The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-11

complexion, however. was somewhat coarse !;
and in not revealing that feature Of her
countenance, the portrait favors her some
what Size was tall and rather stout If
build, but trim and shapely withal. She
/ was DIR. Koch's third wife. DIR. Koch is
said to have been at one time Catholic
priest in Germany. His first wife died
after bearing him fifteen or sixteen child
rem. One of the sons is said to have been
forced to leave his fathers house because
of his relations with the woman whose pic
ture is given above. second woman
became DR.. Koch's wife. She died
after few years, and then it was that he
married the wom' who shared death with
Bessendorf Saturday week. ui
DIR. Koch says that while Bessendorf was
absent from Ter sight she fairly despised
him. When he was around, however, ne
exercised sort of mesmeric influence over
her. He has formed no notion of the
motive for the joint suicide. Bessendorf
had large roll of bills in his hands when
he was at the house, on the Monday of her
flight, endeavoring to persuade her to fly
with him. DR.. Koch supposed that this
was a remittance from Bessendorf's family
in Germany. His wife had no money with
her, barring the balance of two-dollar bill
he had given her in the morning. The
Doctor is inclined to believe that, as they
could not have spent all the money Bes-
sendorf had, in the week between their
disappearance and suicide, some one must
have robbed or swindled them, and then,
penniless and homeless, the women con-
sented to death. Some articles of jewelry,
worn by Mrs. Koch when she disappeared
from home, are missing. It is possible that
the couple may have pawned these, after
Bessendorf's money was gone, to sustain
themselves. The other theory Is that the
body was robbed.
THE DIsQUE MURDER.
Inquiry among those who knew him best
develops nothing very iattering in the past
career of George Disque, who so brutallyi
murdered his wife at their home in Hobo
ken, last Tuesday afternoon, Stegeman,
his wife's father, is so bowed down with
grief, that he will not talk about him at
all. He is well-known, however, in the
neighborhood where his folks live, and
while nothing really bad is related of him
that is, nothing criminal-he was not a
man who gained and retained many friends
except among certain class of oilers. For
five years preceding his marriage, five
years ago, he was an idle, happy go-lucky
careless fellow. drinking literally, but not
to excess. sHe wasno good" as his wife's
sister-a Mrs. Oetjsn, wife of a pleasant
faced well-to-do grocer of 125 Newark
street expressed herself to one of the
TATrLER reporters last evening Mr..
Oetjen then spoke up, II knew George
well for three years. During that time he
had done nothing, except for about a year
and half that he kept a saloon off and
on. WAS just about as long ago as that
when his mother-who is growing old =
gave him her saloon. Everything went
smooth for about six months and George
seemed to be making money. He used to
come here with a new suit of clothes on
nearly every day. But he had quarrel
with his mother and was compelled to give
the place up. He had about 81 900 when
he left. He then opened a saloon on
Newark avenue. Jersey City, but lost $500
in three days, and that ended his Jersey
City business career, and it might be said
his entire business career"
show was the marriage looked upon by
the folks of both of them2" asked the re-
porter. aQ
swell, Mr.. Stegeman says that is the only
fault he ever had to find with Minnie. In
fact both her folks and his frowned upon
the marriage Even his own mother told
| Mrs. Stegeman that Minnie was too good
for George. 81
.sBut she would take no ones advice
chimed in Mrs. Oetjen. $50 she married
him, and the consequences is she is in her
grave" Minnie had lived out, she con-
tinued, since she was twelve years old, and
when they were married she had saved
$500. He had nothing and she bought the
furniture, &C., with which they started
housekeeping
'.Well, have they lived happily during
any Of their married iife?"
! 'sNeverl he has treated her shamefully.
Only two months ago she came here for
protection after just having received Q
beating from him. She was bruised all
over her body from the effects of 1t. |"
4 "Why did she continue to live with
him2'
every repetition of his brutality she
thought would be the last. helieye she
was baking steps to procure separation o.
q diVoAee; and she had him bound over Il
keep Thea peace once.
Does bis family 81 mpathise with him
I 4 dons think 50. His sister marrie'
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