The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-16
TIKI WANDERING JEVESS.
Eta Libschitz's Search for Her
Faithless Husband.
SIXTEEN YEARS OF MISERY.
The Strange Romance Narrated in Essex
Market Court.

To those who heard Tho adavt OF Eta Libschiz road
in the Essex Market Police Court week. which
| she charged william Sachs with abandonment, there
was nothing to indicate that nndcr The bald formulas
| OF the complaint lay the material Of romance as
strange that graccs tho pages oil fiction. Tho
intense earnestness Of tho compainnnts appeal TO tho
Court and display of mental excitement whIch at
| length found vent in hysteria, may have excited q
temporary interest but only when the case was siltcd
1t learned from The complainant that this foreign,
heg,ard looking woman's appearance before New
York magistrate was chapter Of an evcntiu history
thai began sixteen years ago In Prusso-Polish vii
lasc. AS sho narrat IT, there Is tale Of love-
bghted In its beginning aud succeeded by religious
dread of evil she had herself invoked, but which
constantly oppressed her and made hsr endure tolls
such as few women could essay.
Hidden away in an obscure province OF Prusslan
Poland, known Gs Kamnitx-podolsk, is tho village Of
Heisen. where her parents resided Thor name was
Bleuermann, and they were honest, thrifty p,opo,
noted perhaps for little but their profound attachments
/ to the jewish faith and Its traditions Hesen Is .
quiet primitive place, from which old time beliefs and
/ usnges have not been crowded by modern thought,
| and in which innovation Is deemed little less Than
sacriegc. Tho customs OF centuries ago accordingly
prevail, and it was judged only their duty by the
Blcltermanns to admit to their home one day
i
tune, SO speak He had been orphan from
/ infancy had been jostled about by the world all
hts lie, but being possessed OF considerable tact
! and good native talents had managed TO pick
upa tar smattcring Ut information, and IN Hebrew
/ learning a marvel Tor lis years. Tho simrlo
Bettermanns delighted above all things 10 ind
a boy of dozen summers able to read the Mosaic law
discourse profoundly about it, SO they made him
| a member OF their household forthwith and wcro
every soul OF them convinced that there were tho
makings OF great in their proegd. Aaron
Libschitz-,hat was his Damc-d;d nothing to loso
thor good opinion, and 1t not long before they
offered him their daug liter Eta IN marriage.
/ wEDLocK.
She, tor her part, was quito infatuated with tho
| young man, their nuptals were satisfactorily
arranged and celebrated, she says on
| the 18th of July, 1861, IN the village Of Heisen
| There they resided together for about six weeks,
when day Aaron In speaking OF their future pros.
poets proposed that they should 60 together TO the
abode OF relatives OF his who possessed OF
| OF ample means and would not scruple giving him
| assistance. She agreed. Then he gathered up what
vauabcs they had, secured them and the family
/ papcrs-among them tho matrimonial certificate
upon his person. and they set out together At even
ing tho drosky they wcre travelling IN drew up at
station on the and Aaron helped Eta out at
tended 70 her bodily comforts, told her no going
look after some business tut would BIO back pres
! entity, and hurried away. Evening deepencd into
day passed hts waiting vile awakened 10
tho realization OF the truth and dragged
herself TO ass pars1s home 0,a
there; nursing her grief and vainly looking tor news
from him, and then sudden resolution seized her
shc lett her native village 10 sock Tor her absent
III. JxN OF rvAsoYKA
About this time there resided In the district OF
Ivanofkp In Russo, landed gen teman named assul
Nicholovz Baazcl who lcrdcd II over large domain
ana numerous scrf tcnantry Wassail was very
paterna In his government, but he was strong IN bis
personal kngs ana At was his pleasure AZ times 10
elevate somo OF his dependents 10 positions OF trust
ia the province Above all things no de,ested tho
jewish abidsrs in the ncighDorhood and he was very
much sraed 10 come up, upon Mac very gifted y0ura
accept his fnvors and obey hts behcss even 10 the
remuneration Of his faith. The Russian proselytzs Or
was IN rayt lures when his clever prolege publicly
gave over Judaism, entered tue Greek Church and
adopted tho namc OF Alexander wassail in honor OF
were gwen HIM, and no made good use Of them. so
Il about that In the year 1865 tho young apos
tatc was postmaster or all the district OF lvanoka.
II Was one Sabbath evening IN the autumn Of that
year that the keeper OF sub ordinate station saw
worn ana soiied with toll and travel Ito invited her
insifc, and whic preparing TO despatch his postboys
i've 50 delicate had 10 journey about as she did,
and what trouble was 1t That seemed 10 Cypress her.
Tho woman uubosomcd herself to tho kindly station
keeper and a couple oil hrs ASSISTANTS ana when sho
had told tbem how years before slo was abandoned
by her husband had since travelled alone all
Poland and part oil Russia IN quest OF him. they pur-
sued their inquiries ami asked her moro hbou, the
man. She described him minucly, ana the keeper
suddenly awokc TO the convection that Aaron Lib
schilz tho poor wayihrers runaway husband. WAS no
other than hts own superior, Alexander WassaiI, tho
rmn posrMAsrKR's WIFE.
Tho postboys and underlngs at tho station had
| heard the wonan's story and tho deductions drawn
from H. aud, persons OF their station apt
bore TO tho cnci pos.mas ers thai very
night. II he was taken aoack al tho information be
IA I'm tha al tst fpr
which n still preserved and OF which this Is the trans
iaton -
10 NY HionLy FsrEEarD AneAx ALxxAspRovrcn:--
BE you good as spec eddy send ~ my aya
with you. have waiting Tor her with atience.
The posi- nastcr's appended to this, and
the statonkecpcr honorcd 1t by At sending tho
desoatc Eta to him. There are those living III the
place who the meeting between thcm--sbc woman
happy tender and hopeful; Tho man calm, cold and
sal urninc. lie adnitted his relationship; but as ho
BAD ceased to profess judaism he know there a
barrier thcm which would force the daughter
oil the pious Bletcrmanns divorce according
10 their Law. She did 50 when sne saw herself
their solicitations TO the request OF Tho
broken and dishcartcnei woman Aaron OF
Alexander, us no WAS now called, asked tor time "a
consult his patron aud meanwhile promised That I'D
would 20 10 tho Guy OF Bacnmoot, "a tho province o
atrnnschavn. IN the latter part OF October for tho
purpose oi according tho woman divorce accord ~
TO The Hebrew custom. rhiihcr his deserted wife
wehdcd her way and there sought mo hospitality .
people OF her iaith TIL Acxandcrs coming. The pro
viGcial nonsmnn, IN whose service The postn,asic
was, 100 dtcp an aversion 10 tue JcWs, however
toa.iow his favorite 20 anything to do with hcm
so he forbade his taxing part In any ceremony
HIS Hebrew vile, and advised hin 20 let her 10 hc
way uGnotlcod.
me CONFETTI NOT
THIS explains why Eta was furnished with tho fol
lowing certificate. which tho Russian Consul pro
nounccs authentic.
!, tho undersigned testify that the bearer Eta In
presence ether with Ia the month Of Oetobe
1863 nave searched ia Lower Itanotka where dwcls
converted jew. Alexander Ma,saii Linschz, Who ate
many acnias conesses Eta be hts lawful WIFE,
he Il reaay according the the Hebrew