The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-08
GETTING RID OF HIS FAMILY.
The stories His Neighbors Tell Of a Well
Paid Railroad Official.

Police Justice Wanser has issued sub
pnnaes directing the neighbors OF Gustav
Muller, of No. II Prospect street on the
Heights, to testify Eof their knowl-
edge as to the charges of cruelty his eleven
year old son makes against him. The in
vestigation will be held tomorrow morn
ng. Reporters for the TATTLER last
evening went among the neighbors, and
learned from them the story that will
probably be poured into the Justices ears.
From Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Rappelyea and Mr.
Thurman the following particular were
cleaned Muller is the chief plumber of
the Delaware, Lackawanna Il Western
Railroad, and is in the enjoyment of large
salary. He lives in comfortable two
story frame building near Palisade
avenue. EHis wife was pretty
little woman, who had the respect of all
her neighbors; but the taking Of house.
keeper INTO the household made
domestic discords that resulted usu-
ally in the little woman's being
badly abused The women in the
vicinity espoused her cause, and at one
time resented her husbands cruelty to her
by making q descent on the house and
driving him out. Six or seven Years ago
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has since lived with her father on Staten
Island. while the hated housekeepsr took
her place at the family board. Two of
her younger children went with their
mother. He. son Gustaye, eleven years
old, and her daughter Annie, aged fifteen,
and the oldest son. Eddie, aged sixteen
years, remained with their falher. II was
not many months before Eddie was driven
out of the house. The daughter was SO
badly treated that year ago she, too, for
sock the roof. Mona was nov left to be-
come the victim of the fathers spleen but
delicate little Gustav He was understood,
and insisted to Mrs. Hoyt that the reason
was that he was not properly fed. and was
continually abused. Between the step
mother-for it is claimed that Muller mar
ried his housekseper-and the father, the
boy was sure of at least one beating day.
She made the boy scrub the house, help at
the wash. and do all the heavy chores
around the house. Last Monday he was
whaled mercilessly. and he went for pro-
lection to Mrs. Rappelyea, who lives at
No. Is Prospect street. She kept him over
night, but he went home. on Tuesday.
He had a dinner at noon, and then his
stepmother gave him a thrashing to assist
in its digestion, and be ran away again.
Dy ADVICE Oh LIS I1leuQB Ne W0uC TO d QStlc6
Wilthusen in West Hoboken. The Justice
sent him home, saying that he would issue
a warrant if the woman assaulted him
again. Friday he hadn't had morsel to
eat for over twenty-four hours, and, incur
ing the woman's displeasure again, he was
beaten again. He started out to hunt up
Justice Wilthusen, and while going, in
tears along the street, he met Mrs. Hoyt.
She took him to her house and after
feeding him, armed him with note
addressed to Justice Wanser, invoking his
aid in behalf of the suffering lad. The
police are sheltering and feeding him pend
ing the investigation of the matter. No
arrests Rave been made as yet: and the
action of the authorities will depend upon
whether this story shall be found to be
sustained by the sworn evidence of the
witnesses
The motive for all this cruelty is mex
plicable. The neighbors say that Muller
and the stepmother are preparing to go to
Germany, and that they want to go without
membranes