Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-05
TWO MEN COwHlDED.
A Couple or indianapolis Ladies'
Chastise Thier Traducors,


that indianapolis has enjoyed for years oc-
Cured July Goth. The principals to the affair
are Germans, moving In the best circles and
oil OF them have an unusually large circle OF
acQuaintances, Recently the maennerchor OF
that city attended asaeugerfcst at Milwaukee,
and among those accompanying the excursion
party aud forming part thereof were Miss
Fannie oppenhelmer, who Is associate editress
Of the daily Germany Tribune, OF Indianapo'
lis, and her sister, Mrs. Mary Augustine, both
OF them young women OF spirit and intelll-
gence. The maennerchor returned aud with
In day or two scandal was noised about
seriously affecting the conduct Of tho two
ladies at Milwaukee, but Of which they were
ignorant until the Goth, when Miss Open
heimer noticed the following paragraph In the
daily German Telegraph OF indianapolis,
which was evidently written In answer TO n
correspondent, for II was In the department
known as the 'letter box" II reads
Thankfully declined. What Is said about
the turning exercises OF a lady correspondent
at the sengeriest may all be very nice, but Il
Is hardly At for publication. The diagram ac'
companylng IT. however, Is very explanatory"
This paragraph aroused Miss oppcnhelmcr,
and she pursued an inquiry until she learned
that her name and that OF her sister had been
very freely banded about by Gottircd j,
Rocker, OF Sander 4 Rocker, a wealthy furnlt-
ure firm, and George DELUXE, a saloon keeper aud
a member Of the mGnnerchor. The charge was,
| In brlef, that a gentleman had been admitted Il
their room at an unseemly hour, aud under un
reasonable circumstances. II was tho work OF
several hours before they traced this scandal 10
their satisfaction, and on the Goth, shortly
| before the closing hour, they armed them-
selves with cowhides aud called on Mr. Rcck'
or, whom they found in his establishment.
| He at first denied saying anything dcrogatory,
| but finally admitted that he might have re-
peated what had been said to him, where
upon Miss OppcuhcImer struck him with hcr
weapon, her slater also adding blow or two;
Mr.. Rocker, who Is an elderly man, offering no
resistance. Eventually the attention OF
his partner, Mr.. Sander, was attracted
by the unusual scene, and rushing between
| the ladies and their victim he compelled
them to cease One unit Is that he used
con siderable force, aud that he had led both
Of them out In no gentle manner, aud
threatened 10 do some boxing on his own ac'
count II the offense was repeated In his store.
Both the cowhides which the ladies welded
we're OF the smallest pattern aud Mr.. Rocker
was not injured as the blows fell upon his
| stomach and lower limbs. After this ndyen'
| ture the lad jes wendcd their way 10 Deluse'a
resort, aud upon entering ut once accused HIN
AS they had Mr.. Rocker. Both were very
much excited, and almost with the nrst word
Miss Oppcnhiemer struck him with her COW
hide and attempted to 10 How up the attack
but Mr-Deluse seized and disarmed her, and
In his Indignation he Is said TO have struck hel
back before he realized he was fighting Il
woman. Then Mrs. Augustine advanced t.
the assault. but before she could bring hei
forces to effective work she too was disarmcd
Mr. Dcluse breaking her whip rs he wrenched
II from her. The ladies then withdrew, seem
Ingly well satisfied with their evenings per
Torrance, Concerning the assault, Mr.. Dc
luse reports that as soon as the ladies calnt
into his place he was on his guard, and aitcl
he had disarped Miss Oppenheimcr he turned
TO look after Mrs. Aug Justine and found tina
she had attempted to strike him, but the last
Of her cowhide had caught In the chandelier
and the other end being looped around hci
wrist she was practically disabled without ANY
effort on his part. Both ladies explained thai
while at Milwaukee they received calls from O
friend In their room, but that the door
were open and no concealment was made
Of his presence, and Mt no time wer'
the sisters separated while he was there
Miss Fannie OppenhIemer Is leading so
cialist, aud by virtue Of her membership Is at
tachei to the editorial committee, which &C
counts for her presence on the Tribune. She
Is also a relative Of PHI. Rappnport who is thu
editor OF the Tribune aud leader among the
German free thinkers. There are two rlva
turnvereins In the city, one Of them headed by
the interest controlling thu Telegraph aud the
other by Mr., Rappaport and between them Is
a very bitter feeling This has added TO the
gossip, the rival faction accepting it as a good
chance to even up on the social turnycrcln.