The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-29
Late Woman Soundly
Thashes Man Who Had
"Called Her Names


cd up and down the Jersey Central
Railroad station platform at Gran
lord \. j., yesterday morning, ap-
perently waiting for someone. The
.S'l7 train for New York came and
went, leaving her behind. The $3.50
did the same.
Just before the 9 o'clock train pull
cd in her eyes rested for a moment
upon short man with sandy mus
tache who had just come along. She
smiles in satisfaction, and when the
train departed il carried her
She was Mrs. Sophia Tucker of
Crawford and She was going TO New
York to horsewhip a neighbor, Henry
Armstrong.
After the ferryboat had reached It's
Manhattan slip Mrs. Tucker stepped
up 10 Mr.. Armstrong, a middle-aged
man of about her own height, and
said. "Will you take back the name
ou called ME Sunday morning.
Mr.. Armstrong turned with a start
led look, then replied firmly, NO. /
will not"
In the street beyond the ferry house
she said:
This is the last time | shall ask
you. VIII you retract2'
II will not he retorted sharply.
Down Came the Lash.
She threw her hand from under her
coat and the lash of a small leather
whip fell on Armstrong; shoulder.
Again and again the whip rose and
tell, now on his face, now on his
hands raised to protect it. The crowd
from the boat gathered, the men urg-
ing Mrs. Thicker on, the women
screamed.
Traffic Patrolman McNulty of
Squad A pushed through the crowd
and grasped the woman whip hand.
he arrested her and took her and
Armstrong TO the Tombs court.
Before Magistrate Corrigan Mrs.
Tucker gave her age as thirty-two,
and her address No Pine street,
Crawford She said Mr. Armstrong
and she had quarrelled last Sunday
l,orning over the ownership of
board walk between their houses.
called her a certain name
which she gave him three days to
take back" The horse-whipping
was the result of his refusal.
Why did YOU come over here to
whip this man, instead of doing it in
Jersey?" asked the Magistrate.
Il thought / would get a fairer
show over here she replied.
Sne Didn't Mind the Fine.
The Magistrate fined her $40 She
paid it and. as she departed, said
she was gratiied at the outcome
A reporter for The World yester-
day viewed the scene of Sunday morn
ing's war. The Tucker and Arm
strong houses are directly opposite
each other In front of the Arm
strong house is a board walk The
enemy's charge had been made across
a red clay road, very muddy and had
been repulsed by a broadside from
the Armstrong yard
Mr.. Armstrong, who is CONNER
cial traveller for Hogan & Sons of No
rs Pearl street, Manhattan, told this
story.
When bought the house ] live in
the seller said the board walk was
part of the property. The wood for
IL had been brought there by Mrs
Trckers husband, who died year
ago. but in buying the house l had
paid for the laying of it.
Several weeks ago my daughter
heard Mrs. Tucker was going to put
the walk on her own property: sol
when she started to do it on Sunday
was ready for her She
had collected several boards when /
came out and demanded that she stop. |
She refused. / became angry and
told her what ! thought OF her, and |
minced no words. She said | called !
her names. | did and III not re-
ract them The board walk incident /
slade an occasion upon which I could !
sve her the benefit OF knowing Jusy |
Snat / think of her
Calls 1t Example for Women.
At GAS Mrs. Tucker returned TO
'ranford and told the reporter this
story of the trouble
MY husband had the wood for
lat walk Grated and sent out from
New York and ii was laid on the /
sidewalk, which, as | understand It,
s not private property The trouble |
loweyer. was not about the sidewalk,
)ut about a little walk which I had
luilt for myself to use when crossing
he street in muddy weather
Wagons broke up the boards in
mis- walk so it began TO look shah
~. and | determined to take them
Is ay. Mr. Armstrong didn't care a
map of his finger for the boards. He
aade a quarrel out OF nothing in ord
II TO impugn my character to my
ace. He used the most terrible Ian
.uage and only ceased when one OF
ry boarders came out and threatened
O strike him.
'T want the fact that / punished
i'm for calling me a name made pub
'c. because | think too many women
aeeklV accept insults from men and
nen. in great measure. have thought
lat they could saV what they nleaS-