Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-18

REFUSED BY
DR.. REASON
Woman Threatens to Horse
whip Former Roosevelt
Mayoralty Candidate.
PEACE WARRANT ISSUED
PRESIDENTS AGOG
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

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Roosevelt, Nov. 18:-Since the
appearance of yesterdays issue of
the Roosevelt News, which contained
no retraction by DR.. J. j. Reason of
the statement published by him in
that paper on Thursday of last week
in which he said that Mrs. Valentine
Gleckner acted "unladylike by max
Ing faces and putting her fingers to
her nose to him, the residents of
this town are hourly expecting some
excitement in the form of an attack
on the physician by Mrs. Gleckner,
who, 1t Is said, has threatened to
horsewhip, blind and kill him. In
the meantime Dr. Reason has issued
a peace warrant which will be served
on Mrs. Gleckner.
DR.. Reason was the republican
candidate for mayor of this place this
year, running against Joseph Her.
mann, who was reelected for fourth
term. When the returns had an
nounced DR.. Reasons defeat, Mrs.
Gleckner, who Is the wife of Demo-
cratic member of the Board of Educa-
ton, with number of others,t it Is
reported, went to the Reason home
while celebrating the victory. Ac-
cording to DR.. and Mrs. Reason, who
stood on the porch of their residence,
Mrs. Gleckner could not restrain her
elation over the result of the ballot
and acted in the "unladylike" man
ner as stated.
An EVENING NEWS representa-
tive was unable to reach DR.. Reason
this morning, but in an interview
with Mrs. Reason the lady stated
that, with her husband, Mrs. Gleck-
ner called on DR.. Reason and asked
him to retract his statement of last
week in this weeks issue of the
Roosevelt News. The doctor refused,
as the appearance of this weeks
Roosevelt News testifies, and Mrs.
Reason states that Mrs Gleckner
then threatened to blind him and to
kill him despite the advice of Mr..
Gleckner, who begged his wife to de-
sist, according to Mrs. Reason.
Mrs. Reason says that on last Fri
day night it was reported that Mrs.
Gleckner, with Mrs. Little, stood
in the doorway of house adjoining
the town hall and waited for DR..
Reason, who is councilman, to at
tend the session of the council. Mrs.
Gleekner is reported to have had
horsewhip in her possession, which
for all intents and purposes was ap
parently to be used on the physician.
DR.. Reason, having professional calls,
was unable to attend the council
meeting that night, much to the dis
appointment of an expectant crowd
of people which had anticipated Mrs.
Gleckner's intent, according to the
report.
When DR.. Reason heard the next
morning of Mrs. Gleckners reported
manoevers Of the night before, he
sought the police recorder and swore
out a peace warrant. 1t was given to
marshal to serve, but afterwards
withdrawn as the doctor did not wish
to bring his wife into the case, Many
people believe that DR.. Reason has
made a mistake in identity and ac-
cording to Mrs. Reason she would be
her husbands only witness to prove
that Mrs. Gleckner was the woman
in question.
However, Mrs. Reason stated to
the EVENING NEWS representative
that she had. made up her MIND to
urge her husband to have the peace
warrant served; that he had with
drawn 1t upon her solicitation and
that she did not now mind the pub
licity incident to such proceeding
in that the case has already had such
publicity around this place that a
little more would not matter.
Mrs Gleckner has been mixed up
in legal tangle before, Mrs. Reason
stated but what the nature of 1t was,
she did not know.
In all events the citizens locally
expect excitement whether or not DIR.
Reason has the peace warrant served,
for Mrs. Gleckner, it is understood,
is highly indignant at the statement
published by the physician and has
large number of sympathizing
friends. She bears an excellent repu-
tation in this place.