The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-22
D|SCRAUFUL Scene
Mrs. Won Claussen Creates
Disturbance In a Bank
At New York
SHE ASSAULTS OFFICERS

INVITES newspaper Fuen W Cce heF
After Encounter and Expresses De-
light Over Her Victory as She Final
ly Gets Money She Wants.
New York, Sept. 19.-Mrs. Ida M.
won" Claussen, author, militant
suffragette, member of the Joan OF
Arc League, etc, who, about a year
ago, achieved considerable notoriety
by threatening President Roosevelt
with a S1,000,000, suit because he had
failed to comply with her demand to
recall the American minister to Swe-
den, Mr.. Graves, who had aroused the
ire of the belligerent lady by his re-
fusal to present her to King Oscar,
gained additional notoriety the other
day by making a disgraceful scene IL
the OFFICES of the United States Mort
gage and Trust Company. Mrs. Won
Clausseis, one of the heirs of the
Michael Byrne estate held in trust by
the company referred to and has been
paid the interest on her share in reg
ular instruments. But, that did not
wanted $500 on account, but under
the rules of the trust company her
demand was refused. Then the woman
sent an emissary to the bank and
when this failed to have the desired
effect, she went to the office of the
company herself and proceeded to
lick the tar out of the president and
other officials of the institution. After
that stormy episode things were
patched up in a conference between
her lawyer and the lawyers of the
trust company and it was decided, to
avoid further trouble with the pusil-
istic suffragette, to let her have the
$500. Mrs. Won Claussen who, to make
sure of notoriety, had invited repre-
sentatives of the daily newspapers tc
see her after the encounter at the
bank expressed her delight over her
victory.
Talked too Much.
There is a prisoner in the Tombs
prison awaiting his hearing on the
charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons, who is devoting most of his time
to pondering over the dangers arising
from the foolish habit talking too
much. The man had an important ap-
pointment-he had arranged to meet
a man in Brooklyn at certain time
with the intention of shooting him
but he missed his appointment, all be-
cause he did not have sense enough
to keep his mouth shut. On the way
to the meeting which was to be fatal
to the other man, the Italian met Il
stranger. The latter, noticing that the
Italian seemed to be in state of I'M
usual excitement asked him what the
trouble was. The Italian, thinking of
nothing but the deed which he intend
ed to commit, told the stranger that he
proposed to kill man. In answer TO
other questions the blood-thirsty Ital-
ian betrayed the whole secret of his
plan and, as the stranger happened to
be detective, the son of sunny Italy
was promptly arrested. A big and full
ly loaded revolver was found in his
hip pocket.
4 Serious Charge.
One of the magistrates in Brook
Ign was arrested the other day on the
charge of having Rugged and kissed
pretty girl who had come to him with
a request to send her mother to som
public institution where she could DE
cured OF her tipping propensities. The
arrested dispenser of justice strenu
ously denied the truth of the charge
and asserted that the whole matter
was merely a scheme of his political
enemies to injure his reputation on
the eve of the primaries. He declared
that he had never seen the girl in his
life and had surely never kissed her.
This is the first time that New York
magistrate has ever been arrested for
kissing a pretty girl and the Other
magistrates are awaiting the outcome
Of the case, which will establish
precedent with considerable interest,
The alleged osculator has quite rec
ord for eccentricity and gained con-
siderable local fame at one time by
ruling that it did not constitute an
assault under the law to hit an end
seat hog"
Auto Versus Horse.
It is a matter of almost daily &C.
currence that one or more horses are
injured by AUTOMOBILES running into
them. The other C1y, however, skit-
fish horse turned the tables on the
automobiles by seriously damaging
an auto which had INSTRUCTED its way.
The l.orse baked and reared, paving
;hc air with its foYclegs, when an au-
tc cano along. Just as the machine
had reached the horse, the latter
lurched forward and dropped into the
vehicle, soaring and slightly injuring
the occupants and smashing the ma
chinery