The Washington times., 1922-07-27
WIFE LASHES
HUSBAND AND
OTHER WOMAN
Mrs. Ina Florine Arrested
When Woman Office En-
pIoye Complains.

when my husband went to
board in the same house with that
woman, l determined to retailiate
In justice to myself and my Grip
pied child. So / trailed the couple
and horsewhipped my husband. The
other woman happened TO get in
the way of the lash, so she get It,
too"
Other Woman Causes Arrest.
Calmly and dispassionately, Mrs.
Ina Florine, of 1891 Georgia avenue
northwest. a little wisp of a woman,
today related the story Of how she
had lost the love OF her husband.
John Florine. and had taken. what
to her appeared to he the only way
to obtain justice-horsewhipping her
mate.
The other woman" mentioned by
Mrs. F1orine Is Mrs. Ella M. Mes
smith. head bookkeeper in a down.
town electric shop. She lives at AL
Upshur street northwest.
Mrs. Nessmith, who is said to have
received a number Of blows from the
horsewhip intended by Mrs. Florine
for her husband, had Mrs. Florine
arrested following the attack, which
occurred Monday night at New
Hampshire avenue and Upshur
streets northwest.
Yesterday Mrs. Florine appeared
in police court, and after being
arraigned. demanded a Jury trial.
The case was postponed to date to
be announced later.
According to Mrs. Florine, the at
tack occurred while Mrs. Nessmith
and Florine were in an automobile.
Leaping to the running board OF the
machine, Mrs. Florine began vigor'
ously applying the whip.
81 had no intention of striking
Mrs. Nessmith," Mrs. Florine said to-
day. "It was my husband I was
after. He fell backwards into Mrs.
Nessmiths arms, where she tried to
shield him. That Is how she got
some of the lashes intended for my
husbane.
There was quite a commotion,
naturally. when all this was going
on. A large crowd gathered and
stood awe.stricken as l applied the
whip"
Charges Frame-Up.
Mrs. Florine is a small woman,
while Mrs. Nessmith is much hea vier.
Mrs. Nessmlth. In commenting on
the case today, said II was frame.
up" on the part Of Mrs. Florine to
ruin my reputation" She said Mr.,
Florine's sister. as well as Florine,
was In the car when Mrs. FlOrine
made the attack.
Mrs. Florine has tried time and
again to ruin my reputation" said
Mrs. Nessmith to a Times reporter
she evidently thinks she has sue.
ceeded with the notoriety attending
this unpleasant episode. But this is
not the end Of the matter"
Mrs. Nessmith said that Mr..
Florine's life had been made unbear.
able in his own home, and that he
came to board with her.
81 would not turn out anybody
who came to rent a room under
similar circumsta nces," Mrs. Mes.
smith said. Mr.. Florine's sister
and her husband came down from
Philadelphia to visit, and Florine, the
Philadelphia couple, and went
riding in my motor car on Monday
afternoon.
Bruised by Whip.
when my car neared the garage,
one Of my boys4-they are both
grown boys-whistled a warning to
me. II appears Mrs. Florine had
been laying for me since 8 o'clock
Monday night. II was some time
later that Mrs. Florine sprang to the
running board and began to at.
tack us.
II want to deny right here that I
fell into Florine's arms or that he
fell into mine. I notified Policeman
Knapp, OF the Tenth precinct, and
Mrs. Florine was arrested on an a..
sault charge"