The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-01
For His Wife Has Him Jailed
on All Sorts of Awful
Charges.
FORTY-0NE AND ,TWENTY-SIx
The Star Boarder and the Pretty
Sister-in-Law Are In IT.
Assault and Kidnap-
ping.
Mysteries in Court and a Lively
Chase in Which the Lady
Beat the Constable.

The peculiar domestic troubles existing
of Charles A. Post and his young wife,
whose home is in two-story frame build
ing at No. ISL Grand street, led to consid-
erable excitement in that neighDorhood
yesterday.
The mad chase Of wife after her hus-
band, who was fleeing with his four-year-
old son, the fainting of the mother on the
doorstep; the return OF the husband,
shorn Of his whiskers as disguise; his
assault upon his wife and her pretty sis
ter and his escape; mis- capture and tri-
umphant landing at the station house by
his wife, her sister and star boarder
after a Constable had failed to find him;
the demand of the wife for her child, fol-
lowed by Mysteries and fainting; the
charges of the husband against the afore-
said star boarder, aud the incarceration
OF the husband on a charge OF assault and
battery for hearing this morning were
scenes that made up an act OF an interest
ing drama from real life.
FACTS IN THE CASE.
Mr.. Post Is "a dark looking man. forty
one years OF age. tall and slender. his
wife is tall, fair woman OF twenty y-six,
with profusion Of blonde bangs and
rather sharp features. They have been
married nine years. They have Two In
teresting children, a girl Of seven named
Josephine, and boy of four, Charlie.
MIR. Post Is employed by contractor
who furnishes ice for the Pullman and
refrigerator cars on the Pennsylvania
Railway system, and according TO his
wife's story, be is u splendid provider.
But" she added TO reporter of The
JERSEY CITY News this morning, "nis
Jealous disposition renders IL impossible
for me to live with him. | can't go any
where but am watched He Is insanely
jealous. Yes, he does love me, such love
as tits; / get tired of 1t. He's on his
knees fmploring forgiveness one moment,
the next he's at the same old tricks.
can't stand il. Not long ago he carried
loaded revolver around three days
threatening to shoot somebody, intimat-
ing that the somebody was me- took 1t
away from him, took out the cartridges
and carried it around myself was more
afraid Of his neck than l was of being
shot"
THEY MET By CHANCE.
Mrs. Pokt had been away from home
two weeks, staying with friends over in
New York, and paying short visits to her
home every day.
Yesterday afternoon she returned and
Glanced to meet-her husband at home.
They quarreled and decided to separate.
Tnen a dispute arose as to the custody OF
LQe clflQIeu. OuQOtul1 -AE. IOot OOcu
up four-year-old Charlie and rushed out
into the street. The chi DIS aunt rushed
after him and chased him two blocks.
Meanwhile the mother tainted upon the
steps. The husband escaped with the
child.
An hour or so later he returned home,
minus his brown beard.
81 am still here" he said.
Some words followed between him and
his wife. and, says Mrs. Post, "he struck
me and knocked me down on the Sofa"
Her pretty sister, Mamie Gaines,
pretty dark-eyed young woman took
hand and she, too, was assaulted. Mr..
Post then left his nome.
THE CHASE
Mrs. Post rushed oil for Justice Weeds
Office and had warrant issued for her
husbands arrest. Constable O'Grady
couldn't find Post, but sometime later
Justice Weed was surprised by a crowd
gathering in front of his judicial sane
tum.
Through the glass front he espied a
man being delivered over to Constable
O,Grady by another man and two women,
one of whom he recognized as Mrs Post.
A crowd of men, women and boys had
followed the quartette along the street
Post had scarcely been arraigned when
his wife, with glaring eyes and tragic
gestures, exclaimed
snake him tell me where my child is,
uQgey dnt tuToHluB up lci ittio BIG
sank apparently exhausted TO the hoor.
A messenger was dispatched into Jake
Kramer's next door, and stimulants were
procured und administered by "Dr."
Kramer, assisted by young student.
The woman instantly revived.
POSTS PLEA.
Mr.. Post declared that his wife was
not a fit person to take care of his child
rem. Pointing to the man who had
helped to bring him into Court, Mr.. John
Gafeson, the star boarder, Post declared,
'sI saw her on bed not long ago with
that man. Her sister was also lying on
the bed with them"
The explanation TO this statement was
that the two women and Gateson, the
boarder, were wrestling over paper OF
caramels one Sunday morning when the
husband crept stealthly into the room
and exclaimed:-
"Ahal I've caught you this time"
At the examination this morning, Post
said he had left the boy at a Mrs. Owens,
in Montgomery street. Mrs. Post immed-
lately departed and returned with the
little fellow, who. though he was yester-
day IN kilt skirt, was now arrayed In
new knee breeches and cape coat, like
little man.
The little fellow appeared pleased to be
again with his mother, who gave him 10
centsto get some candy.
Meanwhile Post was out with the con-
stable endeavoring to procure bo nds to
the amount Of 500 to keep the peace.
When he faced his wife in the court
room this morning he asked his wife to
forgive the charges he made last night
aud to Withdraw the charge against him.
Mrs. Post said she was undecided what
10 do when her husband went off in
search of bonds She could easily secure
the bonds for him. But she didn't want
to live with him again.