Evening journal., 1900-08-04
Mrs. SAGUH FLEEN
HERB FOR SAFETY
Tells Of Long Married Life
Of Misery
Fears Her Husband Who Brutally
Assaulted Philadelphia Inter
nal Revenue Collector

Alfred sague. u Philadelphia trolley
conductor, assaulted and severely in
jured John b. Frlel. deputy internal
revenue collector. at No. 1885 North
Twenty street, Philadelphia, on
Tuesday night SO frightened has
sague's wife become that she has come
to her relatives in this city. Sague has
resigned his position. FrIel Is IN the
Philadelphia German Hospital Jeal-
cusy is said to have been the cause OF
the trouble
Mrs. sague, a Philadelphia paper to-
Joseph E. Adams, at No 9l9 Market
street, this city.
Mr.. Adams is assistant superintend-
ent of the Prudential Life Insurance
Company, and Mrs. Adams has charge
Of the Japanese booth at Brandywine
Springs.
Mrs. Sague said yesterday:
Through It all have but one regret
that Mr.. Friel, who is an honorable
gentleman, should be made to stand in
such light. He has ben friend OF
our family always, and to be placed in
such a position in consequence Of the
unjust suspicion Of my husband is ter
rible
Il have lived a life Of such misery
and abuse as would seem almost in
credible If I were to tell you. ] hope
such sorrow as mine falls TO the lot OF
|. few women.
Il 81 am 90. have been married eleven
\ years. am the mother Of four chill.
dren. My people were well-to-do, and
! l had money. Then 1 did a good bust.
: ness in the store.
Il have given my husband thousand,
/. Of dollars the last gift being 81 ,40l
only n few months ago. He never die
: a days work from the time ] first mar
!, ried him until five weeks ago.
The first week OF our married lifl
he knocked me down. He has beatei
and abused me at intervals ever since
+ had married him against my parents
wishes. and so ! was too proud TO turI
TO them for sympathy. / did not wan
them TO know.
Il left him several times. however
but rather than have all the woriC
know about my trouble / lived agair
with him. He would try in every way
to make me unhappy; would even tall
10 our ltle children about me; woui,
call me names to them and try to poi
son their young minds against me-
b Five weeks ago | left him, declar
r ing | would never again live with him
4 He kicked me downstairs. could en-
b dure no more.
/ Il stored my goods. He hunted al
I over Philadelphia trying to find them
] but he could not Then my sister an,
r her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Adams
! rented the house in North Twenty
eighth street. l had previously takel
steps to secure a divorce. No later thai
I Tuesday l went before Magistrate Dew
] lin and swore out a warrant for m,
J husbands arrest, which was not served
5 We moved into the house, hoping L
have peace.
Mr. Friel came to see us all, Just a
, he had always called on the family
How my husband found us know not
r unless Special Officer Ritchie told hin
, OF our whereabouts, and also inform
! ed him that Mr.. Friel was calling a
] the house. I am told Rithie was stand
ing on the corner during the assault o.
Mr. Friel.
My husband was always fiercel,
Jealous, it being impossible to pleas
a him.
Il have two of my children here an,
Two are in lioga, Pa. with Miss Carri
r Davis"