Friesea, in haste to go home to get
supper, alighted from an Irving boule
vard car and brushed into a waiting
Ashland avenue car south bound. Other
passengers crowded her and she was
seated when the conductor entered and
told her that her transfer was worth
less because it was punched "north
bound." She said she was not re
sponsible for the other conductor's
mistake, refused to pay a nickel, and
told the conductor to retire to the rear
platform and attend to business.
General attention was attracted
through the conductor shouting "It
ain't no good" over and over again,
while she replied "yea 'tis" just as
fast.
Unable to get the last word-a
worman's inalienable right-she finally
slammed him across the face with her
umbrella. Morris says he "only de
fended himself," but the passengers
saw little evidence of defense as he
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Slammed Him Across the Face.
lay prostrate on the floor after one
particularly stinging swipe across the
left ear. While down she poked him
in the ribs with the weapon. Morris'
lip was cut and bleeding and his right
eye was badly swollen when the last
inventory was taken.
Fortunately for Morris, Policeman
L. Griebenof, riding on the front plat
form, had been attracted by the shrieks
of women. None but the policeman
had the courage to pull the little fight
er away.
"Serves him right for trying to tell
my wife her business," remarked
Friesea, as he led the prisoner from
the station. When asked if he would
appear with his wife in court Friesea
said: "No, indeed; she's able to look
after herself."
Breaks Off Tusks.
New York.-In a fit of pique, Congo,
"the only dwarf elephant in captivity,"
disfigured himself in the Bronx zoo.
