New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
LITTLE WIFE GIVES
 HUSBAND FLASHING
Beats Him in Public With Whip
 and Is Arrested

l the Hotel Ansonia, Broadway and Sev- l enty-third street, yesterday afternoon about o'clock and asked that AL ] bert J. Hart be told that "a lady was waiting to see him. When MT. Hart stepped from the elevator a few min l utes later she walked up to him, pulled a Western riding Quirt from under a wrap and began to beat him about the face and head. MT. Hart tried with i'll success to dodge the leather whip with it's two lashes, while the encounter created immense excitement among score or more of persons in the lobby.
 A woman rushed to the Broadway door of the hotel just as Policeman Porter of the West Sixty-eighth Street station was passing. She led him into the hotel Porter forced his way be- tween MT. Hart and his caller, but the woman lodged about him ard again cut MT. Hart across the face Then she turned as if to go, when MT. Hart insisted that Porter arrest her.
 She's my wife," he said, "and I want her arrested"
 The three, followed by small crowd of the curious went to the West Sixty-eighth Street station. As they entered Lieutenant Leary was 1isten- ing to the story of a woman who was telling him that her husband had allowed her only 25 cents a week 10 live on, although he made $2O week. She said that yesterday afternoon he had locked her out of the room they occupy. Lieutenant Leary got the Florence Crittenden Home on the telephone and arranged that the wom- an should spend the night there.
 Almoners to Abused Wife.
 AS the complaining wife started for the street the prisoner stopped her, and, opening her purse, handed a S1O bill to the poorer woman. As the woman reached the street MT. Hart called to her and gave her some more money.
 Then the Harts faced Lieutenant Leary to tell of their own troubles MT. Hart made the complaint against Mrs. Helen G. Hart" and the pris- oner said Chat was her name. When Leary asked MT. Hart to tell him what it was all about, he explained that he and his wife had been travelling for some time and came to New York several weeks ago. He said that on the train coming from the West they had agreed to stop at the Ansonia while in New York, but when almost in the city Mrs. Hart had insisted on going to the Hotel Berkeley, in West Seventy-fourth street He said he in insisted on going to the Ansonia, and the upshot was that she went to the Berkeley and he to the Ansonia. He told the Lieutenant that he and his wife had had frequent similar quar- rels, and he wanted her brought into court in the belief that it would cure her. He said he hoped to have her bonded to keep the peace.
 Mrs. Hart told the Lieutenant her husband had plenty of money, but that she hadn't. She said her hus- band had once threatened to shoot her, and that he had detectives fol- lowing her. and that their troubles were not her fault at alI.e Neverthe- less, a charge of simple assault was lodged against Mrs. Hart and she was led away to be locked up.
 MT. Hart then turned to the Lieu | tenant and said it would never do for l his wife to spend the night in the 1 police station, and said he wanted to | bail her out. Lieutenant Leary asked | him if he owned any property in New York and when Mr. Hart said he | didn't the Lieutenant told him he couldn't bail his wife out Then MT. Hart bethought himself of two friends 1 but they proved to be both out of the | city.
 Auto and Watch for Bail.
 Mrs. Hart called up Manager Leon ard Of the Berkeley and told him of her troubles. MT Leonard soon came to the police station with a friend, Harrison K. McCann, who said he didn't know Mrs. Hart but would go her bail if MT. Leonard wished it. Dispensing with formality, Lieutenant | Leary asked him if he would pledge | the automobile he came to the station l in. MT. McCann said he would and l the Lieutenant ordered it backed into | the station garage. He then turned l to MT. Hart and, having noticed his l watch, said he thought that would 1 help the bail matter. And so MT. 1 Hart's jewelled watch, worth $2,OOO, ] he said went into the Lieutenant's
 desk and he told Mrs. Hart she was l free to go and to appear at the York
 vile Court at 9 o'clock this morn l ing. He also suggested to MT. and | Mrs. Hart that they talk over their l differences at once.
 Although he bore a blue mark
 across his face where her whip had
 cut, MT. Hart walked over to the cor
 ner and put his arm about his wifc's
 shoulders. They engaged in earnest
 conversation for a few moments and
 left the police station. Mr. Hart went
 to the AnsOnia and Mrs. Hart to the
 Berkeley. Both refused to say Wheth-
 CT they were residents of New York
 b11t a f. the BerkeIeV H HOte1 if was said