Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-12
ANACTRRss' REvENGE.



strsst-EnansrsA OF Three Sis
ssrs.
In the psllny days Of "Pinafore" al
the South Broad Street Theatre James
X. Petit, one OF the horde of infatuated
young men who lavished bou quets on
the white robed nymphs who warbled
choruses, fell head over heels in love
with a warbler named Laura s.
Adams, of No. 800 Beaumont street.
In budding spring they were married
at the house of the brides two sisters
and the honeymoon was passed at Al
lantic City. Then Mr.. Petit, who was
a book keeper, returned to business, he
and his wife living with her sisters.
Mrs Petit, however, was consuming
by histrionic fever, and after much
coaxiDg she induced her husband tc
consent to her retaining to the stage.
She became mem ber of the "Pirates
of Penzance" company of New York,
and was later engaged asa leading
woman with the Wallace Com biBation,
with which company she remained
until few weeks ago, when she was
discharged, it is said, for throwing
nitric acid on masculine member OF
the com bination who offended her.
During his wife's absence, MIR. Petit
consoed himself by making love to her
sister Mary, = variety hall vocalist OF
some prominence.
WILLING TO sURRESDER HIM.
Fickle but fascinating / etit forgot
his protostations Ct love for his first wife
and 1T Is said conspired with her sister
Mary to procure a divorce, application
for which was made in 1879. In the
following year the wife returned to
Philadelphia and offered to leave her
husband and slgl paper giving up all
claims on HIM providing that he should
give her five hundred dollars. BY thi i
time the festive but guileless Petit was
so infatuated with his sister-i in la "
that his affection for his wife had evap-
GRATED and he was only too glad 70 give
her the money she desired and receive
in exchange u written release, in which
she promised never to speak to him
again. The wife went West and moth
ing was heard Of her until last week,
when she came back, and has since
made life any thing but bed of roses
for her faithless husband.
After her deUarture Petit and his sis.
tsr-iu-law, Mary, lived at the GirarL
House fow months and then moved to
We.t Philadelphia, where Mary mar
ried a minstrel named O'B.isn. Petit
seems to have been infatuated with
the Adams family, however, for when
Mary lett him to maze with the gallant
O'Brien, and, like her sister, return to
the stage, he consoled himsslf by fall
ing back TO Virginia, the thru and
youngest sister, and, as with the others,
his suit was successful.
LEGACY FROM ENGLAND.
A few months ago Petit received word
through his lawyer JohnJ. Clark, Sixth
street near Walnut, that a deceased
relative in England had left him $40, 900
and he at once resigned his position as
book k-keeper for Hildegarde & Co.,
Wholesale shoe dealers on Market street
near Fourth, and settled down to live
comfortably. just as he and Virginia
were beginning to enjoy this windfall
Petit's wife and Virginia's sister ap
peared on the scene and demanded her
rights. Petit was not at home when his
wife arrived, but she and Virginia had
a stormy time, which ended in police
man being called to No. 036 Beach street
to eject the wite, who was behaving
only as an enraged and abuse women
can. She returned on the following
evening, accompanied by a masculine
friend, whom Mr.. Petit unkindly says
looked like a bulldog with q black
moustache. Mrs. Petit asked her hus.
band to give here five hundred dollors.
He declined, and then she agreed to
accept a monthly income of fifty dollars,
which he also refused to give. In fact,
he did not want to give her cent, and
when she talked about going to law he
produced the agreement that she signed
IN 1879 and waved it triumphsntly in
her face. A bolt of red flannel would
not enrage bull more than that docu-
meni frenzied Mrs. Petit and she grab.
bed it from his hand and destroyed it
before his eyes, he being afraid to at
tempt to recapture IL so long as she was
projected by her sanguinary.lo looking
escort. Then the husband
unsulted Mr.. Clark, his lawyer, who
!, rised his client to keep quiet and let
,ue whole thing blow over.
CowHIDEp IN THE sTREgT.
On Thursday Mr.. Clark receive d no.
from G. j. Mathewson, Mrs. Petit's
lawyer that he was about to bring
SUIT for her support unless compro-
mise could be effected. He closed by
mildly suggesting That IS, 900 would be
accepted as a settlement Of all proceed.
ings. Mr.. Clark replied that bis client
would consent to no compromise, and
there the case rested until yesterday
IN orning, when Mrs. Petit created a
sensation that will not be forgotten in
Beach street for many months to come.
A fter breakfast Mr.. Petit left his home
intending to come down town, aud as
he turned into Tenth street to catch a
car he vas confronted by his wife and
her savage looking man escort with a
black moustache. Before Mr.. Petit
from his surprise at the
meeting his wife drew cowhide,
slashed him across the face and began
hows on his head and
shoulders. He threw up his hands to
protect himself, but she struck so saw
asely and blow followed blow so rapid
" that he turned and ran into q gro
Gerry store, Kept by man named Misn.
Ter. In the meantime great crowd Of
people gathered and encouraged the en-
ragged woman by shouts and laughter.
She followed her husl and into the
store, but was disarmed by the proprie'
,or, whs received stinging cut across
he face In the struggle. Mr.. Petit ran
through side door and escaped to the
of his home, where he doc
,ored b is injuries. Later in the day
Mr.. Petit consulted his lawyer and q
" sa,rant was issued tor Mrs. Petits ar.
.est.
Before the Mayor.
Last evening Mayor Almond dis.
posed of the following cases:
Isaac Bell and William Brown, both
,olored, for disorderly conduct on the
.t.s.