To pardon a wife-beater
William Allen White
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
THE WOMEN of this town should look their husbands squarely in the face to-night and ask them if they signed a petition for the pardon for Mayes, who beat his wife cruelly and was put in jail for it.
For the petition was signed by the leading bankers and merchants of the town — good men, who are our leading citizens. They would have signed a petition for Mayes to be hanged just as willingly.
(They took their names off the next day and the petition was not presented. — W.A.W.)
But the women of this town should talk it over with their husbands. If there is any crime for which a man should sweat, it is wife-beating. This man beat his wife in the presence of their children for going to church. He displayed a brutal, vicious disposition. If there is any justice in sending any man to jail — and it is a serious question whether jails do any good — this man should be there.
But there was no excuse for the good fellows who signed his petition for a pardon.
Was YOUR husband one of them?
Dec. 1, 1906
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Posted by daveedailey (anonymous) on May 2, 2007 at 3:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This article left a lot to be desired. Is the gazette fishing for something? Not enough information is in the article to make a sound judgement. Personally, I say hang the man, but did his wife hit back.HAHA (I would like to think she shot him). A man who hits a woman to begin with is not much of a man. Men do have a tendency to follow and protect each other, so it is not surprising. Again what was hidden under the sheets in Emporia?
Posted by sciguy (anonymous) on May 3, 2007 at 11:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Emporia Public Library has a complete (or nearly so) collection of the Emporia Gazette on microfilm going back as far as you care to read.
If you're curious about what the editorial refers to--the information is easily available to you, it could probably be found in less than ten minutes at the library.
Posted by barbara61 (anonymous) on May 12, 2007 at 11:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think there is more to the story then her at church. Woman should never be hit and I agree with that.. but some woman put there self in a mans place and hit the men first. Woman can hit hard and hurt people too. Woman dont act the way they use too nor do they weigh 120 pounds anymore, Most are over weight and hefty enough to whip a mans butt if hes not careful. When he tries to put his arm up to block her punch and one of those fake nails breaks off. Hes going to jail. She could have started the problem first but he will always look bad before anyone knows the whole story. Just because of the golden rule, woman are to never be hit. Thats why those men are sticking together because they know how little rights men have anymore. All the laws are to protect woman AND there should be, but mens rights need to be addressed too. Men cant complain are they look weak but they can be hurt too in more ways then one by us woman. More woman then ever are in our prison system for violent crimes they are not the people they once were neighter. I think we cant talk bad about people till we know the whole story.
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