Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-04
IFrom The Cleveland Leader, Jan. 2a.l,
A Family Scene.

A domestic piece, a mixture of tragedy
and comedy, was brought upon private.
stage in this city last week. The scene Of
the play was boarding house in Academy
Lane. The following are the facts of the
case:
A certain Mr.. j kept boarding
house i'm Chicago year ago, and had board
ers. male and female. He is an Irishman Of
gentlemanly appearance, quiet manners ana
considerable intelligence and sprightliness.
He has wife, who is also Irish, and four
children. So far as we can learn ne dweit
serenely in the bosom OF his family, Dut
one morning it was found that said bosom
had been deserted by the liege lord of the
household. He was nowhere to be found.
Another discovery was made at the same
time, namely, that young lady board
er had also left mysteriously. The
suspicion soon dawned upon the mind
of Mrs. j. and other interested parties,
that the missing twain had eloped. We
will not stop to trace the course of the new
lovers, but will anticipate by saying that
they went to New York city, where they
| lived a short time as husband and wife.
They came from New York to this city
seven or eight months since, and engaged
rooms and board at boarding house on
Seneca street, and, latterly, at a house in
Academy Lane. Mr.. j. found employment
as baggage-master, we were informed, at
the Atlantic & Great Western depot. He
had lived in all quietness and decorum with
Mrs. j. No. 2, 10 one suspecting their
status. But as the course of true love,
whether in legalized mode or otherwise,
never did run smooth, the preventing fates
interposed i'm this case last Wednesday, and
scene ensued in which Hibernian traits
were exhibited in their full glory of hair
pulling and head breaking.
Mrs!J. No. l, having learned that the fil-
gitives had taken up their abode In this
city, arrived here last Wednesday, proceed
ed to the house, and, ringing the bell, called
for Mrs. j. No. 2. On the appearance of
that lady, Mrs. j. No. laid her hands
without hesitation upon the devoted head
of Mrs. j. No. 2, clutched her angered fin
gers in the victims hair, and, dragging her
to the floor, beat her brutally upon the head
with all iron poker, picked from the stove.
The landlady, alarmed by the noise, rushed
in, and then shouted to some wOrkmen in a
shop hard by, but they would not interfere,
and No. l kept beating No. until the lat
ter was well nigh insensible and apparently
half dead.
But at length the irate wife ceased pound
ing the mistress, when the latter was re-
moved and cared for. This happened late
in the afternoon. Soon Mr.. j. came home,
went to his room. put on his slippers and
sat down quietly, when Mrs. j., his lawful
wife, stepped from her concealment, and
said ''How are you, Mr.. j" He was of
course confounded, and tried to escape, but
his resolute wife presented pistol to his
head, and ordered him to pack up imme-
diately and accompany her to Chicago, to
make provision for their children. Mrs.
j. No. 2 started on Thursday for the East,
while Mrs. j. No. /, like Roman Sover-
eign, chained her captive to her chariot
wheel, and went triumphantly to Chicago.