The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-13
G.. S. MAXWELL'S s WIFE TALKS
SAYS Her Husband viii Come Home
Thanksgiving Day.
NET Mss GolILIEB IN PETERSBURG.
Tho Records for Two Weeks BACK sho"
No Marriage of Maxweil-A Single
Remark Of tho Young Lady
Throws Light on the Mystery

| for a year or more I'm this city has set
more tongues a-waSging, ana prousnt
| out more speculation than the strange
| case of q. =. Maxwell. formerly general
| manager of the Mason Telephone tofn-
1 pany In this city. Since the publlca-
| ton In The Times last Sunday or the
letter from Toronto. Canada, purportnB
| 10 have been written by the alleged cOls-
/ in of g. ;. Maxwell. who claimed that
| he. and not the former manager OF tne
| Mason Company, married MISS hosal'
| Gottlieb, in Washington, on October zotn, .
| last. the impression that there ~ oniy
| one G. s. Maxwell In this complicated
| case, has strengthened IN the minds OF
| all who read the article.
! The fact that no one in this city. has
/ even seen together two q. =. Maxweils.
| cousins of each other exactly alike aho
| both i'm the telephone business, seems 70
| be strong proof that there is ohiy one
| man by that name. IheTe Wa ~ ~ ~
| an effort on the part OF the man wiz
| conceived and executed the clever plot
| 10 operate uron the Dr.-Jerkyl-and- Mr.-
| HYDE plan. But each person VINO "a" ,s
| Mr.. Maxwell gives the idcnllcal u
| scrintion of his personal appearance hs
| has been given by some party comet ~ :.
| In the background. and who appears 70
| no at the helm OF the chip, While Maven
| himself seems 10 be executing lhe pan"
| at a great rate
NO RECORD OF THE MARRIAGE.
90 far az can be learned from W aShiiis
| ton he records do not show tnat Mf;
| Wa,xuSell and Miss Gottneb were married
| as has been stated. The Times W doinis dt
ton correspondent sent iast aa,nss, ne that Bish-
| on Keane was not at the tniVtrsll. ~ @
| night and could not be seen. lli eInSpr -
the marriage license will be returneu io'
Mrs Mrs. 'GottIieb and her daughter have e
not vet been heard from. They snaefu
that they expected 10 be back III iHont
,nond before this time; but II IL IL ho'
thought they will come back soon; MiS.
| ,,ottiIeb's furniture Is stored IN MaSu .
warehouse. on Ninth street Her WneIts
ahouts and the whereabouts or ner naus ~.
90 ars unlnown here, while the former
manager of the Mason Telephone 'oiii-
nanv has succeeded in keeping his move
ments quiet.
srgRv1rw WITH MRS MALwrLL.
The Times last night received IRON ,I,.s, us
| Covington correspondent '"e io''0" -7
SpCsSS,VS1INGToN, ky. Nov. Mrs,
| George :. Maxwell, whose huspdiiu u =, -
| oIIeaed 10 have deserted her ana mar
| yiec@ Miss Rosalie Gottlicb. declares tnat
the story is absolutely untrue. ana lls,t tnst
| her husbands name has been pious ds ~ =
| into Il through an extraordinary .cdst "a
mistaken identity. Mrs. Maxwell is Nisi'r %
| ine, relatives here. and Is eNpeguhs ~ ~
| husband TO spend ThanksslNlns-Day Win Win
her and their two children VINO arc WIN
Her husband is son Of Dr: > ".
| Maxwell. of 1911 Frankfort street i+ouis ~
| Vile and she was lnulsNin' ~, but
husband graduated as a pnA a.. 80, as
| aitvavs had "A fancy for electrlCal sluul'a 4
| and was the inventor of Severn a|d ea,'di tbe
! devices \ year ago ne ,,o,, ieS, T'ouis-
| M - oo In Richmond. Va 10 I'VE, nfl
| hisbaDd having been Offered a posl'loisl
| with the Mason Teicpnoh" I'M i-ise' and
dat city. lie lived with ms ". WI stctel ,t.,
| tbeir two children at the -. 'ialI Itottl ,it,
In Richmond. Mrs. Maxwell ave- "yiisti ,y,isii
in Richmond Ten months, ms iciS children with
10 ~ Iiey husband. she SAYS, was Solns ,u
: Roston New York. and Baltimore u
look after his patent. ... o,,,s,,,l,o II
she arranged TO go from Louissino ss.i',.i,
o.,.'no,nn .,n, and meet him here Shorus
after her departure from klchmohp, -, ~,
! received by mail an ANONYMOUS s,s,,ng iv1,r,
enclosing newspaper chpPihsS St,h Nts,
INA, her husband had eloped Wl'n '".S. ~,
GottIeib She paid no attention 10 wv
Communication: she said that IL gave
! her no uneasinesa.
stxGuLAR COINCIDENCE
II know that the man IN the esSe
| moi my husband she sal9 ~ -
another George :. Maxwell VINO Is meant
IL H. a thtrd cousin OF my husband ane
| lives in Richmond. lie ls also an 'icv
! trician. and looks very mheh hne -, ~,
| husband / mistook him Tor my nus
| hand in the parade al kichmohu Oh
| daV and my little son met him on th'
| street ore day and called him papa,
| believe he is y Catholic. and that MIS-
| Gottieibs parents oppoScu In, .',1 CO.. th,
| with her That may account TOT tl'
elopement with MIN she mas. mas Ho' q, eioP''
! with my husband, and know II. -,..,.
My husband has not written me siilc slnC'
I left Richmond, but ana not eNpec
| him TO write. | think he IL al ms ihtner
| house AT Louisville now, and know ~
| win be mere on ThankssiVing-bay.
sEyEnAL CONTRADICTIONS.
Mrs. Maxwell, too. is OF the opinion ina
| her husband has a doabie, anu vhiYeV t'.,
| TO see her husband on thahnSHiN Nllle "a, "a :
| That is only natural. II she u so posi-
| live about there being two by the saen
| tive about there being TWO by me sam
| which has been exploded. 1t seems 70 n, o.
| more than likely that Mrs. Maxwell
| sfafemcut TO the effect that her husbah
| graduated a. physician. Is true. ne
| i'm this city Maxwell showed very 500
| knowledge of medical aHMrs' ana II -,
| said he was once a lecturer or demon
| strltor i'm "A medical college IN IouisVlils
| mis- proves the theory OF The Times, a
| brought out in last sunday paptf-E;;,
= | That the writer OF the letter lrI,n ron -
| ronto Canada, was not weli-ejuc"tS
| person, and that q. :. Maxwell di' ho
> Mrs. Maxwell states in the intslyi,e' ,e'
; ! that she received an aiphs '""'1 ,hat he
| enclosing newspaper clippings, ma, ny ~
husband had elopcd with Miss potliiira
bur paid no attention 10 the com nlu'is,r wa
tion. which, she says, gave heT "o "'
| easiness. ., - ,,.,.i,o a 10,
4
ter TO the Mason Telephone Com 'e,.
@ ,,,i. cttv saving she could not b.hty
- 80 ,onorts about her husband, ana sn
g uo,,id he glad OF any information aDos
4 | hts Nhereabouts? In her lhterNlI,m p. =.
!. states that her husband Wa soi"S xyh
EaItimore- New York, ana bost9o"' - " :,
'. then did she write 10 Fuchiho""' "9"'''
- | where he was?
; so>,p SIGNIFICANT fAcf'.
~, ,,ovws,, saws the alleged dounl
MT, n,,sband lived in Richmond. IN
: on hSi Siirdctorv gives only one man by ina
q e ni'5 wa He was general manager OF IN
s Wason Company. the officers OF WIZ
q | i,sna, NJ no other man In or out OF iHci
mond whose appearance correstOi'uS ~. w
mniVNc' Maxwell She says me allege
S. So,,t,ia is a Catholic. ana that Miss Cot
,ir,s ,arents opposed his marriage VII
icp fceughter The GOttllehS them
! n,,,as are or the Catholic persuasion
= a.cording 10 reports, and hence the sp'
: ,aI dispensatiOn secured from Bisho
/. Van de Vyver II Mr. Maxwell wa
T already catholic. why get specl'
: Nr. Maxwell and Miss Gottlieb becam
I | acquainted last summer AT the ONCE
q | petersburg of Mr.. Vim. Mciiwaine, VINO
S | Mrs. Gottlieh's attorney, and who Is ais
( nhone Company. When Miss Gottiie
a ! told man In this city she was Eoin
e | 10 marry Mir Maxwell she was asKe
how long she had known MIN. 10 whlc
she replied. about two months. she dis
stated that she was going 10 marry VI
G. 9. Maxwell, general MANAGER OF u
n | Mason Telephone Company In this city.
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