Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-14

Baltimore Special to Cincinnati Enquirer
Extraordinary interest has been excited in
the divorce suit of John D. Kremelberg VS..
Gertrude S. Kremelberg, nee Miss Jenkins,
and the decree granted to-day by Judge Gill
mer, giving to the complainant an actual d.
vorce, vinculo matrimonie, has produced a
decided sensation in society circles.
Mr.. Kremelberg is a wealthy merchant,
and his wife was one of the most brilliant
and beautiful debutants in Baltimore society
few years ago. She is now about 20, and
preserves all those charms which, in her
youth, brought hosts of admirers to her feet.
Her family is of the highest social dist nc
ton, wealth and influence in Maryland, and
she has moved in the most aristocratic cir
cles, where she was distinguished for her
beauty and culture.
In 1872 Mrs. Kremelberg went to Europe
with her three children and maid, Mrs.
Jennie Kremelberg and the daughter of her
husband by his first wife. At Baden Baden
Mrs. Kremelberg met Baron Albecht Won
Bruneck, man of good position in society.
The acquaintance ripened into love, and
when the baron left for Switzerland, in his
first letter to Mrs. Kremelberg he speaks of
the memory of the kiss she gave him in part
ing, and fills his letter with other endearing
expressions. In other letters he invites her
to come to Switzerland, which she accepted,
and together they visited Luzerne and other
places of interest. The baron planned the
hotel accommodations, and they were so ar
ranged that he either occupied a commune
eating room or one near that of his fair en-
chantress.
Miss Kreme|berg wrote to her father of
the intimacy, and he went to Baden-Baden
at once, when his wife told him that she
loved the baron next to her God, and that
he had been sent into the world to make it a
happy world for her. Her husband forced
her trunk, and discovered bundle of letters
from the baron, couched in the most af-
fectionate terms, and of such character as
to prompt him to the belief that she had
dishonored him. In one letter to the baron,
captured by her husband, she describes this
scene, and apologies for not having
destroyed the baron's letters by saying: II
loved them and you too well to part with
them.'' Mr.. Kremelberg at once brought
his wife to Baltimore, and, wishing to avoid
a scandal, took up their residence in separate
apartments at the Carrolton hotel.
Her family refused to credit the story of
her guilt, and she resumed her place in
society. Testimony was introduced to prove
the purity of Miss Jenkins during girlhood,
and not single cloud was found on her
reputation down to the time of her trip
abroad. Six months after her return she
consulted counsel, and wrote to her husband
demanding restoration of conjugal rights.
This was refused, and formal separation
took place, he agreeing to pay her $4,000 a
year. 1t was also shown that during her
years trip abroad her personal expenses were
$500 1000, .>.-, .. .~-, ~..v e =. ~r
Several months after her separation Mrs.
Kremelberg visited her husbands palatial
residence on Mount Vernon Place, and in
stalled herself in his chamber, but her father
and other friends finally induced her to with
draw, after being assured that a reconciliation
was impossible. After this Mr. Kremelberg's
counsel fled bill for absolute divorce and
the custody of the children, which has just
been granted. Mrs. Kremelberg has, for
some time, been residing at the Convent of
Notre Dame. Her counsel at once fled m
appeal, under which the case may 60 to the
court of appeals of Maryland.