The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-11-03
THE WIFE TELLS ABOUT IT.
The Way Her 100 Pound Husband was
Handled BY a. 2lO Pound
Negress:

Martha Blackman, a 2l0 pound ne
gross, is suing Joseph Blackman, white
man, for divorce in Part Of the SUI
preme Court, alleging that he is her
common law husband. Until recently
lBlackman was bookkeeper for a
broker firm in Broad Street He is
now living with his bride Of a few
weeks at 20 East 11Sth Street.
Yesterday afternoon when Sun re-
porter called at the Blackman fiat
Blackman was in seclusion Martha's
petition for alimony and counsel fees
had been denied, Blackman was ex-
lpecting another visit from her. There
fore Mrs Blackman did the talking. II
MY husband knew the woman in
lCharleston, she said. she was a big,
handsome mulatto, and Mr. Blackman
was fascinated by her. He got tired of
her and came to this city. She could
not get trace Of him for some time
after she got here. but she met him
lone day in lower Broadway. She made
a rush for him, got him by the collar
and dragged him into the Office Of a
lawyer she had already engaged The
lawyer was slow in appearing, and that
was pretty hard on my husband. She
slapped his face and knocked him down
and made him sign some papers. He
ESCAPED finally, and got out a warrant
for her arrest, but she could not be
found then.
THE woman heard that I was to be
married to Mr. Blackman, so she found
out where lived and came to the
house,314 West 126th Street. / was in
my fiat with one or two friends and
voice in the hall and her pounding on
1.-THE door, but we went into a back
room, thinking she would go away.
Pretty soon she broke, down the door
| by throwing her weight against it, and
rushed in. Mr. White tried to protect
us, but the big negress picked him up,
dragged him out into the hall and
threw him downstairs. She tried to-
catch me, but got away, and some of
the tenants of the building induced her
| to leave.
i G4l8l9llIhAlicllL w clo WI Ming lOl LIE
brokerage firm, and the next thing she
did was to go to his Office. He was
working in a wire cage when she went
in, and he turned the key in the cage
door, That made no difference to her.
tShe grabbed corner of the cage,
wrenched it loose, and dragged Mr.
! Blackman out by the collar. She made
him promise to pay $40 a week, and she
threw him half way across the office.
She was put out, but my husband lost
his job, of course.
I'VE got married about that time,
and one day very soon afterword the
|negress came to our fiat. She smashed
the door with a stone, grabbed me and
Just wiped up the floor with me. Mrs
Margaret Hauerstein, one of the tenants,
tried to interfere, but this. woman hit
her on the back of the head with the
Istone and knocked her unconscious.
We had the negress arrested after
that, but decided to drop the case,
thinking she would be peaceable.
Well, she showed up again in day
or two. This time Mr. Blackman was
at home. She said she had come to
get him and she got him. She picked
him UP like sack of flour, threw him
across her shoulders and walked off
with him. She took him clear to Fort
Hamilton, where she was living. He
managed to get home the same day, I
don't know how
That's the last the Blackmans have
seen Of Martha, but they are not tax
ing any chances against visit from
her. There is almost military discipline
at the Blackman fiat. Scouts are post
ed, doors are barred and passwords
are necessary to get into the house.
Mrs Blackman does all the talking for
the. family and Blackmar does not
show himself except when absolutely
necessary.--New York Sun.