The New York herald., 1871-02-19
WANTED-A HUSBAND.
A Novel Scene in the TOmbs
Police Court.
A Woman Marries Ono Man and Claims An
other as "Her 0wn"-six Years separa-
ton Causes Court Courting-Mis-
taken Idantity-A New Method
Of Obtaining Husband.

Early 10 the spring of 1864 two yonng aspirants
who had passed through that stage OF lie known
under the common title Of "courting days. de-
termined to secure that desired desideratum of all
human beings, "happiness" by becoming united In
the holiest OF holy ties and join their hands III we'd
lock. The little town OF Vestietin In Poland was
the scene OF the festivities and Louis Goldschmidt
son OF one OF the talest Poles, with Chenes
Lapnzowi, healthy looking brunette, having
all the fervor and lmpetuosity OF vigorous maiden.
hood, were the couple who were TO act the princi-
pal parts Of the drama. As III ALL or at least most,
marriages, Chenes did not improve In her temper
ment after she had adopted her husbands good
name. They We're
BOTH or THE SEED or ABRAHAM
and the troublesome question OF theology, as in
some instances where the parties are each of
a difernrt creed, was settled, leaving no
room for controversy. In a short time
LOUIS discovered that his wife Yves too near
her friends; that every act on his part was too
faithfully cToniced 10 his friends to be either plea
SAINT or conducive to his happlness-so after the
birth OF a daughter in 1896, he resolved TO remove
to London, England, and thus at once take his
young wife from among her troublesome friends,
secure his own peace OF mind, and also secure po-
sition among the learned in matters OF law and
jurisprudence. lie removed to the fashionable me.
tropois with his goods and chaitels. and having a
passport signed and countersigned in a most
marvellous style with the autographs OF the Polish
ariStocrats Alter short sojourn there Chenes be.
came worse than ever, constantly plying her har.
rowing darts OF provocatlon ana rendering him
so MISERABLE THAT He LEFT HER
the same year and departed for parts unknown
Selling her chattels she returned to Poland bur not
finding the heartless Louis after years search,
sue returned again 10 London. here she remained
until nve weeks ago, when, learning from some
source considered to be authentic, that her husband
was III America, she TOOK a passage III the steam-
ship Pennsylvania for herself and daughter, ana
came on TO New York, landing here on Monday last
at Castle Garden. Being lower in ner purse than in
her determination, she applied 10 good nafured
Cassery to assist her IN her search for her husband
After deaf OF labor TO ascertain the Whereabouts of
some friends, who were formerly domestlcs in her
iatheris house, and who, she stated saw her
married. IL was ascertained that man bearing the
name OF Wolf Goldstein could be found at ls2 Fer.
syth street.
Thither Cnenes went, and at once declared the in.
divldual 10 be her own beloved. Great, however
was her surprise 10 learn tnat ne repudlated the
Idea OF such thing, declaring that he mad only
been In this country tour months from Poland; he
had
NEVER SEEN HER IN GALL HIS LIFE-
before, never been TO England never been married
and never intended to be- Such string or neyers''
was too long Tor poor Cnenes. She sought the aid
OF magistrate, made an afiidavt before Judge
Bowling charging this man with abandoning her,
and had him arrested. lie, In turn, sought the aid
OF criminal practitioner In the vicinity OF the
Tombs, and yesterday afternoon the parties all
CAME BEFORE THE roaBs POLICE COURT
were anything but prepossessng IN appearance, and
regarded each other with giances OF intense hatred
and contempt. Chenes and her solicitor had brought
all the fraternity from Baxter street to that
they knew the defendant, and three OF them posi-
lively swore they saw the 'Rabbnan join their
hands in wedlock. There were gesticu-
lations and smothered curses by hundreds,
but Chenes made but poor headway. Chenes
swore that the reason he had changed
his name from Goldschmldt to Goldsteln was to
marry another woman and the better to elude her
vigilance. Goldstein however, produced passport
showing that he did not leave Poland until last Sep
TEMPER; that he was q subject OF
TIE EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA,
and had never been in Nestieten in his life; though
she mad pretended to know all his friends ana rela-
tves as residents OF tnat place. Finally Chenes pro-
duced q photograph which 1t was said represented
her husband. IL was not Goldstein, the de-
Iendant, however. and in a few minutes q
German came forward and said the person
represented by the picture was old friend or his
and was not Pole at all, but thoroughbred Teu-
what Howe, defendants counsel, was waiting for
and IN Few moments he showed that
THE. POOR WOMAN WAS ALT0GETHEE MISTAKEN;
that she did not know her husband, and that 1t
would be better for her TO ..try again. After q
hearty laugh at Chenes confusion, the
Judge intimated that to mistake stranger
for friend IN the street was an
eXcusable error but for wife not to know her own
husband was beyond even his comprehension. He
supposed that she had married somebody; but he
ADVISED that Mr.. Casserly should send her back
across the Atlantic, as he thought she would be
nearer the tracks of her peculiar Spouse Chenes
left the court III great agony OF mind, followed by
The host Of pergnIers who had come TO swear poor
G0dsteIn into q SiQCuary hasty marriage.