The morning call., 1892-05-20
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ILLICIT LOVE.
a Loving Conductor and an Indignant
Boarding Mistress.

Loving Conductor and an Indignant
Boarding Mistress.
George Phillips. an ex-streetear conduc-
tor. is having very hard time Of it just
now, on account of a woman-a married
woman at that.
he was trying to knock panel out of the
front door of 4l5 Twenty-second street,
yesterday afternoon, when Officers TOmp-
klns and Hemenez arrested him for dis
turbing the peace. He Immediately bailed
himself out of the SeVenteenth-street po-
lice station and went back to the neighbOr-
hood In which his loved one resides
Last evening CALL reporter found him
sitting on the steps of church at the cor
ner OF Sh0twell and Twenty-secoDd streets
lie looked sad, but in consequence OF Ire
quent potations was very communicative.
When asked why he had banged at the
door so furouSly, Phillips said: u wanted
to see Mrs. Florence Let's | lived with
ner Tor over seven years at Valencia ana
Iwenty-htth streets, and gave her all my
money. | bought furniture for her, and
paid Tor the education of her boy. During
all the time lived with her, her husband.
NJ. f: Let's, was doing police duty in
berkeley. Mrs. Let's told me she would
never live with him again, and believed
her. She proved to be false TO me several
months ago, for her husband, after saving
money In Berkeley, came back to live with
her. She had every cent | earned In those
seven years, but | WAS turned out or the
house without a dollar. 1t seems TO
have been put up job by
them to enrich themselves at my
expense, but love the woman and intend
to see and have an understanding with her.
After l was arrested l went TO bank,
where have little money deposited, and
as Intended TO go back to her house. drew
out enough to bail myself out OF prls in
case l was arrested"
The reporter left Phillips sitting on the
church steps and then visited the Let's
residence. An elderly man answered ring
at the doorbel and ia answer to questions
put by the reporter said that the conductor
was infatuated with his wife and had been
causing her lot Of trouble.
While Mr.. Let's was trying to tell the
story, Mrs. Let's emerged from the paro or
and denied the conductors story in every
particular. She said he boarded with her
for while, but annoyed her so much by
his attentions that she was compelled to
order him to seek other quarters. His atten-
tiOns were continued and TO avoid him she
moved to TwenJy-secOnd street.
THAT man." said she, "has logged my
footsteps all over the town He visits my
house daily and thumps on the front door
for hours. He has been doing this at inter
walls for several months but to-day over
stepped himself by getting book agent TO
rang the bell, and l answered it and
opened the door. He then put his foot
inside and kept me from closing il until
Phillips came upstairs. The police officers
then came along ana l called TO them and
had him arrested"
The residents in the block had been look
ing for q shooting affair ever since the
Let's family took up their present residence.
They expect some day 10 see Phillips shoot
Mrs. Let's and then kill himself. Only last
Sunday Phillips visited the house. and a
boarder, who, by the way, is also cOnduc-
tor named Woliskill, ordered him TO leave
Phillips drew revolver and Wolfskill q
knife. The pair were preparing to fight a
duel, when an urchin, gifted with little
strategy, yellt d "Policew The men then
separated. and Phillips did not return again
until yesterday afternoon.
Last evening Mr.. Let's kicked Phillips
across the street, and a few weeks ago.
while banging at the door, crowd of
schoolboys hurled half a bag of potatoes at
him