The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-07
STAR BOARDHR AGAIN
Henry Wittnebert Forced ia
Leave His Home and
Children.
HENRY HELDT WON HIS WIRgs EEYOR.
The Injured Husband Now Sues
for $4,000 for Alienation Of
the Wife's Affections.

Again the irrepressisie star boerAer
comes to the front as a defendant before
Judge Llppincott tu the Circuit Conrs.
In suit brought by a loving husband
and fond fsTher for the alienation of a
wife and mothers affections. This salt
was brought by Henry Wittnebert OF
| Greenville against Henry Heidi, who, it
issl!eged. robbed Wittnebert of hts do
msstic happiness. for which injury the
husband demands 5000 damages. The
story that Wittnsbert has related under
oath is the of-lats-so-ot- to Id.tale
where the star boarder is receIved into
loving family, only to netray the conf
'dence reposed in him and to rob his
friend OF all he valued most on earth.
Henry Wittnebert, well built young
| man of twenty-five, was married to his
| wife Barbara Louisa Wittneberx on
June 81, 1871. The bride was hand
| some womHn of twenty then. The
ceremony was performed by DR.. Carl
| Schramm, of Nsw York, and uutil
| August, 1892. the couple lived together.
| The first half of their married lite was as
happy as usually falls to the LOT OF mar
risd couples. and SIX children. all living,
| were born t } them. WIttneb bert owneI Is
store for tue sale of general nlerc landIss
Et MeLuchen ard made uis nome there
THE FATEFUL DAY.
| One fateful 0ay in 1882 Henry Heldt
entered the town. and, becoming a.
| quainted with Wittesbert, he asked to
| be taken IS q boarder to his house.
| Wittnebert consulted his wife and she
| consented. aud Immediately afterWatd
| Heidt became boarder, and soon was
| like one of the family Business pros.
| wall for
buy house aud lot at Perth Anboy,
which he presented to his wife. Heldt
| in the meantime was employed in the
| store, and he proved to be an excellent
salesman and became quite popular.
| Two or three years after the advent of
| Heldt into the household, Wittneber5
| sold out his store and entered
into the railroad construction busi-
| ness. He moved to Greenville aud
| found a comfortable home on Wood.
lawn avenue. Before moving Heldt
! expressed a desire to go with him,
saying be could obtain position in this
| city. Wittnebert. wholly unsuspicious
of any evil intent on the part of Heldt,
consulted his wife, and she advised her
husband TO grant Heldt's request. Tnae
settled the matter and Heidi moved to
| Woodawn avenue also. The business
Wittneoert was engaged in made it
| necessary for hiA to De much absent
| from home. and sometimes for weeks.
but this did not appear to grieve Mrs.
| Wlttne bert very much, and iG is
| certainty that Helde did not she'd tears
! over the misfortune.
HIS FIRST SUSPICIOUS.
| IL WAS aIIer Wittnebsrts absence for
a number of days that he began to grow
! suspicious, aud these terrIHle thou ghts
| were aggravated when he found taaL his
wife had arranged a bed room for his
exclusive USE and one for herself. Heidi.
too. had changed. and he acted like the
master of the house and gave orders to
| Mrs Wittnsbert like one In authority
might do. The husband on ens oc-
caslou could not restrain his indignation
at this, aud he ordered Heidi to leave
| the house Heidi deInurred at this, and
Mrs. Wittuebert refused point blHuk to
| allow him to go.
| lily, but soon after Wittneoer5 insisted
again that Heldt should seek
another boarding place. and again
| the wife prevented Heldt from
| going. Wittnebert claims that ABOUT
| one year before he separated from
his wife that Heldt induced the woman
| to turn her oldest sou, whose name Is
Bernard. out OF the house. The young
| man LETT bis parents home and Heldt
| became more master than ever.
CHICKEN FOR THE BoARDEE.
Mrs. Wittuebert was SD muon under
the 1Duu6QC6 OIL Et6tuI, SO lSt nuSORQQ
claims, that Mrs. Wittnebert would not
prepare her husbands breakfast or sup
per, but would cook choice steaks aud
chops CT broil chicken for Heldt wheu-
ever he wanted them.
This partiality 50 enraged Wistuebert
| on one occasion that he Threatened to
punch HeldTs nsad, and probably would
have done So if his wife had not inter.
| fered and saved Heldr. Wittnebert then
! declared that either Heldt must leave
the house for ever, or he would
| go. He said his wife could have her
| choice and she calmly replied:-
"Reldt shall not 80; II he does | will
go with him. You ought TO be asha neo
to insult him and me like this"
Wittnebert remembered his five chlld-
rem at home, and for their sakes he al>
lowed himself to swallow his Injuries for
while longer. Soon after this Mrs.
Wittuebert informed her husband that
she wanted to sell the house and lot he
had given her, but Wittneburt refused to
sign any desd. This SO angered the wife
that she shook her fist in Wittpebert's
face, aud Heldt Joined her in denounoing
hiul,
THE HUSBAND FORCED OUT.
Unable to endure sucn treatment he
again TOLD his wife that eilher he or
Heldt must leave the house. She re-
plied:-
you CO."
Wittnebert Immediately left the house
and has not lived with his wife since.
He says under oath that Heldt aud his
wife still live IN his house. Soon after
WittQebert sepa, atsd from his wife his
son Bernard, wno mad been driven from
home, told him that he knew that his
mother had bsen an unfaithtul wife,
aud that on q number OF occasions be
had seen Mrs. Wittneoert leave HeIdt's
sleeping roota late at night, attlred only
In ntGhtgown, and he had also seen
HEIDI. similarly clad. leave Mrs. Witt
nebert's sleeping room late at night
|. When placed In possession of these
facts. Wittnebert directed Judge Pusisr
to begin q suit for damages against
Heldt. Judge Lippincott referred the
case TO Charles IL. Csrrtek to take testi-
mony. Heldt's lawyers are Erwin s.
Keller.
A POPULAR TENOR TO WEB.
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