The sun., 1896-10-24
WHY SHE WHIPPED BLAIR.
MRS, KINs WANfED To PROVE THAT
SIZE WIS 4 LiDr.

He Called Her Common Woman, She Says
He Admits Calling Her Aggressive
IL stin OF That Opinion, and Will Get
tho Other Boardera TO Help Him Prove II.
According to the opinion of tho men who live
at 142 East Fifty-ninth street, tho trouble in
their boarding house can be traced back to tho
fact that the women talk too much. Until re-
Gently 1t has been q subdued sort of trouble,
finding its vent In upturned noses and scornful
shifts when tho women passed each other in tho
halls or on the starways. Now. however. It has
established Its legal status through the agency
of Mrs. Bernice King and her course OF pro-
cedure in the case Of William II. Blair.
Mr.. Blair Is elderly, mild, and benevolent
looking. Mrs. King is not elderly. nor is she
benevolent, MIR. Blair says. no matter how she
looks He did say. however. several days ago,
that she was an aggressive woman, statement
which would seem to bo borne out by her sub
sequent action in whacking him violently with
a rawhide. But Mrs. King says she Is not az
gressive. She also says she is not q woman.
She is a lady. II any one says otherwise-why,
Mrs King still has her rawhide. As for Mr..
King, he's muscular; otherwise all this might
not have happened, and the three might not
have met in police court.
There Is also Mrs. Owens in the boarding
house. Mira. Owens and Mr.. Blair are good
friends. Mrs. Owens and Mrs. King are not
good 1rlenuS- In Ihct, III IL ehlu tnat Mrs Ming
has been in the habit of delivering scornful
snifs through her upturned nose when she
passed Mrs. Owens in the hall. Mrs. Owens can
sniff a little herself. and she did. Both said
things to the other boarders. who said moro
things among themselves. Among other things
they commented upon the fact that Mr.. King
was popularity supposed to be single until he
brought Mrs. King home recently and intro
duced her AS his wife. Tho fact that Mrs. King
wasn't inclined to associate very much with the
other hOnruers dluut tend TO make her Dnpulur,
Mrs. King herself let it he understood that her
husband h had forbidden her TO associate with Mrs.
Owens. Mrs. Owens remarked that she would
still endearor TO support life under such IA
calamity.
ence or not. the question arus" on Thursday OF
Mrs. Owens changing the location of her room
iandiady. Mr. Blair. and Mrs owens, Mrs King
came in and took n hand. AS II was not APP
matter. she was requested to mind her own
business. This hint she needed not, but con-
sSps Nr Very sad
This much he admits Mrs. Kin. says that
he also used the word common IN reference
and told him that Mr.. B!ni7 had called her a
common woman. She was II Lads she said and
she wouldn't be called common by anybody. and
ing to do about IT. They discussed ways and
means and decided that the offending Mr.
Blair should be made to apologize. In view OF
the superior size and strength OF Mr.. King. they
judged that this could easily be broug ht about
So when Mr. Blair went upstair. toward his
room that evening the Kings called him into
their room.
You've got to apologize. said King. you've
insulted my wife"
Your wife interrupted q conversation that
didn't concern her" said Mr.. Blair. But
didn't insult her"
You called me a common. aggressive wo-
man. cried Mrs. King.
NO. you're mistaken" began the other. The
aggreved one interrupted him by blow across
the face with rawhide. exclaiming as she
struck:
m show YOU whether I'm n common wo-
man. I'm a lady, and I'll teach you how to
treat n lady
Bv way Of proof she hit him again.
There was n row. and Policeman McCauley OF
the East Fifty-irst street station came In and
arrested the Kings At the station house they
held Bar's charge OF assault. Two
large red welts across his face served us evil
dence. At O'Clock in the morning the pair
were barled out. and later they appeared in
York Police Court. Blair told Magistrate
Brann that King had held him while Mrs King
struck hlm. The Kings denied is In part. ad-
mitting the assault with the rawhide. They
said that Mrs King struck Blair with the raw
hide, and that when he spranG at her King
seized him. The hearing was postponed until
Monday. when Blair said that he would have
the other boarders there to prove the aggressive
character OK Mrs. King.