Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-11-12
his LIFE A BURDEN.
A FOOLISH WIFE GIVES HIM
GREAT MISERY.
And the Handsome Doartaer In
HIS House Makes william
Allen Wish His Days
Were Ended.

H2S house MAKES william
Allen Wish His Days
Were Ended.
Nichols street was in pretty much of
an uproar Friday afternoon.
A foolish wife who had 1irted with
her handsome boarder was the cause
of it. 1t was the same old story; the
handsome boardsr, whose sly arts were
detected, aroused the green-eyed mons
ster ia William Allen, who lives at No.
81 Nichols street, and he concludes he
can not endure life longer under such
miserable circumstances. Something
must end.
For some two or three weeks he has
been making terrible threats to end
his existence; he declared he would
cut his throat or hang himself. He
carried the razor to bed with him and
would scare his wife out of bed in the
dead of the night with his rawlings in
his sleep, and he would get up and
tear over the house and rave like a
wild man over the house. His wife
become frightened. These threats and
his actions had terrified her.
On Thursday he bad been
observed to take a stout piece of cord
and slyly twist it up and put it In his
coat pocket. Friday his married
daughter had an occasion to 10 ok into
the stable at the horse, and she saw
this same piece of cord, doubled to-
gether into strong rope, and securely
fastened to rafter in the barn; neat
slip-noose was in the end of it. She
went to the house and told her mother.
They repaired to the barn, and the
daughter, putting her hand into the
moose, found it worked splendidly for
hanging purposes
The women of the street were aroua
ed and visited the scene. Mrs. Aliens
sister, Annie,-who by the way is mar
| ried, and lives with man who is not her
husband. because she has another
husband living-Annie said to her,
You'd better fix the rope higher, so
he can swing clear"
1t was concluded that William had
rugged the moose to hang himself, and
his seventeen year old son cut the
rope down. The man denies taking
the rope out of the house or putting
it up, and says he don't believe he is
crazy, or he would know if he did it.
He denies all knowledge of it.
A PIONEER reporter visited the house
Saturday morning and interviewed tho
whole family, pretty much.
William Allen came to this town
about year ago from Rosenhayn;
he is carpenter, and is 54 years of
age. His wife is several years younger,
not bad looking, and has wealth of
golden hair. They both look younger
than they are. They have nine living
children, the Oldest being twenty-fo
years, and have been married twenty
six years.
Lewis Clifford. the good looking
boarder has stuck to the family closer
than brother for many months. He
once before boarded with Mrs. Aliens
sister, Annie; and her man becoming
jealous of him, gave him the bounce;
he then went to board with Mrs. Al
lens married daughter, and when the
family broke up in Rosenhayn, he
came along with them to Bridgeton,
boarding with the Aliens, the daughs
ter also coming along, but her hus-
band staying in Rosenhayn.
Up to three weeks ago things went
all right as far as Allen was concerned,
and then the tongues of the neighbors
began to wag and Allen heard come
stories about his wife's going riding
with Clifford; and she had been fre-
quenting the merry go-rounds, cider
press, etc.
Then Allen began to watch and
his eyes, he says, were opened. He
saw several little improprieties, not at
all serious in themselves, but signif-
can't to him, and when he came home
once and saw Clifford lying on the
lounge and his wife sitting on the edge
Of the lounge, and lovingly reading the
paper to him, he could endure no
more, but with loud curse words, he
drove the beautiful boarder forth into
the wide world.
Clifford, who is mason, went a
couple of doors above, and again Sc
cured board with the before mentioned
sister, Annie, where he still remains.
To the PIONEER reporter the wom-
an said she was not at all sweet on
Mr.. Clifford. She was a dutiful wife
to her husband, and she defied any one
to point finger at any misstep in her
whole life. She said Clifford paid her
$3 a week board, and II she was get
ting it now, she could have a pair =
shoes to wear and she shOwed hd5