The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-05
his OTHER WIFE: HER LOVER
rur LAST OF MANY JkALOUs QUAR-
RELs In THE KRAMER HOUSkHOLR

HlD UluEle VlEEs 1llIls LIZ LII
THE LAST OF MANY JkALOUs QUAR-
REFS IN THE KRAMER H0UshHOLn
No. Kramer Shot In Their Basement HOME.
Tr.uer Hanged at the TOP Of tho Dunb-
later shaft In . Neighsorine Hosse.
Mary link was twenty.three years old when
.he arst met John Kramer She was q fair
hsjred. blue-eyed girl from South Germany
..rono and self-reliant. She had come TO this
country alone, and had made her way unassist-
.J That was four years ago. At that time she
,,ysd with Mrs. Erstlinger. at O88 Hicks street.
n,oo,lyn Kramer was big. burly Bavarian.
uo stood over six feet in his stockings and
xeiched more than 200 pounds He was AZ
wall. they we're married. She says that Pas
car Hupenbauer Of st. Paul's Church. Brook
ivn. performed the ceremony on Feb. 20. 1883
Tonr days later Kramer deserted her. Then she
uent TO Buffalo whore she know she could get
work. She found out In some way that Krsmer
xns not the real name OF her husband. Eleven
,sars before she met him he had married
under the name OF John Koppler. and his first
vito was then living in New York with her
children. When Kramer left his new wife he
took the old one and went to Detroit.
After four weeks with her no went back to
,he now wife at Buffalo. They patched up
tbeir differences. and then Kramer took the
new wife TO Cleveland. Tor nearly three years
vramer lived in circuitous fashion. part OF
mo time with one wife. part Of II with the
otber. and sometimes with neither. Mrs.
Koppler seems to hnve kept her residence in
n.troit, but Kramer took his second wife to
various places. He was q frst-class fresco
p.int.r, and could always get work at good
wages Curlously enough. he was madly ZEAL
oas Of his young wife: They constantly QUAR-.
relied. She knew and tacit 1.. ac9uieseed in
his untaithfuness to her. But when he ac-
e,,a wv " ''
They came to Now York nas from an,o,
the fat houses at the corner Of Twelfth street
nsd o, life in this city no had worked for
,,' S.,r.,d tho ovne, ~ thoso hou.oa
Mr. h. rort tSspe wa, more than Kramer and
.n s VIM William eDaS weisse a. staiwsst young fellow
not long over from saxony Then the trouble
began in earnest The young woman mt, took X.
FL Ss ss 4' 8 IN asE So Nth
as sae to Iie sSsd iats u tSs mornings shd IL
ssIt W e that b. asS sot
'ifss sa shs ssss
T Ssnd and 4 vent sas 70 Binshs%ton Ia%er
NSsS ia Ss ss
to return and live with him again Four weeks
ago her mother. now Mrs. Schmidt came out
a ISn h
end. There wSs one long drawn out
soS hSh al. sndsS Mr.. on kls%sl vent hs so
live at 40 East Eleventh street.. The young
woman left all her clothing at the house IA East
husband refused to give Il up 20 che tried
the police. She went to Headaua.ters:. and
From fHs a'i there she yss sent e Essex Msrkst
With her stepsisteE. Berthe Schmidt When
clothes i IS She had. 4 poiiceman In the court,
Ss sSssd o sE Sc 70 ss the .ns
went
They had occupied two :ms AL gcoms In ths
street When Mrs. Kramer and Bertha went
down the basement stairs they found the rom ron
sSSr Bs9bs s.,d Kramer the 0''k a00f
John. here is your Wife"
GONE r.. aid J9sn: VIZ: net Dc y 700 xsnsS
had. been thrifty and they had money
In b0nk. 1t WAS In nor name. AI6u0E
insisted that she should Sign pa
per giving him the right to draw
that money from tho bank before he would
lei her. have her clothes She told him that he
all sho wanted was her clothes: She went into
led preparatory 70 packing hsr trTnk s; As she she
closely Watching her movements Bertha
stood py the table II the fr3ns aq st az
shot, followed quickly by two othsss: She
ran TO- the door and tried to get out ~ was
locked and nailed. She turned 70 the WINDOW
looking out upon the area. and as she turned
she saw her sister come crawling out from the
streaming down her face from . wound in the
Bertha ran to the window and tried to open IN
it. but II stuck. Then, she struck the glass
with her clenched hand and Shiyered IL, An
other blow burst out the sash. Her hand was
badly, cut She picked her wounded sister up
and held her back. But the fear Of the man
behind helped her. and she carried her sister
UP the basement stairs Into the ONCE Of
physician who lives on the first hoor. Then
she ran 70 tell her mother. v.,. A.
Tho whole house was aroused, While the
physician WAS examining Mrs. kramer. Mr..