Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-10

ESPECIAL TELEGkAN TO THR DIsPATcHl
NEW YORK, November 9.-The crowning
sensation of the week in Newark was the
mysterious horsewhipping affair which took
place on Beach street Wednesday night.
The police were unable to locate the principals
in the affair positively, until this morning,
when a reporter Of THE DISPATCH sue
ceeded in ascertaining full particulars.
The victim OF the eowhiding was james
p. MOrehouse, a well-to-do stair builder
of No. Il Beach street, one of the most fash
lonable quarters of the city. The whlppers
were the De Aublene sisters, Nettie, Minnie
and Edna. They assumed the roleof White
Caps, and invaded Warehouses; parlor,
where they thrashed him mercilessly.
Morehouse received an intimation of the
coming of the dashing sisters by the follow
ing notice:
Your neighbors will be away this week, and
you will be alone in the house. so will make
you call toward the last of the week and give
you frst-rate thrashing, you dirty
level with your face, knock your two eyes
into one, and your teeth will go sailing down
your throat one by one. You had better buy
Few yards of linen to tie yourself up with when
get through with you. / will not come alone.
but will bring q friend who owes you whip
ping Expect US between 10 and o'clock.
THREE RIPPERs APPEAR.
Morehouse who lives alone, was reading
IN his parlOr about two hours after re-
ceiving the threatening notice, when
the door opened softly and three figures
glided in. The head and face of each
was covered with hoodlike arrangement of
white material. The door was quickly
closed and locked, and the figures stimuli
-
The three sisters, who are remark
ably pretty girls, stood before
the frightened MorehOuse. One pointed
pistol at his head and exclaimed: "Now,
Jim Morehouse, for a final settlement"
Nettie De Aublene hissed: Hand over
nv letters, Jim, or take the consequence"
They pounced on me like wild beasts"
said Morehouse to-day. minnie clubbed
me over the head with her revolver, and 1
was afraid that she would shoot me. The
two mad Whips, and never let up on me until
the commotion aroused the neighbors, who
came to my rescue"
WHY THEY WHIPPED HIM.
Morehouse claims that his mother and
the De Aublene girls mother were half
sisters. Mrs. De Aublene kept fashion
able boarding house in New Haven, which
was patronized by Yale College students.
Mrs. De Aublene had five daughters, aud it
is said the members of local Woman's
Christian Temperance Union were prepar-
ing to take the younger children from the
mother, but were frustrated by one OF the
older girls, who ran away to Hartford with
the little ores.
About three years ago Mrs. De Aublene
died. Two Of the girls, Edna, aged Is, and
Annie, aged 13 went 70 Newark, and were
S,r4,11oI IN, Moraho,eoEe f,r,S11- TLo
latter procured employment for them In the /
Continental Corset Company factory on Ne
chanie street.
81 allowed them to keep their earnings
so that they might clothe themselves" said
Morehouse. They were fond of dime novel
literature. They wrote to a man named
Ryan, in Hartford, saying they were con-
fined
IN A GLOOMY STONE BUILDING,
behind iron bars, and kept from cOmmuni-
cation with other girl prisoners by their
ierce-looking jailer, who claimed to be
their uncle, and said that all attempts
to escape proved futile. They declared
that they were being held for horrible |
fate. The Chief OF Police of Hartford COM
municated with the police of Newark, and |
he investigated the stories and found |
the girls living comfortably with me. |
The other sisters, Nettie and Min
ME, came on year ago. They |
are beautiful girls, and were fond of COM
pany. 1 intercepted letters, one from a |
Harry Wood, OF Hartford, inviting Nettie |
to meet him in New York. This is the let |
ter she demanded from me-"
eyes, We thrashed him, and we will do it |
again, +" said pretty Nettie "We paid % |
cents each for the whips, and they were
beauties. MOrehouse is rich He is no re-
latiOn Of ours. His mother and our /
mother boarded together 20 years
ago. he kept Edna and Anna locked up
and confseated their earrings He fire. /
quentlv attempted to take advantage of :
them. he goes crazy every iull moon. He |
was jealous of us and often took liberties |
with Us. 1 am going to have NV letter and |
satisfaction beside. We left his house to
save nureelvac -