The Washington times., 1921-04-15
WIFE WHIPPED
R|VAL;;F|NED$1.
"lt's Worth It," Says Woman
Who Used Lash on Hus-
bands Friend.

BALTIMORE, April 15.-Afte,
a weeks, postponement; after il
had been written up in the news
papers, with photographs of al
parties to the affray; after morsels
of wrecked home and ruined heart
stories might reasonably be ex.
pected, with echoes Of revenge
scornful laughter and the lash laid
on quivering shoulders, the trial OF
Mrs. Winifred AZ Randolph fol-
beating Miss Bertha Burriss came
up for trial before Justice Frank
Higinbotham yesterday. 1t lasted
one minute.
WIFE PLEADS GUILTY.
The proceedings moved swiftly.
Are you guilty or not guilty, Mrs.
Randolph asked Judge Higinboth-
am.
Guilty. your honor" was the reply.
"One. dollar and costs. OF $780," said
Justice Higinbotham.
That was all.
Mrs. Randolph smiled broadly and
laid s5 banknote on the desk.
Except for the notoriety, IL was
Higinbotham counted out the change.
"Is that all?" asked Miss Burriss.
! who was standing on tiptoe behind
| her attorney in an effort to see what
was going on.
That's all" said Robert Stevenson.
| of the office of Harry II. Wolf, who
appeared for Mrs Randolph.
The crowd could scarcely believe its
ears. 1t had been waiting. for the
best part of three hours, that crowd.
and 1t felt cheated. At first there was
low murmur and in an instant this
swelled to a laugh as every man
| there. and the crowd was composed
almost entirely Of men, realized the
joke was on him.
FOLLOWED BY CROWD.
Practically all OF Howard county
adjacent to Ellicott City was repre-
sented in the throng which surged
about Mrs. Randolph and followed her
| into the street Mrs. Randolph WAS
| in excellent spirits and stopped to
shake hands with one or two persons
and then stepped into an automobile
and waved her hand at the crowd as
she departed. A large number OF per-
sons turned about and started to fol-
| low Miss Burriss up the street, but
gave 1t up after they had gone about
twenty-five yards.
The sentiment of the townspeople
has been practically unanimous in
| favor of Mrs. Randolph, who is said
to have received large shoe tox
full of letters indorsing her action
At least forty were received by JUS
| tice Higinbotham and all were
couched in practically the same vein
demanding leniency for Mrs. Ran
dolph. One. signed "Forsaken," de-
ciared that Mrs. Randolph had done
| the public service and continued
II am today a broken-hearted woman
because an unprincipled woman
because an unprincipled woman
lured my husband, a good man bu,
weak, away from me and. when he
finlly committed suicide, the only
tears that were shed were from me
So be gentle with this frenzied and
injured wife. The wounds made by
a whip were curable, but heart
| wounds are everlasting"
Another anonymous correspondent
after invoking leniency for the &C.
| cused woman, said, There are hun
dreds OF women in this city who have
suffered by the actions of these vile
little stenographers, whom the Law
allows to sit in offices with skirt,
to their knees and transparent waist,
cut half to their befts, inviting men
young or old, married or single, tC
spend their money on them. II the
law doesn't protect married womer
then the only thing is the lash, and
Mrs. Randolph did not use it hall
hard enough and should have used Il
on her husband also"
The grand jury. yesterday present
ed Randolph on a charge of desertins
and failing to support his wife. H,
was released in 500 bail for trial