New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-24
SELLING HIS WIFE FOR A DOLLAR

A. Lauten. a manufactures of jewellers cases. in
Great Jonesst. in this city, lives at Tenth-ave. and
Second-st.. Mount Vernon. About year ago he
hlred Ferdinand Jansen, luder of West Mount
vernon, to put up a house for him. While the work
for seeing Mrs. Lauten. woman who weighs $50
pounds They became very intimate and were &C
by the neighbors. and anonymous letters sent
to Mr. Lauten Informing him of the fact. His wife,
About six weeks ago Mrs Lauten, however, abb
scented herself from home for three days. When
been, but made confession to her husband of her
love for Jansen. It was subsequently asccrtaned
Farmingdae, Long Island, as husband aud wife.
Recently Jansen called at the house OF Mr..
Lauten. apparently ignorant that his Intimacy with
Mrs Lauten had become known. Mr.. Lauten met
him, and in the discussion which followed made
some bitter remarks about his wfe's conduct. She
heard them and immediately went to her room.
She soon returned with pen, ink and paper, and
said to her husband Now; want to see whether
yon are man enough to state on paper that you
Will sell me to Jansen for one dollar" MIR.
Lauten expressed his readiness to do so and
Jansen gave him the money. Mrs. Lauten said
FRIDAY last Mrs Lauten removed from her house
husband had previously given her. At the same
,lme Jansen removed a load of furniture from his
house in West Mount Vernon, and the two loads
hundred and secon-st, where Jansen and his dollar
companion PIC, have taken Up their abode Mrs. anten
shed some teas.
Mr.. Lauten has begun suit in the Supreme
Court of this city for absolute divorce from his
wife, On the other hand, Mrs. Caroline Jansen
has begun suit for divorce from her husband.
While Jansen was absent from his home with Mrs.
LauteD his ife sold 81 200 the building which
she and her husband had occupied, of which she
was the owner.
NEW LEAK IN THE HE'LL GATE BORINGS.
Here is a leak noticed Sunday" said fore
man In the mines at He'll Gate yesterday and then
taking his visitor through labyrinth of dark drip
ping passages he held up his torch and said: Here
Is another leak that discovered six months ago.
his is larger, perhaps than the one, but some
BODY got the idea that Sundays leak amounted to
something
Both leaks were simply, crevices in the solid
ledge of rock which had been struck by
the drills. That noticed Sunday is in
Section n at the end of facing running
toward Wards Island. The water poured in IN an
irregular small stream yesterday, although the iis-
sure was partly stopped with pieces of wood. Yet
it was possible to walk to the end of the chamber
without inconvenience from the water.
1t is hardly worth calling leak" said Superin-
tcndent Boyle. sunday night the noticed n
little more water i'll the pump than usual and very
properly sent for me at my house in East Eighty
eighth-st New-York. There was no interruption
of any kind. The men kept on working as usual;
no new pump was employed, but the pump we
always used was amply sufficient"
. The old leak is on the Blackwels Island side
Neither is of Importance. The work at the excava-
tons is going forward steadily and satisfactorily.