The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-08
HIS DECEITFUL WIFE
John seeburger Found Out
Too Late His Elizabeth
Was False.
THE TRICK SHE PLAYED HIM.
Urged Him to Remain in West
Hoboken While She Lived
in Newark.

1t will probably be a long time before
John Christian Seeburger of West Hoboken
again ventures into the sea of matriniony.
He has had an experimence, and it was one
such as but few men ever receive or want.
He was married on October 10, 1895, and on
December Is, just two months later, his
wife gave birth to a child, an act which was
the greatest surprise that Mr.. Seeburger
ever received in all his life.
Seeburger lived at Newark during the
year 1893, and while there he met a young
woman whose Christian name was Eliza
beth. She was very progressing, ana See
burger fell deeply in love with her. he
called very frequently to see the young
woman, whose modest and u~nassuming man
ners convinced him that she was the one
woman in all the wide world who could
make his life happy forever.
Seeburger took her to places OF amuse-
ment. made her many small presents ana IN
a thousand and one ways tried to convince
Elizabeth of his affection. She apparently
reciprocated S~eeburger's love, and she told
him so many times after he had placed on
her finger a solitaire of no mean value as a
token of their engagement.
The young man was a wheelwright by
trade and he filled a good position and earned
an excellent salary. He said he was in q
condition that would enable him to support
Elizabeth properly, and he urged her to
make the wedding day an early one.
THE WEDDING DAY.
The Young woman asked for delay, but
Seeburger ardently persisted and SO she
finally said she would marry aim on October
16. 1898. When that e~ventful day arrived
Seeburger, as happy as a lark, accompanied
the young woman to the German Johannes
Church, Newark, and they were married by
the Rev. William Rieb, in the presence of a
a reception that night and the health of the
bride and groom was drunk repeatedly, and
all kinds of rood luck was wished them.
Three weeks later Seeburger lost his posi-
ton. and his wife urged him to accept one
which was offered him in West Hoboken.
The young husband was reluctant to do SO,
but the urgent persuasions of his wife finally
prevailed. and he went to West Hoboken, it
being understood between them that See
burger should send for his wife as soon as he
could prepare a home for her. &,
These arrangements were soon made u
he wrote to Elizabeth to join him. To his
establishment, she refused to do So, but
urged him to remain where he was, and she
would go to him later. He wrote her fire.
ouently after that, begging her to share his
home at West Hoboken, but her answer was
always the same, a request for delay.
At last Seeburger became suspicious ana
he determined to go to Newark and have a
personal interview with his wife and learn
from her the reason why she had failed to go
to him.
When he reached Newark he learned the
reason. He found out completely why the
m had repeatedly sought delay in going
to her husband. He learned that two months
after they were married and he had left New
ark for West Hoboken, his wife had given
birth to a male child which she named
Frederick w. Seeburger. He also ascertained
that the child died and was buried on March
16, 1894.
When these astounding revelations were
made to Seeburger he was overwhelmed
with grief, for he had believed his wife to be
pure and good. He had never known her to
be in the company of any man except him
self, and he knew hat he Was not the father
of the dead child.
CAST her OFF.
He informed his wife that he would never
again nave anything to do with her, and
then he returned to West Hoboken. Later
he consulted Counsellor Max Salinger and
instructed him to begin a suit for absolute
divorce, alleging that he had been deceived
bv the woman whom he had married.
The case will come up in the Court OF
Chancery at an early date, but it is believed
that the wife will not defend it.