Evening journal., 1899-01-10
SHE MEANT TO MURDER.
WIFE or A WeLL-KNoWN BOTHER
SEEKS REVENGE WITH "A RAZOR.

SEEKS REVENGE With a RAZOR.
MRS. JOHN LEMON ATTACKS
MRS. LAURA STREETS AT
SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS
LAST NIGHr-cUT HER OVER
THE EYE WITH A RAzOR-A
CASE or MISTAKEN IDENTITY
CAUeED BY JEALOUSY.
Mre Fannie Lemon. wife Of John
Lemon the bother of Fourth and
scott streets. mmderousiy assauAed
Mrs. Leura stree.s with a razor at
sixth ana Market streea shortly after
O'Clock last night
For some time past Msn. Lemon has
been suspicious that her husband was
Believing his affections upon ether
women, ana she finally de;erm -Cd to
wat,l him. She knew that he WAC in
the hlblt Of going 10 Wonderland The
aue maNnecs. ard learned that he
had been frequently esen there with
women whcae chaclUer was not open
for irspcctlon
Yesterday afternoon the indignant
wife corcUded that she, too, would 50
to the matnee and earn for herself
whether the reports che had heard of
her husbands inhdeity were true or
not
Mrs Lemon, accordingly, onve.cpci
her mead and face with a heavy vei,
and arming herself with her hwshand S
razor, proceeded 10 the wonderland.
She secured a sent in the left-hand box
and placing heiHelf in position
where she could obtain a fun view Of
the house, drew the curtains together
People In the theatre wondered who
the vei.cd woman w2s who apparent
iy took so Nt,le intorCa. in the per-
fc.manpo, ard seemed TO c.cse.y scan
everyone VINO entered the houa@
Shortly after Mrs bemon had taken
her seat John Lcrln came in cicne.
He took a -eat IN the rear portion cf
the theatre but after remaining n
short time he noticed an uroccupiei
seat next to two women, Mrs. laura
Streets, of No 40 Head street. being
one. and Margaret Sterling the either.
He arose and at once took the seat
alongside of the women anu was soon
in conversation with them He saw
his wife, but did not recognize her. for
upon being asked by one of the
wcmen who the woman in the box
was, replied. "Oh, she's one of those
people from Grange street"
After the performance was over
Lemon went as far aa the door of the
theatre with his companions. they GO
irg mp Seventh street to Mllke., and
he in another direction.
M,u. Lemon had leN the taeatre a
short time before the entertainment
was over ard had taken her stand ON
the Cclner Of Seventh and Ship'ey
-trecis Several persons flllewed her
cut anu endeay0rcd 10 ascertain who
she Wcs. bus were unsuccccsful. De-
teotlve Wifsil wcG enc of the persons
who followed Mrs Lemon cut and
--peding something wrong, he took
a scat in Magistrate DlleyH Office
where be coI,d w1tch her movements
The irlto wcI9n Now ccCvinccd Of
her husbands inhder'ty, est'css'y
paced Gp and down the sidewalk wait
ing for her husband TO appear. After
Lemon had left the two wcmen his
wife followed them up Seventh TO
Market street. and down that thor
oughfare. Detective Witsil. i'm COM
pany with Policemen Davidson. Lyons.
Mallney and Muilon. we're close on
her trail Several timts she approach
ed the women as il to attack them.
but drew back
Reaching Sixth and Markc. s.reo.s,
however. Mss Lemon could restrain
her anger no longer, and relching out
che grabbed Mrs. Streets by the arm.
remaiking you're the ore / want. %
Quick as a flash she pulled the razor
from beneath her c'cak ard made a
s.leh q the Streets w1meu. cutting
ho- above the right eye. Tic woman.
with q cay of pain. gplang away from
hc- aneag3n.st. who made a second at
;emrt 70 Gu. her
ARRESTED by DAVIDSON.
By this time the officers were on the
s,ene and Onicer Davidson at once
caught Mrs. Lemons arm ana took the
iAANt lAon NAl. lNI N.allut Nne
fought like ttgress but finally calm
ed down and when She was aiken into
the police station she was as cool as If
nothing had happenei She was arr
raigaol last night in City Court on a
charge of asslu-t with inten TO kin
ana whe he.d under $500 bail for a
hearing tomorrow. her husband Who
had previously come TO the HAIL going
Cl her bond
PEOPLE BADLY SCARED.
The affair could noa have happened
when there were more polsors ON the
s.roct and when Mrs. Lemon made her
dcadly cut women screamed and chill
dren oIed The woman remarked %
the Officers when they We're taking
her 20 the station that she would have
killed the Street woman
Tn Cc1versation at the City Hall last
/ night, Mrs. Street 7s'd that the only
rol--a she knew Of why Mrs. Lemon
/ cJacad her was because she looked