Eureka Reporter | 1906-08-10 | Page 4 | Woman Ate the Contract

WOMAN ATE THE CONTRACT with document in her midst she asks what are you going to do about it the boom in real estate at flushing 1 I 1 has landed dart of a abin pon tract in mrs J S eardley s midst ana stirred up no end of trouble her and thomas pritchard of avenue flushing mrs eardley who alvea in brooklyn sold six lots in flushing to mr ard mr pritchard paid a deposit and mrs eardley signed a contract agree ing to surrender the lots to him for a certain price prices of flushing prop erty have jumped up as much as 25 or per cent in one day mrs eardley heard of this and her soul was sad she called at mr pritchard s office I 1 want to keep lots said she briskly madame apu can t he replied with utmost suavity let 8 see the contract said she soothingly mr pritchard handed her the pre clous paper and in the twinkling of an eye she had bitten a big piece out 0 it mr pritchard grabbed her throat then came a fierce struggle between hand muscles and throat muscles and throat muscles won tor mrs eardley swallowed a large chunk of the con tract and smiled in bitter triumph at her foe have the law on you he cried pooh sneered she I 1 ve got the evidence in my midst and I 1 d like to see the court that can find out any thing about it and there the matter rests