The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-24
WHIPPED BY MRS. O'R0URKE
MISS PHILLIPs PROsECUTES THE
SPORTING MANS WIFE,

| who Admits She Lsshed the Woman in the
| Street and says She Has Broken Up Her
Home-Must give Bonds for Good be-
| hayior-Taiks of Divorce From o. Rourke.
Mrs. Annie o'Rourke, the wife OF Tom
O'Rourke. pugillstio matchmaker and man.
ager OF Sharkey. Dixon and other fighters. APP
peared before Magistrate Zeller In tho Harlem
police court yesterday afternoon in an
swer to summons obtained by Mildred
Phillips OF 3 West sixty-thlrd street, charging
that on the night OF Oct. ~. she was
set upon and horse-whipped BY Mrs O'Rouke
in Forty-thlrd street near Broadway. Miss
Phillips was represented by Lawyer Louis
Davis George Gordon Battle appeared for
Mrs O'Rouko. Nobody seemed to know why
tho case was brought up In the Harlem police
court when II would DO expected to come up
for hearing in tho West Fiity-fourth street
court. Mrs. ORouke lives with her two daugh-
ters at liS Second avenue.
Miss Phillips testified she had been visiting
friends In West Forty-thrd street and was
leaving their home to NO to Broadway when
she noticed three women and o man standing
across the street. They started toward her
in q hurry. the man grabbed her by
the arms and hold her fast. and
Mrs. O'Rourke. who was one Of the women.
dashed her with whip score Of times. She
took and stIll had in her possession.
Mrs. ORourke. In her testimony. said that
the complainant was her husbands mistress
and had been for tho last three years. Her hus-
band had not been home since the night Of
Oct. 81. and she and hor daughters were desti-
tute. She admitted horsewhipplng the COM
planant, and said she I'D II because the wo-
man had broken up her home.
Magistrate Zellsr said that Mrs ORourke
had no right to take the law into her own
hal a complaint OF dsorderly conduct made
out against Mrs ORourkc. aud ANNOUNCED
that hs you'd hold her n 500 bal for her
heard this Mrs O'Rourke became hysteriCal.
She was paroIed to enable her to find IA bonds
Mrs. O'Rourke was seen at her sisters house
et2ti East Eighteenth street last night, She
Miss PHILLIPS. whom she said she had been ioi.
lowing lor, more than a year bet, ctiycs Rep;
me roItpd about xb n. ToP S5rs mGve%rpI,
ssnh What S"f "a s ETe ssSp S$GTi
evening with my sister [ WATCHED Tor her
There was no man with us. When she came
S%t ssr Snd Ssr hr W PSd
wSmSn wfS 6ad soms out Of The hotel
We, faty,tRird street, i i "" sbopt oclo1SS
then For hw p; hours our my sister and Waited on
came down the steps alone.
II stepped right In front OF her. She tried to
deny the charges | made. aud so I got out the
whip and gave II to her across the lace. She
turned an ran toward sixth avenue.
and / kept after her, laying the whip
over her shoulders at every step. There
was crowd OF men at the corner hut
not one o. them touched us until a man with
a sutchel ran up and toll m. To- stop
But kent on whipping her until eabmRn ran
upand got her into his cat. While he was get
ting her in managed 10 pull of her hat. No
one inter'erei with ia after the cab hal driven
away although big crowd had gathered.
Il ony wanted t. give her whit she de-
served. an 4 did. Ihelieve the case was taken
10 tho Harlem court instead OF to the West
Fi'ty-fourth street court through Mr.
O'RnurEe's Influence. II. knew that MaCfs.
trate Poo. who was at the West Side court
when the summons was sworn out, generally
sympathiZsl with w!vos who had been
wrpnged A. have"
Mrs O'Rourke said that through her lawyer
Dir Battle. She would begin an action Tor d.
vorce Immediately.