Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-14
CURIOUS SUIT.
How a Young Mans Uncle Broke Up
His Family.
Edward w. Schnell Wants $4,000
Because His Wife's Affections
We're Alienated.
CURIOUS SUIT.

! New York, March SIN the Kings
| County Supreme court, before Justice
| Cullen the trial has been commenced
! Of the remarkable suit of Edward w.
Sehnell to recover 500, 900 damage from
! his uncle, Frederick Blohm, for the
estrangement of the wife of the plain
! til. The defendant is u rich comnlss-
ion merchant, n widower, and has
grown-up daughters; while the plain
tifirs wife is but twenty-eight
years Of age. Mrs. Schncll was
in court. She is of rather progresses
ing appearance, with luXuriant black
hair, large, lustrous black eyes, fun
face and color, thick, rudy lips, and
rather prominent nose She was at
tractively dressed in black silk with
velvet trimmings, and wore Il maroon
plush hat Her ornaments were black
and gold. The defendent is a peculiar
looking man. very thin and has thin
gray hair. He sat beside his counsel
during the opening of Mr.. Schmidt for
Che plaintiff, Mr.. Henry Schmidt
opened the case for the plaintiff, max
ing a strong appeal to the jury. Ed
ward Schnell, plaintiff, testified that
defendant was his uncle, and he had
been informed he was present at his
marriage. He gave detailed
statement of trip to Europe
and of his uncle's attention to
his witness wife in Europe, on the
steamer, and subsequently In the city.
lie testified that at an interview with
his wife on the steamer he told her
that he did not want the defendant
and her so much together. She re-
piled that it was her uncle. The wit
N iaI hnt I,A "A
did not want her in his company any
more. Plaintiff told his wife at this
interview that he was going to tell the
defendant what he thought of him.
He went to the defendant and told
him about the occasion when he saw
him enter his wife's room, and said
that she was different woman now
! from what she used te be. He accused
| the defendant of giving his wife
lacacy. Defendant said that rs soon
rs they got into port they would get u
thousand miles apart On one occa-
sion the wilncss' wife said she wanted
to get II divorce either bv
fair or false means. On the cross
examination the plaintiff said he had
never noticed any intimacy on the
| part Of defendant and his wife prior to
his trip to Europe. One day he over
heard Il conversation in q flushed
voice. He heard his wife say to the
defendant, "rhat will do now--yo
AWAY lie subsequently saw the de-
| PENDANT come ont of her room. look
! cautiously around and then 90 bnel,
Iagain. He testified rs 10 finding the
letters in question, and they were OF
iered and admitted in evidence. The
witness and his wife had some little
ldilliculty about four years ago. when
he charged her with seeking somebody
else's company. He denied, however
having charged her with being init
mate with any man on that OCCASION.
Edwin Goldschmidt. private de.
tective, testified to being engaged 10
watch Mrs. Schnell and her uncle. He
informed Blohpl that Sehnel had
found his letters To Mrs. Schnell and
probably n suit for divorce would re-
suit. ".Nil right was the defendants
reply Pm glad Of it," Henry
Weber, sexton 10 Il church ON SECOND
lavenue, swears to being EMPLOYED nv
! Schnell to watch his wife. He under
took the job though he had never been
a detective. Ia 1878, when Mr.. Schneli
was in Europe, witness saw his Wife
going ont with a DRUGGIST
Once Weber saw her going down
town in a Second avenue car. Al
sixteenth street She met the druggist
and then she and he took n cab and
drove down To West street and then
back to Lafayette Place Witness FOL.
lowed them in another cab. Onanother
occasion Mr.. Druggist and Mrs
Schnell went Ia picnic in Jones
Weods. In May, 1882, Mrs. Schnell
lived With her mother in Fifth street
this city. Witness saw Blohm al the
house. AZ one time he noticed The
lcouplc alone in room together, but
he did not observe anything improper
labout their conduct. samuel pice. n
bootblack and private messenger, en-
lployed in the latter capacity in The
ITwenty-ninth precinct police station.
this city. was the last witness called,
\ legal controversy arose over the all
mission of his testimony, and, pending
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