The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-18
MRS. MUNGENSDORF'S STORY.
FOLLOWING HER FIRST HUSBAND IND
PURSUED BT TfE SECOND.


MARRYING In the Relief that Her Husband
was Dend-The Husband Searching for her
"a Long Time IN Vain-A Charge OF Blgnmy
In the Essex Market Police Court, ycster
dav, Margaret Kesslcr MungensdrOf was a
prisoner. Herman Schonberg Of Ill East
Broadway. her accuscr. said that he was n
widowcr with three children, and that. unable
to take care Of them. he answered the adyer-
tsument. in December last. OF u bureau in
Division street that offered to supply honora-
bic and ell-rccommended women to be house
Keepers. and that he engaged Margaret Kessler
Mungcnsdorf that he found her patient. in
dustrious woman that she took good care of
, the children, and won them to hor, and that at
length her simple sincerity won him also.
Schonberg went on to say that his house.
keeper neither repulsed nor encouraged him.
and that one evening. after she had put tho
children to bed and finished her work for the
day and was sitting at the table sewing, while
no smoked his pipe and drank his pint OF beer.
he told her that he had satisfied himself that
she would make him good wife. and that she
then said that her husband. who had been a
| hard drinker. had disappeared suddenly. and
that. believing him to be- dead. and being her
( sell helpless. sho would accept SchohOerEs
| Offer.
/ Schonbcrg and his housekeeper were accord
| ingly married bya clergyman IN Alien street
/ But three weeks after tho marriage. Schnu-
7 berg. reaching his home after MS Uty Wpik,
/ found his children alone and in tears. MAN.,
/ ma" they said had gone away win Imam
brief note; pinped on tue w99ntel sh1li, maze
! found his wife and taken Iher to live with
Hence the arrest. Justice Kilbreth commit
! ted Mrs. Mungensdori in default OF sluuO bail
In her cell in Essex Market prison she said:
-" am a cook. was married 10 Joseph
Mungcnsdorl on the ith Of June, 1871 in Mayor
| E,y's office Ny husband kept II fancy store in
| last sixth street We lived very pleasantly for
! "a few months and then ntlsDuu Is bus ness
failed him. and he became dependent. In the
early part Of last year he took to drink ing ana
from bad came to worse. One night he
came home and told mo he could no longer
support me- and that must 20 back to work.
! ne intended To kill himself begged him not
| 10 abandon me. and told him could gct work,
| and would help support him. He went out and
! ! did not see MN ngain llay ait,r Jay waited
| for him. but he did not return. Then went To
| eeihoyeu Hall and obtained place rs cook.
despair called upon Mr.. Blake Mt the office OF
the Commissionrrs of Charities and Correction.
Der II letters 10 friends Of my husband. making
IN ,uirics about him, No one had seen or heard
OF him. and although visited the MOrgue. and
every hospital in this city could get no trace
Of him. Then | concluded that he was dead.
had not the heart 10 keep the place Of cook ut
Beethoven Hall So called on the bureau in
Division street. and applied for n place as
housrkreprr or servant. was introdprrd 10
Mr.. Schonberg. and he made such Kind offers
that accepted them. ! wont 10 his house. and
took charge oi his children; / had not been
]
began g. pay mo attentions, which ! tried tQ
rcpel. He finally. one night. told me he desired
tn make me his wife. | then told him how
was situated that lid not know whether my
husband was really dead or not. that he had
Disappeared. and that that was all know. Mr..
S'honherg then told me that the laws q this
country would permit me 20 marry again I'M
der those circumstances. finally consented TO
marry him. aud he took me before q man who
married Us in "A house IN Allen street We hal
not been married two days before his manner
changed toward me. Matters went on IN TINS
way until. about three weeks after my marriage
with S,honberg. my husband. Joseph Munyon's
dorf. found me. | WAS alone with the children
when he came. | WIS frightened when he con
front"d me. Tor ! thought he was dead. Then
he told me- that he had been sick
, At this moment "A tail. handsome man entered
the prison. He had no pass and as Keeper
Dunlap would not ADMIT him To- ne cells. he
shouted Margarcthal MargarethA!'
, The woman sprang TO the door Of her cell and
cried out, Joseph Joseph! don't leave me
don't lot them take mo to prison.!
But Joseph Mnngensdorf was hustled into the
street. He said:
night disappeared l met some friends. and
We went into saloon and drank. ! don't know
how long drank but remember having ter
rlh.c fall | was taken TO bellevue HoSutu
, and from there 20 Wards Island. / had no
! money. and could not send word 70 my wife
! left the hospital after | had been there
, five weeks. but left too soon. and the very day
after | bad been permiitcd 70 20, hgd TO \.
: back; There remained six weeks. When l
8 ne''i'sshboThooJ where / had lived, ba, my vii,
was gone. / sought the few friends she had Ia
I | this city. but no one had seen her. went @
e | whore She had been employed last. but could
y got no trace of her Driven Ia les pair and on,
y / OF means. hired u room at 3l5 Broome street
! aud returned to my work as an agent or can
y vasser. Every sunday AMI holiday spent ~
search Of Margarrtha. but no one had seen her
| Finally, one day a man told me that hr had seer
q Margarctha. or woman wholooked very muci
e | like herr but he said she was with man. ant
q had three children. Again / heard Of MargA
o. rethn. and that she was living with Mr.. Srhon
/ borg. | ran TO the house In East Broadway
q / The door WIS open. and saw Margnretha.witl
d three children. She told me Of her marriage L
r Schonbcrg. | asked her II she WAS going &
: leave me forever. She said no. AMI that sh'
r loved me better than Schonb"rg. then tol'
3. her she had better come right away home Will
1 me and she did. Schonberg found us out an
y poor Margareiha is locked up in prison. AM