The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
CHANCBRY PICNIC
Greenville People Flock to Hear
the Spicy Miehaelis
Case.

G~reenville was well represented in the
Court of Chancery this morning, when
the divorce suit of Mrs. Elizabeth
Michaelis against her HUSBAND Arthur,
was resumed before Vice Chancellor Pit
ney. OF course the bulk of the crowd
belonged to the inquisitive sex and they
brought their lunch baskets and babies,
and when the Vice Chancellor bade them
leave the room because of the nature
OF the testimony, they opened their
baskets, undressed and dressed the
babies and enjoyed a delightful picnic
IN the sergeant-at-arms' office.
Sitting in the rear seats of the court
room were E. J. Trembly, who unsuc-
cessfuly tried to secure a license for
Bamber Hall. He is accused by Mr..
Micaelis Of being c~cS:sderably too fresh
in running backwards and forwards all
day long from the Bamber Hall to Mrs.
Michaelis' louise for matches while Mr..
Micaels was at his work.
Then there sat next to Trembly Mr..
John Marshall Hawley whom Mr..
Michaelis says he found drunk with his
wife in the house at No. l4O Linden ave
nue., and to whom, when he ordered out
his wife said: .John, if you go. you're
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Besides these there were Mr.. and Mrs.
Hilton, who rented the house to the
Michaelis family, n two pert little
maidens named Jackson.
Miss Minnie Jackson of No. 70 Linden
avenue, a pretty little monkey with
pink cheeks and blu eyes, said that
she often went to visit Mrs. Michaelis,
and one afternoon while there saw Mr.
NJ nr1nxy n nJ n
vant all drinking beer and juggling in the
nJigging!' asked the! Vice-Chancellor,
what do you mean?"
Minnie said tina they were dancing and
having a good time. They had beer, she
said but added that the servant drank
oh, the servant drank most of the
BEER echoed the Vice-ChancelIor, laugh
ing.
Then Mr.. Hilton of No. $40 Linden ave
Michaelis lived, was called and he was
ABOUT to tell of some indecent words which
Mrs: Miehaelis used in describing her hus-
pand Wnen the Vice-Chancellor ordered
the women to leave the room. Four of
them stayed in defiance of the order, and
when the witness whispered to the Court
tne nithy language alleged to have been
they couldn't hear. Then down came the
gavel. and the vice-Chancellor thun-
= II >Ot0 IL iodiCo L lGdfC Lit COURT
because the testimony was unfit. but
since some of them will persist in re-
naming will tell you what the witness
said, and he repeated the words and the
women FLUSHED to the roots of their hair.
Dry Plate Company Of Greenvillen Vas
called to give his. opinion of Mr.. Michae-
lis character: He told the Vice-Chancel-
lor that Michaelis had been his book
keeper for six years, honest, Industrious
and a model young man.
Mrs. Crerman.caf Mo. $40 Oroon oyan,1a
who was so eager to do all the talking
that she said Eyes. sir" to questions
before the poor lawyer had time to put
them, said that she sold jewelry to Mrs.
Michaelis and never at any time saw
her drunk. Mrs. German thought this
a /. fine opportunity to give the Court
some details of her business, and was
travelling along at a breathless rate talk
ing of her husband and her business when
the Vice-Chancellor cut short the inter-
esting domestic history with a stern
sssThat1l do" and a rap with the gavel.
Other witnesses were called in rebutta1
until time for adjournment.