Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-11
WORK FOR YANKEE DETECTIVES.
A 100000 German DefauIter Meets
His Wife I'm New York.
New York Herald

New York Herald
A strange story of ENLIGHTENMENT in
Germany leaked out at the German
consul generals office Monday. Later
in the day when reporters called for
detailed facts entire Ignorance was
professed by the official detailed by
the consul 10 receive newspaper men.
| But the following is an outline OF
the case, which is now in the hands
of the consul and his lawyer:
Early in last December a mercan-
tile house ia the city of Kiel, 8 sea-
port in northern Germany, failed
through the rascality of its superinten-
dent, whose name is withheld, The
superintendent decamped with 49,
600 marks. or about $1,000 The
affair was kept quiet by the govern
ment detectives in hopes of dircover-
ing the where abouts Of the abscond-
ing defaulter. One evening. at card
party, an official confdentially told a
| friend who was present of the embez-
element, and the fight of the guilty
superintendent. The friend has son,
an Officer on the steamship DOMAIN, of
the Bremen line, and IN his next letter
| to him narrated what he had heard at
the card party, giving names details,
and other interesting particulars
| This letter was received by the officer
while the DOMAIN was lying at Ply
mouth, England for repairs. She had
been on the dry-dock about two weeks
and sent her New York passengers
over by another ship.
Just as the DOMAIN was about sailing
the steamer Edam, from Rotterdam
to New York, also put IN at Plymouth
to repair her broken piston. Her pas
sengers were transferred to the DOMAIN,
which Immediately resumed her jour
ney to this port. There were only
nine of the cabin passengers received
from the Edam. Among them was u
pretty. dark-eyed young woman, with
a child 6 years old, both from Kiel.
When the officer who had received
the letter about the defalcation earn
ed that the lady with the child was
from his native town he naturally
looked after her in stormy weather.
She gave q name which he did not re-
cognize, but the child informed him
one day that her mother had another
name-a name which he at once recog-
nized as that of the Kiel embezzier.
eve are going to America to meet
our friends" said the child. The of
ficer showed the captain the letter he
had received from his father, and told
him what the girl had said concern
ing her mother.
When the ship reached her pier in
Hobosen Monday morning the WON
an, who was standing at the rail. ex-
IN the crowd! We will soon go
ashore" Another man joined him.
They came aboard and took the wom-
an and her child to hotel two blocks
away. Fritz soon took his leave,
while the new conner, claiming to be
woman's husband, bought tickets for
Boston and left last evening by the
|Stonington lire with the woman aEd
child.
Meanwhile the officer had visited
the German consul, exhibited the let
ter from his father, and made a de-
tailed statement in writing of what
the child had told him curing the
voyage. The consul said that he had
received nothing from Germany con-
corning the embe zzlement-in fact,
he had heard nothing of it from any
source and therefore could not arrest
or detain the lady. However, he
would see what could be done. He
sent fer lawyer and prepared papers
to be forwarded to Germany concern
ing the strange passengers. It is said
that no detectives are shadOwing the
woman.
A reporter visited Hoboken and
called ON the captain of the DOMAIN.
Both he and his officers declined to
say much about the case. The officer
seemed alarmed that it had got out,
and said that a breach OF confidence
had been committed somewhere. TIE
hotel proprietor remembered the lady,
the child, and the man who claimed
to be her husband. They took dinner
and left for Boston at o'clock. The
man had been waiting at anoter hotel
across the street for two Or three days,
and seemed in a great hurry to get
away. He was brought to the hotel
by a man named Fritz The register
showed the husbands name.
QUEER OIL WELLS.