The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-11
MINNIES ROBBER LOVER.
4 ROMANCE FROM OYER THE SEA
WITH A LOCAL CLLMAV.

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Bringing His Sweetheart Across shc
Ocean to Rob and Abandon Her-A
Hasty Flight 30 Hobolkep from Wirs
and Creditors In Hamburg, Germany.
s.Minna 4! vergieb mir und es wird allies
recht, pleaded an excited Germanwho knelt
with clasped hands in front of stately
blonde fraulein in Captain Farrier's police
station on Gregory street just as the sun
was going down last eevening.
Ia was Adslph Web, and she, the girl whom
he had brought across the sea to rob and
abandon. He had been caught at the mo-
ment when he thought he had achieved his
freedom, and now he was pleading with
Minna to forgive him, and assuring her
that if she did it would be all right. But
she spurned him.
"No," she answered in German, Tou
caught me to pluck me, and have left me
without a feather to my name
The scene was the elimination of q neat
little German romance The man is %
years of age. The woman, Wiihemina
Knoepfel, Is rs years of age. She was able
to speak scarcely word of English, and
through Police Inspector Lange she made
her story known. She and Adolph
are both natives of Hamburg, and lived
there till the last steamer sailed. She was
engaged as a domestic. He kept saloon
in the seaboard city. His young wife kept
another. and between the two drinking re-
s. they managed to make comfortable
living. Wilhelmina patronized both, but
finally an attachment sprang up between
her and Adolph, and she gave the hus-
bandd's bar the preference He began to
neglect his busir ess, and finally he found
himself so deeply in debt that the idea of
fight came into his mind. He loved
Minnie, and she loved him; and when
fight became the alternative with the
debtor prison, he proposed to her to fly
with him. "
NO." she answered. s'Settle your debts
first and leave like q man."
ssBut have no money" he pleaded.
ssI'll give it to yeu, was the reply.
Her family interests entitled her to
small inheritance, and she procured the
German equivalent of $1,000 from her
father; and placed $500 of it in Adolpk's
hands. He told her afterwards that he had
paid the debts, and they made ready for
the elopement.
ale was pennilsss and she agreed to pay
the sho-. True to her word she fitted him
out with new wardrobe, and then hung
natty gold chain. with watch upon it,
to buttonhole in his vest. They went to
Bremen, and secured passage upon the
steamship Ems" as man and wife, and
arrived at the dock in Hoboken- on Friday
night: Rooms were engaged at Meyers
Hotel at Third and Hudson streets, but
Adolph argued that the prices the1e were
too high and tried to persuade her to go to
bed, while he sought cheaper place. She
refused to allow him 10 leave there were
words he seized her by the throat and
gave her cruel beating. Yesterday morn
ing, however, this little incident of the
honeymoon had been overlooked by the
woman, and she followed Adolph to the
hotel across the street. He induced her to
leave her apartments and spend her time
in the parlcr. Presently a truck
wheeled up to the door. Two trunks were
lifted into it and it was driven away.
Meanwhile her Adolph kept out of her
way. When she inquired of the bartender
where he was, she was surprised to learn
that he had tried to bride that dignitary to
keep from her the fact that he was about
to leave. She sought the proprietor only
to hear that her Adolph was gone. When
she sought her apartments to cry away the
first shock of her disappointment, she dis
covered that all her clothes and his and all
her money had been taken away on the
truck she had seen an hour before at the
door. Now she was penniless and friend
| less, and she sought the police. The truck
with the trunks was traced to the Pennsyl-
vania depot in this city, and Chief of
Police Murphy detailed Detective s'Bob"
| Pearson and Oficer Reen to keep their
eyes on them. Toward evening Adolph
walked in and directed that the trunks be
removed to the train. He showed ticket
to Indianapolis just ss Reen put his heavy
hand on his shoulder.
'sYou're my prisoner" said the officer.
The astonished man did not understand
the words, but he well knew what was up
when he saw the blue coat and brass buttons
and he WIS marched to the Police Station.
A charge of grand larceny was preferred
against him, and he was taken back to Ho-
boken to await trial In his pockets were
found about 500 of Minnies money.
Minnie told the Inspector that Adolph
had promised to marry her on reaching
this side. She knew it wonld be biga-
nous marriage, but supposed it would be
| alright In this country. She believes now
| that Adolph did not pay his creditors in
Hamburg with the money she gave him.
Shot Dead by His Wife.
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