The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-12-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Curious Case of BigamY.

For the last four years there has resi-
ded in this city, with occasional intervals,
enc Dr. Askensz, Hungarian physician,a a
small man, of il-favored, yet strongly.
marked, Jewish countenance, speaking
English and other European languages
very brokenly, claiming to have been a
surgeon in the Hungarian patriot army,in
184S and to have come to this country
with Kossuth, but, by his vernacular, be-
traying that he was originally from Po-
land or Southern Russia. His mode Of
life was in the highest degree parsimoni-
ous-occupying generally small, cheap
room, which answered as well for his of.
fee as his dormitory and kitchen, in which
he prepared his own meals. Among his
intimates-who were very few-he passed
as man Of great learning, and by those
with whom he practiced as physician or
surgeon, he was regarded as a man of
great professional skill.
DR.. Askenszi, Hungarian, was thus get
ting along smoothly and prosperously, un-
til some ten days ago, when his dream of
repose was very materially interrupted by
the arrival of lady in this city, who
claimed to be his lawful welded spouse
who made upon him, in that character,
certain weighty claims, and preferred GER
tain weighty charges against him, the eff
feet of which has been to place the little
doctor in limbo from that day to this.
The lady having proved the identity of
her man, sought legal adviser, to whom
she made substantially the following state.
ment:
Some twenty years ago, being then a
lass of fifteen summers the favorite of
her parents, who were in easy circumstan-
ces, living in the village of Kreena (Kra-
snoy y Russia, near the borders of Poland
"a Jewess- she made the acquaintance
of young man.-poor, but distinguished
for his learning and his piety, named
Ashur Seltzar. He had been educated
for rabbi, and had so greatly won the
esteem and confidence of the chief rabbi
of the place, that he was frequently in
trusted with the administration of the
Jewish law in the chief rabbits absence.
Her parents and all parties asserting, she
was married to the learned young rabbi
On their marriage her parents gave them
a marriage portion of about one thousand
dollars, on which they lived about a year
at Kreena, when the young rabbi sudden
ly disappeared, and was gone some three
years before she asoertaincd his wherea-
bouts. Finally she heard of him in Dant-
zic, in Prussia, whittier she followed him
found him, and returned with him to Sc.
raj, in Poland.
Here they lived together year, du-
ring which child was born to them.
When the child was some two months old,
they went on a visit to her mother at
Kreena, remained there few weeks, then
started back for Serial. Arriving at the
border. the rabbi, it appeared had provi-
ded passport only for himself, and inti-
mating to an officer that the lady was
none of his, and had no passport he was
conveyed across the stream, while she was
left behind. This was the last she had
seen of her loving spouse until he met her
ten days ago in Ottawa.
But she was unwilling to give up SO
Arming herself with funds and other nec-
essary papers, she started in pursuit. She
found traces of him in various places
throughout Europe, but was never able to
fix his locality, until after some three
years, she learned that he had been at Je-
rusalem. and there been married to o Sec
ond wife-had in a year left her-had
thence been wandering over Europe as