The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
A WOMAN'S STARTLING STORY.


MRS. HENRIETTA GREUwE ACCUSES HER HUs-
BAND OF CONSPIRACY TO IMpRIsoN HER IN
AN AsYLUM-vARIoUs OPINIONS OF HEK MENs
TAI CONDITION.
An incredible story of persecution and inhuman
treatment of wife was yesterday related to Judge
Gustav Streng. of Hoboken, n. j., by Mrs Henrietta
Greuwc. prepossessing young German lady. Mrs.
Greuwe is the wife of Mr. Emil Greuwe an architect
doing business III this city aud residing in comfort
able house at No. I'll Park avenue. She has re.
sided in Hoboken for nearly nine years and
is well known among the influential German resi-
dents When she entered the Justices court she APP
peared greatly excited and at once implorcd him 10
protect her from her husband, who she said GO
ing have her taken from home that afternoon and
place her in insane asylum. The Justice laughed
at the statement and endeavored to calm her by say.
ing:-"Oh, no. Mrs. Greuwe that can't be done in
this country The lady then said:-"Well, if you
are going to laugh at me may well go home. but
what say is true
She then related her story, and succeeded in con-
vncng the Justice that her first statement was true
and that she really had good for alarm. She
married she says, to Greuwe in this CITY, about
thirteen years ago. and after the marriage lived with
him at Cold Spring. While at this place. three years
after their marriage she alleges he began to neglect
her and pay marked attention her sister, She got
rid Of her sister and moved to Paterson, n. j. While
residing at Paterson and shortly after the birth
of her second child. she alleges that her
husband dragged her in her weak state from
the bed and throwing her across the room. said to
her, "Why the - don't you 60 and drown your
self, don't want you around me. II you don't
will fix you anyhow. If you half woman you
would have committed suicide long ago.
POISONED BY HER HUSBAND
ILL.,
was the result Of poison given to her by her husband.
She never fully recovered from the effects
of the poison, her nerves being affected and
her sight weak, After they moved to Hoboken
her husband absented himself from home. she
alleges. and spent his evenings and money with
other women. Among his acquaintance was q
physician, and this man she believes to have
been her husbands adviser in all the perse-
cntions to which she was subsequently subjected.
Her husband, she says, frequently threatened to
place her in lunatic asylum, and called about him
the physician and Trenchman. she believes,
When she walked in the street she booted at by
children There goes Mrs. Crazy, and this she be-
leves was the result of statements made by her hus-
band that she was insane
SHIPPED TO EUROPE
In July last her husband told her that she mighs
pay visit to her relatives in Europe and on July 81
she sailed from Hoboken in the steamship Donau.
She never received any money from her husband in
sns she resed that sine I been sent
there that she might be got rid Of She applied to
me steamship company i1r reet ana aney si, 10
curity. She returned to Hoboken again on October
4. When she reached her home she alleges that she
found it occupied by the physician and the French.
man and his family and she learned that carousne
had been the, order in, the house during
to leave. Her troubles continued as they
had been previous to her trip and her husband. she
asylum nc One night. while walking with him. he
asked permission to discharge his revolver but she
would not let him. Two gentlemen visited her and
Physician Converse and Dr.. s. v. ". Stout, former
county physician. From these. she says. her hus-
band obtained certificate of her insanity and was
making preparations to take her to Morris Plains.
A STARTLING DIsCovERY.,
few days ago she found among her husband1
papers the following letter.
orrrcr or DIR s. v. W. srorr, |
No 81 svns,r Avrsun. S1a;!H 81 Bcwsss sraxrr,
o"e' G gpsssr CRY n M 70 Nov - s7
To DR. BUrroLPH, Superintendent Lunsc Asylum, horr4
DEAR srRAllow to Introduce Dr. yie.rano and
soS
1t was the discovery Of this letter that caused her
to make her husbands threats public and she firmly
believed that he would before evening attempt to
her to the asylum The judge, after taking her
statement sent her Counsellor John c. Besson and
he advised her to go home and call Few
friends to remain at the house .h to prossods
lawyer she talked and acted in perfectly rational
manner, and both were impressed with her sanity.
also Of the belief that she entirely sane.
THE WOMAN sANEg
Notwithstanding this. many ncighbors allega
jealousy, accusing her husband Of infdelity il he
should speak to any female. Two years ago she
arrested the instance Of Mr.. George Clark whose
sisters she had accused OF making too free with
her husband. Another timo she, 1t is said, charged
her husband with climbing over the fence into the
yard in the rear of the house of Mr.. Edward Kerr,
President Of the Board of Education for the purpose
of visiting a servant girl. Chief Donovan, who
mcmbered her since her arrest. said last night to
HERALD reporter that she crazy and had been for
years. well-known resident said to the reporter
that there was not doubt Of her insanity, and
pressed sympathy for her husband who he said
had had hard time of it with her account of her
jealousy
SOME or HER ACTIONS.
HERALD reporter visited the house last night and
in the dining room found Mrs. Greuwe surrounded by
two ladies', Mr. William f. Miller and Constable John
w. Haydick, Of Weehawken who had been called in
prevent any attempt TO carry her OF Mrs. Greuws
sprang her feet at every sound Of carriage wheels.
and with n Ssh! there's . carriage now" would
20 to the door to IL 1t for her.
While talking the reporter she reiterated her state
ment as made above Before the reporter had been
introduced she pointed TO one Of her friends and
said. ..Do you want TO see the crazy woman There
she is" Again she would say, mo. she isn't tho
one but can't you tell which one of us is crazy"
Mr.. Greuwe had not been home since Tuesday, but
she confident that he would be there last night
with carriage to take her Up TO halfpast ten
carriage came. The case exctes much interest