The evening world., 1893-10-19
MRS.. RITTER'S Whip.
It Fell Across Her Husbands Head
and Shoulders.
ELIMINATION OF FOUR YEARS OF CAT.
AND.DOG EXISTENCE.
Hampstead PEOPLE SCANDALIzED

HEMPSTEAD, Oct. 1s.-Robert p.
Ritter, a f%ishmonger here, says marriage
is a failure. But Robert is prejudiced.
He is still smarting from a horsewhip-
ping. publicly administered, by his wife.
as the elimination OF four years Of a
cat-and-dog existence. Hampstead peo-
pie feel scandalized by the affair.
Ritter's father had made a fortune
selling fish, only TO lose his money in
bad investments. 1t was said OF him
he a a habit OF never sticking to one
thing long. The son has the same fall
ing.
Mrs. Ritter's father is Addison Glenn
ents, a farmer. reputed to be rich. 1t
may be all in the reputation, but even
that goes. Papa Clements. however, Is
not willing to throw his gold away on
shiftless sons-in-law. He did not like
Ritter. When the young man appeared
at the Clements farmhouse. two miles
south Of here. as a sutton for the and
OF the fair and fat daughter of the
farmer. he was promptly ordered to
leave.
Bertha Ritter. nee Clements. Is stub
born. 1t Is said she inherits his from
her father. h declared her intention
to marry Ritter, not because she loved
him. but because her parents wished her
not to do SO.
This made Farmer Clements storm a
bit. He finally declared his ultimatum.
IF you persist In receiving the atten-
lions Of that Ritter chap. You must
leave my house." She did persist. She
left her fathers house. and lived for a
time with relatives. One day. at camp
meeting. she met Ritter. They decided
Baldwins and an obliging clergyman
did the rest. They went HON to beard
the Clements lion.
The farmers sange had cooled. HI
not only took his daughter in. but he
welcomed his s%on-in-law. Here they
lived three weeks. Then there was a
row. There have been periodical row.
since. The couple have separated a
dozen times, only to kiss and cry and
make up.
Just now the husband has the more
sympathy. He probably needs 1t. The
big welts made by his wlfe's whip are
eloquent In his behalf. But Mrs. Ritter
thinks her husband deserves wha HI
got, and her father. who upholds her II
what she has done. says the only faul
he finds is that his daughter did no
use the butt end of the whip instead
Of the lash.
The trouble came about In this way
Ritter moved with his wife to Brooklyn
about two years ago, to No. 7SG Monro
street. He worked at different places
and finally getting behind In his rem
xx,aa ltgVngunaunI nt,rtn.r thA tt,,a tlN
neighborhood was enllvened by the row
In the Ritter family over the mos
trivial things. Ritter would get mad an
pull up. the stair carpet. swearing h
was going to move, Then Mrs, Rite
the only thing he ever bought, as all tn
rest had been purchased by her fathel
OF course. this did not restore Rite
bors would act as peacemalsers and agai
relatives would be sent for. In the en-
peace would be restored and the sta
be Tipped up at the nrst note OF war,
/ In n Of these fracases Ritter trie
to smash a glass pitcher. but only su'
, eeeded n breaking the marble mant i
! clock through a window, hitting a be
+, across the street, For this the father
, the boy threatened him with, arres
, band was to refuse to get him anythii
E to eat. h has kept him on short q
, lowance for weeks at a time.
, Farmer Clements set his son-in-law I
! in the fish business at the corner
D Rodney street and broadway. He
Ritter claimed his wife emptied Il
I money drawer every time his back W
! turned. He objected. Business was 81
= pended.
! Then the couple drifted out to Hem
: stead. Here Ritter leased a store, a.
. Papa Clements became security for Z
: fixtures. The young man opened a n
! market. Mrs. Ritter believed h cou
. band. She told her father 30. Tn
Papa Clements said the business was
be In his daughters name. He went
the store and told his son-in-law no. b
N the young man threw the old man In
the street. This made Mrs. Ritter ms
20 she shut on the grub at home, a
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