The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-21
CHARLEY THOMAS WIFE.
1t Was She Who Attempted
to Drown Herself
Yesterday.
! STORY OF DOMESTIC MISERY.
Falsely Accused and Abused By
Her Husband and Robbed
Of Her Child.


The JERSEY Cry NEWS Of yesterday
told Of the attempted suicide pf Mrs.
Mary Thomas. an attractive young
woman. who Jumped int The Morris Ca
nal
Tbs unfortunate woman Is the wife 81
Charles w. Thomas. ex-poliry dexter.
gambler and weIcher Of this estg. Her
attempt on her life wAs caused by tsaa
cruel desertion 0f ner husband ana liz
taking away OF her only child, ! SIX gazk<
Old boy. The woman IS the dag IT, 81
eEninentIy respectable parents Fl shiseAty
who nd doubt VIII be panied u lez34 ~
their daughter rash act
Nine years ago she waa q gag and hand
some lass of sixteen years. About tuat
time she met Thomas, who WIS then i
type setter earning a Respectable salary
The couple were married, it is saia, with
out the consent of the BRIDES parents-
As the years rolled By Thpfeas MAIDS
money. He became the proprietor Of 1ne
Hudson County Disp0tch, and ran
meut. He also oWnHa and operated soy
eral fraud establishments IN this city
SCENE AT TAYL0Rss HOTEL.
The couple had one cH5ld--a DpE. When
Thomas was making money he neglectbd
his wife aud lavished IL on other women.
The wife bore her trouble without my
complaint until, about Two years ago.
Thomas made it appear that sne was not
virtuons. At chat rizne the couple we're
stopping nk Taylur's Hotel, and Thomas
claimed TO have canght her in cDmpro-
missing situation with beli-boy In tna
hotel. Mrs Thomas denied the accnsa-
ton Indignantly, and denounced " -
scneme Of her husband's TO get rid 81 her
for 9 woman on the Heights. Those who
were acquainted with tho wife discredt1ed
Thomas story and were disposed to be-
lieve her.
However this may he, Thomas began to
neglect his wife and family DE continu=
ally abused her. and at the time ne WIS
living III Greenyille he is known 20 have
installed another woman ii furnished
apartments on Jersey City Helgntz
A little over q year ago Thomas began
TO 20 on his DOWNWARD career. All Of his
policy games we're exposed BY the news
left the city.
WHERE HE WEIGHED
The next heard OF him was operating 8
book at the Gutenberg race Track. He
did not make money fast there and finally
went TO Clifton On the first day he
opened there he lost considerable money.
After the third race he skipped ont, leaY-
ing al of those who had winning tickets
at his booth in the lnrch. Two OF his as
sistants were mOnbed at the time and
barely escaped with their lives. The
amount OF Thomas indie btedness was
S2iD. and it is saia that the amount Was
made good By the racing association
Since that day Thomas has been afraid
to show his face at any Of the race tracks
He is what is known among sporting men
as q 'welcher. 2 and that's about As bad
r5es lrsss 49,. - F5ss.z,.s z.-.s. ~, sF,.z..
day. he appeared II this city dressed
very fasilionAbly, and said he was COZ
Quoting q pool room In Newark.
called at the City Hospital last night.
and, through the courtesy Of Warden Us
borne, was allowed to see Mrs. Thomas
She was lying on a cot in the women
ward She was suffering from shock after
her plunge in the wafer and appeared In
different AS TO her fate
THE WIRES SAD STORY.
In answer 20 questions she saids~-
My husband has iil-rreated me for some
time About a year ago he left me en-
tirely. He paid me enough money
weekly. however. to keep myself and nay
boy. About six months ago my boy Lett
me and said he was going 10 see his
father. / have not seen AiIa SINCE
heard that my husband took him 70
Brooklyn. -Four months ago my weekly
payments ceased, and | was compelled
10 earn my living. / man.
aged to procure employment from John
Mullins. but the work was 50 hard and
SO different from the life had been ac-
customed 20 lead that I determined 60
end it all, aud l would have succeeded
had not a gentleman seen me. The only
thing am sorry for is the disgrace TO naT
parents. y
Mrs. Thomas viii probably be released
from the hospital tomorrow She appears
SO Respondent that il is probable she VIII
again attempt TO end her unhappy lifo-