Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1859 — A Wife Chastising her Husband in Court. [ARTICLE]

A Wife Chastising her Husband in Court.

A singular scene transpired in the Essex Market Police Court last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Ann Phillips, a very good-look-ing young lady, attired in deep mourning, appeared before Jusice Brennan, to prosecute her husband, William Henry Phillips, for abandonment. Site stated that lie left her destitute, with a little infant depending upon her for support, and although she appealed frequently to him for assistance, lie refused to do anything .for her. Recently her uncle died in California, bequeathing to her a fortune us some $30,000. Since this windfall, her husband had tried to live with her again, hut she would have nothing to do with him. She thought, however, that it was no more than justice that he sltould provide for his child. This lie refused to do, and hence the complaint. When Mr. Phillips responded to the summons, lie demanded an examination whether lie was legally responsibl • for the child’s support, whereupon Mrs. Phillips grew highly indignant, and exclaimed, “Well, you are too qontemptable a man fur me to look at, any way. You would murder me for a little no doubt; hut, thank Cod! lam independent of you. I can buy you and your whole family now, if I choose.” She then wtllked toward the dhor, and paused at the entrance until fie passed, when she struck him with her parasol several blows over the head and face, breaking it to pieces. Pushing her aside, lie escaped into the street, when she followed him, and the last hat was seen of them, Mrs. Phillips was sashing him as he ran.— N. Y■ Tribune.