The Newtown bee., 1879-06-25
A MARRIAGE BY PROXY.

The Curious Marriage by which Wo-
 man in New York Married Man i'm
 HolIand-SeeI<ing to AnntI the Mar
 riage.
 The rather singular fact of marriage solemnized by proxy has been brought to the notice of Dr. John T. Nagle, Reg istrar of Vital Statistics, of New York city. The parties to this marriage are John William Ad1ianus de Vletter, a resident of Rotterdam, Holland, and Mrs. Louise Stahl, of New York, and the proxy, through whose intermediary services the marriage was solemnized, IS M. Margat Pauer, resident of New York. The certificate of the marriage was found on record. It was dated May 6, 1877, and was duly witnessed. The certificate shows that the bridegroom was at the time of the marriage a wid- over, sixty years of age, and a resi- dent of Rotterdam, while the bride, who was a widow, was forty-two, and re- sided in New York. Mr. Goldzier, lawyer, stated to Dr. Nagle that the tran script from the record was required in certain proceedings which had been in- stituted to have the marriage annulled, and the first step in the proceedings re- ferred to was to have the record of the records of the Health Department, and an application to that effect would, he said, be at once made to the Board of Health. To sustain the application, number of affidavits have been made, from which it appears that De Vletter and Mrs. Stahl met in Rotterdam, Hol- land, several years ago and became be- trOthed. Before any marriage was sol emnized between them. Mrs. Stahl came to this country and settled in New ork. Pauer, the proxy, is mutual friend of ho orI 1aoui,,o Holland to visit Ney York, De Vletter, being anx- ious to marry the widow Stahl, made Pauer his proxy, and gave him a power of attorney, properly drawn up and at tested, to represent him at the solemni- zation of the marriage. The widow had no objections to the ceremony being per formed in the manner indicated, and they went before the Rev. F. J. Schneider, who performed the marriage ceremony between Mrs. Stahl and Pauer, as proxy for his friend De Vletter. and had the same recorded. Mrs. Stahl, or De Vet ter, visited Rotterdam shortly after the ceremony, but only remained there 8 short time. She urged De Vletter to re- turn with her to this country, but as he was disinclined to do so she left him in Rotterdam and returned to her home in New York. Since that time, over year and a half ago, she has not seen her
 
 son Mrs. Stahl. otherwise Mrs. De Vlet- 1 ter, is more than ordinarily anxious to l have such an anomalous marriage dis solved is that she has formed an attach ment for young German living in New | Y YOrk, and that the only imDediment to l their speedy marriage is the union by proxy, which it is now sought to annul. | It is believed by the authorities of the 1 Health Department that the marriage is not legal under the laws of the State, and that there will be no difficulty in having the same set aside, leaving Mrs. Stahl free to contatct a new marriage.
 The Rev. Mir. Schneider, who solemn
 zed the marriage by proxy, said that he l had a power of attorney, subscribed to on March 20, 1877, by De Vletter before l A. c. Van Wyngnorden, notary pub 1 lie at Rotterdam, Holland, and attested by the signature and seal of the United 1 States Consul at that place, which en- powers M. Margat Pauer " especially to conclude in the name ofthe undersigned, 1 (De Vletter) and in his behalf, his pro- posed marriage to Dame Louise Reuter-, widow of the late Herman Stahl, resid- ing in New York. A lso to make and perform the required declaration of mar riage before the required officers of the l State, and before all other officers of the 1 government. State and Church." MT. Schneider holds that the marriage was perfectly legal, both by the canonical law that it is valid and binding upon both parties. He further said that the mar riage ceremony was performed at No. 3O5 East Tenth street, in the presence of quite a number of the friends of Mrs. 1 Stahl