The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-15
MR.. FISHER DID SOMETHING.
1T WAS NOT ACCORDING TO TIE
CODE DUELLO, BUT HE DID IT

HE Friend Downipg Followed Ttttnn.u an.
Mrs. Fisher 10 Jnunafca, aud Loce, ed
Them-Tho Jealous Husband Followed
In the spring OF 1892 George II. Fisher and
Isabella Caswell wero married in the Baptist
Church In Hanson place in Brooklyn. Brides
maids were thore and ushers and flowers and
thewedding march from "Lohongrin." And
the bride wore q white satin dress and a
wreath OF orange blossoms. and held again 81
hcr breast great bouquet o: white roses and
lilies Of the valley. Then they went on their
honeymoon to the Falls OF Niagara. and beheld
the world through glass that was O. the tint
o. magenta.
Finally the tint faded away and thoy came
back to Brooklyn. and George. looking about
him-this time through glass that was abso.
lutely colorless-bought retail liquor saloon
on the corner Of Fourth avenue and st. Mark Q
place. a Wholesale liquor store next to tho cor
ner. and hall dozen house In the neighbour
hood. George was ~ and Isabella was 81
That was in the spring OF 1892.
In the winter OF 1892 James Rutherford
came over from England with his wife. calling
himself Frank Tittman. and posing as blas5
man OF the world. His father sent him me ey
regularly and his wife. who. to oblige him.
had stopped to PASS under the name OF Mrs.
Tittman. was willing to take boarders. And
Mr.. Rutherford-or. in order to facilitate tho
CellnR OF inc STORY, llttmhn-pelDE % leet
10 and possessing lustrous brown eyes OF Won
derful magnetic power. had nothing to do but
to admire himself.
Mr.. Tittman thought the States were beastly
He preferred England. Nobody knows exactly
why he ever left England. but Mr.. Tittmhn
took great pleasure In deridlng and belittling
things American ana pralsine all things Eng
lish. Mrs. Tittman was very meek. Four
months ago the Tittmans moved to the top
floor OF the house In which the Fishers lived.
the house on the corner Of ST. Marks place and
Fourth avenue. Mr.. Fisher was constantly
busy in his saloon and Mrs. Tittman was con-
stantly occupied with her boarders. Mr.. Tit
man and Mrs Fisher had nothing to do.
One day Mr.. Tittman drank too much and
spoke loosely OF Mrs. Fisher.
Fishers no good" he said. Two stolen
his wife from him and he hasn't said q word.
II he were n man he'd do something"
This came to Mr. Fishers ears and he was
furious. His first impulse was to throw Mr..
Tittman and his magnetic brown eyes out Of
the top-story window. Upon second thought.
however. he laid the matter before several OF
his friends and asked them for advice. They
shook their heads seriously and said:
you ought to do somethinGv
Mr.. Fisher ransacked his memory for some
Incident that might point to his wife's un-
faithfunese. and. to his surprise. found q
great many He remembered then how dur
ing the past few months. his wife had often
gone away for two or three days to visit her
relatives at Hampstead, and how Mr.. Tittman
and his eyes. magnetic aud brown. had gone
away on business trips at the same time. Mr..
Fisher consulted his friend. Edward Downing
who is we'll vcrsed in the dueling code. and
asked him for advice.
There's no doubt about It," Mr.. Downing
said. You ought to do something"
1t was arranged then that Mr.. Downing
should keep an eye on Mira Fisher. and II he
found anything suspicious in her behavior to
give Mr.. Fisher his cue.
I've cot to do something" Mr.. Fisher said
in furious voice.
Tittman kept his magnetic eyes upstairs and
Mrs. Fisher remained at home and Mrs. Tit
man attended to her ooaEdsrs;, ,. on SATURDAY
was going to visit her relatives in Hampstead.
Mr. an1 10th Of hi EYES were snnE
GUS. bur his friend Downing Gained him. and
said: ,.-. ~, ,,,,,.u ,ou 49,, :,
Kin try to keep calm" NJ fisher said. but
'' Mr. I'D Owning hH followed Mrs Fisher to the
Fiutnu-h depot and saw her buy, ticket to
Sm ,e car rs tsr met M Ttns1
When they reached Jamaica they went to
Es5 G5c snf e ss H. fIT SGm M
brown eyes and at, Mrs. F!sher's biushing
cheeks: and then said he was very sorry that
sonrse Ark ush eLsg5 me MIR T''man
MI They CANE to Mrs. iiarjeabrook's boarding
hou"G when Looked promising; SnI went IN.
utes. TO make sure that they were not coming
OFT Immediately. and then he rem to tho near-
ha the att I" do t.
.'WhiiO MIR. Fisher was on his way to Jamaica.
Justice Of the Peace HendricSson. two con-
stables awyer and several other dis inter
them. Justice iiendrickson shook his head
seriously. and said:
Yes as7enteL tho chef OF Police. but |
Che. Of rolloo looked at him anXiousy. as II !
no feared lie was Go!ag to begin to shoot on |
" Are they here?" Mr.. Fisher asked. There |
was nn aimos. imncrceptiblG tromor in his |
voice; but optwnrdv he was calm.
s voice. N@s what @nssr hing SH%an nasals
breath Of nr. and with smile that was posi-
tiycl y, chc '. Gi saIG Nv ,s,. ~ t,or and no
sTs rs yapT To sd Of moot sh t@
Mr.. Fisher laughed: oh. Lord! no." he
answered lightly. promise you won't
tonch him.
Then HOY all went down the street and stole
quietly UP tho stairs OF tho boarding house
They ranged themselves In u double line out
side the door. A servant knocked upon the
door and said: .
"Here's u message for you."
The door was cautiously opened but Mr.
Downing and the Chief OF Police threw their
weight against it, forcing it widc opcn and
banging Mr.. Tlttman forcibly against tho
wall.
Upon bchodinG her husband Mrs. Fishor
turned az white as ghost Mr. Tittman's
magnetic eyes were, paralyzed
"Gentlemcn" said Mr. Fisher. smiling bland
~ at tie couple. this lady is Mrs Fisher.
This gentleman Is Mi. rutherford, alias Mr..
1i,tman. Let's CO.
Ana that j. all that Mr.. Fisher did. He went
home md hired a lawyer to get him divorce.
Mira Tittman, or rutherford. IL still taking
care OF the D"lrders Mr., Rutherford and his
magnetic brown eyes and Mrs. Fisher are
somewhere in the world. but nobody knows
whore.
GIG IRE1TES BLAMED FOR IT