The morning call., 1894-01-05
VITRIOL THROWN.
Bad Blood Between Two
Women.
THE DEMON OF JEALOUSY
Leads to the Commission of
DastardIy Crime.
OBSCENE LETTERS BY MAIL.
Mrs. Shipn1an of TemescaI Throws
the Acid at Miss Ida Vaughn and
Gets Terribly Burned Herself.
OBSCENE LETTERS BY MAIL.


married woman last evening TO attempt to
horribly disfgure a young lady who is en-
gagged 10 be married to a young man who
at one time paid his attentions to the mar
ried woman when she was single. But
fate would have it that instead Of dis
figuring her victim she has marred her own
beauty.
About o'clock last evening Mrs. TeSsie
Shipman of Temescal called at the resi-
dence of E. +. Tway, $50 Sanchez street.
She was deeply yelled, with the object of
hiding her identity. She rang the bell ana
Mrs. Tway answered the CALL
as Ida in ?" asked Mrs. Shipman. She
referred TO Miss Ida Vaughn, a sister of
Mrs. Tway, who lived there.
Yes" replied Mrs. Tway.
please tell her that / would like to
speak with her for moment"
"N ont you come in ?" said Mrs. Tway.
mo, thank you, | will remain here"
Mrs. Tway went to the parlor and told
her sister that lady wished TO see her at
the door Miss Vaughn walked along the
pass age to the door and remarked, Come
inside, please.
Without saying q word Mrs. Shipman,
who mad a emp filed with vitriol concealed
under her jacket, threw its contents at
Miss Vaughn. The acid struck the jamb
of the door and most of it few back in TO
Mrs. ShiDman'S face. burning it terribly.
A portion fell upon her hands and also
upon Miss Vaughn'S hands and on Mrs.
Tway's apron.
Then there was a scene Of the widest
excitement. Mrs. Shipman screamed with
pain and Miss Vaughn partly with pain and
partly with frlgut Mrs. Shipman was
taken into the house, and then for the first
time Miss Vaughn recognized who her
dTGh "a in q
buggy drove her to the Seventeenth-street
station, and Policemen J. }. Kelly and g.
Keegan took Der in the patrol wagon TO
the Receiving Hospital, where DI. Berry
dressed the burns on her face and hands
She was then taken to the City Prison,
where she was booked on two charges OF
Throwing vitIiOl upon person."
1t Was said that she had come to the city
on four different occasions previously with
a pistol to shoot Miss Vaughn.
Mrs. Shipman. when Seen in the ma
irons room at the City Prison, had a.
different story 20 tell. She denied that
she threw any vitriOl at Miss Vaughn, but
asserted on the contrary that Miss Vaughn
threw the acld in her face from behind
Mrs. Tway, while she was talking to the
latter. Then she went on 10 tell the story
of her troubles.
II have known Miss Vaughn" she said,
"fOr several years. We used to meet at
the dances given by the Phoenix Club, of
which we we're both members. That was
over six years ago.
AT that time | had as a partner Asa
Phelps, bOokkeepe IN a wholesale house
IN the ciIy, and lie began paying bis ad-
dresses 20 NE. Miss Vaughn used to say
things against him to NE, calling him
sawed-otf, asthmatic and other things.
with tie object Of influencing me against
him.
About the same time | began TO receive
anonymous letters through the post speak
ing iD the most disgusting Way about
Phelps, and l soon had reason to suspect
that these letters we're sent by Miss
Vaughn, l kept these letters. Finally |
gave Mr.. Phelps TO understand that he
could be nothing more TO me than a part
neT at the ciuO's dances.
About four years ago [ was married to
MY husband, Malcolm Shipman, a dry
goods clerk 10 Oakland Soon letters and
postal cards began TO come through the
mails TO my husband from the same
anonymous correspondent, calling me
everything that was bad. My husband was
stranger to this State and those an0nym-
Gus letters worried him greatly.
"One day / met Miss Vaughn and her
sister Oh the street and | spoke to her
ABOUT sending such letters 10 my husband
about me and warned her to let me alone
as l had done nothing to make her try to
inJure me IN that way. She only laughed
at me.
1.-The letters and postal cards ntinued
to come and | spoke 20 my brother-in-Iaw
abo ut them. He advised me to see Miss
Vaughn again and | called at the place
where she was employed but did not see
her.
Then / heard that she was going to get
married and a few days ago | received a
letter that was so disgusting in its language
that my husband after reading portion
OF 1t declined TO finish it. In it | was
warned that If | did not destroy the letters
= received about Mr.. Phelps all my rela-
tlves and friends would get letters telling
them everything that was bad about me.
This letter drove US almost frantic and
my husband called at one of the Police
Courts yesterday and showed it to the
prosecuting Attorney, asking him if the
writer could not be prosecuted for sendin g
obscene matter through the mails The
Prosecuting Attorney was shocked at the
contents of the letter. but told my husband
he could do nothing as it was not printed
N after, and he advised him TO treat the
matter with contempt and take no notice
of any other letters that might be sent. as
fhe OBJECT OF the writer was simply 70
cause us annoyance.
II came the city today to see about 2
baby my mother and sister had taken from
the Receiving Hospital about three weeks
ago, as lady was going 20 adopt it.
Il don't know why | went to Sanchez
street tonight. l thought if | saw Mr.
Tway and reasoned With him he might
use his influence with his sister-in-law r.
make her stop sending such filthy letters
about me to my husband.
when | rang the bell asked for him
and while l was talking to Mrs. Tway
Miss Vaughn came up behind her and
threw something in my face | screamed
with pain, staggered down the steps and
ran screaming till l ran against a fence
Then man in a buggy drove round the
corner and told me to get in and he would
take me TO police station and told the
policeman l had committed great crime
and TO search me.
That is the gospel truth and / will
swear to it On a Bible. My baby is sick al
home with the Group and my husband viii
not know what has become of me- l DOM
know what my friends will think abou