Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-01-30
He WAS HER SENIOR
I'm Tired of That Old Fell
low She Said.
A LIVELY NEW YORK EPISODE
As He Eas Invested 100000 in Her He
Wishes to R9tain Possession.

Ihe queer Actions OF MY. ana Mrs AlSer-
non Dougiass''--He Cl,. inns the Woman
as His Wife, but This Sle EmphaticalIy
Denies. and Says He is Burroughs, the
Philadelphia SpecuIat and Already
Married Efforts to Effect u RecOncilia-
ti0n at Length Successful.
New YORK, Jan. 30.-One of the pas
senXers on the afternoon express from
Philadelphia was plump blonde of 80,
with ruddy cheeks and an abundance of
soft reddish-brown hair She wore many
diamonds and long sealskin cloak Be-
side. her sat Il gray-bearded man of 81,
who is a grain merchant in the Quaker
City. The couple went to the residence
of Mr.. Franklin at 223 West Twelfth
street, where the good-looking woman
had; friends. They passed as Mr.. and
Mrs. Algernon Douglass.
At s p. IN. the woman was furnishing
entertainment for a crowd at the corner
of Sixth avenue and Thirty-eighth street
by trying to jerk a satchel out of the
grain merchants hand. Her luXuriant
hair had come down and she was crying.
She and the merchant had been out to
dinner together in Thirty eight street
and she had had good deal of wine.
Policeman Reardon quieted the woman
and she walked block up town. The
woman broke out in another tantrum at
Thirty ninth street, and again at Fortieth
street. She wept more violently when
Reaidon came along a second time, and
she insisted that he should make the
merchant give her one of the satchels.
She said it was her property.
This woman is my wife" said the
grain merchant, land want her to come
home
The woman waved her hands and de
MED emphatically that she was his wife.
Policeman Reardon concluded to have
the dispute settled in the Thirtieth
street station, and took both the woman
and the merchant before Sergeant
Cooper.
This man is Burroughs, the Philadel-
phia grain Spectator, the woman said
to the policeman.
When he got before Sergeant Cooper
the man said he was Algernon Douglass,
and lived at 70 Pine street, Philadelphia.
He handed the sergeant a number of let
tiers written by the woman, in which he
was addressed as husband.
She said that she was Miss Annie
Douglass, and added, with n laugh, that
she couldn't be married to the merchant
because the latter had another wife.
Il want my satchel and want to ~
out alone. want to live in New York,
too. I'm tired of Philadelphia. He's
got beautiful home there, though" she
said.
I've spent over $50 900 on her." he
said, land l want to know where she is
going. She can go out alone if she wants
to, but I've got a right to know where
she intends TO stop"
Sergeant Cooper aud Policemen Rear
don and Drew spent half an hour trying
to patch up their differences and go
home
No. said the young woman. I'm
tired of that old fellow, and that's all
there is to it. want him to mind his
own business. I'll have bin arrested if
he follows me about"
Detective Murphy went and got Mrs.
Franklin to act as pcacemaker. The
women laughed heartily when they met.
| They chatted together for ten minutes in
a private room, and then the blonde in
sealkskin consented to go back to Twelfth
street.
The woman had II long chat with Ser
geant Cooper while waiting for Mrs.
Franklin. She said this time that she
was the daughter of an officer in the
United States army, and that she had
married the grain merchant on Cover
| nOr's Island seven years ago. She added
| that she had tired of him because of the
| disparity in their wears.