The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-24
TICKLE ELLA LULU.
She Takes Two Husbands in as
Many Years.

Fair as a lily stood Mrs. Ella Lunwig,
alias Mrs. Ella Lulu Bergee, nee Ella
Lulu L~inkroun, at the bar of Justice Still
sings court this morning, charged with
bigamy. Her tall lissome figure was clad
in q dark cloth dress, relieved by a laven-
der Jane Hading ruching and a broad
brlmmed, black straw hat. deliberately
trimmed with white blossoms and spears
of grass, partially shaded her comedy
features.
On the judges desk lay copied extracts
from the vital statistics of New YorK
and of Hudson county. as evidence that
the prisoner had married a second time
while her husband still lived, n from
when she had been granted nc divorce.
The complaint, Mr.. Franklin a.. Lun-
dig, whose address appeared on the re-
turns as No. 9 Exchange Place, this city,
sat in the witness chair. He claimed to
be the first husband OF the prisoner. He
said he was syrup manufacturer Il soda
water clerk. He was attired in a light
cashmere suit, with a white necktle. he
did not look more than a youth of twenty
though he said he was twenty-five years
of age.
Detective Clas, who had added fresh
laurel5 to his reputation as a bigam1st
hunter, sat near the prisoners pen, and
was all attention to the fair prisoner.
THEY NET AT N SLAM
The complainant said he met the pris-
oner at Coney Island five years ago.
81 was introduced by a lady FRIEND y
he said, .'and followed up the introduce
ton. On March 26, 1887. we we're married
in the parsonage of the Thirtieth M. e.
Church, New York, by the Rev. Mr..
Wright. The Rev. Mr.. Wilson and Mrs.
Wright were the witnesses. we went TO
house keeping in T~wenty-sixth street.
After we had been married about eight
or nine months she left home one night
and did not return till next Gay. Shortly
afJerward we went to Philadelphia to
live. We stayed there two days.
'She refused to live there, SO W. came
back to Brooklyn and lived at No. II
! Ninth street. Suddenly she disappeared
and remained away two months. ! found
her at her mothers house, No. $40 Eighth
| avenue. She implored me to forgive and
take her back. We lived together four
months, when she again left, on July %,
1883, and never returned.
HE OBJECTED TO THE OTHER MAN.
The man whom she ran away 10 marry
frequently visited our home. l did not
like his actions and forbade him to visit
the house either during my presence or
| absence. / suspected she had married
| Burger and have since been hunting up
the evidence, which you have before you.
I lave seen Berger and talked with him
upon the subject
The Rev. Mr.. Peterson. pastor Of st.
! Matthew's German Lutheran Church,
this city, who performed the second mar
| riage, produced a Transcript of h mar
riage of one Frank Rowland Burger, OF
No. 1928 Ninth avenue, to Ella Lulu Link
roun on August 16, 1883. Mr.. Jacobs, OF
No. 249 Fifth street, was one of the wit
nesses. Neither the minister nor Mr..
| Jacobs could positively identity the wo-
man, but the minister said her features
were familiar to him.
The prisoner, when asked if she desired
| to question any of the witnesses as to the
complainant, said she desired to consult
her friends in reference to counsel before
saying anything. The hearing will be
continued tomorrow. Mr.. Burger did
not appear.