A WOMAN WHO BSD!

NZ Truth, Issue 69, 13 October 1906, Page 6

A WOMAN WHO BSD !

GALVANI GALVANISED.

Charged With Attempted Suicide.

Is Advised to Let Her go Her Own Way.

The individual who threatens and perhaps attempts to take his life because the wife of his bosom doesn't any longer love him, and doesn't wait his home-coming, and doesn't cook for him and call him her dear and her duck, just for the reason that she thinks more of her boarder, is a silly sort of sausage, who ought to jump cut of sheer joy. at the prospect that that he has a new life before him and that he has more silver to spend on himself. John Galvani, a young sailor chap, evidently is not built on that plan, as he was found at the S.M.s Court on Wednesday, charged with having attempted to take his own life. He seems to have set about his BLOOD-LETTING BUSINESS m a senseless sort of way, too. He first cut his hand with a bit of broken" crockery, and, presumably, the .sight of blood scared the wits out of him, so he rushed off m hot speed to a chemist, who reckoned that he had better go to the hospital and have his -grabber treated there ; which he did. In such circumstances it was a ridiculous sort of proceeding to charge him with attempted suicide, though. Of course it was right the police ' should take a hand m the matter, because other things might have happened. Sub-Inspector O'Donovan admitted the difficulty he was m and thought the best plan was to tell the whole story, which was one of domestic unhappiness caused by a wife's confession of infidelity. John had been married about five years and m March last shipped as a sailor on the Cape Corso, bound for Britain. % He returned some time back and found that his wife had dragged her anchor and drifted out Kilbimie way. Then that . , FRAIL LITTLE CRAFT, when boarded, spit out. fire and assured her Jack that he was not wanted on the voyage as a new skipper was at her helm. This happened to be an erstwhile boarder named Barclay. On Tuesday afternoon Galvani kicked up a bit of a rumpua amd his hand was cut and bled freely, with the result thai; he went to the chemist and the hospital as mentioned, and when seen by Sefgt. Dart he said that he had intended to do away with 'himself, and still threatened to cut his throat, or his painter or something. There was no witnesses to the deed and he (the Sub-Tnspector) hardly thought the charge of soiioide would lie, and he suggested that Galvani be bound over to keep the peace.,

Dr. 1 . McArthur thought he could hardly bind a man over to keep the peace towards himself, and Mr Cook, who appeared for the forlorn fellow from ths fo 'castle, said that there had not been any intention to commit suicide, 'and any man wjio wanted to shuffle 'oil this mortal coil would hardly go and seek a chemist and a hospital to fix him up. According to Mr Cook, w.hen Galvani got home he saw his wife's seducer, there and then the band played. Galvani was galvanised into action and threatened to kick and punch him out of the 'appy abode of love. As things became very willing the dear, but unfaithful, wife and his very life WENT FOR A POLICEMAN, who arrived, as per usual, when peace again reigned o'er the happy home. There was no case of attempted suicide and the man had 'been goaded into doing what he did by his wife's conduct. Galvani had been very good to her and only last week had given her three pounds, and .that was how she treated him m return. Galvani was well able to earn a good living and he (Mr Cook) had advised him to let the woman go her own way, .. seeing that she had bestowed her affections on another man. Dr. McArthur reiterated this advice and discharged the young sailor.