Evening journal., 1890-04-15
EDITION
BEATEN RY HEB CHILD.
nIrs. McComb Tells of the Thrashing sh,
Received.


Received.
Another startling scene in the dramatic
McComb divorce case was PLAYED on
Saturday last. 1t was the result of a
visit from the three children, Lizzie. aged
10; Florence, aged 10, and Harry, aged
L z, to their mother, at her home. No
1928 King street, which privilege is
\ allowed them during the divorce proceed
d ings. The children are taken to see their
mother by William Blest, the driver, on
Tuesday and Saturday of every week.
4 On the afternoon referred to. Blest
4 drove the offspring to their mothers
n home, in carriage, as is his won't.
After the maternal greeting had been
q bestowed, the mother asked her children
to take drive with her. This they posi-
n lively refused to do. Mrs McComb per-
n sisted, whereupon Lizzie, the eldest
n child, knocked her mother down and beat
a her. Mrs McComb's debilitaJed condi-
Il tion prevented her from defending her
II self, and she was more or less bruised.
ii The daughter Lizzie is stout girl, and
81 much stronger than her mother.
ii Mrs. McComb then followed the chill
n dren out of the house. and, selling Flor
n .ence. she thrust her into the carriage.
N Blest attempted to take the kchild from
@ the mother: but the latter ordered him
Ii to let 60 and, as he did so, he raised his
III fist and threatened to strike her, but one
81 sharp look from her caused him to cover
before her. She then jumped into the
hi carriage and drove away. Lizzie, Harry
49, and Blest ran up the street to the late
III Colonel H. S. McCombs stately mansion,
n 4 where the two children rushed In
# and'went to their grandmother.
N Mrs. McComb and Florence returned
81 in short time from their drive. An
III hour or more later, Blest and James @.
81 McComb had gone to the Philadelphia,
III Wilmington and Baltimore railroad
station to board train for Claymont.
# Albert Wingate brother of Mrs. Nc
Comb, asked Blest why he had threat
sned to strike his sister. Blest
tremblingly denied that he had any
4 intention of doing her harm. Wingate
warned him to not try anything Of the
kind again and fracas locked immi
~ nent
Still Taking Testimony.
The respondents witnesses are now
being heard and the first on the stand
yesterday was John L. Press, superin
81 tendent Of the Yorklyn (Del )Snuff Mills
i He testified that j. Ochiltree, one of Nc
Combs lieutenants, had asked him to try
and induce one of Mrs. MeComb's mos
Important witnesses to desert her; that
money was offered, but that the sugges
zion was Indignantly spurned by tn,
M witness.
Mrs Hollingsworth then testified that
Nm RosamonG Glover, one of the applicant.
pest witnesses, is a notorious falsiier
||asss and that she would not believe her OF
a az net rafrr o~,I g,
estifed similarly.
A lady witness swore that she saw thl
z applicant come from the room of SalliI
## Day, (the governess) at the Claymon
MI home on the morning of July 4, 1887
2 Miss Day said Mr McCOmb was bathing
M ler head This witness then testified Il
2 drs. McConb always having been a mode
vife.
Another lady testified that she saw th,
l respondent at her home in this city OF
he night of August %, 1889, when Nc
jomb's barn at Claymont was burned
# icComb charges his wife with having
ct fire to the structure; but this wit
ess' testimony, IL is believed, win hav,
luch weight toward establishing an alb
or the respondent.
Mrs. McComb was seen this morning
y representative of the EVENING
oURNAL in regard to the corporal pun.
@ shment which she received at the hands
3 + her eldest daughter The reporter
7as ushsred into an elegantly and taste
II ullY furnished parlor, and tall, we'll
@ lressed, stylish and handsome woman
nth pleasant address, entered. Sh,
tated that when Lizzie attacked her
he offered no resistance, and did mo-
1ink of raising her hand to her. 81
scsived several severe bruises, but
eYond that my injuries were of
o consequence. have had nothing
do with the newspapers concerning
1e divorce case, and whenever / sel
" eadlines bearing on the case, drop il
Immediately. They can not possibly gel
a accurate report Of the proceedings
ld when they get an inkling of what i
Ding on, they exsggerate the truth 81
. lat it becomes a downright lie. It is 70
his reason that do not read what the,
'e continually saying about me- and i
pes not worry me in the least"