The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-26

They say that The doctor and Miss
Schaub had kept company for about tour
| years. The two had had misunder-
they accidentally nlet at the home Of
Albanesius's sister-in-law, Mrs. StorS, OH
| North street. Miss Schaub blamed DR..
Albanesius for the hitch in their rela-
tions, and he said she was to blame. The
doctor then proposed that they settle the
trouble by getting married at once. Miss
Schaub agreed. and they went immediate
avenue and We're married.
Mrs. Albanesius stated today that she
was not compelled to marry the doctor.
They both refused to make any statements
regarding the fire. The couple were TO
have given wedding feast 10 their
friends on Saturday next at their resi-
dence in Rutherford.
DR.. AlbaneSius was engaged to be mar
ried about one year ago to Miss Schaub.
They quarreled because a second young
woman appeared in the case. The doctor
had been corresponding with the young
woman in question. whose name is with
held, and Miss Sehaub upon finding this
out determined to break her engagement.
She did SO, and then the anonymous letter
writing began,
His letters to Miss sehaub We're of a
"spoony' character. He praised himself
to the skies. The letters to her as a
whole were supposed TO have come from
an admiring lady friend. All contained
tions We're made that she marry the doc
tor because he was such a nice, good,
home-loving man. The writer also said
she thought Miss Schaub and the doctor
make Just charming couple. The doc
tors wealth was referred to. The fact
that he had a fair practice was alluded
to show Miss sehaub that if she lost the
doctor she would be losing prize of
great value.
The DOCTORS letters to himself were
They
one can imagine and, are filled with
vile oaths. They are signed Sure
Death" and such things
One called attention to the fact that
he was Dragging about having shot a
man once The writer was supposed to
have been the man shot. He called the
geanee upon. him. A second said the
writer would Shoot the doctor if he had
to hang for it.
In letter signed Beware" the doctor
was told all the diamonds he wore were
paste The letters as. a whole, are such
disgusting epistles Chief Murphy will not
they, are the creation of a dsordered
mind
On Wednesday DR.. Albanesius was sum
1noned to Chief Murphys office. He was
bedecked with diamonds. and when
closely questioned was as cool as GU
camber,. The only timel he showed signs
him letters he had written to the second
@Those letters We're Stolen from my
robbery committed and / will IL find deD out t
Then you wrote those letters, doctor;
did you?' asked the Chief
Yes was the reply.
well. DOCTOR said the Chief slowly.
1t looks to me as though all these anony-
nous letters are in the same hand
That day the doctor was allowed to de-
part but he was shadowed day ana light
anrl lad al @ the ,necess5rT evidence was pro,
arrest. 1t now develops that on the
occasion of the first fire, which was of
Incendiary origin, several bundles Of
tors barn the day before the fire, were
found in the house the day after.
The eoachman says he did not make
the transfer and the natural Inference
is thai. the doctor did. It is a well known
fact that a few days before the last
fire occurred the doctor shipped a lot of
he had established in Rutherford He
had also shipped a number of game
chickens to the country. When question:
that he was tired Of living In Jersey
City and proposed only keeping a2 Office
here. He admitted that he had been
The doctor always kep. two dogs in his
back yard. and the Chief on the occa-
sion Of an: interview. asked him now he
tack a stranger who entered. as he must
have done, to fire the house. The doctor
excitedly said enc of the dogs had been
nearly killed by the incendiary The
stableman says the dogs were not
touched.
Chief Murphy says, he has very binding
evidence against the doctor. At the
proper time, he says, he will spring
some, more surprises on the doctors
friends as to the motive which actuates
that the doctor bought the house, No. 37e
Central avenue of Henry Gaede
He lived there alone. 1t was a large
house. and he was deriving no revenue
from it. With it out Of the way and an
apartment house in its stead, the doctor S
income would have been increased ma
terially.
The house was insured for $4,000 in the
Germania Insurance Company of New
York while the. personal property was in
sured for $3.50 in the Fire Insurance As
s0cistion of Philedelptia of which John
E. Muller is the local agent. NO money
has been paid the doctor by either com
pany.