New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-21
DEFENDING HIS SIsTERS RIGHEs.

ABRhM GELASEN's WICKED INTENTION TO MARRY A
SECOND TiME-HIs BROTHER-IN-LAw FORBGDs
THE CEREMONIAL BRIDE WITH MORE PLUCK
THAN THE GROOM.
curious crowd assembled in front Of No. IA Mott
ST. yesterday afternoon TO see the guests enter the
house where n marriage ceremony was to be held.
Officer Bernard OReilly. of the Fourteenth Precinct,
was on hand in citizens Clothes as Joseph Rund-
back a ieweller who owns factory nc No. 169 East
Broadway Intended, II possible, to prevent the
ceremony from taking place, and he had applied 10
Sergeant Cahl Tor assistance In case there was any
trouble. Rundback said that his" brother-In-law,
Abram Geasen, a tailor. had wife living IN Lon
dom who was blind. She had borne him tive emil
dren. three of whom were dead Since the husband
had come To this country, six months ago, MS wife
had given birth to tho fifth child. RundDack had
offered defray his sisters expenses to this country
dom 6ut the lattePs reply was to leave hislodging
house and disappear. Recently friend informed
Rundback that Geasen intended to marry again,
and with the officer mentioned he was awaiting,
yesterday the arrival OF the rabbi to inform him of
the facts of the case. Gelasen and his intended
Polish Jews. Cinnamon ran in and out of the Chinese
school down stars while the crowd fingered and gaily
attired women passed upstairs where there were
feasting and dancing. The hour fixed for the we'd
ding was o'clock, but two hours passed, and there
were no signs OF bride or groom Finally q cOmely
young girl of eighteen dressed IN q wine-cOlored
silk, with blue wOrsted shawl thrown carelessly
over her shoulders, appeared on the scene
al am Dora Siegel," she SAID, with asperltY, land
was married at noon to-day and you can't do any
thing to my husband. SO you might as well go
away" This statement was cOrrobOrated by several
OF tie guests who said the ceremony had been per-
formed by a. Rev, DR.. Wise, but it was received
with dersiOn by the rate brother-in-law
lie had also just been informed by a
cousin of the girl who was watching the
crowd that the couple had been married two weeks
ago Other guests, attracted by the loud talk,
hurried down stairs and declared that there had
been no marriage nc all, which was finally acknowl-
edged to be the case by several who had given out
the falsehood. Another harp was then trundied IN
by an Italian, and the festivities were continued.
The brother-in-law loudly declared that he had
frightened away the ignorant, good-for-notnlng
wretch" who was about TO get married. aud II no
should succeed in having the ceremony performed,
he, Rundback, would have his SISTER brought
to this country and have the rascal arrested for big
amy ii It cost 81 600 he had plenty OF money and
was not afraid 20 spend 10 In good cause. One
guest said that Gelasen had obtained divorce from
his wife and another stated that the pair had gone
to the house of the BRIDE No. 81 ChIystie-st, and
had been married there the afternoon. But the
bruther-ln-aw stood Ike rock on the stoop and 70
possibly standing there yet. Tho groom was not
visible, and whether or not the ceremony TOOK place
yesterday is stery 10 the Polish Jews and CHI
namen Ot M0tt-st.