The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-29
STOLE MR. sIEBREoHr's WIFE
He Brings suit Against MIR. Evans &c
Recover $4,000 Damages.

He Brings suit Against Mr. Evans to
Recover $4,000 Damages.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 27.-The superior court
room was crowded to-day with people all
eager to hear John Siebrecht tell how Will
lam II. Evans had taken his wife from him.
Slebrecht, who is a middle-aged German.
brings suit against Evans for 10000 dam
ages for depriving him of his better half.
Evans is a wealthy marble importer, about
tue same age as Siebrecht. His money was
the magnet which attracted the wife, and
his friendship misled the deluded husband.
Siebrecht began by detailing the circum-
stances of his marriage with Nina G. Peters
in 1872 and from that time till 1888, said he,
there was no sYeeter or devoted wife IN
the world. Up to 1886 he was an insur-
ance agent, while his wife conducted wax
flower establishment Her business pros
pered until the net profits amounted to
IS, 600 per annum.
In 18S6-he gave up his position to assist
his wife, and the pair got along famously.
All this time Evans had been quite intimate
with the family, ana was the mutual friend
Of both husband and wife. He was also a
married man, and until his wife died ia
1887 he appeared 10 be he pink of prOpriety.
1t was soon after this that Evans came TO
the house very frequently. but the husband
never suspected anything wrong. He
noticed that his wife became more peevish,
and would quarrel on the slightest provoca-
ton. All this resulted in disagreements,
which Evans, as the friend of the family,
felt called upon TO make up.
Finally matters eliminated in Mrs. Sic
brecht fling bill for partial divorce on the
ground OF infidelity, and in this she men,
toned near relative as the correspondent.
Siebrecht insisted that he was innocent, but
his wife was equally firm in her belief that
he was guilty. 1t vas then that Evans
suggested to the husband that he spend a
day or two at the ducking shore, and in the
meantime he would use his influence with
his wife. and follow him and his friends to
the shore. Siebrecht accepted his friends
advice, but he has since learned that Evans
took advantage OF his absence, and spent all
the time with Mrs. Siebrccht, never show
ing up at the ducking shore
When Siebrecht returned Evans met him
with a sorrowful face and told him that a
reconciliation was out of the question, aud
advised him to consent TO a separation.
This he finally concluded to do, and made
no defense to the suit for divorce thot fol-
lowed. On July go 1889, husband and wife
were legally separated; meanwhile Evans
was still playing mutual friend.
About two months had elapsed when the
deluded husbands eyes were opened. He
discovered that he had been duDed when he
read the notice Of the marriage of Evans
ana his divorced wife. They Immediately
left for Europe where they spent the honey
moon. During their absence Sebiecht
consulted counsel. and it was By their ad-
vice that he instituted suit for $500 dam
ages. The case is still in progress. Mir.
Siebrecht and Mr. Evans were in court
to-day, but the woman in the case has not
yet shown up. She is about 35 years of
age and quite prepossessing.