Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-27
A PRETTY SEWING GIRL.
The Havoc She Wrought in Milwaukee
Family--An Old Man Deserts H Wife
and Decamps With $25, 900 of His Part
ner's Money.

Family--An Old Man Deserts H Wife
and Decamps With $25, 900 of His Part
ner's Money.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26.-John Heiser, of
the firm of Carpeles, Heiser & Co.,a prom
inent business man, and until now regard
ed as citizen of great responsibility, has
left Milwaukee under the cloud Of a great
social scandal. If one-half of all the allie
cations against him are true, he has GER
tainly played the part of rascal long and
most successfully. Phillip Carpeles, Mr..
Heiser's partner, made the following
statement:
Mr.. Heiser left the city on the 9th of the
present month, two weeks ago last Mon
day. He said he was going to purchase
lumber in Michigan for the firm. Since
then have not heard of him. The first
that I suspected anything was wrong W; s
on Sunday last, when Mrs. Heiser came to
the factory and asked me if I
had heard of her husband. It then dawned
upon me that had not, though he had
been gone two weeks lacking a day. I
told her not to worry, that he was old
enough to take care of himself. When he
left he had about $25,OOO. He is not
member of the firm. He withdrew Sept.
6, last. Since then he has been our man
ager.
The firm is large and wealthy one, and
previous to the secret dissolution was com
posed of Phillip Carpeles, j. S. Hartman
and John Heiser, trunk manufacturers,
doing business in Milwaukee and Chicago,
the store in the latter city locat-
ed at 241 East Madison street. The
employees even did not know that Heiser
had withdrawn, and with such secrecy was
it kept that Mr.. Carpelesonly divulged it
after the closest questioning.
The deserted wife was seen at her home
in relation to the affair. Mrs. Heiser is a
lady of sixtyfveyears of age,
very deaf and excitable. With
the utmost difficulty was
she interviewed. At times she would grasp
the reporter threateningly. and at other
intervals in the narrative she would break
completely, down, sob violently wiring her
hands and e1clam: sob John, oh John,
what havessyou done to me: How could you
treat me So"
Her story ran thus: about five years
ago we took into our family girl named
Barbara Centner, a dressmaker who was to
work for her board mornings and eve
nirgs, and went out to sew in the mean
time. We soon commenced to love her as
child, and treated her as such, taking her
with US to the theater and out buggy rid
ing whenever we went. After she was in
our house about three years, she became
enciente and then found my husband had
of the house, and she went to live at 522
Milwaukee street, where my husband has
been visiting her since, which
can prove. She is the ruination
of me and my family. My husband is
sixty three years of age and 1 am sixty
five years old. We have no children, and
always lived happily together till the girl
came. After this he paid her attention,
abused me, but gave me all wanted. The
trouble she has caused me has broken me
down, and this fall I became deaf from
that account"
When questioned as to what was the re-
suit of the criminal intimacy the old
lady would completely break down, sob
and calculate that she would not tell, under
any circumstances, unless placed on a wit
ness stand, in case of which she could and
would tell considerable more.
The alleged cause of the scandal on be-
ing seen denied having been criminally
intimate with Heiser. and all imputations
against her chastity. Miss lCentner spoke
for some time in the same strain, and
sobbed all of the time. She stammers
badly, and seemed very nervous and ex-
cited. She seemed to know considerable
about Heiser's private business, as she in
formed the reporter that she knew Mr..
Heiser put 81 500 in the Second ward saw
ings bank othe credit of his wife. When
asked how she knew this she tried to ex-
plain ia lengthy and roundabout
manner. In answer to the
question why she took SO much
interest in iHeiser and his whereabouts,
sue Sd1u ou ACCOUNT oI ner SOOO name.
Miss Centner said she knew the report was
out that she had gone with Heiser, and
could not work, because she had to show
herself to all who knew her as conclusive
proof that she was in the city. The case
at all events is very strange one, and
such as is very seldom made public. Mr..
Carpeles scouts the idea, as if he knew
better, that Mr.. Heiser might have been
foully dealt with.
THE MILWAUKEE ABDUCTION.