The Washington times., 1921-04-06
WIFE ADMITS
BEAT||NGR|vAL
Baltimore Woman Says Girl
Stole Husbands Love-TeIIs
Story Of Whipping.

BALTIMORE. April 6.-Mrs. Win
ME Randolph, Of SIS East Thirtieth
street. admitted today that she was
the woman who had whipped Miss
Bertha Burriss, OF Ellicott City Mon
day night, after riding to Ellicott
City on q street car with Miss Bur-
riss.
UOv'D A swAGGER STICK.
| II did it," Mrs. Randolph said, "be-
cause she had broken up my home by
persisting in running around with my
husband. Those who say that I used
a horsewhip on her are wrong. I beat
her In the face with my hands first
and then struck her across the back
and legs with a little swagger stick"
| Mrs Randolph showed the swaggcr
stick. 1t was the kind popular during
the war. about two feet long and al
| most half inch In diameter at one
end. taperipg to less than q quarter
OF an inch in diameter.
During the time / was beating
her." Mrs. Randolph continued, "the
woman did not make any attempt
whatever to protect herself. She
seemed to know that she was guilty.
and deserved the beating. When |
nrst struck her she whimpered some
thing about having me arrested, out
did not say anything more or attempt
to defend herself in any way.
Her sister, Miss Edith Burriss. who
had ridden in the car. stood by and
watched and did not attempt to inter-
fere. told her that II she did try to
interfere i would whip her. too. There
was q large crowd standing around.
but they just watched. After they
realized why I was whipping her they
probably thought she deserved the
beating. The motorman or conductor
on the car said something like What's
going on here? and ! replied that
she had broken up my home and that
she wouldn't break up another one in
q hurry.
CAN'T UNDERSTAND HUBBY.
AFTER l had finished beating her.
I let her go. and she walked of, cry
ing. with her sister. I stood there
and waited for a car and returned to
the city. I made no attempt to run
away and no one attempted to pre-
vent me from leaving.
But to get back to why I did Il.
was married February 2s. 1904. to A.
Jackson Randolph and up until the
time this Burriss woman came into
between us. I have worked to help
support that man for the last nve
years and now we have to be sepa-
rated because of a woman whom '
do not consider anything like a. -
tractive as myself. My HUSBAND is
forty-kour years old and 10 o very
good-looking man. Why he should
like her I cannot see.
We'll. ! hrst learned that they were
going together in February. 1920. At
that time we lived In the 5000 block
on Edmondson avenue and he used to
ride home from work on the Ellicott
City line on which she. too. Travelled.
He would meet her after work and
they would come home together.
when I learned Of IL l talked to
him and he promised me that he
would not go around with her any
more. But he didn't keep his promise
and / went out to see her. ] told her
that she was running around with
my husband. and she said that she
did not know he was married, that
he had told her he was single. She
promised me that she would stop 60
ing with him and I thought every
thing would be all right.
SAYS HUSBAND LEFT HER.
Things became worse instead of
better and / finally had to tell my
husband that he would have 10 leave
home IL he did not stop going around
with that woman. He left home on
October 13, 1920. and we have been
separated since that time. A few
days later I again went out to see
the girl, but / did not see her. I
saw her sister, Mrs. Frederick Zen
ter. and Mrs. Zenter promised me
that she would send her sister away
for a year IL would promise not to
do anything about IL. She didn't
send her away. as 1 frequently saw
them together after that. I decided
that I would have to whip the girl.
took a small swagger stick with