The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-16
RAW HIDES FOR A BOXER
Two Young Women Make a
Lively Scene on a
Hoboken Street.
PUNIsHING A GIRLS DEFAMER.
Prof. higgins Had Slandered Miss
Klees, and She and Her Sister
Lashed Him in Public.

Pedestrians on Hudson street, were
thrown into high state of excitement
last night by the spectacle of two mana
somely dressed young women armed WIN
strong cowhides belaboring well dressed
man of about fifty years Of age. An in
mense crowd collected, and when the
plucky young women wavered LOT .
while the crowd urged them on, and
their victim sought shelter in con-
venient saloon. Then the young women
left in hurry.
A PROFESSOR OF BOXING.
The victim of the cowhiding was Prof.
George higgins. teacher OF boxing at
No. SO Hudson street. The women We're
Mrs. charles Smith, of No. 81 Newark
street. and her unmarried sister, a pretty
girl of sixteen years. The young woman
had been waiting for higgins since three
O'clock in the afternoon. A favorable OPP
portunity did not present itself, however,
until about eight O'Clock. Ml9g1ns had
been drinking with some companions in
the saloon No. so Hudson street.
He left the saloon with two of them and
had Just hidden them good night when
the two women who had been hiding in a
convenient doorway confronted him.
"Well,' said higgins, as he recognized
for assault and battery" referring TO a
complaint made by the husband of Mrs.
Smith.
A CowHIDE FOR AN ANSWER.
Mrs. S1iith made no answer but step
ping back and drawing brand new cow
hide from beneath her cloak struck him
cutting blow on the face. He staggered
and another lash was inflicted The
young girl then joined in and both the
women commenced to punish him unmer-
cifully higgins WINGED under the blows,
but his profession materially helped him
to ward off several of the most wicked of
them. higgins finally beat hasty re-
treat into neighboring saloon, where he
nursed his wounds and received the SYM
pathy of some of his companions.
FOR OBTAINING A GIRL.
'.Miggins has triied with my sisters
good name," Mrs smith said, when l
called on her at No. 80 Newark street, to-
day; ''and he deserved what he got My
sisters names is Mary Klees. She Is only
sixteen years of age. higgins is a mar
ried man and at different times has at
tempted to take improper liberties with
her. Failing in his purpose he has been
going around connecting her name in an
improper light with young man named
AL Gregory
my husband heard of his talk and last
Tuesday night, in company with Gregory,
went to the shooting gallery on Hudson
street and asked MIN TO reGracJ MS allega-
tions higgins tried to pass it off in a
joke and asked my husband to shake
hands. Upon his refusal higgins picked
up heavy beer glass and hit him over
the head, putting d hole il his derby hat
and inf1icting an ugly scalp wound My.
husband had warrant issued for his
arrest last Wednesday.
TWO COWHIDES BOUGHT.
'sMiggins still continued to run my sis
ter down and the poor girl was ashamed
to go on the street. l determined to put
a stop to his talk. / visited New York
one day last week and procured two cow
hides. Then prevailed upon my sister
to take one and tonight we LAZY in wait
for the defamer.
HIGGINS RECORD.
higgins is married and the father of
seven children, two living. 1t is said that
he does not live with his wife. He seems
to have a mania for women, and is con-
stantly getting into scrapes. One night,
about five years ago, he impersonated a
police officer on the River Walk and fore
IDLY took young woman away from her
escort The young woman made a COM
plant at the time, and higgins was in
dicted, but managed to escape imprison-
ment.