The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-07
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Mother and Daughter Whip
Hardware Merchant
Duke for Talking.
HE PLEADS FOR MERCY.
But Will Get Revenge, He Says,
For the Punishme Mt, in Court.

Pedestrians who were on Jackson avenue
at one O'Clock yesterday afternoon wit
messed one of the l~iveliest scene that las
ever occurred on that thoroughfare. They
saw an Infatuated woman rush into
the hardware store at No. 1853. pull the
! young man, who was behind the desk.
ont on the sidewalk. and then give him a
sound thrashing With a horsewhlp.
The woman was accompanied by an
elderly lady, who gave vent to shouts
of approval as the heavy whip descended
agaiu and again upon the head and
shoulders of the man. After a sharp
struggle the man wrested the whip from
his assailant.a and after calling her sew
eral vile lanes rah into the store. slam
ming the door after him.
vi AND DAUGHTERS,
The woman was Mrs. George Green. OF
No, g5 Orient avenue, and the man who
received the whipping is J. A. Duke, the
proprietor of the hardware store. The
elderly lady who insisted Mrs. Green, is
Mrs. Logan, her mother.
Neither Mrs. Green nor Mr.. Duke would
talk about the matter yesterday after
noon, but the facts in the case were
brought out this morning when
Mrs. Green visited the Third Criminal
Court, aud wore out a warrant Tor
Dukes arrest on a charge of using In
decent language. She admitted that she
h~orsewhipped DUKE and told Judge
kimmerly the tut particulars.
CAUSE OF IT.
Duke, she charges, while in a saloon
on jackson avenue, Wednesday night,
told many IibeIous stories. in which her
name played q prominent part.
or the stories which she
says Duke told 10 the crowd in the
saloon was one that she was seen re-
Among the men in the saloon was Mr..
Thomas Logan, a brother of Mrs.
Green. Logan SAID nothing, but kept his
ears wide open, and that night he
repeated the stories 10 his sister. Mrs.
Green at once wanted to go out
in search of Duke, but her mother adj
vised her to wait until the next day, and
promised to aid her if she would wait.
Mrs. Green agreed to the plan and
at one O'Clock yesterday afternoon she
armed herself with a horsewhip and ac-
companied by her mother, went to Dukes
store and administered the beating.
Duke pleaded for mercy, bu Mrs.
Green warmed up as blow after blow fell
on Duke.
I'm teach you to tell lies about me-"
she shouted.
"Give it to him, the scoundrel," shrek
ed Mrs. Logan.
Duke tried hard to get away from the
Infatuated women, but they were more
than a match for him. He finally grab
bed the whip, and after a struggle Sc
cured the whip and ran into the store.
81 don't believe you'll tell any more
stories about me, you ~scoundrel," ye lied
Mrs. Green as she left the scene.
DUKE DENIES IT.
Duke, when interviewed by a reporter
of THE JERSEY CITY NEWS this morning,
said:-
II never mentioned Mrs. Green's name
while I was in the saloon. / told several
stories but never used any names, and l
shall make Mrs. Green wish that
she had never been born before I get
through with her. This attack on me
was uDjustided, and l will get satisfac-
ton; yes, sir, satisfaction.
COME UP IN COURT
Duke will have Mrs. Green arrested
and the residents in the neighDorhood ex-
pect to witness another lively scene.
Duke is well known, and is highly
spoken Of by his %neighbors, who refuse
to believe thai he ever told the stories
Mrs. Green says he did.
Mrs. Green Is a remarkably pretty
womau and figures prominently In soci-
ETY. events in Greenvflle. She said, this
morning, that she WAS by nc mea
through with Duke. and that If he did
not keep his tongue quiet she would re-
peat the dose that she gave him yester-
day.
the matter has caused quite a stir in
Greenville, and a large crowd will be
present at the trial of Duke tomorrow
morning,