Evening journal., 1897-08-07
MRS. M 'NAMARA'S JOKE.
Two Spicy Cases That Judge
Ball Heard To-day.
WIFE ASSAULTED BY HUSBAND
FOR CRACKING A JOKE, WHICH
JUDGE BALL SAID WAS A sERl-
Gus THING-CTHER CASES THAT
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The dcmestic troubles of Henry Me-
Namara and HIS wife. Theresa. who
live at No S27 East Second street. were
given publicity in Judge Balls court
this morning. Mrs. Mcnamara brought
suit against her husband for assault
and battery. She appeared i'm court in
mourning. She is a handsome woman.
Upon taking the E.lnd she said tha'.
en- MoaSay las {, during the dinner hour,
Mcnamara, her husband, came home
and inquired about some insurance. He
then said: Tess, ] want you to tell me
more about our family affairs than you
do. You make confdent5 or all lhe
ncighbCrs butt 10 me you imrlril ncJh-
ing. | am your husband and the father
Cf your children, and must know what
you are doing"
Mrs McNan ara then 81 il taat she re-
piled as a joke: Perhaps you are the
father CT my children and perhaps you
are not He then struck me three LINES,
knocked me down and choked me"
Walter III. Hayes. counsel for McNa-
mara. asked Mrs Mcnamara II she had
net been drinking before her husband
came hCme. She said that she had not
Several witnesses testified as to the as
sault. Mr. Hayes asked for a dismissal
Oh the case on 'Ohe grounds OF techni-
cal assault Assistant City Solicitor
Cahoon said that IL was a clear case OF
assault
Judge Ball said Jhat Mrs. McNa-
maras little joke was very serious
one. "NO woman" said ,he judge,
SHOULD make such a reply to her nus
band" He fined Mcnamara $40 and
coils. ApropOs Of all this. Cornelius
Hcllanl. a brother of Mss. Mcnamara,
met Mcnamara en- Market street yester-
day an1 assaulted him.
Mr.. Mcnamara asserts that WAR
rant was issued for Hollands arrest
but that Holland hastily left town. He
says that the warrant will be served
whenever Holland comes into lhls jurls.
diction.
Another case in which some spicy
evidence was given was that OF May
switzer, charged with keeping a disor
/ derly house at No. SO7 East Eifh.l
street. Mary Gallagher, who freluenn
the house was arraigned also. j. g
Roach who lives opposite the SwitzeI
house said that both women gS- drunl
anu htNp Il ulrIIhfii9 lloho' III h'AANi O.
"They are fighting all lhc time b.
said Edward Griffith also saii that tn
place was disorderly When Mlchae
ReddOn was called ne said that oil
Thursday last There was o grcls tim
in the Swftzer mansion. --B5th. iwomt
were drunk and that Mlry Ga.llshe
was ON the front step hugglng a ma
| by the name Of Gillespie. She was s.
/ drunk that she fell off The sep. drag
ging the man with her, and hey boil
, lay on the pavement. -l
: Mrs Swtzer asked Re1don II hi
/ daughter didn't frequent her house
Z f'Why, cnly the other day she said
2 you daughter brought me a quart o
: whisky" Redden denied it, and sai
2 that he had warned his daughter Z
E keep away from the house.
The case Of John Quinn, colored. 70
assault and battery,wa continued unit
Monday
joseph Watson and James Howard
( whcm the police arrested last nieht oi
] suspicion of being implicated in the /
A. w. robbery in Philadelphia, wer
dismissed. The police found a LOT G
rings on the men and thought that the
, were probably stolen frcm sCme cf Nh
/. wheelmcl who are attending the n.
4 meet
]. Several drunks were fined.