The evening world., 1903-11-25
WITH LONG STRAP, SHE
SEEKS HER ACCUSER.
Declares that She Doesn't Wish
to Part with Her Man-TeIls
Her Story to the Magistrate
Neighbors Greatly Excited.

street and Morgan avenue crowded into
the Even Street Court to see the out.
come of the trouble between Mrs. Bertha
Settler and Mrs. Mamie 1sngelhardt
Mrs. Seltzer accuses Mrs. Engelhardt of
trying TO induce her to swap husbands.
While the %nelghbors Of PIckleville were
waiting for the two women to appear in
court, there was a hot time between the
two women. each of whom declared the
other to be n troublc-makcr.
Finally as neighbor after neighbor
went to Mrs. Settler and told her what
was Mrs. Englehardt's latest opinion OF
her, the former took a leather strap two
feet long with a buckle on the end,
doubled II up and went looking for Mrs.
Englelardt. But Mrs. E~nglehardt had
gone to the Even Street Court to deny
TO Magistrate O'Rcilly that she had
asked Mrs. Settler to trade husbands
with her.
Mrs. EnReIhardt Keeps busy.
Mrs. Epgclhardt lives at No. 16 MSr-
a went and Mrs. Scltzer at No. IS
Grattan street, two blocks away. Mrs.
Settlers husband works for a brewery.
Enselhardt is a hackman. His wife
goes out washing.
II used to be an undertaker's assist
anti she said to-day. but my man
don't want me to be out day and night,
and so / only goes out washing.
mi these awful lies Mrs. Seltzer tolls
are-Oh! they are awful yet. | don't
hear most of them because l am dcaf.
That is why 1 don 60 to court yester-
day when the police tell me to. 1 nave
to ave my sister TO listen to the Judge
and then tell me what he says get. 1
know Mrs. Settler all my life. She
came here last Thursday night when
My husband vas away [ zeal her
knock and knock, but | keep the wooden
bolt Oh and just pull it out a little so
: can see. Mrs. E~nglehardt,' she says,
4 need money. 1 amt got a cent
II give her sl.65. ! work twice for her
washing and she dom pay me nothing.
Go. tell her that. l amt seen her hug
band. ] never asked her to trade hus-
bands-well. maybe l did in a joke.
days washing pay. 1 go by the Judge
and tell him all.
"Ask the Neighbours She Says.
'She says she is twenty-one years old.
She Is only twenty years old. That
shows she amt telling the truth. Ask
the neighbors II | made love to her hus-
band"
Mrs. Engelhardt is a pretty woman,
twenty-threc years old. She lives in the
rear of the house and has Il good repu-
tatlon among the neighbors. She never
lacks for n subject OF conversation. Her
husband is older thar she is. They
haven't any children.
Mrs. Settler has one child, a little boy.
She stood at the kitchen stove to-day and
as each %neighbor came with fresh news
of the sayings of Mrs. Englehardt, she
got more and more anxious to get at
Mrs. Englehardt with either the poker
OF the heavy strap that she had handy.
That woman" she said. wants me
to trade husbands with her. She told
me SO by, her own mouth. All l want Is
for her to keep away from my husband.
She stops. him from his work. l seen
her by my own eyes talk to him on the
street. Then she comes to me and says,
Il like your husband better than mine
/ trade you 1 says No. My man, he
suits me. You go BY your own husband
Mrs. Engelhardt says you W her
tlsOo' OIlV VI tiit ltlBI lJOTS Sdhu.
"Oh! Oh! OH" Mrs. Seltzer cried with
the poker in one hand and the strap
In the other.
don't you get your husbands dinner?'
and / says. 4 get him no dinner
And then she says, You ought to get
down by your knees to be forgived.' and
7 says he must get down by his knees
hrst.
Gives Her the Price of n Loaf.
"she asks for money. and 1 have 81,
and give her the price OF a loaf OF
Her husband don't want her. He
find a man to take her he would give
Nor S.. Yes, sir. s5!, Amy wonder she
like to trade husbands?'
on A. a this krs 5SnS sn%' H MrS' Setter Sci S;c slipped
E%skIs6ardRt,, but the ia latter ta ' had t son sT e.
- don't go to court" Mrs. seltzer
Mrs; Settler was IN our Yesterday.
Mary yaf E%nselh sssd All Mrs The s sims wants tsh9 Pt
swap husbands by ME, and I am salts
fed yet with the one 1 have. / want
o to stop her asking me all the time
Judge o'ReiIIy Wake. Up.
"What's this?'. asked Judge o'Reilly.
''swap husbands! Who ever heard of
such a thing?" "
Judge. ] have heard OF nothing else
yet for many, many weeks. am AN
The time pestered by this woman, and
Bae says IL l DONE swap she will take
my mac any way.
my husband works by the brewery |
yet, and she NIL the time. Is waiting |
for him when he comes along home, |
Come by election time she comes to
me and says, say she. IL l don't swan
che viii take my husband from me;
ST thought 1t was Joking she was. but |
4 amt. already, and I want my hus-
well what does your husband say
to Ii asked the judge.
"Oh. my husband Is a quiet man and |
ne. se.ys we women must settle this
thing between us yet. All he wants |
= to be quiet by his home and let
On the , strength OF Mrs. Settlers
story Magistrate O'Reilly issued the |
summons for Mrs. Engelhardt, but when |
Airs, Settler did not appear this morn |
ing he ~adtourped the case until Friday. |