The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
BEAT HIM WITH HER SPADE.
MRS. BLACKMlN OF BRIDGEP0RT
DIsCIPLIHEs MR.. FOWLER.

Angerea by His Suspicion That sire NEE 1is
ChtclEens In Her C~oop-Fowler's Sen Inter
rcrcd ana sho Has Tive black Eyes-An
Hands Ge 60 Law e Get Revenge.
BRIDoEPoRT, Conn, Aug. EARNED with .
spade, Mrs. Henry L. Blackman. n rich. middle
aged woman, living on North avenue, this city.
to-day chased aged John Fowler. a ncighbor,
from her premises, at nearly every stop dealing
him q blow with the spade. Fowler went on
Mrs. Blackman's premises TO drive back several
chickens which, he says, had strayed away and
been taken possession of by Mrs. Blackmhn. In.
stead Of getting the fowls, Fowler received q
severe beating, which would have been moro
severe but for the timely arrival Of Isaac
Fowler. his son, who stopped hostilities.
This afternoon Mrs. Blackman and Isaac Fow-
Ter were arrested, and their cases will DO dis
posed of in the police court tomorrow morning.
Neighbors on all sides witnessed the affair. and
sentiment is divided. Mrs. Blackman IL sepa-
rated from her husband. Fowler 10 nearly 20
years old. He lives on Laurel avenue. Just
around the corner from Mrs. Blackman's homo.
He 10 q chicken fancier. The rooster and two
chickens which he missed q few days ago were
his especial pride. In his search for them he
happened to pass O coop in the rear OF Mrs.
Blackman's grounds. His attention was at
tracted by the peculiar crow Of o rooster in the
coop. The cluck of a hen also sounded familiar
to his ears. He looked further and was salts
fed that the fowls locked in tho coop were the
ones he had missed. He called upon Mrs. Black
man this morning and told her she had three Of
his FOWLS. He wanted to know what damage
they had done, II any, offering to pay forit
You horrid old man." Mrs. Blackman ro-
piled, they are not your chickens. / got the
| eggs and they were Matched right here on my
premises, and the chickens In that coop came
from the very eggs I bought and paid for"
Mr.. Fowler endeavored to convince Mrs.
Blackman that she had made a mistake. Mrs.
Blackman became excited. At last she picked
up a garden spade and struck Mr.. Fowler
across the shoulder with the fiat side OF it. Mr..
Fowler retreated as gracefully as possible. Mrs.
Blackman followed him and dealt him many So
we're blows on the head and body with the spade.
Both talked loudly.
The noise attracted the attention Of the neigh
bors, and n crowd gathered. None of the spec
tators interfered and cheered the woman on.
Isaac Fowler heard the loud talk and hurried
around the corner. BY that time Mrs. Black
| He stood there with his hands at his side, Mrs.
Blackman had raised the spade as II to strike
him another blow. when the son called out:
Hold on there, woman"
The spade did not descend, but was still poised
In air; when Isaac Fowler rushed up, and dis
armed Mrs. Blackman. There was q short scuf-
te between them. and tonight Mrs. Blackman
has a pair of beautiful black eyes. She says
Isaac Fowler gave them to her. Fowler de-
MES il.
Mrs. Blackman says the Fowlers will have to
suffer for the indignities heaped upon her IL 1t
costs every cent of her fortune. She has en-
| gagged attorneys for the criminal prosecution,
which was begun tonight.