The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-13
SIZE Went IN MOURNING
But Her Husband still Lived and
Had Her Money.
MRSSCHNElDERS ACCOUNTING SUIT
Her Husband Collected Her Inhcri-
taucc in Germany..-words Sent Back
That He is Dead.--shc Meets Him
With Another Wife.


the real estate business at various loca-
tions on the west side for the past
twelve years, according to the repre-
sentations OF Lawyers Alter & Wise, Of
No. $50 Nassau street, who gave out the
details yesterday of suit which they
have just begun against him, on be.
half Of his wife, to recover 5000 Ger
man marks, or about $4,000 in Amert
can money, The present whereabouts
of Mr.. Schneider are unknown, but tho
summons and complaint in the action
were served upon him at the Hotel
Boulevard, in Harlem.
Twelve years ago, the story goes,
Schneider wooed and won brido in his
native city, Leipsic. She was the daueh.
ter OF u wealthy German Government
officer, a pretty maiden of seventeen
years, and soon after their marriage
they determined to come to the New
World. When they reached this city
they decided to make it their perlna-
nent abode. Schneider was possessed
OF considerable means, and he launched
out in the real estate business. He was
fairly successful, and their domestic life
was a happy and contented one. When
the summer of 1889 came they had aug.
mented their fortune to total Of So.
GOO. During that summer Mrs. Schneid-
or receiver word from the other side
shat her father had died. As balm
for her grief, however, came the tidihrs
that he had left her q legacy Of 5000
marks.
The husband quite naturally became
deeply interested in the subject of the
legacy, and he urged that she lose no
time in collecting what was coming to
her. In September Of that year he in.
duced her to give him q power Of attor.
ney, SO that he could make quick trip
and return with her snug little fortune
to this city, where lie saw q great chance
for making profitable investment. In
October he sailed for Germany on one
Of the North German Lloyd steamers.
Mrs. Schneider read in the newspapers
Of the safe arrival on the other side Of
the steamship, and anXiously awaited o
letter which should tell her that he had
secured the money and started on the
return voyage. But no letter came.
Weeks and months passed by without
any word from her husband.
In March OF the following year, tho
tale continues, AIRS. Schneider received
her first tidings OF her husband and for
tune. She received letter from him
in which he breathed his love and atlec-
ton, and told her that he had succeed
ed in securing the 50, 900 marks. He dc.
voted whole page in picturing how
happy they would bc when he got back,
and then said that he was about to sail
on a vessel bound from Bremen, as he
did not care TO repeat the discomforts
he had experienced on the steamship
in going to Germany. He gave no eX-
act date, however, nor did he mention
the name Of the vessel on which he was
intending to sail.
Another month passed by, Mrs.
Schneider anxiously awuiting further
news OF her husband. She did not
know when to expect him, and could do
nothing more than watch the arrival OF
vessel after vessel from Bremen. Final.
ly another short letter came. In 1t the
husband announced that he had been
shipwrecked on the Spanish coast.
There was little or no other iniorna-
ton, and no word as to the future inten-
tions OF her lord and master Alter the
letter no communication came until
August of last year. Thei Mrs. Sehnei-
der received letter in strange hand
writing and bearing Spanish post
mark,
"Your husband has just died in my
house." the letter stated, 'and his last
words were: Tell my wife that have
died in Spain, and that / have LOCO
marks left, which | send to her. l will
meet her in heaven
The poor woman was brokcn-hearted.
She had waited many long months for
her husband, only to receive Nt last tho
message. that he had died in foreign
land. She put on mourning, but did
not receive the 1000 marks.
One day last December, according to
the story, she was walking along Broad.
way when suddenly, directly in front OF
her, she saw her husband. She threw
back her veil and rushed into his arms.
At his side was a young woman who
seemed surprised at the sudden greet
ing. Schneider took the meeting, IN
.matter OF fact way, and introduced the
Young woman as friend OF his whom
he met on the snip coming over 4iiS
long-lost husband coolly asked the wife
where she was living, and told her TO
hurry home saying that he would fol-
low her at once. Her lawyers say TINT
she obeyed him, but that she had not
seen him since. She subsequently as
certained, it is declared, that he ia
maintaining separate establishment
in this CITY and that the young woman,
who is n native OF Spain, is living with
him as his wife. When she ascertained
these facts she retained the firm Of AL
ter S Wise and began a suit for m ac'
counting II is also declared thgt pro-
ceedinas ior bigainy will be instituted.
LAWYER Alter lives at No. Mont
uomey street. He said last night that
be would not give tho address Of his
client for fear she would be spirited
away. The case, he declared, would be
put on the calendar OF the supreme
Court this week. An answer to the
complainant had been served, lie said,
in which a general denial was made.
The answer even denies that Mrs.
Schneider is the vile OF the defendant.
Children md Matches.