Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-12
DOMESTIC INFELICITY.
WELL-KN0WA D1ayDgEIAAe
OF THIS CITY.


OF THIS CITY.
For the past twenty months there ha
been shadow over the domestic life @
DIR. BlOcks0m, Of No. 5l7 Market street
and quarrels between him and his wifi
were OF frequent occurrohce. The caus
OF these difficulties Is best known /,
themselves, but II 10 said that min iste
who recently resigned his charge ant
removed from this city, had consider
able to do with 1t.
Whether this is 80 or not, ,is not known
but one thing Is certain, that for over /
year the doctor and his wife have LIVED
very unhappily together, and day q ftel
day there has been Grim nations and re-
criminatious between them.
The climax was reached last night
when Mrs. b :, returned home from
a visit OF day or 30 to PHILADELPHIA.
and found that the doctor had removed
the furniture from one room to another.
and insisted on her occupying a sepa.
rate bed.
Mrs. Blocksom objected to this ar.
rangement, and picked up a set OF bed
springs to carry them back to the room
formerly occupied by herself and hus.
band. The doctor took hold of the
springs to prevent her executing hor
purpose, when she struck him in the
face, and he seized her by the neck of
her dress. lie then procured hatchet
for the purpose Of chopping up the bed
springs, when she commenced to scream
murder, and officer Cathcart, with seve-
raj others, hurried over to the house.
Mrs. Blocksom still bad hold of the
dnnfnr hnf ha 4.
from her and opening the door.
The officers passed into the hall and
up stairs to'the parlor, where a war of
and his wife, which ended in her going
before Squire vandegrist, and having
him put under bonds to keep the peace.
The doctor then left his house for the
night, leaving Mrs. Blocksom mistress
OF the situation, and she improved the
opportunity by removing bed and q
number of other articles.
She also sent a telegram 10 her broth.
er, the captain of vessel, who was in
Philadelphia, requesting his immediate
presence In tn is city, and be came down
on the train which reached here about
O'Clock this morning. Shortly before Q
O'Clock the doctor, who was unaware of
his brothers presence in his house, re.
turned home to attend to his office busi-
ness, and had barely passed into the
rear room when the Captain came in
and said want to see you, sir."
The doctor fearing violence at his
hands, moved toward the stairs leading
to the front door, with the intention of
leaving the house, but just as he started
down, the captain caught him by the
collar OF the coat. He succeeded, how
ever,in breaking soose.and reaching the
street, where few doors above his own
residence he stopped for moment TO
talk TO William Hickman, but had
scarcely time to say word when he
saw the captain coming toward him.
With the remark here he cornes,''
the doctor started to run, closely pur
sued by the captain, who followed him
into Squire Vandegrift's office at Sixth
and Shipley streets, where the doctor
claimed the protec ton of the law. The
captain protested that he did not in.
tend TO harm him, but only wanted to
talk matters over. Itnay be remarked
at tn Is point, that while the doctor Is a
small, delicate man, the captain is a
large man of splendid muscular devel-
opment
The chase to the Squire's office caused
excitement, and the par
ties were barely inside bsfore the little
room was crowded. Mrs. Blocksom
arrived in few minutes after her hus-
band and brother, and took seat on
the lap of the latter, at the same time
kissing him In an afl'ectionate manner.
The doctor swore out warrant for
the captain, charging him with tres
pass In entering his house, and also
swore that he stood in bodily fear of
him. The warrant was Immediately
served by Constable Weir, and the
captain said he was ready for trial
Upon being asked by the Squire wheth-
or he was guilty or not guilty, he
promptly replied guilty" and was
ordered to furnish bail in the sum of
5000 to keep the peace, for which he
offered to deposit either the money or
his check for twice the amount of the
uOnd.
The Squire refused to accept this, and
Mrs. Blocksom started out, by direction
of the captain, to Enoch MOore's or
jackson & Sharp's, he said he did not
care which, to find some one to 60 on
the bond She returne in a short time
and said that she had telephoned to
Captain kershaw at Jackson& Sharp's,
and he would be there in few IN in
utes. 1t was not long until the required
bail was furnished and the captain re.
leased, but 1t is hard to say what the
next act in this drama of life will bring
forth.