The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-30
A PlfIFUL CASE
OF HOUSEHOLD WOE
IRATE WOMAN CAUSES GREAT
EXCITEMENT

Telling His Troubles TO Prosecuting
Attorney When Wife and Little Child
Arrived-She Starts TRADE of Abuse
which is Continued ON the Street and
Attracts Large Crowd-WhiIs wOm-
an Was Abusing Her Husband Little
i've DonneIly Finally Partially Quiets
Her.
A woman was the cause of great
deal of trouble both inside and in front
Of police headquarters about o'clock
last evening, and her actions incident
ally brought to light case which As
sistant Prosecuting Attorney Hall says
is one of the most pitiful cases which
he has ever seen. :.- ... q
About o'clock last evening Frank
Comfort visited the prosecuting attor-
ney's Office. He told Attorney Hall
that he was the father Of several little
children and that his wife had such a
temper that he had not lived with her
for two years, and although she had
left him voluntarily and that he had
contributed to her support ever since
she was continually following him and
causing him great deal of trouble by
her abusive treatment,
He had just started in on his story
when the city attorneys door few open
and Mrs. Comfort entered dragging a
little crying seven-year-old boy by the
hand. AS soon as she saw her hus-
band she let go Of the child and, COM
menced TRADE of abuse which was
heard all over the building. While this
was going on she kept waving her fist
In front of her husbands face and
seemed every second about to hit him.
Attorney Hall rushed from his seat
at his desk and attempted to quiet the
woman. His efforts were in vain, how
ever, and finally she rushed out of the
office In huff saying, You do as you
like with the child; he's yours"
All the while this was going on the
little fellow was crying as though his
heart would break while a most strik-
Ing illustration Of the incongruity Of
fate was the fact that three other very
little children remained just outside
the door, and while all the rumpus was
going on inside they were whistling
Teasing, Teasing,I Was Only Teasing
You
After the exit of the woman Attorney
Hall talked to the husband. Mr.. Com
fort said that he was working at show
cling coal or any other work he could
get to do. He said that he worked hard
and gave the woman ali the money he
could get except just the small amount
he needed to live. The woman acknowl-
edged In the presence Of the attorney
that her husband had given her So only
last Saturday night. Mr.. Comfort told
the attorney that he wished to provide
for the children. He said that he had
one little one at his home and that he
would take the little boy there, al
there and that it was not a suitable
place for him He then went out talk
ing the child with him. f
When he reached the outside the wo-
man was waiting for him. she de-
Inanded the child, and grabbed him
away from her husband. She then con-
tinued her abuse In a loud, shrill tone
Of voice which brought a large crowd,
who were returning him from church,
about the station house steps, Mr..
Comfort tried several times to get
away, bu teach tim eshe followed him,
all the while making the most abusive
statements to him.
While this was going on Attorney
Hall had closed his office for the night
and he arrived on the front of the steps
Just in time to hear more troubIe.''
Mr. Comfort took refuge on the steps
with Attorney Hall, while the woman
stood on the ground in front and deliv-
cred her TRADE. She was quickly sur
rounded by a large crowd of people,
and what she lacked in eloquence she
certainly made up in the forcibleness
of her language.
Time after time the attorney advised
the woman to go home If she did not
want to be locked up, but it did no
good, and her husband said that he
though that she had been drinking.
Finally Detective Donnelly was called
from the quarters and he told the wo-
man that she would either have to go
home or else be locked UP, on a, charge
Of breach Of the peace. This threat par
TALLY silenced her.. and she was led
away down Court street by the detec-
tive
In the meantime the child had gone
crying down the street and was nearly
a block away when the mother and
the detective reached him. She then
started with the child towards her
home on Greene street.
Attorney Hall and Detective Donnel-
" then advised the husband to go in
the other direction and keep away from
the woman for the time being at least.
AS the husband started, he said: tYou
see, gentlemen, what L have been up
against for some years"
1t was only owing to the fact that the
attorney and the detective though that
it would be a hardship to the children
If the mother was arrested that she
was not locked UP.