Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-10
CHASES HER RIVAL
Enraged Wife Creates Scene on Sec
other Woman With Husband.
LATTER is A MOTORMAN
He Had Been Entertaining His Flame
From a Pie Counter-Women
Have Foot Race.

An enraged wife gave chase on Sec
1nd avenue last evening to a woman
Sho has been seeking to divide with
her the affections OF her husband, and
he fact that the pursued was the bet
ter sprinter of the two alone prevented
d public hair-pulling
The wife adopted clever means OF
trapping the destroyer Of her home.
The husband is a street car mOtorman-
He has been flirting with young wo-
man who is employed as waitress in a
Second avenue restaurant. After her
duty for the day was finished she would
post herself at d corner and wait the
coming of the car guided by her gay
I.othario. She would ride on the front
seat and they would say sweet moth
ings TO one another until his last trip,
when he would take her for a stroll
and buy her pop at some outlying re-
freshment establishment.
Warnings Are Not Needed.
The wife is a pretty, little woman.
She has child not old enough to walk.
and she wheels it in a carriage. She
had been receiving reports of the at
tentions that her husband had been
bestowinS on the pie counter lady, and
the former was taken to task for his
conduct The wife also warned the
mOtOrman's latest crush that she was
wasting her time; that he was a mar
ried man, and eventually she would
get him and herself in trouble if she
persisted in allowing him to pay court
to her.
Evidently her admOnitiOns were not
needed, and the climax occurred last
evening. Shortly after O'Clock q
young woman pushing a baby carriage
stopped at d Second avenue business
house and asked if she might be per
mitted to wait for car. Several gen
tlcmen were in conversation with the
proprietor. They noted her nervous
ness. She would step outside every
few minutes and look east. Finally
the car she was expecting came along
and she sprang out the door and hop
ped on the front seat just as another
woman boarded the same seat from
the opposite side of the avenue.
both Jump From Moving Car.
The other woman was the one from
the restaurant The wife addressed
the motorman. who is her husband, as
she brushed past him in an effort to
get her hands on his pie counter flame,
hind him. The car was still
and placed the baby on the seat be
in motion when both women
aIiShtcd, and there was a foot
race east on the avenue. both holding
their skirts high to keep them free
Of the dirt and water. 1t was sprink-
linE rain at the time At Sixteenth
street they turned north, and after a
minute were seen to suddenly cross
the avenue and dart south toward the
police station. There seemed to be not
more than ten yards between them.
At this point they were lost track OF
by those who Witnessed the perform
ance. The wife, nearly exhausted. re-
turned TO the store for her buggy in the
course OF half an hour after she board
ed the car.
Promises to Get Her Next Time.
NO; l did not overtake her." she
replied to "A gentleman who inquired
the occasion for such sudden flight.
1t is fortunate for her that she can
run faster than l. She has been warn
ed TO remain away from my husband
The next time she viii not get such a
good start on me. | will catch her If
am unable To get my hands on her |
will have something else that will
reach her"
CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY