The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-28
FREE LOVERS FREE CHIT.

Man " and We Pugillstic Woman.
Sometime after midnight and when the wee small
hours OF Sunday wcre winklng and pnnkng at the
street gaslights, scene occurred at the station
house In Eighty-sixth street which threw some little
light upon one OF the queer phases OF our social life In
New York. In the vicinity Of Yorkvie there is, 1t
seems, grouped little band Of free Lovers--lades
and gentlemen OF an extremely spiritual cast Of
mind, who believe they are not appreciated py
the more coarse and vulgar herd; who talk OF the
summer land" In chorus and sing soprano solos
about an "afnity.n while the males pass their lei
sure hours in celebrating intermlnabe and unintel.
lglble words and in q compiacent contemplation OF
their long hair and boards. The members OF this
Interesting circle, by one OF the unlookedfor dts
pensatiOns OF Providence found themselves martyrs
on Saturday night to system they condemn and
despise, and were brought face to face with the
listing order OF things In the presence OF Captain
Byrnes, OF the Twenty.third precinct police There
were six persons In the group standing before the
desk and they were worthy Of the study Of artist
Sitting on chair at the extreme right was lady, q
full realization OF tho Ideal OF
FAT, PAIR AND FORTY,
She seemed continually on the point Of rising to
her feet IN the full tempest Of an anger which sh
was unable TO suppress, and which at every mo-
ment found vent in passionate calculations. This
lady's name was Mrs. Glover. Near this lady was
man Of medium size, Of the fecbly philosophical
style, with long, dark tangled hair and whiskers,
and holding In his hand black wideawake hat.
The gentlemans name was Dyer.
little further on was a ruddy-faccd youth Of
Irish extraction, who gracefully acknowledged his
occupation OF bartender In an adjacent saloon.
At the extreme left was the complainant In the
case, slight woman with the spirtualstic cast Of
features and large, intensely black eyes. She gave
her name as Ellen West, and was accompanied by q
Onr hA.f mo- xuhn .tivyn ,tolf
assist her in telling her story. Ihey both agreed
that 'hey were man and wife. The other
figure iiling up the kroup was that OF the officer
Mrs. Ellen West stated she had been with her hus
band ana others at q lriend's-the rear room of a
gin mill, at the corner OF Seventh avenuetO hear
THE BAGfIPES PLAY.'
She left In company with her spouse, and when In
the street was suddenly attacked by the lady, Mrs.
Glover.
Mrs. Glover rushed upon her. saying "You keep
peaed to Mt West to ascertain definitely whether
he would allow his wife to monopoIize the af1ec
lions and company Of another ladys lord. The hus-
band not answering at once Mrs. Glover
CAUGHT THE CHIGNoN
Of her alleged rival In her grasp ard fairly scaped
Jockey nat which she Kept collateral security for
her future good conduct. Finally Mr.. West rushed |
70 MS wlies rescue anu caught te fair form Of MRS
NOW GIVE TT TO HER."
Mr.. West stated that he only meant to take the |
pugllislic party to the station house, and that he
simply took her arm for that purpose. This state
juncture the pmosophic individual approached Mrs.
Of the case but the lady arose furousiy and cried
'YOU COwARDLf NAN,
nsw ~ sSPs n:ss e. eHs b e e,
you wretch, ys1 S5wardp 70 all OF which the |
philosopher qadeily replied, no, -
Captain Byrhes inerposcd In this crisis, saying |
repetition OF such statement would conslgn him
upon the scene tail woman Of full person, majestic
and wearing eyeglasses, who was &C
BY e s he
prematurcly gray. Towards this couple Mrs. Glover
rushed win theatrical air, crying, "0h, you, my
friend, are here ~ ana with sob one buxom beauty
fell upon the bosom Of tho other.
The gray philosopher stalked forward, pushed |
waiting smile, II the captain would allow him 70 make
statement. After preparatory hem, lie began:--
"sir, have been engaged tonight on an errand OF
mercy Mrs. Glover requested me to call upon her,
and impaired to me 10 confidence the sad intelli-
gence that she had every reason to suspect that Mr.
to me, and that he was going without regular arti-
Giles Of
NUTRITIOUS DIET OR FOOD.
She asked me II would undertake commission
for her-if, IN other words, would repair to this
place and persuade him TO take an oyster stew.
through the window and discovered Mr. and Mrs.
West With Mr. Dyer, and, sir the latter saw IN the
attitude Of
PUTTING LARGE CRACKER IN HIS rocKETD
The Captain here Interrupted the witness and
asked II ne saw the street attack. The witness be.
came embarrassed. He evidently had just got
fairly under way with his testimony, but. Scion
Single like, found himself ruled out, and was con.
strained to say he was not a witness to the en-
counter No sooner was the gray philosopher DIS
comfted than the dark one rushed to the front
and solicited the privilege OF a little statement
Captain Byrnes-Dld you witness the attack
Dyer-No.
Captain Byrnes-Are You the husband Of this
lady Mrs. Gloverr
DYER f~ss1. s...s
Mrs. 0loyer-Coward Coward
Captain ito ollcer)-Show MI. Dyer down stairs
to the street,
Dyer left, bowling politely and repeatedly, hat In
hand, and saying, !" ] am perfectly satisfied. l am
very glad to CO. sir. Thank you, SIR"
Mrs. Glover who now came forward, showed
traces OF scratching aud blood upon her face. Mrs.
West preferred formal complaint, TO which her
husband suggested that another be added-that OF
the theft OF the jockey hat. Mrs. Glover was sent to
o private room for detention, whittier her friend
brought her little Injuries for her comfort dur ng
the night, and the complanants were ordered to
appear at seven in the morning to make charges at
the YCrkvlc Police Court.