Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-14


The father of Mrs. Scheinert, who has Just
brought suit Tor the dissolution of marriage
| between herself and Ferdinand Scheiuert cher
maiden name we do not give for obvious rea-
sons,) is wealthy merchant of New York, of
| German descent, and living in style BETTING
his wealth in the upper part of the city. Mrs.
Seheinert herself is a young lady hardly yet out
Of her teens, having only arrived at the age of
twenty years on the second of June last. In
1868, Ferdinand Scheinert first made the ac-
quaintance Of his future father-in-law, at his
store in the lower part of the city. He repre-
sented that he was a Hungarian, that he had
been banished with Kossuth, and had been de-
priVed of all his property. He begged as tl-
vor that he might be allowed to have the educa-
ton of the children Of the wealthy merchant,
that he might honestly earn his bread. Consent
was given. Scheinert was allowed to take charge
of the education of the children, and was adj
mtted to the house on the footing of respected
and respectable old refugee Che was then about
fifty years of age) compelled to resort to the ed
ucation of children as a means of livelihood.
For two years this continued, Scheinert mean
while so completely gaining the confidence of
his employer, that he was allowed to accompany
his pupils anywhere through the city, and at
any time that he or they wished to go. On the
afternoon of the 4th of April, 1865, Ferdinand
Schenert took his pupil, Anna -, then an in
teresting girl of thirteen years of age, from the
house of her parents, with their knowledge and
consent, ostensibly to see friend of his, but
unfortunately for the poor girl the friend was
a priest, and her companions purpose in taking
her to see him was devilish. They went in the
horse cars to Thirty-sixth street, or near there
in New York, got out and went into house
While on their way to this house, Scheinert dis
closed his wicked purpose to his victim, but she
was so frightened that she answered him not
word then, not afterward during the perform
ance of the marriage ceremony. After they ar
rived at the house ceremony was performed in
a XUhi RnftId 1nf un1n a fa,l1 tty
some one whom Scheinert represented to be
priest, Scheinert making all the responses.
After this ceremony Scheinert and Anna -
returned to her home, and on the way he so
frightened the poor child by threats of what
would happen and what he would do in case she
revealed the occurrences Of the afternoon to her
parents, that she kept closed mouth, and her
parents never discovered them till months after
ward. Three or four days after this ceremony
had been performed, Scheinert came to the house
OF Anna, and asked her parents if he could take
her out as usual. Her mother gave consent,
and he took her to the Central park. There he
told her that she must now go away with him,
that she was his wife and must go. She refused
utterly. First he entreated, then threatened,
and finally he put her in carriage and drove
away. Anna - was taken sick after they got
into the carriage and fell into fit of uncon-
seriousness, and remembers nothing clearly until
they arrived at Montreal, Canada, except that
she has II faint recollection of hearing it said
that they were at Niagara Falls. After their ar
rival at Montreal she was taken sick with brain
fever, she thinks, and was confined to her bed
for weeks.
Immediately after the abduction of his daugh-
ter became to him certainty, the father of Anna
- telegraphed in all directions to have the
villain Scheinert and his victim stopped, but it
was of no avail to the heart-broken man. For
weeks and months he had no knowledge of the
whereabouts of his beloved daughter, and at
Ioct axyn al hOnn of lpa1ninCr
accident, when unexpectedly a letter from
Schenert came all the way from Hungary, say
ing that they were married and living there.
The letter had been mailed from Montreal to a
friend of Scheinert's in Hungary, and there re-
mailed. A reply was sent to the address in
Hungary, urging Scheinert and his wife TO re-
turn to New York, but no other notice was given
to it, and it did not have the desired effect to
put the outraged father on a false scent. Months
passed by, and at last a mere accident revealed
the abode OF Scheinert and his victim.
For eight weary months poor Anna - lived
with Scheiuert in Montreal, where he resumed
his former calling of teacher of music and lam
guageS, and she remained confined to the house
in which they lived, except when he was graz
eiOns enough to take her out. He so frightened
the child by his threats thar she never left the
house without him, and made not single ac-
quaintance while in Montreal Time and again
she begged and implored to be allowed to re-
turn home, but always her prayers We're denied.
She wrote letter after letter to her father, telling
him where she was, but she always gave them
to Scheinert to post.
As already stated mere accident revealed to
the stricken father where his daughter really
was. A fur merchant from Montreal came down
to New York on business, and went to the store
of friend of Mr.. - to make some pur-
chases. While there Mr.. - happened TO
come, and being introduced to the Montreal mer-
chant general conversation on Indifferent mat
tiers ensued, in the course of which the Montreal
merchant spoke OF a music teacher whom he
had recently engaged TO teach In his family.
The attention OF Mr.. --- was aroused, and a
full description of the music teacher being asked
and given, he became convinced that it was no
other than Ferdinand Scheinert, who had eight
months before carried away his daughter, the
light of his household. Mr.. at once in
stituted measures TO ascertain whether his sus-
picons were correct. They proved to be SO, and
in a few days his long lost daughter returned to
her home, where she has been living ever since.
Scheinert has never since been seen by his vic
tim or her father, though vigorous search has
been made for him. In the early part OF this
year Mr.. - employed VIM L. Headley, Esq,
a lawyer of the city of New York, to obtain a di-
vorce between his daughter and the wretch who
abducted her and forced her to marry him. As
already stated the proceedings have been carried
to conclusion, and yesterday the referee rem
dered his report, giving it as his opinion that
decree in favor of the plaintiff should be enter
ed, annuling her marriage and decreeing the
same to be void The report will doubtless be
confirmed by the court.-From the Brooklyn
Eagie