Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — HAPPENINGS in the BIG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS in the BIG CITIES

Whole Deal Struck this Clerk jas Real Funny

CHICAGO. —Warrant Clerk John J, Gardner of the court of domestic relatione has ministered to the troubles of thousands of married couples since he became an aid of Judge TJhlir, but none of the misunderstandings were as

momentous as one which confronted the clerk the other day. Gardner was dreaming about the opening baseball game whep he was disturbed by the appearance of a woman who wanted a warrant for her husband’s arrest. “What’s your name?” queried the clerk, mechanically. “Mary Struck, and I live at 216 East Ontario street,” answered the woman. "What’s the charge?” asked Gard-

"He struck me," replied the woman, angrily. : “Who struck you?” demanded Gar oner, who is used to hearing such complaints. "John Struck,” snapped the woman. Gardner appeared peeved. "Sure, John struck you,” he said, "but there* are a lot of Johns in this city. Who is he?” , N ■ “He’s Struck,” the woman attempted to explain. "He’s Struck,” said Gardner. “Wdll, who strtick him? What is this, a free-for-all fight?” “Nobody struck him. He struck me, Mary Struck,” explained the woman. Patiently Gardner repeated the statement aloud. He turned it inside out, walked all around it and tried to get a little light on the tangle. "See here,” he finally exploded, “is this some joke? Tou say that nobody struck him. John struck you, and Mary struck. Who did Mary strike?" v It was plain that the woman pitied Gardner because he-couldn't under- , stand such a simple proposition. "Pay Attention,” she demanded. “My husband, John Struck —that’s his name—struck me, Mary Struck —that's my name. Can’t you understand English U; A light burst upon Gardner, and he made out a warrant for Mary Struck, against her husband, John Struck, 1645 North Wood street, charging that he struck her. . It was very simple after an explanation.