The morning call., 1894-08-14
MAYER'S WEDDING
He Deserted His Bride
After Two Days.
AND LEFT FOR GERr1ANY.
An Ante-Nuptial Transfer of
Property.
SUIT IS BEGUN FOR SUPPORT.
Strange Ending to an Attachment
Which Began Across the Ocean
Years Ago.

All the elements Of an admirable
romance were developed in complaint
that was filed in the Superior Court yes
terday. Hardly an accessory IN which the
sensational novelist delights was lacking.
1t embraces a pretty woman who had
suffered wrongs, a good-looking man with
plenty of money. marriage followed by
a dramatic, bitter parting, and. what is
still more thrilling, an enhancing mys-
| terry, which will probably not be solved
until the searchlight of judicial inyestiga-
tion is shed upon it.
| Besides the hero and heroine in the
affair there are several other participants
| who, according to the complaint. have
their little parts to play before everything
is done with.
| Helene Mayer is the woman in the case.
who has wrong. or rather a series of
wrongs, which she wants righted if it can
| be done In any possible way.
| Those arTayed against her in the legal
proceedings which she has instituted are
her husband. Carl Mayer, Josef Mayer.
John Siauffer and Frank Walterstein. The
| facts OF Mrs. Mayors wrongs are set forth
| in the complaint In the cold and formal
| language of the law.
| She says that she was married to Carl
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| bride two days he basey deserted her, and
since that time she has not seen him.
! Furthermore she states that her husband
| is man of considerable means and owns
| a good deal of real estate. One piece she
mentions is located at the southwest
corner of Nebraska and Alameda
streets, in South San Francisco;
IN Lake County. on which the Blue
Lakes Hotel is located. He is also q
member of the firm of Stauffer & Co., pro-
pretors of the chemical works located at
the corner of Dupont and Bay streets,
| from which he derives large income. In
addition 10 these possessions and the in
| come. she says h. has propertyin Ger
Mayer is well-fxed maD.s
In contrast to this array of wealth she
! draws picture o t herself as being without
| ineans and also sick from his treatment of
| her. She is unable to support herSef and
wants the court TO award her 5000 d
mouth allowance and $1,000 for COUNSEL
| fees.
| In the second chapter of her complaint
she makes some further allegations re-;
garding her husbands disposition of his
| landed estate and other property before
the nuptial knot had been tied, when ae-
tions convince her that he willfully deceived
| and defra uded her.
|
June. five days before their marriage,
must have been busy one for the man
| who was so soon to become benedict.
| On that day he decided his South San
Francisco property to John Stauffer, his
partner. He also. she says, executed to
josef Mayer of Antwerp, Belgium. with
! out consideration, mortgage on the Blue
Lakes Hotel to secure note for
| 1000, and further gave to Frank Wal
| terstein lease of the Blue lakes
| Hotel for eight years for S600a year. All
| of these actions Mrs. Mayer said were
| done to defraud her out of her rights. and
| his subsequent actions went to show that
after doing all this he only married her
will the ntentiO of abandoning her.
Besides awarding her $500 month Mrs.
Mayer wants the court to make Carl give
security for the payments 20 her, to re-
strain him from dSp0siDg of any of his
property or the other defendants from
transferring it in any way under present
arrangements, that all transfers be de-
clared null and void, aud that a receiver
take charge OF things generally.
SO much for MIS-. Mayors complaint
From other sources had TO be cleaned the
particulars of the case. Nor are they
thoroughly understood yet, outside of the
parties interested. Mrs. Mayors attorney
is disinclined to talk much. Mr.. Mayer is
in Europe and his friends are very 10th 10
discuss his private affairs.
1t was learned. though. that Carl Mayer
and his present wife, Helene, were we'll
acquainted in Germany many years ago.
Carts parents were wealthy, and from
them he inherited. the bulk of his prop
erty. 1t has been some years since Carl
FIRST came to this city. but two years ago
he went TO the Fatherland and chaperoned
The fair Helene to this Western strand
She stayed here several months and then
made trip to the old country and back.
Before her return she spent some time
at the Blue LAKES Hotel, and on June 6
last Carl kept his word to her and married
her. They lived in apartments in this
city for two days and then-well, Mrs,
Mayer found herself deserted and the next
she heard of her spouse was that he was
on his way 10 Germany, ana in Germany
he has remained ever since.
The mystery in the case is the real no.
tive that prompted Mayer to desert his
that neither he nor his client knew of any
reason, nor did Carl give her any, or even
an intimaMon that he was going. 1t is
certain, though. that Mayer tran sferred
his property five days before his marriage
When asked why Mayer married under
such circumstances, Mrs. Mayors attorney
said Perhaps he did it as an act of re-
paration."
Mayer is about 40 years of age and the
lady in the case is about o. and is consid-
cred good-looking At present She is
stopping at the Blue Lakes Hotel. Sub
penas have been issued by her attorney,
but it is problematical if Mayer slips
away when return of service can be
made