The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-08
A JEALOUS WOMAN'S RUSE.
THE NEAT TRAP MISS MITCHELL SET
FOR HER HUSBAND.

| The Decoy Letter of a Union Hill COun-
cilman's wife to Learn If He had
Entertained u Lady at Shady Side.
An interesting suit has been instituted in
Justice Rusch's Court, Hobeken, by Miss
Antonio Mitchell, wife of Councilman Louis
Mitchell, of Union Hill, against Frederick
| W. Staubsandt, Lieutenant of Company B,
Ninth Regiment. Hoboken, who keeps the
Fairview Hotel at Bergenwood avenue and
Lewis street, aud hearing will be had on
Wednesday. This hotel is prettily stu
ated on the brow of hill, and both ex-
ternally and internally Is the embodiment
of neatness 1t is the rendezvous
for all the sporting men who
drive through that section of the country
with their fast teams and faster women.
Many revelry of song, wine and dance
has been held within its walls. II is more
Familiarity known as "Shadyside," and the
bulk of its business comes to it during the
spring, summer and autumn months-only
occasionally during the winter are its doors
opened to some gay and festive assemblage.
Mrs. Mitchell's suit is to recover $500
damages against Staubsandt. 1t is based
on the ground that the house is disorder
ly one, and that Staubsandt had harbored
her husband under its roof Last Wednes-
day night Mitchell, who had pretty
thoroughly celebrated the inauguration,
went to the meeting of the Council 1t is
said that the meeting was quite stormy
one, aud did not add materially to the
Councilman's amiability of temper. To
ma Ike matters worse, when he reached
home, he found his wife irritable, and after
having had some words with her, left his
house to find more agreeable abode for
the night. He brought up finally at
'Shadyside" early Thursday morning, and
his wife suspected that he had gone there
in the company of some lady friend. e'He
had no woman with him at all, said the
proprietor of "Shadyside' in broken
English, last evening to The TATTLER.
ssAbout three o'clock Thursday morning
two men knocked at the.door. closed
my place at II O'Clock. put my head out
of the window snd told them to go off.
did not know it was Louis Mitchell They
made no attempt to obey my orders, and
again ordered them away, telling them
did not want to be bothered. Then one of
the men said: Il AN Louis Mitchell, and
have had some trouble with my wife.
want a room, aud whatever is right will
pay you He bothered me so much that
finally gave him room. The other man
went off. In the mording he had cup of
coffee and one drink, and after settling his
bill, left During the day a woman came
here and asked: WAS Louis Mitchell here
last nightg
replied that he had been.
what girl did he have with him 2 con-
tinued the woman.
assured her that he had no girl with
h,,k hot ho ho1
much the worse for liquor, about O'Clock
in the morning, and said he wanted
room, as he had had fight with his wife.
Then she went away and shortly re-
turned with burly, rough looking fellow,
and finding that wouldn't work she sent
note around by boy ON a card, osten-
sibly written by Mitchell himself It
read:
''Will you please send me the ring that my lady
left there last night"
81 handed the card back and said You
take that card back to the woman who
gave it to you. I know nothing about any
ring, and there was girl here last night"
81 vas SO mad" continued the inn
keeper, ssas 1 would like to go in do. house
und club de hi out of them. / vas just
so mad dat cad holdings all day."
The reporter next visited Mr.. MitchelPs
saloon, The Councilman was not in, but
his wife, crabid, masculine looking
individual, said she knew nothing about the
case. M
'sWe are not the only family of Mitchells
in Union Hill, she said.
"But this surely is Louis Mitchell's
place p
eyes; and there's another Louis Mitchell
around here, too"
But she couldn't fool the newspaper
man, who turned on his heel as he ex-
claimed: s'But this is Councilman Louis
Mitchells place, and if you don't know
anything about q suit you commenced
yourself maybe can tell you good deal "