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FIFTH TIME ONCE TOO MANY.
Muscular Mrs. K u t t e r Gets Tvro Months
for Beating: Her Husband.
HACKENSACK, N. J., Jan. 5.—Lizzie
Rutter, who was convicted here yesterday
of husband beating, was to-day sentenced
to serve two months In the county jail as
punishment. When she was called to the
bar for sentence Judge Zabriskie said:
" Mrs. Rutter, if I am not mistaken, this
Is the fourth time you have been before me
charged with this offense."
" That is wrong; this is the fifth time,"
was the cheerful reply.
" Well, it's five times too often." said the
Judge. " and I want to know if you intend
to stop having to come before me on this
charge."
" I guess not, so long as occasion demands."
said Mrs. RuttHr. complacently.
Judge Zabriskie looked at the woman for
fully a minute without spenking. Then lie
shook his head as if admitting defeat and
murmured. " Two months."
The prisoner was led away not altogether
cast down.
Mrs. Rutter Is thirty-two years of age.
strong, and muscular. Her husband, whom
the law is trying to protect, is fifty-five
years old.
ARRESTED FOR DRESS SLASHING.
D e t a i n e d i n W a s h i n g t on
o n S u s p i c i o n.
Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 1900.—A mild and innocent-
looking German youth named Max
Krebs is under arrest here on suspicion of
being the mysterious " J a c k the Cutter,"
who has ruined so many women's dresses.
The police think he is the same man who
WA arrested in New York on Dec. 22, 189S,
on the same charge. The New York prisoner
answred to rebs's description and
gave his name as Herman Max Krebs.
He was captured in a dry goods store by
a woman named Catherine Nelson of 50
East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
Street whose skirt he had slashed. Like
the mild-faced youth who is under arrest
here, he was able to speak little English.
Krebs reached this city
about six months ago. The authorities are
communicating with the New York police
to find out if he is t h e New York Krebs.
Moody's L a s t Words.-
Special to The New York Times.
BOSTON, Jan. 2.1900—Stenographer Ben
Wright of this city, who took the evidence
from the son of the late Dwight L. Moody,
says the very last words of the evangelist,
exactly stated, were: " E a r t h recedes and
heaven- opens before me. If this is death,
there is nothing awful here. It is sweet.
This is bliss. Do not call me back. God
is calling me. I must go. There is no
valley here. It is all beautiful
DISCARDED SUITOR LOST SUIT.
W a s h i n g t o n Man Had Former Fiancee,
Who Married Another Man, Arrested
for S t e a l i n g a Ring.
Special to The New. York Times.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 1900—Mrs. Clara Bandy,
the bride of : a few days, who was arrested
at the instance of her disappointed
suitor, Wade Low, was. tried to-day and
acquitted. The proceedings were enjoyed by
everybody 'except Mr. Low.
It appeared that Mr. Low was much interested
in the young, woman, and expected
that she would be the future Mrs. Low.
When he learned that she had married his
rival, Richard T. Bandy, his love turned to
hate, arid he had her arrested for stealing
his diamond ring. Mr. Low-testified that ne
loaned her his ring, and she pawned it for
$20. Mrs. Bandy testified that Low gave
her the ring as an engagement., ring. He
had a frugal mind, she said,- and did notcare
to incur the expense of buying a new
ring when .he had one that wopld answer
every purpose. This and other incidents
made her believe that he was too economical
for a husband, and she decided to marry
Mr. Bandy, which she did without advising
Mr. Low of her intention. Then, she
averred. Low asked. her for the ring, and
she told him she had pawned it.
" Why did you make that disposition of
it? " she was asked.
" I thought it would be a good joke on
the mean thing," she replied.
" What did you buy with the money? "
"Part of my wedding outfit," she answered
with a gleeful smile at the downcast
Low.
Several witnesses testified to the truth of
her story. The discomfited suitor left the
courtroom without his ring, which was returned
to the pawnbroker by the Court's
MINISTER HAS_A_HARD TIME
Port Ewan Pastor Says Men Should
Not Smoke Nor Women Wear Corsets,
and Gets Into Trouble.
Special to The New York Times.
KINGSTON, N. Y., Jan. 5.1900—Despite the
threats of members of the congregation of
the old Dutch Reformed Church at Port
Ewan that they will force the pastor, the
Rev. William Burton, to resign, the minister
is still watching x>ver his flock, or at
least over the few who are still cleaving to
him.
It is because of the sensational character
of the sermons preached by the Rev. Mr.
Burton that his resignation was asked for
some time ago, but pastors of. Dutch Reformed
churches hold their pastorates during
life and cannot well be ousted except on
specific charges. I t Is. asserted by some that
in his sermons he is apt to call the
Elders and Deacons to account for their misdoings
during the week The majority of
'the- men in the church are ' hard-working
people, and the greater number smoke. The
clergyman has several times in the pulpit
referred to the smokers by name, and has
-said: "God did not mean that men should
smoke, for :f he had he would have made
him with a stovepipe in his head and an
as tray in his stomach." A recent sermon
which was the most talked of sermon ever
preached in the old Dutch Church was devoted
to the evil of women wearing corsets.
The clergyman said that no woman
who wore a. corset was respectable, and warned
young men not to marry a woman
who laced. A petition for the minister's
resignation has failed to move him. Even
petty persecutions' and the refusal of the
Council of the church to pay his salary of
5800 per year have not apparently ruffled
him. A short time ago an item appeared in
a local paper that if the Rev. Mr. Burton
did not resign the Council would find a
way to make him. The next night the parsonage
was burned to the ground. From
early in the evening until daylight the minister,
his young wife, and children were
obliged to stand shivering and scantily clad
in the church basement, none of the villagers
offering them shelter till next day.
The clergyman, despite all this, remains
at his post' and preaches- as usual, but to
nearly empty benches.