The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-01
HNRAGHD MRS. STEWART,
She Cowhides Her Hus.
bands Paramour After
A Funeral.
THE HUSBANDS SHAMEFUL C9SDUGR
His Actions Denounced By Euclid
Lodge, of Which He Is
Treasurer.

In yesterdays JERSEY CITY NEWS there
was told story of disgraceful row at .
funeral which was about to leave thA
Delaware, Lackawa & Western Railroad
depot in Hoboken. Matthew Stewart, q
married man and prominent mason, who
lives on Cambridge avenue. jersey City
Heights, was leading Mrs. Maken, 9
married woman, to a carriage at his
mothers funeral. when Mrs. Stewart
interrupted the couple and threatened
her husband and his paramount with
bodily BARN. Friends interfered ana
serious trouble was averted baen and tbs
funeral proceeded without Mrs. Stewart.
Mrs. Stewart. justly indignant at the
disgracetul manner in which she had
been treated by her husband. threatened
10 make 1t warm Tor the couple when they
returned Coroner Parslow. who had
charge of the principal arrangements,
and who is an intimate friend or thD
family, tried to dissuade the indignant
wife from creating any further trouble,
but she would not listen 20
him. She went out and bought
| a coWhide and hiding it beneath the folds
| of her fashionable cloak took q seat in
| the waiting room of the Depot. SAG
| knew that the party attending the funei
| train for Hackettstown and she deters
| mined to give her husband aud bis guilty
| paramour warm reception.
THE PARAMoUR CoWHIDED.
Shortly before four o'clock Stuart, Mrs,
| Maker, Stewards seventeen-year-Old son
| and Steuart's aunt entered the depot,
| Coroner Parslow accompanied them, ana
| as soon as ne saw Mrs. Stewart he knew
| that trouble was brewing. Stewart aud
| Mrs. Maker entered the depot arm IN arm
chatting and Laughing Ln'Ilys mersilyss
nos p1sy to did .ee not MTs Sss stswsr R,'snd and
passed right by where she was sitting
| Mrs, Stewart urembled with rage. and
as soon as her husband stepped 10 the
| ticket window to buy tickets for tha
party. she jumped from her seat ana
| rushed towards Mrs. Maker. She pulled
/ the cowhide from beneath her cloak, and,
when the determined LOOK on her faca
WAS noted, everybody involuntarily fell
back.
"You miserable hussy." fairy hissed
| the euraged wife, Il will teacn you 10
geep uway from my husband. You have
some terrible power over him. You are
| wicked wretch"
As Mrs. Stewart was talking she was
bringing the cowniGe down with all the
force she coCid command on the face and
shoulders of Mrs. Maker. Mrs. Maker
was bewildered for moment, and then
she ran screaming towards Mr.. Parslow.
hOh. Mr.. Parsiow, Mr.. Parslow," she
cried. save nss save -s9aer @ ror tie --sxnslss @
will kill l6e.''
Mrs. Nj kker ran behind Mr.. Parslow;
but the gnraged wife followed her and
brought the whip down on her head Mr..
ParslQw tried in vain to separate the
women.
STEWART INTERF EREs-
At this junc5ure Stewart ran over ana
tried to reason with his wife. go away
| 4 jrtr- locf far'f prjod MrQ SfawaTE a
FRENZY and she rained several blows OF
the whip on his shoulder.
| There was great excitement In The de~
pot by this time and crowd gathered
about the woman. Detective McKenna
who is stationed in the depot rR1
over and caught Mr. Stewart by
the arm and threatened her
with arrest. This did not have any effect
| on. the enrage d wife, and Detective Ma
Kepna and Coroner Parslow had to hold
her by main force until her husbandt
| Mrs. Maker and the others boarded tha
Train. Before the train left, Mrs. Steve
arts seventeeu-year-old son whispered
something in his mothers ear which
seemed TO pacify her somewhat. and then
he went on the train with the rest OF the
party, and Mrs. Stewart drove TO her
hoxae on Cambridge avenue, Jersey CITY
| Heights.
This is not the first time that StewarA
and Mrs. Maker have attained notorlssy.
About two years ago Stewart met mis-
wife on the street in Hoboken. and strucE
her In the face.
Stewart is employed in a responsible
position by the United States Express
Company. He is also Tfersurer of Euclld
Lodge +. and A. NJ. The members or
| the lodge do not like the notoriety the1E
treasurer is attaIuing and may take SONG
action on ths matter az their next meets
| ing.