Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-20
DOMESIliCS BROILS.
They Take a Startling Shape
at Brooklyn, NJ. Y.
a RL-GN OF TERROR IEAuGURATED

The Troubles OF James T. Wallace, Who
Has Abandoned His wife-Threatened
With Death and Dossed by Detectives
The Avengers Perseeuts His Land
lady Aiso-A Secret Band which Pro-
poses to Right a Deserted wife's Al
legged Wrongs.
SEw YORK, March al am in fear of
my life and for that reason keep the pistol
you Sc on the mantel ready cooked in case
Be surprised The speaker was Mrs Lottie
Strait, a widow, of Kosciusko street. Brook
lyu. who is accused by Mrs. James E. Wal
lace, OF the same city, with alternating the
affections of her husband, produce ex-
change orok=r. For months the domestic
| infelicities- Of the Wallace family have cceu-
pied the courts Eariy In December Mr
Wallace efE bis wife, who was then living
IN ko-ciusko street near the Eat of Mrs
Strait, and took board with the latter This
action on the part Of her spouse displeased
Mrs. Wallace, IN addition TO others as the
sequel showed
Making His Life a Burden.
Since Mr.. Wallace has iiy-i al Widow
Straits his life a. well a. that Of the widow,
has been made miserable by some unknown
persons, supposed % bs sympathizers of
Mrs Wallace Tires weeks ago be re-
| ceived this lette-:
Beware, you -. you VIII De lead in
side Of week
COMMITTEE CT SOCIETY," FoR JUSTICE"
Mr. Wallace had hardly recovered
from the efivcts OF this when be received an.
| other. even more bloodthirsty tan its pre-
decessor. IL was signed: One OF Six, and
xrsHa~
Straits children from The Disgrace that you
and their mother are bringing upon them BY
your open debaUch=ry within a stones
throw Of your own door Mr.. Wallace is ad.
ylsed 10 move out Of the neighborhood or it
will be made hot for him Other letters Of
similar chacter followed
The Woman with a Knife.
Mr.. Wallace was seen al his Office Is
Beaver street, this city. He said ~Ons
night was coming home late from a meet
ing OF the Owl club when man ran across
the street and stood in front of me Fear
ing bodily harm drew my revolver The
fellow on seeing J was armed shouted.
Don't shoot ami ran quickly down the
street
~OD the evening OF Dec 3. when about to
go out, my wife ran into the room flourish
ing eknite and cried; / suppose you are GO
ing to take that Mrs. Strait out again
Had not taken the knife from her she
would have cut my throat"
do you think those prosecuting yeu are
organizedr
@Yes. | believe there Is an order in Brook
.vu similar TO the White Caps 10 Missouri
Unless am afforded relief shall apply to
the police.
What Mrs. Wallace says.
Mrs. Wallace lives at l95 Fifteenth street
She admits that a banded order is at wors
in her behalf snd cites the following inc
dent:
Recently went out one evening and
took my little daughter Carrie with me- As
we passed the drug store on the corner of
Kosciusko street and broadway | saw two
men standing there. One of the men came
up 70 me, followed by the other and said /:
DO not I've alarmed, Mrs. Wallace, for We
know you and do not not intend to do you
any harm. We know all about your case
and we are going TO help you We are
banded together for that purpose After
some further conversation the man, in order
to show me that he was disguised pulled his
mustache and whiskers half off
A Detective on His Track.
as it true that number of your friends
have contributed to fund to be used to
pay detective TO watch your husbandg"
~Oh, yes Mrs. Colberg and Mrs. Black
well each contributed to this purpose. Mr.
Black we'll is also mem Der of a secret soci-
ETY. which has taken up my case
Has there been any talk of tar and feath-
ers47
"The matter has been discussed, but l
do not know what decision has been ar
rived at
Mrs. Strait Also Prosecuted.
Mrs. Strait tells startling story of the al
legged prosecutions OF the so-cailed White
Caps
"My children, she said, -have been stopped
on the street and threatened by friends of
Mrs Wallace while men have followed me
for hours Two weeks ago awoke with a
start. ami heard noise, and going to the
door heard voices. | aroused Mr.. Wallace,
who grasped his pistol and went to the win
dow. He noticed two men standing In a
neighboring doorway. This was not the
first time were disturbed after midnight
Since these attempted attacks the police
have kept an extra watch on the house"