The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-27
STICKS TO HER CAPTAIN
Pretty Emma Doring's Love For
an Old Salt Results Dis
asterously.

An Interesting story came to light this
morning through an attachment served by
Constable Stanton for Justice Seymour in
Hoboken. The writ was served on the bag
gage of young German girl named Emma
Doring Mrs Anna J. Platter of Worcester,
Ohio, who says that Emma agreed to enter
her house in Worcester, Ohio,
as a domestic. A formal contract
was drawn up and signed by Emma
in Berlin, through friend of Mrs. Platter's
there On November % the girl promised to
go to Mrs. Platter's, but she was delayed.
Mrs. Platter recently sent her $50 to pay her
passage, and the girl sailed some days ago on
the steamship Dana of the Hamburg line.
She met on the boat retired sea captain
named Ernest Willer. The two en-
joyed each others company on the
trip over, and when the boat
landed at Hoboken on Saturday they pro-
ceeded to the Continental Hotel, on First
and Hudson streets, Hoboken. There they
have since remained. The hotel register
showed that they arrived there at four
O'Clock in the afternoon of Saturday. Emma
was assigned to room No. IA, and the Cap
tain was put in room No. 8.
THE CAPTAINS HAIR BRUSHES
Two hair brushes, which the captain
claims are his have been found in the girls
apartment. He can't have them, though,
because they are now in the possession OF
Justice Seymour Captain Willer is
typical sea captain though for three years
he has not had ship He has ruddy COM
plexion. set off with gray whiskers and salt
sea-weed hair. Heis of large stature and is
almost fifty years old. The girl is only
nineteen When the couple were safely en-
sconsed in the Continental Hotel the girl be-
gan wondering how she would pay her bills.
''Oh that's easy" responded the Captain,
tI'll see to that" But the girl wanted
money. She concluded to telegraph to her
mistress and ask for money. Captain Wlller
said not to, because somebody would come
and disturb them But Emma did. An
order for SIS was telegraphed to her by
Mrs. Platter When Emma was notified of
this she went to the telegraph office, but as
no one there knew her and she could not be
identified to the operators satisfaction, she
got no cash. Now she admits that if she had
got the cash she would have run off with
the Captain.
At the same that Mrs. Platter sent the
money she communicated with an intimate
friend, the Rev Henry A. Todd of Corona,
Long Island. The clergyman received the
letter yesterday. In it Mrs. Platter stated
that she had spent enough money on the girl,
and she wanted her sent on Immediately.
Mr.. Todd yesterday afternoon came to Ho-
boken. He went to the hotel where the
girl was staying, and met with vigorous
rebuff from the Captain.
SHE STICKS TO THE CAPTAIN.
The latter stuck closely to the girl and
demanded that the minister get out. The
minister did, and went to Police Head
quarters, where he saw Chief Donovan.
After being closeted awhile with the Chief
the clergyman went down the street with
Sergeant Flattery They saw the couple in
the hotel Office. The Captain clung to the
girl as though afraid he might lose her. So
near did he cling that Sergeant Fiattery
ordered him out of the room, and he went.
The dominic learned from the girl that she
would not go to Worcester, and that she and
the sea captain intended going to San
Francisco The minister expostulated for
time upon the improperly of such ven
ture, but the girl was decided. She talked
in German, and the minister can talk a little
bit of it, too
Dominic Todd had a letter in his pocket
from the Commissioner of Immigration stat
ing that the girl could not be forced to fulfil
the contract she made in Berlin Domestics
are expressly exempt from the law. Captain
Willer, when the story came out, became
enraged and stuck closer than
ever to the girl. He expressed
his determination of making off to San
Francisco Lest he might go right away
Justice Seymour, at the instance of Mr..
Todd, issued the attachment to satisfy the
$50 paid to the girl The luggage consisted
of a few bags and bundles, worth about $50
at wholesale. The Captain and Emma are
still at the hotel waiting for Emma's goods
to come back.