Evening journal., 1891-07-09
FIGHT ON A FERRYBOAT.
DR.. Fuller BACKED Ex-J Judge
Holmes Eye.
A DIVORCE CASE WAS THE CAUSE

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whe PhvnicIan Claimed That His oppo-
nent ad Ruined His Home and stolen
tee Affections Of His wife-The Courts
had Declared HoIme Innocent
NEW YORK, July 9.-Ex-Judge Leicester
Holme, until recently Mayor Grants sec
retary. was spat upon and beaten in a
Long Island City ferryboat last evening by
DR.. Fraser C. Fuller. In Or. Fuller's re
cent suit against his beautiful and rich
young wife ex-Judge Holme was core
spondent, but was declared not guilty by
the court
you're the scoundrel I've been looking
for for some time
These words, uttered by DR.. Fuller, a
man Of commanding appearance, and
quickly followed by other equally strong
expressions and exciting incidents, caused
q great commotion on the ladies side Of
the ferryboet Rockaway as it was leaving
It's slip at Thirty-fourth street for Long
Island City
spat In His Face.
Among the last to step aboard just as
the deckhands closed the gates was Dr.
Fuller.
As he was walking rapidly through the
cabin DR. Fuller suddenly stopped. glared
iiercely AZ ex-Judge Holme, who had a seat
between two ladies, and then he spoke to
him. At the insulting words ex-Judge
HoIme arose from his seat and advanced
toward DR.. Fuller, at the same time lifting
his right hand as If to strike the doctor
Before he could strike, however, DR.. Fuller
deliberately spat in his face and again
hurled the words, You're the scoundrel
I'm looking for, = at ex-Judge Holme in
voice which caused the occupants Of the
cabin and the crowd outside to rush to-
ward them.
A Highlander In the Face.
Again ex-Judge Holme attempted 10
strike the doctor. The latter, however,
amid the shrieks Of the women and the
shouts Of the men, coolly dropped his bag,
macintosh and umbrella, and with
singing highlander straight from the
shoulder stuck ex-Judge Holme full in
the face, causing him TO reel and almost
fall.
Notwithstanding the efforts Of some Of
the men to bold DIR. Fuller and shield ex-
Judge Holme from further blows, the doc
tor succeeded In getting in two more stun
ming blows with each hand. Then the
deckhands rushed in and interfered, and
ex-Judge Holme slipped out Of the way.
''Sooundrel and B1ackguard."
DR.. Fuller standing at his full height,
shook his olinched fist at the disappearing
ex-co-respondent and said in voice OF
thunder.
That is ax-Judge Leicester Holme; he's
q ascoundrel and a blackgnardn
Somebody called DIR. Fuller's attention
10 the fact that there were ladies present
and that his actions had caused them much
annoyance and distress. The excited doc
tor at once doffed his hat and bowing 60
the ladies, said In most pathetic tones: 81
beg your pardon and apologize to you,
ladies, for the scene my actions have
caused, but could not help 10. That man
won my wife from me and ruined my
home and lfe.n
During the fracas the excitement among
the passengers was intense. One Of them,
Mr. ID, l. Jones, Of Long Island City
loudly called to the crowd to give the
combattants a fair show, while one young
lady, with tears in her eyes, begged the
doctor not 70 hit ex-Judge Holme so hard
Holme Did Not Accept.
Before he passed out Of the cabin Dr.
Fuller turned around, and pointing TO the
spot where the man he had just whipped
was standing, IN the shadow Of man Of
large size he shouted "Come out here,
you cur, and III pitch you into the river
you scoundrel Defiled as il is with the
hlth Of the oil factories, its waters are too
clear for such vile thing as you are"
Ex-Judge Holme did not accept the invi-
tation, aud as by this time the boat had
reached its slip at Long Island City, the
passengers, still greatly excited, rushed
from the deck to the railway station. Dr.
Fuller waited at the ferry gates until the
passengers had all left the boat, intending
TO give ex-Judge Holme the opportunity
Of having him arrested or taking further
thrashing. He failed TO catch the ex-judge,
however, who must have passed out
through the waiting room.
Holme was Exoneratod.
Dr.. .Fuller's suit for divorce was very
sensational, both because Of the high So
eial standing and wealth Of all concerned
and the circumstances surrounding the
marriage and subsequent life Of husband
and wife. He is one Of the best known Of
the younger physicians in the city. He
was married 70 a Miss Hastings, sixteen
years old, ia February. 1899 In little
over a year Dr. Fuller began suit for
divorce, naming ex-Judge Leicester Holme
~ correspondent. The report OF Referee
Stetson, which was filed recently, declared
that the charges made by Dr. Fuller had
not been proved and exonerated ex-Judge
Holme. In the fight Holmes eye was
blackened