The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-31
PLUMP And FIFTY
Yet Charlotte Gerecke Has
Eloped With a Kings
land Farmer.
HER HUSBANDS STORY.
She Took With Her His Hard
Earned Sayings-Their Where
abouts Unknown.

The disappearance OF Mrs. Charlotte
Gerecke from her home. No. 229 Third
street, coupled with the belief entertained
Charles Stigmeyer, of Kingsland. is one
Of those little domestic episodes that
pulverIzes the theories OF even u cynical
observer of our present plan of c~iviliza-
ton.
Mrs. Gerecke Is a woman who, within
a few months at least. will have passed
half a century Of existence. Yet she is
fair md plump aud gifted'to an unusual
degree with all the charms that consti-
tute the attributes of buxom, healthy,
aye aver o Christian womanhood. Her
complexion is fair, her wealth of brown
tresses is actually enhanced by n sprink-
ling Of silver. she has heavenly III eyes.
aud her 'half century of existence" has
not left the usual foot prints OF lime upon
an unusually pretty couetenance.
The man whom the deserted husband
confidently believes Ills wife eioped with
is a Kingsland farmer of bronzed ap-
pearance aud u complexion that reminds
one CT the average stamp of an Italian
laborer. he Is t%hirty-three years OF age.
The deserted husband Is not q bad LOOK
ing man himself. His appearances is that
OF q typical. thrifty American workman.
He is employed as a pres5man In the
office OF the New York Substituting.
He has a son twenty-five years OF age.
who is a compositor employed in the
| composing room OF one of the New York
daily papers. Time has dwelt lsniently
with nlm, Notwithstanding he Is fouf
wears his wayward wife's senior. His
hair Is gray. His mustache ia gray. Both
lived together apparently happy on the
top floor Of y fiat In q respectable neigh.
borhood, while the married sou lived
happily only a couple OF doors away.
The family has lived iu this city nigh Oh
to fifteen years.
THE HUSBANDS TORY.
Mi. aud Mrs. Gereckle came from
I Carlstadt. Not far away is klngsland.
Mr.. Gereckie worked in New York, and
even until the half century mark OF his
existence passed, while occupying apart
ments III a fat In this city. lavished his
| earnings upon his wife. They anne here
from Carlstadt about fifteen years ago.
Prior to that time the Stegmeyer family
| owned d farm not far from Carlstadt.
The two families were on intimate terms.
Old Mrs. Stegmeyer's sons, with the ex-
| ception of Charles. didn't exactly stand
by Ler. Charles worked diligently and
faithfully. and even years after the
Gereckes moved to Jersey City the
| G~ereckes were prevailed upon to loan the
| Widow Stegmeyer 500 in order to pur
chase and spread manure upon her farm.
Recently the farm was sold for 81 1000 Ia
hard cash. Charles got hold or one hall
Of the amount
Mr.. Gereckie claims that IL was mainl!
ON account of his suspicious that b.
moved to Jersey City. Charles Steg
meyer seldom paid them a visit. Yet
when Mrs. Gsreeke tailed to come homo,
after a pretended visit TO her sl5ter-in
law III Thirty-eighth street, N. Y.
On Monday week last, whittier she had
gone apparently with the intention O
looking after q grave yard plot il
Yonkers, Mr.. Gerecke suspected mat his
wife had eloped With Charles Stegmeyer.
He went to kingsland and found tina
Charles was missing. He came back te
this city, and. after investigation. foune
that his wife had drawn $3.50 from
savings bank, which, although the hard
earned savings of the husband had beer
deposited In the wife's name.
Mr.. Gerecke. the deserted husband, !
at present staying with his sons family
q few doors above his late home. Bot
buildings are Ia the same row or flats.