, 1879-08-24

The laws of Wurtemburg provide that all
marriages OF subjects OF the country without
nor binding, and must be regarded as null and
void, as il never having taken place. MIR. Roth,
either IN person or By attorney, presented him
self before the Royal Matrimonial Court Of
Wurtemburs, and, after recitlng that be was q
native OF the Kingdom, had lived in the United
States for a number OF. years, was married in
Chicago, aud had practically separated from his
wife,
ASKED FOR DECREE ANNuLL1Na TIE MAR
= RIAGE,
on the ground that he had never received the
consent OF the Government to marry. It does
least those which the reporter has examined,
that any defense was made, or that any notice
Of the contemplated proceedings had been
served on Mrs. Roth. Tie decree was entered
of record iu the Court on April "a, 1873.
Six months later-lhat is to say, on NoV. ~
OF the same year-John George Roth and Miss
Amale Staehle were united in marriage, and
settled dowu I'd housekeeping 10 schorndor1.
This marriage was solemniZed !ittle over l"o
months after Mrs. Made1aine Roth accepted the
5000 the alleged release OF all claims against
the estate OF her husband.
Four months after the marriage there WAS
post~nuptiaI contract entered into between
Roth and his second wife, providing that IN case
she survived him she should have az the Prep
erty he was seized OF at the date OF bis death,
on condition that she gave 5000 forlps to hts
brothers aud sisters living at the tine OF his de-
cease.
Before the third anniversary Of the second
marriage death invaded the household. john
George Roth died July II, 1876. On the same
day, "for valuable consideration" and pre-
sumaby only few hours before his demise, no
conveyed 10 Albert Staehle, the brother Of
An.alic Stachle Roth. the second wife, al
Of his real property by an, instrument
written in the German language, though not
uuder seal, subject 10 the rights Of Amalle un-
der the post-nuptial contract. Fifteen days
later she surrendered to her brother all her ln-
terest and rights in the estate. and the next day
gave hun a power OF attorney with plonary
power to do US he pleased with the properly.
Mrs. Madelaine Roth. tie first wife, was domt.
ciled at Schiltieheim, Prussia, when she heard
OF her husbands death, Two days alter Its oc'
currence, aud that be would be buried tue same
dav. The news caused her much sorFo" ana
rrief. Tor, notwithstanding the ill-trcatment to
which she had been subjected, she still loved hln
Not having au opportunity to attend the 1uoesai
she did not go to Schorndorf, where he had
died, until Sept. Is following, when she went
there to see his grave and water with her tears
the green turf above it. The next day alter her
arrival, and while she was preparing TO MAKE
the mournfu1 journey to Gods acre, it began 70
p postponed, and in its place she tndulEed III
refreshing season Of gossip with her Old ne1ph-
bors and friends, and particularly With
ONE LOUIS MULLER,
who for the first time appears on the scene 0t
this hitherto constantly shifting panorama. he
suggested to her the propr!ety Of calling upon
Widow No. 2, aud she wanted to know
how be could possibly ask her to call upon The
woman who had been the source OF all her pans
aud sorrows, Whereupon he rctorted tnat sue
widow No. l, had no right, anyhow, to her
deceased husbands property. TOR the reason
that she had been divorced from him.. She de-
MED the existence Of anT divorce, and INSISTED
| that her simple object in coming to Schorndort
| was to see the grave. He then told her maj the
Widow No. 2 moved py compassi0Vni pas Viaa ana ny syn
Data had to S!s ne6 ae ne I late
| Roth had given her so little.
| Distracted with her situation, surprised and
| COMPOUNDED with what she had learned, misleo
by those whom she had supposed to ne ner
friends ignorant of what property her bus
baud left, incapable Of transacttng busl-
| ness,-all Of which she now avers,-sne
consented to hold au interview with Ama1lo
| Staenie Roth, WidoW. No. :, and o7 her was
trenfed With great Sindness and consideration.
The nnsbor Of the visit was she consented TO ae-
cept the 10000 marks. and signed paper re-
| nouucine all claims she might have agalhst uae
estate. An instaIlmeut OF 1.Uo0 marks was theu
mid her, the remainder to be paid on or before
Tie following July. Muller, to show bis disin;
tcrestcd oeneyolence towards The old friend alid
| ncighbor, sent i1 bull for 100 marks, which
| Widow No promptly paid This agreement
| made with Amalie she now repudates on The
eronni Of falsr presentation, undue influence,
and that came captivating incapaelts Tor ousi-
ness which was her great charm:
| Some months after the demise OF Mr.. Roth
| the Widow No. 2 carried cut her contract bs
nayinr the 5000 florins TO the brothers and sis
ters Of the de:cdent, or their heirs, and, 10 re-
t turn, thev ouitrclaimed to her bro;her al! the
rights and interest which they had in the Rotl
| estate
Subsequently Albert Staehle, the brother q
| Widow No. 2, In order to make it more bind
| inr and To thoroughly earry out the agreement
| entered into between bis sister and Malela1no
! Roth, o;taiued from the latter, under date o1
Oct 8, 1876,
| / DEED CONVEYING TO HIN,
at the direction of An1alie. all the real propeft
| vested in Roth at the time OF Ills DEATH. lhl:
deed was filed with Recorder Brock"ay' Nov
| following. ......., .
This deed Madelaine pronounced forgery
and insists that it was obtained from her b1
fraud and deception.
After the lapse Of eight or ten months # n9 be
| gins to dawn through tue mind OF Mrs. Made
| laine Roth that The property lett by her hu7
| band was Of much greater value than she SUD
posed, and that she had been deirandea out ol
her rights. Aug. i, 1S77, sue made complete
remuneration OF al the agreements S nefsto!or
Albert Staehle, and this she caused to De serVe'
| on them by her brother some stx weeks later
he at tile same time rendering the 1,ooo marS
which had been paid her BY virtue OF tue on
agreement. 4 more formal remuneration wa
made BY her Nov. 3, 1877, before L. W: Lang
Notary Public of this city, and filed IN til
Clerks office of the County Court the sam
day.
IN the Snperlor Court OF this CO unity in June
1878. by Charles NJ. Harris, counsel for hr:
| hiaQc1aine Roth, asking that she oe restored
ali her original rights, that all the agreement
Which she signed under undue in iiuence D
declared null aud void, that alpert stasut y