The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-12
WIFE NO. DIDN'T APPEAR
Saloon Keeper Ryan Buried
No Proof that He Was
Poisoned.

atueHuing UHe LuneraI Vi JdiueS ISydh, pnS
saloonkeeper of No, 251 Newark street, Ho-
bo1en, who died of heart disease on Thurs
day afternoon. THE JERSEY CITY NEWS
told on Saturday afternoon of the rumpus
created by a woman from New York claim
ing to be the first wife of the deceased man.
No. /, when she learned through the papers
that Ryan had died, was determined to pre-
vent the interment of the body, if possible,
until a proper investigation was made of her
husbands remains. She charged that
wife No. 2 had employed poison in
doing away with Ryan. The woman who
lived with Ryan, the woman from New
York claimed, was not Ryan's wife, although
she had been living with him as such for ten
years or more. Wife No. 1 says Ryan left
her a year before that, three children going
with her. When No. 2 appeared on the
ground Ryan moved with her to Hoboken.
Mrs. Ryan No. l took up her abode at No.
$50 Columbus avenue, New York, and al
her in Ryan's affections to live in
peace with her alleged paramour. Only
WIFE NO. rs RIGHT
when she received the intelligence of
Ryan's death did No. 1 conclude to step again
upon the scene and declare her rights. She
wanted the money Ryan left. Saturday
afternoon, as told in this paper, No.. l ap-
peared abont two o'clock at Counsellor Alex.
c. Young's Office in Hoboken, and made the
startling announcement that she believed
Ryan to lave been poisoned. Counsellor
Young, with State Detective Harrison, sent
Immediately to the Ryan household on the
second floor of No. 231 Newark street, where
the body of the dead man lay encased in a
black coffin. The sombre trappings of
death were visible about the room. A
woman claiming to be No. Us mother. Mrs.
Lumbarg, kept watch over Ryan's body.
No. Q remained in the kitchen. weeping, and
all in excitement. When a reporter ques-
toned Mrs. Lumbarg if No. l had called at
the house, she asserted very positively that
But Mrs. Ryan No. l had, all the same,
made her presence very emphatically felt at
the house. Counsellor Young called later,
but when he asked about poison there was a
shrek and vigorous denial, more breezy
than before.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral was advertised for two o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Church Of Our
Lady of Grace, but when Father Kelly
heard of the fuss he sent word that no SER
vices should be conducted inside his
church. As Ryan was a member
of Enterprise Conclave No. 50 obsequies
were, after short delay, held by the lodge at
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stayed away, as did her daughter, Mrs.
Maggie Rafter. The latter remained away
because she could not ride in the first car
riage. It's asserted. A policeman's services
were not required, as No. 1 did not max
any attempt to disturb the tranquility. The
funeral went along as any other funeral ever
did, save for the uncomfortable feeling with
in the breasts of the Ryan No. 2 family.
Wife No. 2 states she is not afraid the least
bit of No. L. She says Ryan transferred
all his property in October, 1891 to her,
in consideration of money advanced
to start Ryan in the cigar business in Long
Island City. Ryan has $500 in his own name
in the bank, and much more somewhere else.
Wife No. 2 contends that No. / was divorced
from Ryan seventeen years ago, and that
she married him eleven years ago. No.. 1
declares it is a lie, n says No. 3 was never
married to Ryan. No. 2 announces, with
great animosity, that No. l, the ugly thing,
lived with a man named Mcpherson, at No.
$50 Columbus avenue, New York. The first
Mrs. Ryan will take steps to gain Ryan's
property. She has abandoned the charge of
foul play.
WIFE NO. 2 TO BE ARRESTED.
This morning Mrs. Ryan No. l from New
York went before Recorder McDonough and
caused a warrant to be issued for the arrest
of wife No. ?, charging her with living in
open lewdness with Ryan. The warrant was
placed in the hands of the police, and it was
to AVE been served this afternoon.
1t now transpires through different sources
that Ryan lived, prior to his death, with two
other women, one from New York and
another from Philadelphia. 1t was not
stated whether he was married to the other
two women or not. The police will not
divulge the names of the two women who
are known to have lived with Ryan, although
they nave the information. The woman
now disappearing as his wife, and who has
monopolized his affections and cash for some
years past, is Annie Lumburg.
Mrs. Ryan from New York, No. 1, will
make application, she stated to JERSEY
CITY NEWS reporter, this morning, for
administration papers SO she can
grab the estate of her dead husband. Ryan's
body was buried in the Hudson County
Catholic Cemetery, although Father Kelly
would not allow his church to be used for
the funeral services John F.. O'Hara,
funeral director of the church, had charge
of the arrangements.