The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-10
TOO VIRTUOUS BEVERLY.
Il MAN SUSPECTED OF BIGAMK
RIDDEN ON Il RAIL.

MerchantsviIIe's Awful Tragedy The
Victim Died Defending Her Honor
Is Lingo Guilty?-Disaster Along the
Coast.
Because two women claimed John S.
Reasner as husband, Beverly went
wild last night, and after mak1ng a
partly successful attempt to ride Reasner
on a rail, a yelling mob of O. undred men
and boys ornamented his coat with splat-
tiers of red paint and hooted him all the
way to the station and until the train
had carried him out of sight and nearing.
A well dressed, middle aged woman,
with her face scanned with lines OF care,
came up to Beverly Sunday morning
and enquired where Miss Martie Adams
lived, She was told that Miss Adams
was married, and that her name was Reas-
ner, and that she lived On Third street;
above Broadway. The seemed
rather taken aback at q portion OF tnls
information, and declared that she was
from Philadelphia, that john heas-
ner was her husband and not the
husband of the other woman, and she hao
came up there to see what he was dong;
She told her story to a family on Broad
street and managed to win plenty Oh
sympathy. Mayor Roberts lives IN q
handsome house on Broad street, anu
going there, she asked him for a warrant
for the arrest of her alleged husband.
The Mayor told her that it was SUNDAY
and he could not issue a warrant on tha6
day, and the woman departed on tie t;oo
train. Her story spread all over tne
town and dozens of men and boys voWed
vengeance on the man il they could get
hold of him.
About eight O'Clock Mr.. Reasner came
out of the house to take a walk. Along
with him was the Several rails
had been taken off q n~eighboring rail
fence by the crowd, and along with a pot
of red paint had been placed where they
would be handy. The couple had not got
very far when they met a dozen young
men and bows. who began to loot at them.
tsThere goes the man with two wives,
the crowd yelled, and it didn't take long
for the dozen to grow into a mob OF FULLY
200. They closed in about the pair, ana
the man and woman ran up the front
steps of Mayor Roberts house and de-
manded his protection.
The Mayor did what he could. he sent
for the marshal, but the marshal was not
around, and neither was the constable,
and all the while the crowd stood around,
amusing itself with catcalls, unearthly
whistles and singing Where Did You
Get That HAITI" The Mayor went out
and argued with the mob. He didn't read
the Riot act, for he probably didn't have
one to read, but he told the mob he didn't
want a finger laid on the man and
woman. 1t came time for the train, and,
as neither the constable nor the marshal
had put in an appearance, the couple
started off for the station, the Mayor Civ
ing it as his opinion that no harm would
come to them. When they came to q por-
ton of the street hat was particularly
dark the crowd made a rush and caught
hold of Mr.. Reasner. A half dozen had
hold of a mammoth rail, and this they
tried to slide between his legs, while two
others tried to steady him on it. He strug-
gled and, it is said, drew a knife to de-
fend himself, while the woman came
bravely to his rescue and fought like a
tigress. A constable came to the rescue
of the man, whom he escorted to the sta
ton, the crowd following, yelling and
hooting at the man. The woman, with
wonderful nerve, didn't seem to be fright
ened a bit. 1t was as much as the police
men could do to prevent the crowd from
making another rush. When the train
came up the crowd divided, half going on
one side of the track and half on the other.
They shouted d~erisively when Reasner
climbed aboard, and their hoo-oy, hoo-oy
could be heard all over the place. The
woman babe him goodbye and marched
composedly back to her home.