The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-12
WIFE WAS LOCKED OUT.
MRS WEEKDAYS CLAMoRs DRAW \
CROWD AT MIDNRGHE

Had Gone Houas TO Mother After a ounrres.
bet Her Neither Was Out eC Tswn-se she
Caro BACK and Couldn't Set In Pc
lice nnvoked-Husband Obdurats-A TFuee-
Late on Saturday night a tail. finely dressed
woman sat on the doorsteps at Iva West Tween
ty-third street chewing her fingers and tapping
her feet on the stones. Every now and then
sho got up, tried the door, which was locked,
ratified the doorknob viciously. looked up at the
windows above her. which were dark, and then
sat down again to chew her fingers. %
Anybody who guessed that she had been
locked out was right. She sat there from IL
o'clock until l o'clock, repeating her trials to esb
In. until she finally concluded that sterner meas-
ures were necessary. She began creating such
a disturbance by rafting the door and by her
shrtn demands to be admitted that Policeman
Jordan came up.
He found quite an assembly OF belAted per-
sons looking at the woman. When he asked
her who she was and what she wanted. she
told him that she was the wife of John +. West
bay, a dentist who lived in the house, and that
she wanted to get in and 20 to bed.
The policeman thought this was reasonable.
and he proceeded to help her. He created mucf
more noise than she had been able to, and he
succeeded in raising Westbay. The dentist
insisted ingwsd up In tb the policeman dSSF IN p tata SIs %iss To and md
station house for disturbing his peace.
From the statements of the man and woman
$1,000 fNAo eA1 ioSOtAANA wiz CShIo AMY
language and a few tears, the policeman made
out that there had been q family jar. 1t had
eliminated at 4 O'Clock that evening in Mrs.
'Westbay declaring that she would go straighs
home to her mothers. The dentist said she
could 90 for all he cared, and away she went.
But Mrs. Westbay had not reckoned on h6r
family being out OF town She discovered,
when, she arrived at the house that the place
was deserted. She had no money and no place
to go. After studying the question awhile sho
decided to swallow her pride and 90 back 20
went-ani couldn't get in.
Tho policeman didn't know exactly what to
do, but he thought the sergeant's advice was
crowd that had gathered, he took the husband
and wife to the station. DIR. John Westboy.
ST., went along as q witness for his SON,
The latter insisted on having his wife locked
up, but the Sergeant thought she bad a perfect
right to get into her husbands house II she
gould. and he refused to listen to the Charge
He sent them all away with Policeman Jordan,
reinforced by Policeman Barry, to see that there
was no fracture of the pence.
Here Is where the superior numbers on the
and got into the house first. locking the door
after him. When the rest of the party gof
there his white whiskers were, waving, out OF
an upstairs window. At another window APP
peared the two young sons Of the couple and the
colored servant Molie.
.Molie,, cried Mrs. westbay. come down
"Molie." echoed the younger doctor. IF you
Molie didn't bulge. Mrs. westbay sroaned
and took q seat ON the steps.
T sit here until that door Is open II 1t takes
all INNER she eaid decisively.
sit there, then" replied her husband. and he
moved OF to Seventh avenue.
Mrs. Westbay did sit there for half an hour.
Then she began to weaken Policeman Jordan
held out the olive branch to her timidly and
she accepted 1t. Together they strolled over
band. Then the husband drove his wife away
In a cab, and, 1t is supposed, took her to a hotel.