FULL
TEXT: Last evening (Wednesday) a woman named Margaret Boyle threw a lot of
vitriol into the face of her son-in-law named Henry De Wolf. The affair happened at Fifth
and Buckley streets, and seems to have originated out of a family difficulty.
Mrs. Boyle's daughter had married De Wolf against the mother’s wish having
previously abandoned her first husband. The daughter stated that the first
husband, who was a soldier, she never liked, she having married him on her
mother’s account. After living together a short time, she left him and married
De Wolf. This incensed the mother, who, in revenge, procured a bottle of
vitriol, the contents of which she threw in De Wolf’s face, burning him in a
most shocking manner. A warrant was issued for her arrest by Recorder Ensu, who
committed her to answer the charge of assault and battery with intent to
kill.
[“A
Woman Throws Vitriol In Man's Face.” (from Philadelphia North American), Daily
National Republican (Washington, D.C.),
May 19, 1865, p. 2]
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SEE: “Acid Queens: Women Who Throw Acid” for a collection of synopses of similar cases.
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SEE: “Acid Queens: Women Who Throw Acid” for a collection of synopses of similar cases.
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[1794-9/24/21]
[1794-9/24/21]
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It would be interesting to know if the couple stayed together or if the mother got what she wanted. Of course I wouldn't blame the man much if he said her family was too insane.
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