The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-12
SHE CHARMED SNAKES.
Among Them Was Young
John Connolly, Of
Lafayette.
A WIFE's lMPUDENF CALLER.
Treating His Sweetheart tosCarriage
Rides on the Credit Of
His Employer.

On Thursday afternoon plainly
dressed young woman entered Judge
Weeds court, leading by the hand
three-year-old child. The woman S eyes
were moist from weeping. and she poured
forth a tale of woe.
Her name, she said. was Mrs. Connolly,
and she lived at No. 222 Ash street,
Lafayette. She had married her husband
seven years ago in ST. Peters Church.
and two children, one dead now, how
ever, were the fruits of their union.
OF late, she said, she had noticed
coldness on the part OF her husband, and
had heard from the neighbors that he
was very attentive to Miss Mamie Wing,
a young woman who does business as a
snake charmer, On Saturday night her
husband left the house and has not re-
turned since.
SURPRISING VISIT.
Monday evening the woman stated that
Miss Wing called on her and told her
that she was the only wife of Connolly,
and that sne need not look for him.
The Judge, after hearing the woman's
story, Immediately issued a warrant for
Connolly's arrest on a charge of abandon
ment and bigamy, but he has not yet
been apprehended.
At No. 222 Ash street last night the
apartments in which the Connolly fam
lily had lived were vacant All of the
household furniture had been removed.
Adjoining the house is the coal yard Of
John Finn. 1t was here that Connolly
was employed. Mr.. Finn, who employed
Connolly as driver at the princelyssal-
airy of 50 week. had no good word TO say
for him. His salary was insufficient to
keep two women, and his employer
charges that to piece it out he had re-
source to devices which were not entirely
honest.
CHARMED JOHN. TOO.
From what could be learned he neg
lected his wife and child from the mo-
ment he laid his eye on the alluring Miss
Wing.
The story goes that Miss Wing was dol
| ing her unique snake charming act in
Schweiler's low variety show one night
| when John entered Miss Wing exceeded
herself in employing her fascinating arts
| that night and besides charming the
| snake succeeded most admirably in
charming John. After the show was
over John fingered with the usual crowd
about the door to see the fair performer
| safely home or somewhere else.
| Since that time it is said the woman
has exerted a powerful influence over
| him and John was a nightly visitor and
| spent all of his hard earned wages in the
ress. John would take the woman out
driving, and on one occasion, it is said,
was bold enough to drive up to his wife's
| home with his new love by his side.
WITH HIS BOSS MONEY
| Tt might be asked how John could
manage to go driving every Sunday on
SO a week. John was ingenious if not
altogether honest He secured several
rigs from Van Antwerp's livery stable on
| the Heights on his employers name.
| The deception. of course, was discovered
when the employer received the bill, but
as John promised to pay for the carriage
rides in time his employer forgave him.
| called at tSchweiler's resort last night.
| 1t is a low ceilinged saloon in the base
| ment. A wheezy piano and 3 violin
played popular airs. The programme
this week does not contain the name
of "Miss Wing. the world famous
snake charmer.n I asked young man
with an abundance of cheap jewelry on
| his shirt front and cuffs. and other signs
which led me to believe that he was one
of the ''actaurs," where Miss Wing could
| be found He eyed me suspiciously
moment and then said he did not know
| All of the other habitues of the resort
were also lamentably ignorant
| Mrs. Connolly is in delicate condition
and is said to be living on Grand street
| with some friends. 1t is thought that the
| unfajthful husband is somewhere in this
| city with his guilty paramour.