The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
Angry Mrs. Emily Thrashes
Louis Wiss, a Grocer.
Claimed That He Had Beaten
Her Children.
HIT OVER THE FACE
Denies That He Slapped
Emily Boy.
elimination of an Old Time
Family Quarrel.

Louis Wiss was horsewhipped, in
front of his grocery store, corner of
Crane and Quincy streets, at o'clock
Monday evening by Mrs. Mary Emily,
a neighbor. Bad blood has existed be-
tween the two families for a long
time. and the trouble of last night is
only one Of a series Of affairs between
the families. Some time Saturday a
young son of Mrs. Emily cut the
Wiss clothes line and caused hostili-
ties to break out anew. Mr.. Wiss
caught the boy as he passed his store
and catching him by the arm was
giving him a tongue lashing for his
mischief when the boy set up a. wall
that reached his mothers ears and
started the trouble. Mrs. Emily
snatched a buggy whip from a buggy
which was standing near and began
striking Mr.. Wiss over the head
Blow after blow was rained on his
head and shoulders as he retreated to
his store. One of the clerks in the
store heard the trouble and came to
the rescue of his employer and took
the weapon away from the woman
before she was able to do any further
Mr.. Wiss said: s.I was just getting
ready to close my store when this boy
who has been doing all kinds Of mean
tricks ABOUT my store ana nome came
along and I stopped him intending to
give him a talking to and let him go
at that. He began to call to his moth
er and let him go and started to
complete my work when the first thing
knew some one struck me a Singing
blow across my face with a buggy
whip. I am a peaceable man and
would not strike a woman Tor any
reason and I ran into store to get
aWav from her She followed me to
. 10 nf
strike me until my clerk came out and
she then began to abuse him but did
not attempt to strike him. I have
/ lived in my present home for II years
and have conducted a grocery store on
this corner the same length Of time
and have never been IN trouble he
I fore with any one. AS soon as the
En1ilys moved in next door the trouble
commenced. Her children have beaten
/ my children and have done every lit
tie mean thing that entered their
heads or that their mother could
think of to put them up TO. mad q
high tight board fence built between
4 the two yards to stop the trouble if I
could but they have thrown their rub
/ bish and filth over this fence and into
my yard and I am mighty tired of 1t
I will swear out a warrant for her ar
rest this afternoon and am going to
! see if there is no law to handle a case
! of this kind
In speaking Of the whipping Mrs.
/ Emily said. eS whipped LnaC
man XViss and I did a mighty good
| job of it, too, I think. to never have had
any experience in that line of work.
He has abused and beaten my chill
I dren ever since We moved down here
and two or three different times he has
/ left the print Of his hands on them
/ where he has struck them, and took
! the matter into my own hands and in
/ tend to see to it that in the future my
/ children are not abused. My children
/ have never bothered him in any way
and I have not permitted them to go
near his place for I am afraid that he
will do them great harm. One Of my
/ little girls crawled out of the open
gate before she was able to walk
and crawled down in front Of his store
and he slapped her so that the print
Of his hand was on her face for days
afterwards"