The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-14
HAVE THEY EL0PED?
Mr.. Simmons is Missing, as
Also is His Blonde
Charmer.

Those who know Mr.. and Mrs. William
corner of Grove and Montgomery street, are
having lots to talk about, particularly in re-
gard to the sudden disappearance Of Mr..
Simmons, and the alleged abandonm emit Of
his wife and four small children.
He was in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad as a conductor of the New York
and Philadelphia express, but started in the
saloon business with capital, it is said, fur
nished by a woman named Weber, with
whom he is supposed to have eloped, This
woman lived in a brick house at the corner
of Barrow street and Railroad
avenue, who became infatuated
with the broad shouldered conductor
who kissed his hand to her when she was at
the window looking at the express train
gliding out of the depot. This blonde haired
charlner claimed to be a niece of the late
Sheridan Brooke of New York and sub
sisted on a handsome allowance from the es-
tate.
By degrees Simmons became also infatu-
ated, and he and the woman were together
frequently. Then he borrowed $500 from
Elmer Wommelsdorf a former breakman of
the company, and another man, Emil Hesse.
and opened the .sStar" saloon at No. Ill
Newark avenue.
He did a good business and would have
become prosperous only prosperity led him
to spending right and left, making ducks
and brakes of the dollars which nightly
poured into the till.
BY and bye bills came in and were not met
and the brewers, Lembeck q Betz, put their
powerful claws on the place.
Mr.. Simmons business as a ~saloonkeeper
in that place abruptly terminated.
OF course, these embarrassments produced
49, - I'll f.@r.L 1nTfn an fln
pouring in and at last Simmons s~kidaddled.
THINKS HE'LL TURN UP.
A News reporter found" Mrs. Simmons,
who was much annoyed at the publicity
which her husbands disappearance had
caused.
She wouldn't say that he had left with
Mrs. Webber, but admitted she had sur.
prised her husband and Mrs. Weber to-,
gether in the saloon.
Il haG e long tslk with her, " said Mrs.
Simmons, -and | asked her If she thought it
fart to ccine between q mar and his Wife and
children. She said she would have Iis.thing
more to do vita fny husband apd thanked
me for being 81 lGdyiika towards her. My
husband Begged me TO forgive him and said
be would have no more to do with tho
woman Nov, Pm tod they bate gone
away together, but [ amt belieseIt- | have
not seen my husband since Saturday. when
lie tc!G me he WIS going down III jersey
soalaSa here. 1 don't know where he mas
gone, but | expect iim to cpine back
HIS UNc ANGRY.
Frederick Bressler, an aged uncle of Mrs.
Sitnr.ous, when seen at his home in Mont
gornery street, denounced the missing man.
lie has deceived everybody he could both
in Jersey City and New York" said Mr..
Bressler. and none of his creditors viii get
a cent. His wife and four children, two of
whom were left by his first wife, who died
about nine years ago, are destitute. The
baby is sick, too. His wife won't admit that
she has been deserted, but such is the case"
When Simmons was forced to retire from
the management of the Jersey City saloon he
told his friends that he intended to embark
in the theatrical b~usiness. He had letter
heads and envelopes designed to advertise
the Simmons New York Speciality Company.
J. L. Jaggels and J. w. Walpole, who for
nierly ran the Acme VAUDEVILLE Company.
were named as his managers. Elite Albino,
a New York song and dance artistic. was to
figure as the star of this armament of actors
and actresses.
Mrs. Weber is not. to be found. She dis
appeared the same day as Simmons left, and
the gossips, putting two and two together,
say they have eloped.