The evening world., 1894-05-12
MARRIED TO ROB her.
Birzlund Deserts the Bride He
Won in Sweden.
Brought Her Here, Then Fled with
Her Money.
Penniless, She Calls Upon the Police
for Aid.

4 sad example OF misplaced confidence
and mans perhdy VAS revealed to-day
at Police Headquarters. Mrs. Clara
Birzlund, n comely middle-aged Swedish
woman came to Inspector McLaughlin's
office shortly after 0 o'clock, accom-
panied by n detective from the Leonard
street station. and Mrs. Hendrick Has
selhuhn, of 424 West Twenty-sixth
street.
Mrs. Birzlund could speak no English.
but had brought her friend Mrs. Hassel-
huhn along to act as interpreter. Ac-
cording to the elder woman's story, she
was abandoned last night by her hand
some young husband. and. besides the
loss OF her natural protector, she Is
poorer by some 1000 marks thar she was
yesterday morning.
Mrs, Birzluni was for many years
housekeeper in the family of a wealthy
German In Stockholm.
The head OF the house died recently
and left the faithful servant a little for
tune OF about 5000 marks. With this she
retired from service and intended to live
comfortably the rest of her life.
A few months & there came to
Stockholm a handsome blonde young
man, to. whom she was introduced by
mutual friends.
His name was Victor Birzlund. Vic
tor was twenty-eight years old, and had
travelled extensively. He had lived in
little accent. fhe ex-housekeeper was
over forty. but that made very little
difference to Birzlund.
He persuaded the woman that II she
would marry him and come to America
there was a fortune for both awaiting
for them; With her capital he said
wealth would come quickly.
They were married last February.
There was a wedding tour through
Europe at the BRIDES expense and then
to Chicago.
They arrived here on board the Guion
line steamship Alaska last Monday. n
were met by Patrick Matthews, runner
for the Cosmopolitan Hotel, at Cham
bers street and West Broadway.
Matthews brought them to the hotel
friends who live in Brooklyn, and whom
the couple met on board the steamer.
The friends didn't register, and left in
a few hours for Brooklyn, leaving no
Mr.: and Mrs. Birzlund remained at the
hotel until yesterday afternoon. when
Birzlung suggested that they call on
Mrs. Hasselhuhn, who is janitress at "a
West Twenty-sixth street, and who was
n friend of Mrs. Birzlund in Stockholm.
The couple went uptown and spent q
few hours with Mrs. Hasselhuhn.
About 3 o'clock Birzlund said that he
He would, he said, return shortly. At
o'clock he had not come back, and
his wife grew uneasy. An our later
she and Mrs. Hasselhuhn started for
the hotel.
His wife asked for the key to Room 80,
where they had been stopping, and was
surprised to learn that the room had
been given up by BirZlund, who had
called about 6 O'Clock. paid the bill and
left with five pieces Of baggage.
He left one trunk which he had In
structed Patrick Matthews, the runner,
to send to 42f West Twenty-sixth street.
The trunk was Mrs. B~irzlund's, and
contained only a few OF her personal
effects. Everything of value had been
aiken by the husband.
Runner Matthews told an Evening
World" reporter to-day that Birzlund had
ordered him to take the baggage, a white
canvas runk OF Swedish make, and an
other of American manufacture, a hat
box. tan-colored valise and a bundle of
ugs. to the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western depot.
Birzlund told Matthews to check the
baggage to Buffalo, showing q ticket
to that point. He told MATHEWS also
that from there he was going to San
Francisco.
Mrs. Birzlund says that drafts for 1000
marks on a Chicago bank Went along
with her husband. She is left penniless.
Proprietor c. F. Wildey. of the hotel,
told her that she could remain there
until she got matters Strengthened out.