The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11
WIFE HUNT ENDS IN 4 RUMPUs.
Jealous Husband Sets Out with . Detective and
. bloodhound, and Acquires . Jag.

Jealous Husband seto Out with . detective and
. bloodhound. and Acquires . JAG.
Several persons residing in the neighborhood
OF 11s West Thirty-ninth street poked their
heads out Of their windows at y O'CLOCK last
evening and shouted "Murderl Policel' Po-
licemen Becker and Laney and Roundsman
Corey responded to the cries, and were told that
q murder was being committed In tho house at
l1s. Going into the place they heard tho sound
Of n struggle in a fiat occupied BY q woman
named Minnie Woods.
"Open tho door" shouted tho roundsman.
at cant" answered q woman's voice; break
1t In I Help help murderl"
The three policemen broke down the door and
found a woman stretched out on the floor moan
ing. She was bleeding from the nose. A man
was climbing out Of q rear window. One OF the
policemen followed the man out Of the window
and up a fire escape to the floor above. Here
the man climbed into another window OF another
fiat, where he was found hiding under a bod.
Policeman Laney hauled him out and took
him down stairs. By this time the woman had
revived sufficiently to say that the man had
tried to strangle her. The man did not deny her
charge. Both were taken to the West Thirtieth
street police station. Tho man explained that
he called to see the woman, and that she had
struck him on the head with o teacup. cutting u
"As there is a Big Scandal behind, this fight"
name is Frank johnson and live in that house.
But l have no, charges to mako against this
have no charges to make against him" ex-
well. what was all the trouble about. asked
vo cunt e %1mS1, 4 NJ II the hsm S5t IS Minnie se Mda ths
t eIs ! '' WARRANTS Sot % %iif probably pR 81 II be sna ASKED FOR min IN
court tomorrow BY, some folks In the
fMIIs o, and Then Then sf the scandal q man WIN nams ee
lR 1S X, H, w sH%s who to be sa tae had house p%s aua sef from
ing for her. He had a big dog with. him, a grey
hound; and he said he had traced his wife With IL,
my rooms and got into my bsd. Then The man
went out, leaving the big dog in ms bed. I
could not gel, the dog out and appealed to the
t TG% Mrs o Bu .ha yoS Who o had run rum away n from heF
Buckley d kySnt to S my fat fiat to tpv fes the s dog ;s out ts Of
out Buckley returned. and thenSweiI. the story
viii probably, be told in the divorce courts"
woman was also permitted to leave the station
house. They disappeared in opposite direc-
There is a saloon on the ground floor of the
house where the row occurred. A man was
found lin; in this this s sni99n T SaS b yslnn sesrsSin the f fr
his wife for three days, and had located her yes
terday in this house: . -.
the man. "Buckiey went looking for her with a
bloodhound. 1t was not a greyhound. He man
aged to get into the apartment of the Woods
woman with the dog and u private detective.
Then they got tho dog In one Of the beds and left
him there, expecting Mrs. Buckley to appear
with n stranger, the plan being to get the dog TO
attack the stranger.
THE detective then hid. and the. plan would
had kept sober. But he got drunk and the
entire house got into the row. while Mrs. Buck
ley escaped by. way Of the fre.escape; So they
story as we got 1t down here. and I guess it's
pretty nearly straight"