The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-23
LITTLE BLONDE HAIRS
How Mrs. Mabel Clark Dis
covered Her Husbands
Unfaithfulness.
SHE is GRANTED A DIVORCE.
Der Husband and the Young
Woman Put Out of a Grand
Street House Testimony in
the Case.

Chancellor Mc4ill has just granted
Mabel G. Clark of this city a divorces
from her husband, Bsrtrsad L. Clark.
Clark was q member of tina firm of
Charles f. Clark's Son & Co.. whole-
sale dealers in plumbers supplies, at No.
"a Montgomery street. which failed some
time 70. Mira. Clark was q bookkesper
in the establish ment, ard WAS n arried to
Clark on September Z. 1886. by the Rev.
William A. Holhrook. than rector of St.
Matthew's Church. After living in the
Arlington fats and one or two other
places, IN 1899 they went to live at No. 108
Grand street. In her testimony before
Special Master Isaac S. Taylor. to whom
the case was referred by the Chapceltnr,
Mrs. Clark said that 10 September. 1892,
she was told that her husband was pay
ing attention to another woman, but sh e
would not believe the reports In the
folio wing month slle noticed iha he be-
gan to stay out all night. and she heard
more stories about his attention TO an
other She then spoke to him
shout tue stories people were circulating
concerning him. but he denied that there
was any truth in them. aud she believed
him. From that time. however. his abb
ssucSs from home grew more frequent
and of logger duration.
THOSE LITTLE BLoNDE HAIRS.
On December % Mrs. Clark went TO
spend Christmas with her relatives in
Fall River, Mass. She left a letter Oh
the taule in their sitting room telling her
husband that she would not return until
the following Wednesday, December %.
She hnroWnr apfn hanE VDQSnnv r1nrn-
Ing, returning on the Monday night boat,
and arrived at ner home about half past
seven A. ID. She found the room in
great disorder and every appearance of
Its having been occupied by two. She
also found long blonde hair IN her pri-
vate cotnb aud brush. Tn at settled the
matter In Mrs. Clark's MUD, and when
her husband came In a few minutes after
ward, very much snrprieed to find her
home, she demanded to know who had.
been In the room while sne was away
All Clark's efforts to refute the uumis
takabI evidences OF his guilt were in
vain, and he finally told his wife tnat 1t
was one of her business whom he had
had in the room.
At this brazen declaration Mrs. Clark
left the room and never went back to her
husband. She never found out who the
woman was. On April l. through her
counsel. James Brown, Mrs. Clark filed
{ PCtlLlO1 " NOLGG 0A&N
HERR, who owns the ous No. 108 Grand
street, in which the Clarks had rooms.
testified before Mr.. Taylor that he lived
in the basement OF the house. After Mrs.
Clark left her husband Clark moved
upstairs into ons room. He M his wife
before hat occupied the parlor flo IE.
Clark WIS frequently visited by a young
blonde woman, who entered and left his
room at all hours of the LAY and night.
On one occasion Clark told tine witness
that his wife had made him mad and she
had left her. He also said that he wanted
60 marry the girl who visited him.
PUT CLARK cUT OF THE HOUSE.
Teresa Daghierri. wife OF Bertrand
Daghierri testified that she saw the
blonde young woman in the home very
often. The first time she came she gave
the witness a note from Clark asking her
to allow the Young lady to e up to his
room. Clark and the girl frequsntly had
breakfast together. Their meals were
brought to them by a coiored boy. The
matter bee me SO fiagraut that the Dag
hierris told Mr.. Clark that be would have
to leave the house. The woman was
about twenty-five or twenty-thres years
old and was good looking. The witness
did not know her name.
Emile Obi, a bartender In BODIES
Montgomery street saloon, lived in the
house No. 10S Grand street. On the Sun
day nighI before Easter he gave q party
in his room and invited Clark to be pres
ent. Clark attended and brought with
him a blonde young womaD. Obi asked
him who the girl was and says Clark
replied. "Oh. that's all rights" but he did
not introduces her Clark was worry at
tentive to the young woman during til g
evening and frequently danced with her.
They left together but where they wen
Ohl could not say. Charles w. Merriam
OF No. IS Sussex place knew Clark, his
wife and the blonde young woman.
Her name WAS Lizzie B. An-
holtz and she lived on Morris
street just around the corner from where
Merriam lived. He often saw Cfarx and
Lizzie together ia Gray,s restaurant on
Washington street. aud otteu met them
coming out of the Grand Street House in
the morning aud going iuto it late az
night. Merriam helped Mrs. Clark 10
move her furniture from No. 108 Grand
street. Clark was there at the sams Tina
moving his goods to the room upstairs.
Mrs. Clark wa weeping and appeared to
feel bad, She tried to talk to Clark, but
he would have nothing to do with her.
Clark put in no defense, and the Chan
ce!lor decided against him on the fore