The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06
FOUND GLASS IN HER BREAD.
MRS. f. w. WHITE SAYS HER HUs-
BAND TRIED TO KILL HER.

He Put Ground Glass in the Flour
She Used for Biscuit-White Gase
BOnd-ais Employers Give Him n
Good Name-Both Parties Have Re-
tanned Counsel and Divorce Pro-
ceedings Looked For-Their Com
nubiaI Relations Have Been
Strained for Some Time.
Finely powdered glass discovered in a
biscuit his wife was eating was the cause
of f. w. Whites arrest yesterday
on a charge of assault with in
tent to murder. The warrant was sworn
out by Mrs. White before Justice Michael
Naughtin
There seems to be no direct proof that
White put the glass in the -four from which
the biscuits were made. The conclusion
that he had done so was reached by his
wife on account Of the number of family
jars they have had of late. Her suspicious
are very strong and she thinks she will be
able to establish proof of an attempt upon
her life and that of her sister, Mrs. WIKI
ms, by her husband
The glass was found in the biscuit day
before yesterday. Mrs. White decided she
would like biscuit for breakfast instead
of light bread. She took the flour
from an almost empty sack pur-
chased some time before from Lynch's
grocery store, above which, on Whitaker
street, the Whites live. In telling Justice
Naughtin of the occurrence, Mrs. White
said she and her husband had a quarrel
while she was making preparations for the
meal, a bunch of keys being the casus
belh. The husband accused the wife Of
having stolen the keys. She responded
vigorously in denial Of the charge and
violent dispute followed. Matters finally
Gained down, and she and her sister pro-
ceeded with the preparations for the meal.
The biscuits had been in the stove all dur
Ing the dispute about the keys, according
TO Mrs. White, and they were some What
burned when the quarrel had Gained down
sufficiently for her to go to look at them.
She took them out, however. and put them
on the table. She and Mrs. wilkins then
sat down to begin their breakfast Mrs.
White took bite of one of the biscuits,
and at once discovered something wrong.
As she began to chew she felt her teeth
crunching against some fine, hard sub
stance, foreign to the usual composition
of biscuit She did not swallow any of the
food, but went at once to the place where
she had made up the biscuit 10 examine
the dough which remained Then it vas.
| she said, that she discovered evidence OF
glass having been put in the -four. By
close inspection she could see the fine
grains.
Mrs. White was greatly alarmed at ler
| discovery. She thought she had swallow
! ed portion of the food, ana this added 10
| her distress. She went to see Justice
Naughin soon after she found the glass
| TO tell him the story He listened TO what
| she had TO say and advised her to look
up chemist or physician and have him
analy5e the biscuit and remaining -four
to ascertain whether anything was the
matter with Ii. She went away and late
| went TO see DR.. J. G.. FARRELL who told
her the flour and biscuit contained pow
dered glass. She went back to the magis-
trate's office yesterday morning and swore
! out the warrant
White gave bond for his appearance in
! the Superior Court, His bond was secured
by application to the manager of the At
lanta branch of the house he represents,
the L. b. Price Company of Kan
| Soa Wy. w Hile mas DeSn the agent or the
| firm here since last fall having come from
Atlanta to assume the position. He has
made his office at his home, corner of
| Whitaker and Taylor streets. BY tele-
| grams the matter was readily arranged
| with the manager of the Atlanta branch.
and surety company of that place stood
the bond. A letter, recently received from
the manager, was displayed by White.
! IL was a warm testimonial to his char
| NH
Both White and his wife have retained
counsel to represent them in the case.
! Mrs. White has secured Barrow
| & Osborne, while her husband is repre-
| sented by Alexander & Hitch
II is said the intention of one or both
of the parties is to sue for divorce. SO
that considerable may yet be heard from
the case.
The Whites have been in Savannah for
several months, but the FIRST trouble be-
| tween them that reached the public ear
! occurred last Tuesday, when the interyen-
ton of the police was asked by the wife
TO protect her from her husband At that
time separation had been agreed upon. If
| is said, and a paper had been ylravyn nm
! Whites story of the trouble was that his
wife had refused to sign the paper after he
had paid her the stipulated amount. SEC. he
| was to give her. He said she took the
money and then refused to sign Trouble
followed and she ran down stairs and out
on the street. She made her way down
Bull street 10 Livingstons De Soto Phar-
macy. She had the roll of bills in her hand
all the time, and was waving them about
as she rushed into the store and asked TO
| be allowed TO use the telephone Permission
was granted and she rang UP the bar
racks. An officer responded at once and he
and Mrs White went back to her home
! Her husband had disappeared, but she told
the officer her story of the trouble
White was talking about the difficulty
! yesterday and said 1t had arisen throueh
his sister-in-law, Mrs. wilkins, having
made sale amounting to IS. She wanted 81
| as commission, but this he refused to al
low her, saying his house would not sane
ton it, and consequently he could moi. Then
the talk OF separation commenced.
! After the trouble last Tuesdy the desire
for separation seemed TO grow stronger
with both. Accordingly they went down
on visit to two or three of the nagis-
trates 10 get the thing so fixed as TO allow
them to separate. After finding two mag
| istrates away from their offices ehev nm
ally found Justice Wickham, who drew
up an agreement for them. BY the terms
| of this, SlO0 was to be paid by the hus
| band 10 his wife $50 doun ana 49, ~,