The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-26
ORA WALLACH'S WRATH.
Fascinating Mr.. Decker, of
Marion, Had Nearly Been
Its Victim.
ORA LOVED THE WIDOW WADE.
A Story Of Boarders, Jealousy, ABB
sinthe, Razors, Carving Knives,
and the Trials OF a Lover.

A woeful tale of unrequited love, in
sane jealousy and bloodshed, narrowly es-
capped, was unfolded in Justice Weeds
court this morning. Mrs. Mary Wade,
of No. PAL York street, applied
to the Justice for a warrant for
the arrest of Ora w. Wallace, young
man who, she said, boarded with her, and
who had on two occasions threatened to
take her life, besides abusing her in an
! outrageous manner.
A warrant was issued and last evening
Mr.. Wallace was arrested by Detective
Mcbride. This morning he was before
Judge Weed for examination.
Mrs. Wade, who is prepossessing ap-
pearing woman came into court early
with lady friend and Isaac A. Decker, OF
Marion She was tastefully dressed in
black and white brocaded gown, and
Jersey jacket, which snugly fitted her trim
| figure. She is a widow with one
child. Wallace was brought to
| the court room shortly afterward
by Detective Mcbride. He is thin,
cadaverous young man with a scraggy
| blonde beard, neatly trimmed and parted
| in the centre He was dressed in light
suit of fashionable make and his hands
were incased in pair of tan gloves of the
prevailing shade. He took a seat as near
to Mrs. Wade as he could and regarded
| her with looks of unmistalSable affection.
Mrs. Wade testified that Wallace en-
tered her house as a boarder last August,
and everything passed along smoothly
| Il &1re. fndnr
For some time previous to that
date Mr.. Wallace had been i'll. Mrs.
| Wade had done everything to make him
comfortable that would suggest itself to
kind hearted woman. On That
Tuesday evening g gentleman called
to obtaining copy of some resolutions
she had. They spent some time together
| in the Darlor and when the gentleman was
gone Wallace rushed into the Widows
presence and demanded that she should not
| entertain gentlemen in the parlor. Some
| words followed, and Wallace rushed out
of the house, saying that she would never
see him again.
THE POISONED CUP.
When he came back he said he was
suffering from the effects of the poison he
had taken DR.. Hoffman was hastily
| summoned and prescribed an emeclc, but
Wallace refused to take it or answer any
of the physicians questions. When Dr.
Hoffman learned that Wallace had
| the emetic and recommended brandy
| milk and black coffee. These
| Mrs Wade administered faithfully dur
ing the night, and in the morning the pois-
oned man was considered out of danger.
A night or two after this Wallace and
Mrs. Wade were together, when she asked
him why he had taken the poison.
| He replied:-"What / have done,
| Mary, you were the cause Of | cannot
live without you. will do anything in
| the world for you if you will give that
man up" referring to Mr.. Decker, OF
| Marion.
Mrs Wade told him that she had none
but friendly feelings for Mr.. Decker, as
he was a relative by marriage.
RAZoRs FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.
This explanation, however, seemed to
| madden Mr.. Wallace rather than pacify
| him, and going to a trunk and taking out
a razor he flashed it open.
"Ora, would you use that razor ON me?"
asked Mrs. Wade.
mo, Mary" replied the man. Decker
is the only man | am down on, and will
| hang thousand times over for him."
He then paced up and down the room
with the open razor in his hand from mid
night to six in the morning, while Mrs.
| Wade stood by and watched him. She
says he threatened to kill himself if she
| went away, and she was afraid he would
carry out his threat.
The next day Wallace wept steadily
from eight O'Clock in the morning until
one O'Clock in the afternoon Mrs. Wade
tried to console him as best she
could and finally persuaded him
to take a cup of tea, which he did with
| the observation that that was the last cup
of tea he would ever drink.
He went to his work the next morning
I - s.,A I'll IL
the evening. Then he knocked at the
basement window and said, Can l come
in, Mary? / am sorry frightened you. -
| He was takenin, and things went along
smoothly until Thursday night, when Mr.
Decker, of Marion, called. Mrs. Wade
was in the parlor with her visitor when
Wallace crept upstairs and she says,
| listened at the door. Subsequently he
| charged Mr.. Decker with unbecoming
conduct. Then he ran to the base
ment, snatched a carving knife
from the table and putting it up his
Pennsylvania Railroad, where Mr.. Decker,
of Marion, was employed, to settle with
that gentleman.
SPARE, OH, SPARE MIR, DECKER.
Mrs. Wade followed him to the street,
| and falling on her knees begged him to
| come back She said he would better kill
her than Mr. Decker, OF Marion.
Then Wallace las Sne says made the
| first threat against the Widows life
| Grasping her by the arm he firmly cried
Il will ask you one thing before kill
you and myself Win you give that man
| up ~
Mrs. Wade replied that she would give
up every thing and Wallace continued
II want to marry you and no other man
shall have you"
Finally, after considerable persuasion,
| Wallace was gotten into the house and
induced to give up the carving knife. The
next morning Mrs. Wade, becoming
| alarmed at his conduct, fed to Mr.. Deck
er's home at Marion. Wallace
went around among her relations,
and, finding where she was, went
there at quarter to five O'Clock Sunday
morning. Arousing Mr.. Decker's ser
| want, he demanded to see Mrs Wade
| The girl denied that the widow was there,
| but Wallace insisted that she was, and tried
| to force an entrance into the house Fail
| ing in this he placed his hat ON the gate
post and began to abuse Mrs. Wade in
Shameful manner. Mrs. Wade tried to pac-
| ify him, but he would not desist from his
| foul abuse and said that he would vet
hang for both her and Decker. He finally
went away and Mrs. Wade called on JUS
tice Weed the next morning.
MR. WALLACE TELLS HIS TALE
Mr.. Decker corroborated much of Mrs.
Wade's statement and then Wallace was