The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-04
MRS. DRAINS DILEMMA
A Hoboken Woman's Mind
"Mixed Up in the Matter
of Her Husband.

Mrs. Susan Drain of No. 122 jefferson
street, Hoboken, who some while ago called
upon Justice Seymour, in Hoboken, and re-
lated a story of her marital complications,
visited the Justice again yesterday. THE
JERSEY Cry NEWS at the time told of Mrs.
Drains visitation and published the story
she gave of her husband deserving her.
Mrs. Drain had read of the troubles of a
Mrs. Behn, whose husband had run away.
Mrs. Behn said her husband had eloped with
another woman and had forgotten all about
her. She stated that he was engaged in the
crockery business at No. II Barclay street,
New York. She had for a long time been
unable to locate him, but by persistent
efforts had finally tracked him to New York.
When she went to New York to bring her
husband back to Hoboken with her, he
threw her Town stairs. She caused a war
rant to be issued against him for non-sup-
port, and another for assault and battery.
He was placed under bonds to support his
wife on one warrant, and on the other
charge was sent to the County Jail to await
action by the Grand Jury. The two had
been married but eight months.
MRS. RAJ THOUGHT.
After the story had been printed in the
w 4llo. q O0Sh W SAN%o
perhaps this Behn was her husband. She
visited Justice Seymour, as told at the time,
and suggested that the man was her own
husband. She said the similarity in names
caused her to suspect it. She afterwards de
termined that Behn was not her lost husband,
and allowed the matter to drop.
She has been wondering ever since, and
now has came to the conclusion that her
husband is Behn, locked up in Jail. She
told Justice Seymour yesterday that she
is almost positive that her husband was mar
ried to somebody else, because of some let
tiers she found in an old trunk of his. In
these letters, which were of the love variety,
are employed most endearing terms, and
Mrs. Drain says that only one who is ac-
complished in the art could compos such
fetching letters.
She, therefore, AYERS that Mrs. Benin wrote
those letters to her husband, before the two
were married. If Mrs. Benin did not con-
struct them she has an idea that some other
woman well versed in owe affairs did it.
She will endeavor to find Mrs. Behn and ask
her if those letters were written by her. Ii
they were, then Mrs. Drain promises to yank
somebody's hair out, and if she can get her
hands through the bars in her supposed hus-
bands cage, probably some of his hair will
be extracted.
WHEN HER HUSBAND LEFT HER.
Mrs. Drain says her husband left her two
years ago in June. They had been married
for nine years. They lived on a canal boat
at the time. One morning she was pumping
water out of the boat when her husband
pushed her into the canal. He had
told her to go on an errand, but
she refused, because, she said, the boat
would sink if she didn't pump. Then he
gave her a shove. Some men passing gave
her assistance, as she was about to drown.
Her husband left her then, and she has not
seen him since. Mrs. Drain. says he married
an actress in New York named Oracle
Williams, and she wants to find her, too.
She thinks Oracle may be Mrs. Behn.
The letters Mrs. Drain has bear no sigma
ture, ending in sorae fantastic love phase.