The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-11
LOUIS BERGES BURGLARY.
ms sEfzrHE or MRS. BERGES PROP
IRTY litter 4 DIyORCE.
The Married and Unmarried Life OF the Heir
e.. Daughter of Nunncnk"mp-A Music
Teachers Unsucces ssfui Ventures In Trade.


In tho New York Directory for this year Is
the address. Martha A. Bcrge. widow Louis.
h. 3i2 l.. nth" In the Flfty-scvcnth street
Police Court yesterday. Louis Bcrge was held
in % 900 bail on charge Of burglary. preferred
by Martha A. Berg6. Mrs. Berg6 was the wife
Of Louis until she procured n divorce from him.
Her complaint set forth that her former hus-
band entered her promises at 3i2 East Seven
teenth street on Sunday evening. and took
thcrcfrom property valued at $4,000. consisting
Of tl35 in money. pair OF diamond earrings
and diamond pin valued Mt $500. two neck
laces n number of loose diamonds and other
precious stones. n $50 shawl solid silver forks
and spoons. two gold chains and pair OF
bracelets. several pieces Of valuable lace. and
other articles.
. Several witnesses testified that Bcrge was In
the neighborhood of his ex-wifes house that
evening. and the officer who made the arrest
produced tho stolen property which had been
found in the cellar Of the music store kept by
Berg6 at 1879 Third avenue. Berge waived an
examination and was committed already
notod. John Byrnes, an employee OF Berge,
who testified to the lattor's entering the store on
Sunday night with a box. which ho said con-
tanned his wfe's property. was sent to the
Mira Berge was found in her mothers house.
at Eleventh street and Avenue A last evening.
y. Il.
who died IN, April last. lsaving prop1r,y estl-
mated at half million; Mr., Nunnenkamp in
hsied some money IRON on nIs ather ran,a ann I3a
bakers shop In Amsterdam. He then came TO
this country. and after his MARI age he and his
Then they moved to Avenue A. and continued
the business there nine years longer AT the
end OF that time Mr.. Nunnrnkamp gave up per-
sonal attendance ut his store. and, after build
ing the big block in which his widow still lives
and in which he died he let his real estate IN IN
vcstments Increase Of themselves. At his dsath
h. lei, q third OF his large property to Mrs.
Bcrgd his only child.
account of her union and her separation from
her husband. She was married to him fourteen
| Five children. the eldest 10. have been the re-
suit of the marriage. On her Wedding day her
father gave nor dover Of sl5O.9OO. two-thlrds
| of which, she alleges Bergc wasted in the course
| Of the subsequent years Of marriage. Besides,
at different times, her father gave her money to
! set him up in business. Twelve years ago her
| father gave him $4,000 to open piano store in
| broadway. and whom that venture proved un-
| Rleeckcr street. But whatever Borgc took hold
OF fell TO pieces at his touch He was musician.
! not a business man.
! II was as her music teacher that IN" Nr-t
| lenrned 60 love him, and her hand WAS his re-
] wnrd for tho lessons he gave her. lie knew
nothing hut musi AMI after their mnrrias"
/ she had io educate him IN nthr"rdinnrv branches
/ ~ knowledge. Al the time that he was
wasting her fathers money and hers in unSuc-
/ cp~~fu business ventures he was earning
fair SALARY ~ organat i9r various chur hes.
H. il II relative oi William Berse. the we'll
Bergc's failures in business his wife, could
have rondoned. II WAS his fragrant ntidclitirs
| and wasting her substance in riotous lvngtha
Mrs. Nergt could not forgive; Finally. ia o To-
so she fh .S ssSa Of Tr Frbruary 1y2r a by Ts
Donohue on the ground Of adultery, the custody
OF the chhd.en being awardrd to the mother.
| say. Berge married woman i'll New jersey,
with whom he lived till sh" deserted him. he