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s..a Nest staaA Trial for His Conduct.
AtsIl thin woman. with short black hair
,rshed ont Of the house at 90 Laight street
shout O'Clock yesterday morning screaming
.Nnrdsri I. Policei Helpv" SEEING Policeman
rsr~art at LsiGht and Greenwich streets. she
ran toward him. threw herself in his arms, and
hersed MIN to protect her from her husband,
-ho she said, had tried to kill her. The of!icer
sssompanied the woman to the house and to
her rooms on the TOP moor.
Tbsre he found Q tall. well-dreseed man
s,ridina up aud down the room. hourishing
pistol and mutterinG threats. The man re-
aisted arrest and tried to strike the woman,
Who was covering behind the policeman. but
after rough shaking he submitted. gave up
his revolver. and went with the policeman to
The staton house. The Sergeant looked him
nm. IN order to give him an opportunity to
cool down, and later in the morning ho was ar
,aianed st tho Tombs Polioe Court Two
shsrres vsre made against him. one for as
s.ult and tho other for carrying concealed
weapon.
vss John Fswcstt. that he was 40 years old.
and that hs was An orderly In the State Capitol
at Albany
n. said that for many years hs had lived In
BROOKLYN. where he was member In good
standing OF several clubst and Grand Army
most. Ten years ago his wife died. leaving him
two daughters, aged respectivsly IL and z
years. Two years later he mot pretty English
.irl AZ the house Of . friend. and after brief
sourtship married her. The girl was only 20
ysars old and had been in this couutry but
month. She refused to tell Fawcstt her real
.sms. he says. but he always called her Addis.
He lesrned the reason for her refusal few
months later. whom he discovered that shs
vss about to become . mother.
Whsn hs accused her OF inhdelity she broke
Aovn and confessed that An EnRlishman, .
friend Of her father. had betrayed her and had
siven her money to DAY her passage to this
country.
"shs seemed % repsntsnt" said Fawcstt TO
Justice Hogan. that I forgave her. Her child
vss born shortly afterward. but died week
after birth. Fawcett said that his wife be-
hsyed herself admirably for time. Ono day
abe went out and did not return until the next
morning. She refused to say whore she had
bsen, and after that frequently stayed from
home, Once or twice Fawcett says she took
his oldest daughter with her. and ON ono oo-
o four Years Of dishonor as wife Mira Faweett
snests .s nst n dd not follow her and heard no more
On: ds1 e mot her On the Roy%sry; She s,I1 ted
g. asa cham 6ermsid and was living decent life:
but her painted face and brazen manner boiled
cursed her right thers." said Fawcstt,
:" and renouncsd her forever She swore she
would have ISysnfe ona sS,d IA snrsx dna iar !ne ha
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married marie stthat time and left him: His daughter
Anpis;, p g.. shen beautiful girl OF H. remained
a few days after her seventeenth birthday
Annie received letter from her stepmofher
once dtss WseE a TSs ~ was a. al without Fawestts
knowledge. hs says, and he knew nothing
Of ths letters IN. the Rirls room. He had mo-
ticed that Annie had championed her stop
Ss.s ss ssE S
!bs woms1. he'd sSerted over the elder airi had
n..s. 1s ,ss; 3 suiaiss xSn!s II sSss shs so%ss
she would join hsr: No work: and plenty |
Of mSnsy va phrase ] used In IN 81 i, tne isttefs;
said Ss F.sosts ana 'So. Two nonshs % ago she ran
away from mo and Joined her stepm other III |
tsoues ss h.vs sSd day
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was sure che knew whore my daughter was. |
and bHon
her room on the top noor. When reached
shs to
s. entlsne: into the room: and. grabbing she
H. hsa done VIE ny dsushtsr: A 1e'
Iilnever toll yoS a.. she Ss. answered II yog
Feveett then drew, q revolver from his hip |
o Ss ehd Old not toll
Tho woman LAUGHED: and told him in coarse !
n b uss S1s r % hs
and that ~ would find her the most depravsd
In his anger Fawcstt struck ter in the face,
sad raised his pistol 70 shoot. She eiuded him.
Hnd ran down the stairs and out into the street.
The % Woman mi MA laughed several times during
the rsSaI dr a. shongh d, she en,oyed her
HronEsd ,ns .,Ns her husband and ACKNOWLEDGED that
York and that she had % not sent % to M Albany Ns fnr
hsr A,, Ths i!;e she has been leading ia plainly
.t,S S,s ,se. a. 'hf yoGn EnEli.h wGmans still
rsd t9as shSy 1c w %crs out BY man who was
PsEestt but said lie hs% woula be IPi compePi.d to- to
nsId tue Ppsisoner On the charge Of
charge bail was liked a at .ioo M sAOo' on the other
l.peb nc ,bsIn bpsnScs,es Ss Mrs FaWcett said with
nsd colnpsiied her to leave him.