The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-12-28
NO. 636.
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! Chase Of Twenty Years. odl
For the last four ycars there has resided
in this city, With occasional interval, one
"Dr. Askenazi, Hungarian physician"--A
small man, Of ill-iayorsd yet strongly mark
cd Jewish ountensnce-speaking English
and several other European languages very
brokenly, claiming to have been q surgeon
in the Hungarian patriot army in le4e,
and to have come TO this country with
Kossuth, but by his vcrnacular bctraying
that he was originally either from Poland
or Southern Russia. His mode Of life was
in the highest degree OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
pying generally small, cheap room, which
answered as well for his Office, as dormito.
ry and kitchen, in which he prepared his
own meal. Among his inmates-who
were very few--bo passed as man Of
great learning and by those with whom
he practiccd as physician, or surgeon, he
was regarded as man Of very great pro.
fessionsl skill :.
"Dr. Ashkenazi, Hungarian" was thus
getting along smoothly and prosperously,
until some ten days ago, when mis- dream
of repo'e 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 A.
gainst him certain wcigbty charges the eff
feet Of which have been to place the litiie
"doctor" in limbo FROM that day to this
Tho lady having proved the identity Of her
man, sought legal adviser, in which she
made substantially the following statement:
Som, twenty wears ago, then lass Of
fifteen summers-the favorite Of her pa
rents, who were in easy circumstances, liv-
ing in the village of Kreena (Krasnoyf)
Russia, near the borders of Poland---a
Jewess--she made the acquaintance Of A
young man--pcor, but distinguished for
his learning and piety, named Ashur Salt
gar. He had been educatcd for a rabbi,
and had 30 greatly won the esteem and con-
fidence Of the chief rabbi Of the place that
he was frequently entrusted with the ad
ministratiou Of the (Jewish) law in his
{the chief rabbTs) absence. Her parents
and all parties asserting, sho was married
to the learned young rabbi. On their
marriage, her parents gave them mar
riage portion Of about $1,000, on which
they lived about year at Kresna, when
the young rabbi suddenly disappeared and
was gone some three years before she as
certained his whereabouts. Finally she
heard of him at Dsntzic, in Prussia with;
or she followed him, found him, and re-
turned with him to Scrai, Id Poland
Here they lived together another year, du-
ring which a child was born 10 ihem.-
When the child was some three months
old, they went on visit to her mother at
Kreena-remaincd there few weeks, then
started back for Serai. Arriving at the
border, the rabbi, it appeared, had pro-
vided passport only for himself, and init;
mating to an officer that the lady was mono
of his, and had no passport, he was con-
veyed across tho stream, whilst she was
left behind. This was the last she had
seen of her loving spouse until she met
him ten days ago in Ottawa.
But she was unwilling to give him up
90. Aiming herself with funds and the
necessary papers, she started in pursuit
She found traces of him in various piaces
throughout Europe, but was never able'to
fix his locality. until after some three years;
she learned that he had been at Jerusalem,
aad there had been married 10 q second
wife---had in year left her-had thence
been wandering over Europe, assuming
tho character Of a "Jerusalemite,' begging
funds for the destitute children Of Israel at
Jerusalem. That in this wayne had &C:
cumulated considerable money-that
brother of his second wife had pursued
him-found him in Germany, and got
Jewish "writing Of divorcement" from him
returned with it to Jerusalem and found
it defective, followed him second tir1e
and found him in London, where he got
another writing that was in due form.-55
Then all trace Of him disappeared; until
some two years ago, sho learned that he
had deposited somc money with banker
in Hanover, with orders TO forward it
whittier ho should direct by lottcr. The
banker finally got letter, directing him
to send the money To a banker named Is
rael, in Kalamazoo, Mich. Thither she
followed, and there was informed that the
money had beef sent to Seltzar, in care of
DR.. Ashkenazi, at Ottawa, Ill. So she
camo to Ottawa, and here, by accident;
met DR.. A. in the street, whom she at once
recognized as her truant lord. The Dr.:
made feeble effort to deny his identity,
but soon cavcd, and showed disposition
ID come to terms.
Her demands were reasonable enough:
All she asked was divorcement and some
$1,000 in money to enable her to return
to her parents. The first; tho Dr.. was
willing enough TO accede to, but being a
great miser, utterly scouts the latter pro-
position, 10 evade which he tried earnestly
to persuade her to live with him again.
This she pcremptorily declines, but COM
menc,s proceeding in our Circuit Court
for divorce and almony, and for fear her
"rabbi' may tako leave Of her again, she
has him locked up on a writ Of ne Great.
The doctor is known to have some eight
or ten thousand dollars In gold in his pos:
session, and could easily discharge the la
dy's moderate demand, but is 50 miserly
that lie may lipgcr long while iu Jail be-
fore he will do il. The lady is not un,
handsome, apparently very intelligent, aud
evidently brim full Of grit