The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-20
HORSE HIS WIFE.
H. J. Hall of New York Created a Sensa
 ton in Winated.

Winsted, July 19.-A peculiar and sensational horse-whipping case, to which wealthy New Yorker and his wife were the parties, occurred yester- day. The New Yorker Is H. J. Hall, q wholesale oil dealer. He is about 4G years old, and has for wife very charming woman over ten years his junior. They with their two children occupy cottage at Highland lake. They are supplied with horses, carri- ages, servants; everything, in fact that money will bring, but they haven't t lived happy together. Many Winsted people have known of their violent quarrels, but few were prepared for the sight that was enacted, on one of the main streets of the borough about o'clock last night.
 Mrs. Hall was in town with a double team and had company with her. She stopped for her two children on the street and was apparently about otake them into the carriage when MT. Hall came up, whip in hand, and after few words struck her several times over the head and shoulders. Mrs. Hall ran to her carriage and, jumping in, told her driver to whip up the horses. MT. Hall had a single team near by, and set out in pursuit only few rods behind. The scene was most exciting. Mrs. Hall was beseeching the driver of her carriage to hurry, and MT. Hall was helping to whip his horse into 8 run and urging his driver to go faster. In front of Baird 's drug store Hall overlook the wife's car riage and, slowing up, he jumped out and ran to his wife's carriage, whip in hand.
 "Come out of there, will you?" he cried, md with the horse whip in hand he dragged his wife roughly into the road and tried to choke her and beat her with the whip.
 People in the drug store, hearing the noise, and the voice of lady loudly crying for help. rushed out, and Profess sor Mccarthy, of local Keeley cure establishment, with one hand grabbed Hall by the arm and put the other where it would do the most good. Mo- Carthy is much smaller man than Hall, but he held pluckily on, never re- laxing his hold on Halls windpipe until Hall released his grasp on his wife. Mrs. Hall then tore herself away and drove off at rapid speed in her carriage.
 Hall struggled hard and threatened to pull revolver. but Mccarthy kept Hall occupied until he thought Mrs. Hall was at safe distance, when Hall broke away. Much to the surprise of the townspeople he jumped into his own carriage again and continued the chase. By this time quite crowd had collected in the street, and some of them set of after the carriages to see what the end would be, but they couldn't Overtake them. .
 Hall caught up with his wife twice after this, and both. the man and wo- man used their horsewhips on each oo- casion. After the last encounter some settlement was apparently reached, as the chase was discontinued and Hall and his wife returned separately to Winsted, the chase having led them some distance away.
 The reason for the quarrel and horse- whipping is not known. They have had serious differences before, but nothing serious has happened till last night. MT. Halls business calls him to New York two or three times 8 week. Aside from this they occupy their cottage at High land lake through the summer.
 The cause of yesterdays disgraceful affair is said to have been the discovery of bottle of whisky on the dining room table by the husband. It is said that the servants told him that his wife had been drinking the whisky, and when he tried to find out from herif this was true received . severe tongue lash ing. Mrs. Hall is stopping at the sum- mer cottage at Highland lake. Hall is boarding temporarily in town.