antT powder puffs while the militants iii- I]♦ % * Icuieate a respect for the female .of the c* I Ispecies in the aforementioned Lit- | * win.4«This morning iSIrs. Litwin, partially clad, ran through town to the home of a friend, weeping and showing signs |e of distress from the result, it is al-fa leged, of rough handling by her hus-. banfd. A call was made for the police J't but the sheriff’s office was the first to aKrespond. In the meantime an hour nhad elapsed and by that time the hys- v terical woman had calmed down and \ wiien the officers asked her to swear p out a ,conif)laint against her husband, she refused. There being no wit- a nesses-to the alleged assault, the of- c ficers wore helpless. \They say, however, that these out- C* Ibursts on, the part of. Litwin are per- p iodic and that when they' occur his s wife is given a beating that the: aye- 11 ragd man .would dislike to take. Litwin is a Russian Jew who operates a.jftsecond hand store on Wand his ideas of the rights of bus- sest Madispn, amported - by gy. That lie qbands. were doubtless, him from the old countr has his wife so terrified! that she is |uIafraid to take the necessary steps to e secure protection .seems certain, and r it was said today that Litwin has op- b enly declared that he wrquld kill her j pif she offends him too jrvuch. This“too much*’ probably includes any el-. Ir fort on her part to have tlie courts in- tl terfere. ; lbNoW if this outline of the situationis correct, where could a better opportunity be found-for the exercise C of the militant energies of the.locailL suffragists or club ;\vomen. Certainlynor time when a wo-allowed to endure 1this is no placeman should be•• • abuse through fear of her life, .and if she is too terrified to demand protection the community w'ould seem justified in stepping in and explaining theJaw of the land-to the man educated . * *in Russia.eisik
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Iola Register
Iola, Kansas, US
Tue, Jun 10, 1913
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