The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-23
SHoRN OF HER TRESSES'
A PATERSON GIRL rs THE VIoTIM
OF A HAIR THIEF.

Waylaid in q Dark Street by a mar
Armed with a Big Pair of Shears
A Case of Cruel Desertion in Orange
other State News.
1t is only a few days ago that the New
York papers came out with blazing col
umns describing the antics of a hair
~steaIer. Paterson has now to record the
same thing. Last evening Miss Annie
Hester, who lives near Twenty-eighth
street, was returning home from heI
work, and wishing to shorten the DIS
tance, crossed over the lots on twenty
sixth street. Hearing footsteps she
turned, only to find herself holly pursued
by a rough looking individual. Annie
FASTENED her gait and SO did her follower
She dared not make an cutlery, as she was
almost stunned as thought after Thought
flashed through her mind as to Wha'
might be the consequence OF this nlgnt,s
lonely walk. AS she turned into Twelfth
avenue she found herself in a more pre-
carious condition and there was no avail
able assistance in sight. At last she
determined to cry for help, when she fell
a strong hand grasp her neck and Inc
next moment the sharp click of the shears
could be heard. The young lady fell IN q
fainting spell, but managed to retain the
use of her senses, and putting her hand
to her head found that her beautiful han
had been shorn close to the head. She
was conveyed to her home, and ChleI
Graul and Officer McInerney were called
and soon had the exact description OF the
assailant. The neighborhood where this
occurred is a lonely one.
C~lergymen's Retiring Fund Society.
The fifteenth annual mseting of the
C1ergymen's Retiring Fund Society was
held at Trinity Chapel, in Newark, re-
Gently, the Rev. DIR. William G. Earring
ton, in the absence of the President,
being called to the chair. The annual
report of the Board of Trustees took q
hopeful view of the future of the society,
which had for the first time in its history
been formally recognized by both houses
of the General Convention. The Treas
urer's report showed a large increase IN
the number of parishes contributing to
the fund. 1t appeared that over $4,000
had been added TO the capital, which now
amounts 10 S42, 500; that the number of
members was 4l9, and the annuitants,
eigbty-four. A change in the bylaws, re-
commended by the Trustees. making any
Clergyman of the Church in good standing
eligible to membership, was unanimously
approved, and will undoubted be adopted
at the next annual meeting. A resolu-
ton was passed making the Third Sun
day in Advent the day for annual offer
ings to the funds Of thes society, and re-
guessing the clergy to present its claims
on that day as the Pension Fund for old
Clergy" even though a collection be not
then practicable. The annual election
resulted as follows:-Board of frus
tees, the Rt. Rev. John Scarborough.
u. D.. the Rev. E. A. Hoff-
man, ID. D., w. G. Harrington, D. D., the
Rev. j.. N. SALISBURY, j.. II. Smith, w.
w. Hoiley, d. d., j.. Il. Davenport, .. D.,
ii. Anstic, d.. ID. and r. +. Alsop, d.. D.;
Committee On Trust Funds, the Rev. e.
A. Hoffman, D.. d., Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbilt II MIR. Woodbury. G. Langdon.
Ran Away with His Wife's SIS, o
Mrs. Louis Kounzer complained to the
Orange police yesterday that her husband
had deserted her and taken with him
So, 900 Of Ger money. She exhibited q let
ter from her husband, dated from an emf
grant h0iel IN New York. stating that he
had xpnA West. He could not live with
her auy longer, he said. The woman said
that they had lived happily together for
eight years, and this was the first indica-
ton she had of her husbands intended
flight. For two years, up to last July,
they had taken charge of Colonel Hoag's
property, on the corner of Main and
months ago they went TO Ger
many, where she owned some prop
erty. She sold some of this property,
and that, with what she had managed
TO save IN this country, amounted TO
$1,000. 1t was this money that her hus-
band had taken. While abroad some
people had told her that her husband had
lived with another woman there and hat
the couple had a child. Mrs. Kounzer
says that she arrived from Germany with
her husband last week, and on Saturday
he sent her out to Orange to live with his
friends, while he went to Flushing to find
work. She telegraphed to Flushing for
him this week and learned he had not
been there. This morning she received
the letter that he had gone West. She is
penniless and without friends. IL is
thought That the woman from Germany
has followed Kounzer to this country, and
they have gone off together.
A Gloucester City Robbery.
Michael j. Toomey, of Gloucester City,
left home thursday night with 500 in his
pockets. He awoke yesterday afternoon
in a cell in the Camden City Prison, and
a search of his clothing showed he only
had sixty-seven cents. He was mystifed
to account for the ~shrinkage in his assets,
but was more surprised when called be-
fore Mayor Pratt, who informed him that
he had been robbed on the public streets
and that the thief was in Jail.