The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-25
DECEMBER AND NAY AGAIN..
but THE SITUATION FIERY DECIDED
LIZ REVERSED TINS TINE.
Woman OF siNty Married IN Man or
Thirty Year.-The uctr to s5OOOo Francs
Mrs. Detmar and Her BibuIous Isonrder.

week ago ycsterdaya handsome. we'll
dressed young man, evidently but few years
over thirty. accompanied Ivy u woman attired in
shabby black gown. with n Grape veil who
looked moro than old enough 10 be- his mother,
applied ut the Mayors Office 10 be- married.
Tho disparity between the pair as to age and
appearance WIS so great as to excite the notice
Of the clerk who has charge Of tho Municipal
Matrimonial Department. accustomed us he is
To unequal alliances. AS both parties to the
proposed contract. the woman very certainly.
were 81 age. he had no rcmnrk to make mud
silently informed his Honor Of the part he had
to perform.
In the ceremony which followed the woman
took the initiative. and almost answered for him
the questions put 20 the bridegroom elect lie.
ON his part. aotcd so confused that Mayor Ely
privately questioned him TO ascertain whether
lie was entirely in his right mind. Hero again
the woman spoke for him. aud accounted for
ms apathy mud nervousness on the ground That
he WIS suffering from foyer and ague. How
ever this may he, the lattcr's conduct was rculiy
not such rs to warrant refusal To perform the
ceremony. and Mayor Ely pronounced the III
assorted pair man and wife
When IL came to replying 10 the questions pro.
pounded ia the marriage certificate tho woman
again answered Tor the man. When he. on be-
ls a aJded NJ n@m% rched Jaf9S sriEGr
TO rchukc her oifciousness when she gave -
M his age. Her own age shc gave ms 10. Her
This il the story told by the friends 81 the
young man TO account Tor the marriage. Jacob
Srahler was born IN the town OF Iacnlkon. in
the canton OF Zurich. Switzerland. about the
year 1915. His father WIS at one time Governor
court similar to our Court 81 Appeals, Tho
Strahlcrs formerly wrote Won lfarillkOn
atHr their, family name. but the noble
To the republican simplicity OF modern
manners in Switzerland. The son Of a
strahler was reared with all the advantages due
10 his birth and breeding. The best masters
were at his command, and an education at once
classical and in the bellies lettres was his from
childhood. He early. however developed dis
position for travel and adventure. which almost
thcreabouts he ran AWAY from, or ut any rat.
lot ms nome. ana came TO this country. The
civil war broke out soon after his arrival.
and inspired apparently by n desire To-
initiate Lafayette. he enlisted rs n private in
The Federal army He served for q period in
and was promoted To n Lieutenancy He neNt
apparently devoted himself entirely to travel.
much time in the several countries 81 Europe
thnt ne acquired the language OF hall doom.
English he had learned in this country, and
German and French were almost his by, birth
right. Spanish and Italian were added. and.
Notwithstanding his early quitting of school.
| Latin was always moro a living anguaget 10 him
| than to many. All this time he also devoted
| himself To the pleasant vices popular with
| settled down ~ "A citizen OF this country. and "A
taste for drinking which had afflicted him early
| developed INTO an uncontrollnhle passion. He
ense Of liquor. became ineapabie Il Sc bel ' his
own master His appetite. with IL. deplornbe
consequences. was so well known to his relatives
! tina; his father, whom he died in 1872 left his
inheritance OF $4,000 francs in the charge OF
guardian.
In January Of the present year Strahler APP
! pearcd In New Rochelle with a letter OF intro
| duction TO Cornelius T.. Keno. a lawyer Of that
| place. In compliance with the contents Of the
! letter, Mr.. kene took charge Of the interests Of
Strahler. VINO was seeking, in virtue OF having
! become Il citizen Of the United States. To- wrest
| his inheritance from the guardian appointed
by his fathers will. lie continued TO crafty
his drinking propensities 10 such an extent
| the trans ferra OF his property from Switzerland
| was In progress. found II necessary to ask him
| 10 leave the hotel where the opportunity to in
dulge himself was So frequent The house OF a
Mrs. Detmar a woman between 80 and CO. was
selected about two weeks ago as q quiet house
temptation to commit his besetting sin con-
tinually before him. Two weeks ago yesterday
house. His lnndady had three adult children
and four or five grandchildren. Her husband.
about tho time Strahler had come to New
| Rochelle. Mrs. Detmar eked ont the little
! candy store and taking hoarders. The family
! had lived for seventeen years in New Rochelle,
and nothing had ever been known to their dis
From the moment Strnhler became Mrs Det-
| mars bOarder, his former friends saw little II
] =,
he seemed TO be under the innusnce OF LIQUOR;
| In the course Of IA few days Mr.. Keno received
vague hints that a matrimonial alliance WIS
proposed between his client and his client
| landlHdy. On the following Thursday Straher
himself came 10 Mr. Kene's Office quite drunk.
ana wanted 10 be- wished Joy ON the score OF his
Mr.. kenc. seeing his condition. thought it
| vas JOKE, ana laughed a hlm. MI, hrne lelt
! Monday. Friday, Strahor came 10 this city with
! Mrs Detmhr, she paying the fare, and was mar
/ pair, Ms is the custom in New Rochelle when
! unsuitable parties are matched. were treated t0
/ a "Skimmerton.' Late IN the evening a
band OF half.grown men and boys surrounded
! the hous" with tin pans and fish horns, ana
made night hldeOus TN nearly morning. The
| process was repeated the two following nights
| When Strahlcr was seen about the village IN the
day time, saturday and Sunday. he was drunk
| and acted du2'd and confused when congratu-
Wnen Mr.. Kone returned TO New Rochelle
| Monday morning, he found Straher waiting
| for him At the depot. The latter was sober but
! showed the marks of a deep dcbauch. H. at
once told Mr.. kene that he had been entranpcd
! into marrying Mrs. Detmar 10y means Of drink
From the moment he had entered the house the
| entire family had piled him with liquor and
ksR been there Son aw DAYS Mr Fu pa ASr al,
| ly proposed that he should marry her The ar
gument she used was that with his propensity
| g. drink he would need some one To take care OF
his property when he became possessed Of it.ant
that she would be the right woman in the riRh
place. Stupened with the LIQUOR he had beer
saturating himself with he had no reply
TO make or resistance to offer and dranE
without protest the pint and 4 half Of whske,
she gave him that night. Tho next day h,
nwoke very sick and miserable, and she had L
arouse his Tagging energies with repeated
doses of liquor. Without knowing wha
he did. he accompanied her to New
York. whore, he believed. they were mar
ried. He was piled with drink all thu
rest Of the day and knew hardly anything NOR,
until Saturday morning he found himself occu
pying the same room with Mrs. Detmar. Dis
Eusted. he Immediately left her. and began {
drink again to drown thought The next tw,
nights he occupied his own ROOM The poo
fellow was overwhelmed with shame anC
grief M he told this pitful tae
and proposed to kill himself. Mr.. Ken,
dssauded him by announcing that immediat,
steps would be taken to have the MARI age an
nullcd on the ground OF fraud. Strahler thu
noxt morning lett New Rochelle for parts un
known He is supposed to bo hiding in th
city The papers In the suit To annul the mar
riage are 10 be served on Mrs Detmar to day o
Monday.
Tho writer called on Mrs Detmar Iyesterda!
10 get her side Of Strahler's story. She lives il
one Of two low story and "A half frame houses OF
Mechanics street The ground floor Of the sec
Ond is occupied as a barber shop by her son in
law. Her candy store fills her first floor.
door, forming an entrance to the second story
has the word Boarding" upon it, A bent ole
woman. with wrinkles over every portion OF he
face, confronted the writer rs he entered the can
Il a.. tawa e lsaN had lt.....