Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-29
From the Ottowa, Iliinois Frss Trader,
ious Case of BiRamy. 10.


For the NJ fur years there has resided in this
city, with occasional intervals. one DR.. Asksnas
. Hungarian physician, small man Of ill-favorcd
vet strs,ngly marked Jewish countenance, speaking.
good English, and several other European Ian
guages very brokonly. claiming Ia have been
surgeon in the Hungarian patriot army in l848.
and TO have come To this country with kossnth;
but BY h s vernacuar bctraying that he was origi-
molly either from Poland or Southern Russia. Ills
mode Of life was in the highest iegree parsilnoni-
ous-occnpying generally. u small, cheap room,
which answered as well for his Office, asdorrni,ory
md kitchen. in which he prepared his own meals.
Among his intmates, who were very few. he pnss-
cd . man ol great learning. and by those per-
sons with whom he practccd ply stefan or sur
geop he was regarded man Of great profes-
sional skill.
DR.. Askennzi, Hungarian, was thus getting
days ago, when his dream Of repnse was very ma
tcrialy Interrupted by he arri,a of lady ia this
city. who claimed to he his lawful, welded spouse
who made upon him, in that character. certain
weighty claims. aGd preferred certain weighty
charges against him, the effect 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 statement;
Some 20 years ago, being then n lass Of Is sum
mers--the favorte Of her parents, who were in
easy circumstances. living in the village Of Kroe-
ma, (Krasnpy y Russia, near the borders Of Po-
land-n Jcwess--she made the acquaintance of q
young mnn--poor. but distinguished for his learn
ing md his riey. named Arthur Ssltzar, lie had
been educated for rabbi and had greatly
Won the esteem and confidence Of the chief rabbi
of the place. that he was frequently trusted with
the administration Of the Jewish law in the chief
rabbits absence. Her parents, and nil parties as
scnting she was married to the learned young
rabbi. On their marriage her parents gave them
n marriage portion, of about 1ne thousand dollars.
on which they lived about year. at Kreena.
when the young rabbi suddenly disappeared and
was gone some three years before she asccrtained
his whereabouts. Finally she heard Of him in
Dnntzir, in Prussia, whittier tho followed him,
fund him. and returned with him to Scrai in
Poland.
Here they lived together for wear, during which
Il child was born to them. When tho child was
some two mouths old they went visit to her
nlylher at kreena, remained there few weeks,
then started back for Serial Arriving at the Dor
der. tho rabbi, it appeared, had provided pass
port only Tor himself, and intma,ng to an officer
that tho lady was none of his and had pass
port he was conveyed across the stream, whilc she
was left behind. This was the last she hnl seen
Of her loving spous, until she met him some days
ago in Ottawa.
But she was unwilling to give him up so. Arm
ing herself with funds aud other necessary papers.
she started in pursuit She found traces Of him
in various places throughout Europe. but was
Yer able to fix his locality until after some three
years she learned that hr had been at Jerusalem.
bad there been married To second wife--had in
n year left hcr--hai thence been wandering over
Europe assuming the character of "Jrrusalem-
ito. . begging funds for the destitute children Of
Jerusalem, That in this way he had accumulated
considerable money that II brother of his second
wifi had pursued him--fuund lin in Germany
and got Jewish writ Of dvorcenent' from him
returned with it to .eru salcm and found it de-
fcctiye. followed him II second time and found him
in London, where he got another writing that was
in due form. Then all trace of him disappeared,
until some two years nsp she learned that he had
deposited some money with II banker in Hanover,
with orders to forward it whittier he should direct
i, by letter.
The banker finally got the letter. directing him
to send the money to- banker named Israel, in
Kalamazoo Mich Hitler she followed and there
Informed that the money had been sent to
setter in care If DIR. Ashhenasi. Mt O.tawai Ill.
50 she came to ottawa, md here, by accidcn,met
br. \. in the street, whom She recognized Mt once
her truant lord. Tho DR.. made feeble effort
To- deny his identity, hut soon cnycd, and showed
disposition to come to terms
Her demands were reasonable enough. All she
asked was enforcement and $1,000 in money to
enable her 10 return In her parents. The first tho
DR.. was wiling enough Ia nccclc to. but being u
great miscr. utterly scouts the latter part Of the
propositions to c>adc which he tried earnestly To
pcrrmptorly declines. but commences proceed
ing in our Circuit Court for divorce and nlimony,
and for fear her rabbi may take leave of her
again. she has him locked up Il writ Of ne
Great.
The doctor is known to have some eight or ten
thousand dollars in gold in Lis possession, and
could easily discharge the ladies moderate demand,
but is ~ mi'rry that he may iingcr long while
before he will do it.
Tho lady is not unhandsomr, apparently very
Intelligent, md evidently brim full Of grit.
Shocking Casualty at Philadelphia
The Inquirer OF Friday says: Between ten and
eleven O'Clock Yesterday morning. an accident
happened AT the new llutel. corner Of Ninth nnd
Che'ut streets. by tho falling of n derrick, by
which two men were killed They were both
stune masons one named John Twiggs married
man, and the other William Bootley Martindale.
n SINGLE man. and an Englishman by birth, having
| 10 relatives i'll this country. Twiggs was also an
Englishman. Twisgs was killed Instantly, and
Martlndale died in few hours.
The accident occurred in the following manner:
a number of workmen were employed in laying
the stone work Of the front some five six feet
above the iron cornce of the Chestnut street front
will n gitnrtI Xftl In .f nth