The age-herald., 1898-10-12
MRS. O'BRIEN WAS
 OUT FOR A SCRAP She Got It and Her Husband Got
 One Also. KNOCKED OUT MRS. HlLLMAN But Mr. 0'Brien Was Less Fortunate
 With Mr. BOley. STABBED IN THE ABDOMEN The Women Fought in Second Avenue and the Men in a Saloon-Al
 Grew Out of One Cause,
 Jealousy.
KNOCKED OUT MRS. HILLMAN
STABBED IN THE ABDOMEN

The green-eyed monster, jealousy, has stalked boldly into the home of Frank P. O'Brien, the Eighteenth street saloon- keeper, and is nurtured alike in the breast of the husband and his spouse. As re- suit both Mr. OBrien and his wife were yesterday the principals in a brace of epi- sodes, one of which may result fatally.
 About o'clock yesterday afternoon the neighborhood of Second avenue and Nine teenth street was startled by the screams of a woman, who was lying on the side- walk in front of the store of Snyder & Son. with another woman on top of her. dexter ously, if not feelingy, applying blow after blow with her fists. MT. Snyder and an- other gentleman who was in the store at the time ran out and separated the women, who proved to be Mrs. Frank P. OBrien, wife of the saloonkeeper, and Mrs. Julia Hillman of Gate City. Mrs. OBrien was the aggressor, and after being pulled off her adversary started down Second avenue. Mrs Hillman was badly frightened and was taken into Snyders store. About this time Officer Disheroon came up and placed Mrs. OBrien under arrest, taking her back to Snyder's store, to make out a bond.
 Made a Second Dash
 Mrs. Eillman was in the back part of the store, and while the officer was filling out the bond Mrs. O'Brien quietly walked down .--~ aisle of the store until she was near Mrs. Hillman, when she made a dash for 4I,.o ca cer, would have again attacked the wo- man. who was quaking with fear. Mrs. O'Brien was in rage, and, grasping Mrs. Hillman's umbrella, broke it across her knee. She then grabbed bolt of cloth and hurled it at the other woman.
 Officers Eagan and Burke arrived upon the scene and the infuriated woman was soon quieted down. She was taken out of the store by Officer Dishroon and soon gave bond and was released.
 Mrs. Hillman was taken to police head quarters and also gave bond for her ap- pearance before Judge Feagin this morning.
 Mrs O'Brien was uncommunicative as to the cause of the difficulty, but stated that she was justified in doing what did, inti- mating that Mrs. Hillman had invaded her home, and alienated the affections of her husband.
 Done Without Cause
 Mrs. Hilman spoke freely of the affair to an Age-Herald reporter, stating that she Lad been attacked on the street without cause. She said that she had several times visited Mrs O'Brien, who resided in a room over her husbands saloon and supposed 1t was a nice quiet place. She said that her husband did not object to her going there, and had on two occasions gone with her. These visits, she said, had been most friendly, the time being passed in pleasant conversation and enlivened with a few glasses of beer in which Mrs. O'Brien had joined.
 The attack upon her, she said, had been unwarranted, and would result in a shoot ing scrape, evidently meaning that her hus- band would take hand.
 Met With Reprimand
 After making bond Mrs. O'Brien returned home and instead of being received with open arms is said to have been met with a reprimand from her husband, which re- suited in quarrel. A short time after she again left home, and O'Brien started out in search of her.
 It Is at this juncture that the second chapter begins.
 According to the statement of O'Brien he went to the loan office of G. H. Parker in the building over his saloon and suppos- ing that his wife was in the room demanded that the door be opened. He evidently failed to call into service the magic words of "open sesame for the door remained closed. He is said to have forced an en- trance and finding the room vacant re- turned to his saloon.
 About o'clock c. c. Boley, manager of MT. Parker's office who rooms in the same building, returned from church and found the office open. He was told that O'Brlen had broken open the door and went at once to the saloon and found Mr. o'Brien out. He left word for Mr. O'Brien, that if he again broke open his office he would kill him and walked out. In short tme,, O'Bren returned and Boley's message was delivered to him. A few moments later Boley returned and as he stepped into the saloon, O'Brien went to him and grasping him by the arms said, You are the man man who IS going to kill me, are your"
 Got His Knife
 A scuffle ensued when Boley reached in his pocket and securing his knife made a slash at O'Brien, cutting him in the ab- domen.
 .OBrien at once released his hold and screamed out that he had been cut. Sev- eral parties were in the saloon at the time and rushed out for an officer. Boley quiet ly closed his knife and walked to police headquarters and surrendered to Officer Hamilton, telling him what he had done.
 O'Brien bled profusely from the wound and was assisted to chair. A physician was summoned and after some delay pr. Chapman arrived and made an examina- tion. It was found that the wound was about three inches long and had penetrated the cavity, but was not necessarily fatal pr. Copeland came in about this time and O'Brien was placed upon table and the wound dressed. Several stitches were talk en and O'Brien was evidently in great