The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-26
HOLSTHB'S GAY WIFE.
She Transferred Her Affec-
lions with Ease and
Rapidly.
HEB HUSBAND TRACKED HER.
And Now There Is a Divorce Suit
for Her to Defend.

IL what John b. Holster has sworn to is
trus many people will not blame him for
having begun suit for an absolute
divorce from his wife, Mr. Holster Is
the proprietor Of liquor store on BerGeu
avenue. about one block from MontgOm-
cry street. Until March he and his wife
and two children, John a. and Willie B.
Holster, ten and seven years old respect
lively, lived In fiat over the store Mrs.
Holster was very prepossessing woman
thirty-three years old. above the average
height and plump Her cheeks were soft
and always tlnGed with blush. Her
eyes were large, dark brown ones, and her
dark, glossy hair was usually
worn at the back of the head Ia Lang
try coil She WAS decidedly "fa1r TO gaze
upon, and so thought many Of her nus
bands customers when she ehatted with
them in the sitting room adjoining the
bar-room
Her husband is q well known German
OF pronounced economical habits Ia finan-
ciaI dealings, and Is weIl-te-do. he is
short and lighter complexioned than
his wife. and has q morose look on his
face. IL has been said for q considerable
time before Mrs. Holster left his house
she and her husband were addicted to
more than the usual quantity of domestic
spats, and that she claimed these were
caused by hts parsimouy and excessive
jealousy. 1t is said that when Hol-
stem would find her gossiping with
some of his customers, ne would send
her mp stairs at once and his jealousy
would be heard from later. Whether
these rumors from the Idle tongues OF
neighbors are true or not it Is certain
that If Holster was jealous ne had cause
70 fskaf IF Ia hn rfd To a
HoLsTEE'g SERIOUS CHARGES.
In the bill he has filed in the Court OF
Chancery, Holster sets forth thar he
was married 70 his wife on November 26,
1879, at San Francisco, where they lived
until April, 1887, when they went to New
York and remained until May 81,
1888. when they came tot his city.
Holster began the liquor business
then and thrived until March OF
this year when his wife became
weary of him and taking ner two chill
dren went to Summit and Storm avenues
TO live. She soon afterwards went to
New York.
Holster, in his complaint, charges that
during the month OF August, 1888, his
wife was nnduly intimate with Ernest
Degner, a barber who bought his beer Of
Holster. While Holster would be at
tending to business the barber would en-
gross the attention OF the tickle but fair
once. hO4nLtu AYERS dlsO tudt
his wife and Degner went 70
No. is Delaney street, New York.
house of iIl-repute. Holster also sets
forth at length that after his wife bad
evidently satisfied herself with
the attentions of the tonsorial art
list. she transferred her affec.
tons to Bernard or Barney Don gherty
as easily as She had preferred Degner to
her husband Holster allies that bis
wife and Dougherty were intiHaate, that
they went to the Clifton House, No. 1876
Eighth avenue, New York, on March 20
and remained there as man and wife for
several hours, and that on April 3 they
went to the fremont House, No. 655
Broadway.
HOLSTER FOLLOWED HER
The evidence that Holster possesses of
his wife's unfaithfulness. it is said. was
secured through his own energy and
Jealous instincts. He succeeded in hnd-
ing the guilty barber, who admitted the
truth of Holsten,s charges ana was
made correspondent The injured hus-
band refused to talk about the subject
yesterday, bat he did say that Degner had
said he had been intimate with Mrs.
Holster While the jured husband was
watching house in New York to see his
wife and Dougherty come out. 1t is said
his actions aroused the suspicious or q
policeman who arrested him. At the
police station Holster explained that he
believed his wife aud her paramount were
in the house and he was waiting to make
certain The sergeant upon hearing this
permitted Holster to depart and he con
WINGED himself that his wife and ner latest
object of affection was where he had be-
lieved. Holsten's children have been re-
covered by him and are now a6 his home.