Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-19
dashed BY AN IRATE WIFE.
A Husband and n Beautiful Blonde
Chased Through NewRrk's Streets.


From the Neic York Herald.
AS the fashionable congregation Of the
First Presbyterian church, on Broad
street, Newark, N. j., were going to the
evening service, shortly after o'clock
Sunday evening, a most extraordinary
scene was enacted under the gigantic
elms, which cast deep shadows on the
broad fiagstone sidewalk. That portion
of Broad street is much frequented by Ia
dies and gentlemen, going to and from
the churches in the vicinity, and among
the number last evening was fashiona-
bly, dressed couple, VINO seemed deeply
engaged in each other.
The lady was a blonde of the most pro-
nOunced type, with clear complexion
and regular and refined features. In fact.
she would be called beautiful. She wore
a sealskin coat trimmed with light fur,
a black silk dress, a beaded bonnet, and
diamonds sparkling in her ears. The
gentleman wore high silk hat, light
cloth dress oyercoat, wide striped trous-
ers with fashionable crease down
the front, patent leather shoes, and
carried silver headed cane. Diamonds
adorned his scarf and a standing col
lar Qhstened from beneath his well parted
whiskers. just as the couple stepped
into an aisle OF light which streamed from
the open church door. a hack drove uD to
the curb, and before the driver could rein
up his horses a tall, elegantly dressed lady
sprang to the pavement. From beneath
the folds OF fur-lined circular she drew a
long rawhide, and with few quick steps
she was beside the tashionably dressed
couple.
A JEALOUS woNIAN'S FURY.
"You will take my husband from me-
and you"
The words were scarcely Kissed from
her mouth when she swung her cloak
over her shoulder and, freeing her arm
she dealt the couple crushing blow with
the whip. They had both turned at the
sound OF the wOman's voice, and both re-
celved the blow IN the face.
With an exclamation Of pain the man
dropped his companions arm and spTang
behind the infurIated woman with the
whip. The blonde stood speechless for a
minute and the tall woman spTang upon
her with the ferOcity Df a tiger. She
clutched her victim by the hair and dealt
her two well-directed blows on the face
with the whip with all the strength she
could summon. With u cry Of pain
the Younger woman broke from her
assailants grasp and ran into the
street. The other woman chased her TO
the second car track. aud then suddenly
turning, as if to look for the man, she saw
him under the electric light of the Newark
and New York depot, a few doors away.
He was running at tull speed, and he
knocked a little child down rs he ran into
the depot. The blonde woman disap-
peared in the old Presbyterian Cemetery
in the rear OF the stores On the other side
Of the street.
Running quickly to the awaiting car
rage. the tall woman with the heavy
circular was driven at RAPID pace down
he street. A reporter sea'cbed among
the hackmeu at the Pennsylvania railroad
and found the carriage which conveyed
the woman on her daring .scapade. II
was driven 10y Christopher Reynolds, and
10 the reporter be said:
THE SEARCH FOR THE TICTIMs.
"A tall LADY, wearing ak circular.
black silk dress and blue lat trimmed
with red feathers, and hayingdiamonds in
her ears got of train whicharrlVed from
New York at 6 10 p. m. She told me she
wanted a smart driver and apair Of fast
horses. She seemed satistd with my
team, and told me to drive at once 10
house on Union street. was much
SURPRISED. rs the house bear bad repu-
tation. When we reached she told me
TO stand at the cOrnei Of Market
and Union streets, and tell Ter II ! saw
called her attention to mai and woman,
and she told me 10 drive &C once 70 the
Pennsylyania railroad dept. did 80
lust before the ten minutes past 7 train
left for New ork. Ny passenger paced
IN and down the platform and seemed
disappointed when the traif left without
some one she was looking pr. She then
fold me 10 drive to the Newlrk and New
York depot. She looked though there IN
vain, and was just driyiig up Broad
street when she opened ne door and
sprang 10 the pavement.
81 was 30 surprised at what followed
that 1 only recovered myHli when she
told me 70 drive 70 the Penn'ylvania rail-
road depot. She took the so'clock train
for New York. She left lack SIX ven
| In the carriage. and that md 50 - All
have 10 remember her by'
At the house IN Union street. all inior-
nation about the affair wa refused.
An alligator skin reticle which was
| found I'm the CAB Ia supposq 70 nave been
dropped by the fierce assalant, 1t was
marked sc. S." and II contained apocket-
book with SOC. in II and arailroad ticket
for Philadelphia. 10 is aeged that the
man who was assaulted b member OF
the New York stock EcnaiRe.