The evening times., 1897-11-20
MASQUERADED ASA WOMAN
Device Of a Unwary Man to Visit
His Wife'S Sister.
Climbed In Female Garb on q Fire
Escape and .yainly Tapped at
Window for Admittance.

New York, Nov 2O.-The strange prank
of William Franklin, who climbed fire
escape in garments belonging to his wife,
yesterday caused the attaches OF Yorkvilie
police court to marvel.
Mr.. Franklin. who is Young and calIow
brother lula W Of another who Is fully as
pretty His sister. in-Iaw is Mrs. Emilia
Corricr. widow. who lives at No. 1883
Third avenue. on the second floor He
young husband probably had much diff
Guilty in making up his mind as to which uf
the young women he liked the better.
MIS-. Coreier was surprised to find that her
after his marriage. He followed her about
and posed i'll the role Of devoted swain. His
interest, which seemed only bros,ieriy atfirst.
grew TO he an annoyance. Mrs. Coreier told
Franklin that his attentions were entirely
too pronounced. She says that he began tu
manifest symptoms of Jealousy if she even
bow ed to other meE. She finally forbade him
her house.
Mrs Cureier heard somebody on he fire
escape outside one ofthe windows of her flat
last Thurs'lay evening. She lookedout and
saw figure In woman syarb. The dresswas
that of Mrs. Franklin. Mrs. .Coreiersurveyed
che figure from head to foot.
Size was certain that no woman stood
without. She knew in an instant that nn
woman We u!d wear a shirt waist -acing
the wrong way, or hat which was not
placed upon the head OF the wearer in ac-
cordance with the plummet. The strange
figure moved forward. The skirts be
came entangled with the feet. The being
wit hout ga a@et lie clin ging dra peries vicions
kick.
The pped upon the window
pane with hand of heroic size. II placed
a foot upon the window sill and Mrs. Coreie-
saw i mans No. 8 shoe.
The willow was indigant. She slipped
out IF tie house and told q policeman.
Young Mr. Franklin was arrested. He ap-
peared in Yorkville police court yester
day morning His wife and sister-in law
sat in the court room when he was arraigned
Magistrate deuel.. thinking that perhaps
Mrs. Corcier would not prosecute, let the
case go over until the afternoon Mrs.
Coreier ha d had her brother-in- n-law arrested
once before on tire charge of ann Dying her
and had withdrawn the cumplaint
The two w.men held an animated whis
pered conversation. When the case was
called Mrs. Franklin put one gloved hand
upon the tar and Looked timidly up to the
magistrate.
II was on the fire escape myself she
began.
The other woman laughed.
You" size said, you don't wear No.
s shoes. vour hands are not large and red,
and you eau walk in skirts, 1 guess
The magistrate did not accept Mrs
Franklin's story. Mrs. Coreier, however.
deClne,i 20 prosecute her callow brother
in law.
''All that want She said, lis for him
to let me alone He is continually follow
ingme aiout.'' Mrs. COreier added tina the
Young man had even threatened to shoot
several men who had called upon her
Franklin, pale and indecisive looking
person, was discharged. He looked about
the courtroom liz a dazed kind Of way. and
then eft with his wife.
Mrs Goreier waited until husband aud
wife had gone, and then followed them.
She started toward Third avenue, and
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin walked over to the
west side of town. The manner Of the
young wife Indicated that she was saying
things in n decisive way, to which the n.ln
listened with shame-faced attention