The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-26
COUNTESS A sARsss,s WIFE.

Nob,oman Fzirmoy's Daughter Mar
ried and Left Joseph Monderer.
The following New York special CON
tains facts about the Countess Szirmoy ad-
ditional to those published in the MORNING
NEWS yesterday:
The " hole of the sad story Of Hungry
jimmie" as she is called in the Thompson
street dives-Virginia, the Countess SIR
moy, in her right home and by her right
title-has not been told. IL turns out that
she has husband, legal, honest husband,
and there is yet hope that her case may not
be as desperately, hopelessly bad as il has
been painted. II she is wife, she has
been faithful wife, the past behind her is
not all black, at least. and there may yet be
light ahead, even for her.
There seems to be no doubt Of it. Joseph
Monderer, journeyman barber, who works
at 2O3 Washington strest, Jersey City,
claims to be Der lawful husband. He has
submitted proof in the form of a marriage
certificate that he and Jennie, Szirmoy ,were
properly married by Alderman Flynn last
May. Monderer says that he met Jennie
through mutual friend after she had come
out of the Charity hospital the second time.
When they were married she gave her age
as 10 years, but the barber thinks she was
nearer or quite IS However that may be,
they were married and went to housekeep>
ing at once at 16 First street.
FOUR MONTHS OF MARRIED LIFE.
They lived there, so he says, four months,
or until the middle Of September, and dur
ing that time Jennie was a loyal wife. This
| 10 the bright spot in her career. Pity only
| that it is no larger than it's. Suddenly ole
day she was missing. Her old habits and
| companions had overmastered her new
born resolve to live decent life. She had
| eloped, SO her husband says. with young
American or Englishman, whose acquaint-
| ance she h6d made ON the street. He
sought her high and low, but up to yester~
| day had not come across her.
Rather inconsistently with his proud dec
larations that he is the husband of a
countess, the barber announced his deter
mination to procure a divorce from Jennie
when he had found her. Varying accounts
describe the young countess as a typical
| Hungarian brunette, with the midnight
| eyes and bluish-black hair of her people,
and as a olue-eyed blonde. Her barber hus-
band explains this by saying that she had
her hair bleached during her life in the
West Side dives. But her eyes are the
same, and have lost mono Of their old charm
| and power.
Beyond a doubt, although her grief
stricken father has abandoned her, an ef-
| fort will be made to reclaim her if found
and taken in charge by friends, whom her
| sad story has raised up on every band.
They know the task before them, but they
do not shrink from it. The Batter woman
who worked as washerwoman for Count
George Szirmoy at Buda-Pesth, was foun 1
in this city to-day. She says taat she first
years ago, and at that time the
counts daughter was a beautiful little
| thing about years of age. Mrs
Batter remembers the counts mistress but
slightly. She worked for the count SIX
years and then come to this country. Thai
was about two and half years ago. About
a year ago in New Jersey she met the
counts daughter That was the last anC
only time she has seen her in this country
Mrs. Batter says she had nothing whatever
to do with the girls coming to this country
and says that she does not remember having
heard her say anything about coming K
this country when she saw her in Jersey
about year ago.
| KNOWS WHERE THE GIRL IS.
United States Deputy Marshal Bernhard
| is not altogether pleased that the story n
the counts search for his daughter has beer
made public. He knows where the girl il
now, but won't tell 1.-The last heard o
her J" he said to-day, ''the girl was livini
with man named Werner They oocu
pied apartments in First street. | do no
know with whom she ran away when sh,
loft her husband 80 suddenly. But d,
know that she doesn't care to go back to he
father. She cares only for the wild, dissi
pated life she is at present leading. AS K
whether her father will take her back al
not altogether certain. though l believe h
will At one time he says he will take hel
back, and at anothor time he has told m,
she could never return to him. | hope no "
ever, to bring them together. l think tn
greatest difficulty will be found with the
girl"
Marshall Bernhardt said he had seen tn
countess within the last few days. H
thought the publicity given the matter haC
frightened her away from where he haC
last seen her.