Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-26
FEMALE V|TR|0L THRONER.
Colored Woman's Attempt to
 Disfigupe J. L. Halle.

The Case Will Be Tried Tomorrow
 Morning-Other Cases in Court To-
 day.
 lzetta Alexander. a colored waitress at St Margaret's academy, was chargcd ill the city court this morn lhg With assaulting Johnson l.. Haile q colored waiter employed in the Sco- VIII mousse. The assault consists Of throwing vitriol in the face of the lat ter early Christmas morning. No pvl- uence was taken ID the case. t.a!ic being unable to appear i'll court, and so it was adjourned 70 to-lnor!.ow morning, by which time it is expected he will be well enough to apnaar agalnst the young WOman. Jealousy Is supposed to have been the motive behind the vitriol throwing. and the actions of the party Indicate tills | De so. The story told by the injured
 man is substantially as follows:
 They had been keeping company to. gether for some time, and d few months ago Halle transferred his woo- ing to another coIored girl named Gro ford, who is employed by family llv Ing on Second avenue. Monday even ing Halle and the Croford girl were Oir their way to one of the tfeatprS when they were ovcrtakcn by the at'- cuSed. They had some words on the street after which Halle and his com- panion went inside the theater. 4 few minutes afterWard the play began The accused managed to set inside the. theater door and in 9 moment eSpieu Haite and his companion. Despite HaileS remonStranceS she took q seat beside him and sent back word to the ticket-taker that he would pay for her seat. Halle did so.
 After leaving the theater Halle ac- eompanied his friend home followed by the accused Their way to Second avenue, where the Croford girl is em- ployed. was quite stormy. and after leaving the former girl the accused in sisted that Haiie should accompahy her to St Margaret'S. Here another scene took place. The accused induced Halle to enter the kitchen and then locked the door and refused to let him out. The accused tried in vain to con- vince Halle that she loved him and at last, finding he was obdurate, she let:
 him for a moment and returned With something in cup. Halle took 10 ap- parent notice of this. presuming that it was something she had done in con nectiou with her work in the house.
 Before he induced her to allow him to
 go terrible scene took place, the
 woman insisting that it was lmpossl-
 ble to live without Halle. At leRg,4i.
 however. he got out, and was followed
 by the woman for some few yards she
 concealing something under her cape.
 By this time she was in q terrible
 mood and suddenly. taking the cup
 from under her cape, she dashed it's
 contents into Hailes face, sayin. she
 would kill him. Immediately it daWned upon Halle what had happened
 and lie ran to the nearest physician
 office. but failed to find relief until he
 went to pr Ballard's office, none of
 the other physicians being in. Halle
 said he was willing to let the matter
 drop if tie woman left the city. The
 fiery liquid has left it's marks on
 Hailc's face. neck and hands. His
 sight is uninjured, but had narrow
 escape. the eyelds being slightly
 burned. This morning in the city
 court there was evidence of influence
 to have the case dropped. Ihe ac-
 cused was not in court which shows
 that the state does not intend taking
 action at present at all events. Usual ly:all prisoners are in court. Whetnef or not the case against them Is reauS for trial just the case without tue interference of the city court. The accused friends are prominent i'll various churches. They are fully aware, oi the seriousness of the case. yet they
 say that the act was not done without | serious provocation. Halle is well i known as somewhat of a gay Lo- thario and his own statement that he
 will withdraw the complaint providing the accused leaves the city is con- sidered as evidence that he had grieV- | uusly irlit tied her. To-day an offer of $1OO was made to settle the ease
 out of court.
 Albert Frost was fined S5 and costs | for intoXication and Samuel Jerome | was fined the same amount for intoXi- l cation and breach of the peace. lie l created disturbance at the house, 93;i 1 Bank street. last evening.
 | Ambrose Perrow. colored, was fined | S5 and costs for theft of a horse blank | ct from Peter kelly's stables. Per | rows head was swathed in bandages | He ran all the way from Mill street 1 to the pine grove on Burnt hill, to eS, 1 cape arrest.
 Bernard DresselI. who has been many times in court. was fined Sl. | and costs for disturbing the peace of | Christmas eve.
 James Monroe and James Mcdonald l alleged members of a gang of tfampS
 were disposed Of with sentence ol | thirty days for begging. McDonalo l remarked to Officer Myers. who ar rested him, that this was the queeresl 1 town he ever was in, as it was the | easiest matter in the world to gel 1 drunk, but as hard as could be to gel | fed.
 A complaint for breach of the peace | against neighboring families. Wllllan l and Charles Gompers and Louis Al | derman, was continued for thirty days l to see how they will get along aftel 1 being given this chance.
 The case of the morning was then 1 taken up. A clever-looking young man | answering to the name of Charles | Conkling. pleaded not guilty to taking | a pair of horses and a carriage with out leave. The turnout belonged te Charles Barnes. Saturday Arthur Gaylord of Simonsville rented the out | fit from Barnes, to return it the fol I lowing morning. Conkling met him
 on Scoyill street and away they wen1 | for fun. While Gaylord went to get 2 drink, Conkling drove away and wount ! up in Bethlehem Monday morning. He
 was fined $25 and costs.