The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
MRS.. LAYLOR'S EXCUSE
Singular Divorce Case to Be
Heard in Chaneery-Will
End Happily.

srA petition for divorce will be pied in
the course of a. few days. which, to say
the least, is of a most peculiar character
1t IS that of Mr.. anne Pocher, Tor
merly of Hoboken, but now of Asbury
Park; against his wife Emma The pecu-
liarity of the case is in fact that both
parties are extremely fond of each
other, and when this divorce proceeding
is settled and a contingent one obtained,
they will remarry and exempify the
saying in the old tale and lived happily
ever afterwards"
Early in the present year Mr.. Pocher
who occupies a high position in New
York as an expert accountant, met at a
social gathering Mrs. Emma Laylor. a
woman of refine mind and charming
character and possessed of great person
al attractions. Mr.. Pocher sought an in
PRODUCTION and became deeply enamored
of Mrs. Laylor, who he supposed was a
widow with two children. Mrs. Layior
saw in him a gentleman of high breed
ing and great intelligence and very o
his ardent wooing was requited by a
promise to marry him..
The engagement was very short, Mr..
Pocher pleading for an early marriage.
anu OH 1Ad-CH ID last lliSy GIG oAheN~
in Hoboken by the Rev. J. Finch, Bap-
fist minister of that city. A brief honey
moon was spent and Mr.. and Mrs. Pocher
began a happy, quiet, domestic life.
SURPRISED THE HUSBAND.
One day a d~issipated looking fellow OF
the genus tramp called at Mr.. Pocher's
office in New York and ~astonished him
by saying that Mrs. Pocher had COM
mitted bigamy.
What do you say" gasped Mr.. Pooh
er.
II tell you that she, whom you call
your wife, belongs to me-
Mr.. Pocher went home Immediately
and questioned his wife. Bursting into
tears she confessed that this man was
Unfortunately, husband No. l had
given Mr.. Pocher some positive infoG-
& alton which destroyed that belief, and
tae wretched woman confessed that she
knew her husband was alive.
81 deceived you, James" she moaned,
bitterly, because my life with him was
purgatory; I aespised him, and l loved
Mr.. Pocher discovered the truth of
her statement. Her husband had cruel
men ltsi she was Hsf obliged IIa pio to cave N him
Sympathizing with his wife, and while
still maintaining his affection for her,
there fe g So. a 9ns t thipg M for p Z nan al Ct hq n
consulted his lawyer, Mr.. E. K. Seguine,
and instructed him to bring a divorce
on the ground that a former husband
was living at the time of the marriage.
This is the suit which will be presented
to Chancellor MeGill in a few days.
SHE WILL SEEK RELIEF.
OF curse the happy. home of the
Pochers was at once broken up and the
heart broken pair separated. Mrs
1Pocher, or Laylor. as she really Is, has
from her first husband and she has in
stituted a suit against him. Those VIII
know her and Mr.. Pocher say that sc
great IS the love they bear each other
that when their respective suits arr
settled. and from the nature of the proof
in each there is every possibility. that
! they will both be freed. Mrs. and Mr.
James Pocher viii for the second time
enter into the bonds of matr!mony.
The Chancellor will be requested t.
refer the petition as soon as posssas
to a master that the suit may be pushed
along as rapidly as the Court of Chan
Gerry will permit.