The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-26

Solomon shovinsky Buys His Wife on
the Installment Plan.
From the Pittsbtrg Dispatch

| From the Pittsbur1 Dispatch.
Mrs. Augusta Wasser Shovinsky left for
| Philadelphia last night. Her husband,
| Solomon l.. Davis Shovinsky, swears by all
that is good that he workshops the ground
her neat feet tread on, and though it takes
a hundred years he will have his fair young
| Hebrew bride again.
Their love, oourJship and marriage was
very unique. Mrs. Shovinsky only lived
with her husband three days. That was
two months ago, ana ever since that time
be has been negotiating to get her back.
His attempts all failed and yesterday the
/ matter was brought TO the attention of the
police department by call from Mrs.
| Shovinsky. She told q peculiar story. The
Wssser family Ii Ved in Detroit until about
three months ago. then moving TO Pitts
burg. Shovinsky, too, had lived there aud
had loved Augusta. She did not care for
him and the parents were not fully satisfied
to allow their daughter to marry him, so
they moved to Pittsburg, Shovinsky follow
ing.
PAID $500 FOR BRIDE.
He then offered the father $500 for his
daughter and, as the story goes. il was ac-
cepGed. The result was a marriage and
then q speedy desertion by the wife. The
fact that she had been sold made her so
angry that she wanted to leave home. The
only barrier to this was the holding Of her
trunk. IL was concerning this that she
went TO the police. Detective MoTighe
went with her to her home aud the bag
gage was secured. Last night she went TO
Philadelphia never to return.
The deserted husband and Augustus
father tell different stories about the trans
actions which made Miss Wasser Mrs. Sho-
whisky. The husband was found at the
home Of his fnther.in-law last night, and
Al. kf.I1 h.
is I'm the tobacco business aud lives on
SCOTT street. This is his story from start to
finish:
"When came to Pttsburg got &C
quainted With Mrs Dulipsky Of Gibbon
street, who keeps a charity home. She
told me I ought 70 be married, and she said
she would try TO get me wife. In several
days she told me Of Augusta Wasser, and
said she would be just the wife for me. Ac-
eordng TO her story the parents we're poor
| and needed assistance. The next Sunday ]
went around to the Wassers on Wylie ave-
nus. found the whole family at home.
ARRANGED FOR A SPEEDY MARRIAGE.
"I told Mr.. Wasser / wanted 70 marry
his daughter, and, knowing thai he had
hard getting along, told him would give
him $50 if he would give me Augusta. He
was TO keep the money only in case | mar
risd his daughter. 1t was agreed to. The
next day was fixed as our wedding day.
81 went to Wassers Monday, Aug. 90,
and Augusta was dressed and ready TO go
with me. She, her father and myself at
once started to the cou house. We we're
married at the court house. As soon as the
ceremony was over Augusta said: He's my
husband now and am going 10 live with
him, don't care what any one says We
then went home aud for the next several
days were happy. l came into the house
three or four days after we we're married
and my wife seemed to be disheartened.
! She told me she was not going to live with
me any more, as she hal heard some bad
stories about me. tried to find out what
was the matter, but she wouldn't tell me.
The result was that she returned to her
home.
"It was several days before l got TO see
her / went to her house, and, after a long
| talk, she told me that woman had told her
that she should have no hing mo 10 do
with Shovinsky. The woman promised my
wife that II she would get rid OF me there
! was another fellow who would marry her.