The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-03
SUIT SOAKED IN THE BAFHTBB
HICKBYS FLAT TOPSY.TURYY
AFTER WIFE'S VISIT.

Ours waved ~ Banners on the walls with
Cutting Legends-FaF Too Much Beef
on the DumbWHiteF-l2 Hours Super
nuOua Gas Biu-BeparatiOn suit On.
John NJ Hickey. who has spent forty
yeaTs In managing road shows and u now a
real estate broker At 1882 Broadway has q
wife, who, before he married her, was Mise
Ray Alexander. an actress. They have
been married eight years. Up TO Feb ,
they occupied a fat at 2si West i4ist street,
On that date, a. Mr.. Hickey related 10 the
Harlem police court yesterday, Mrs Hickey
left the fat and has since been living with
her sister. Mr.. Hickey continued to keep
house With his dAu lighter. Recently he got
his lawyer, Robert l.. Turk, TO bring suit
for separation against Mrs. Hickey In the
Supreme Court charging abandonment.
The suit is pending.
Mr.. Hickey says that subsequently, Mrs.
Hickey made several requests OF him Tor
some Of the furniture. alleging that II be-
lonRed to her. He told her that she could
have II on May 1, when he proposed TO va
cate the fat Mrs, Hickey seemingly con-
scented, he says.
Mr. Hickey's daughter went out Of town
on a visit last week. On Wednesday ao-
cording to the sad story told In court, Mr..
Hickey, after dining at a chophouse. turned
toward his lonely Harlem fat. 1t was II
o'clock when he arrived there. When he
got out of the elevator he noticed that the
doornat was gone. When he opened the
door he found every gasjet burning brightly.
There are twelve Jets in the Hickey fiat.
Subsequent investigation disclosed the fact
that they had been burning twelve hours.
Mr.. Hickey next discovered that the hoor
we're bare Of carpets, that some chairs were
overturned and that on the floor lay most Of
the pictures and bric-a-brac that had made
the fat seem like home. brass bed in
which he had expected TO sleep was gone.
CHANGING toward the parlor mantel, he
found several Of his clean cuffs pinned 10
the woodwork. Opposite. on another wall,
were more Of his cuffs. They were all over
the fat. Mr.. Hickey tore on cum. On
IL. written in pencil in a well known hand
he says. was this legend
Me for liberty. you for hell
He tore of another.
you can chase yourself II read.
Another and another cum came Gown
from the wall Hickey could not read
some Of them. because they were In French.
He made his way toward the kitchen.
On his way he passed the bathroom, 1t
Was brilliantly lighted, like the other rooms.
The sound of dripping water broke on his
ears. Floating near the top cf the tub.
As Hickey described Il, was his new light
summer suit. Other articles Of HIS ward
robe. including some fancy vests. were
pinned down at the bottom by the weight
OF some rugs. He stirred up the mass and
some wilted collars and cuffs hoated into
view.
The dining room table and the side
board were still there. but on them were
a lot OF broken dishes. Again the sound
Of running water came TO his ears. II
was in the kitchen. In the sink, well
soaked, according to Hickey's story, were
a ackage Of oatmeal, some sugar and a
few other breakfast necessaries. Lured
by the smell Of liquor, he approached the
yashtubs There we're the broken bottles
that had held his stock OF maraschino,
Caret and sherry. Dishes and dishpans
Uttered the floor, He picked his way over
them to the parlor, found that a couch was
left and went TO sleep on II.
Mr. Hickey says that he doesn't know
how long he had BEEN asleep when he beard
the whistle of the dumbwaiter. He found
II was morning and he tore down the hall
when be opened the door OF the dumb
Of a Western steer met his eye. He yelled
down the shaft and found that II was 100
pounds OF beef ordered the day before.
Mr.. Hickey sent the waiter down. He told
the man TO take back the beef; that some
body had put up joke on him.
Several times, Hickey said, the whistle
blew again. Each time he found the dumb
waiter groaning under the large quantities
Of groceries and other household supplies.
Each time he sent the waiter down with
hang. Some Of the tradesmen, Hickey
said, came TO the door and said that the
stuff had been ordered for a big party.
Hickey fed from the fiat. He got the
janitor and the police.
The janitor told the police and told Hickey
that his wife had visited the nat on Wednes-
day morning with her brother. While
Mrs. Hickey stood in the hall. he said, the
brother had climbed the fire escape TO the
fourth floor and got into the nat through
an open window. Then he let Mrs. Hickey
in. Soon after a moving truck backed up,
and out went the bed, carpets and some
chairs.
Hickey went 10 the Harlem court and got
out a summons for Louis Alexander, Mrs.
Hickey's brother He appeared in court
Yesterday and 40 did Mrs. Hickey, a tall,
middeaged woman. Mr.. Hickey was ac-
Companied by his lawyer and by the janitor.
He charged the brother with malicious
mischief, break king ir 10 his fat, and larceny.
He didn't charge Mrs. Hickey with any
thing. In support OF his charge he told
his story, and he had the janitor tell his.
Mrs. Hickey admitted entering the fat
and IA king some Of the furniture, which, she
said belonged 10 her. She also admitted
mining messages on cuffs around the fat.
She wouldn't admit that she had broken
ANYTHING, OF that her brother bad, nor that
thew had put Hickey's clothes in soak
This man il my husband said Mrs
Hickey. 'and the fat is my home. and had
a perfect right 10 enter II and do what |
pleased there
Magistrate Bresn said thst, in view Of
the separation suit, he wouldn't interfere.
He exacted a promise from Mrs. Hickey,
however, that she would not annoy Mr.
Hickey. Mrs. Hickey swept out 81 the
courtroom with triumphant air. Hickey
said yesterday that the senaration suit
would be fought 10 a finish. He has moved
out what things he had left, and Ia now