The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-21
Witnesses in the Richter
Divorce Case Testify
That They We're Of
fered Money.
PRESENTS FOR A HANDSOME STUDENT
Testimony That the Complainant
Visited WestfehIing at His
Rooms in New York-Mrs.
Rich:er's Denial.

and argument in the sensational suit for
absolute divorce instituted by Mrs. Emma
Richter of this city against her husband,
DR.. Herman Richter, one of Hoboken'
! prominent society men and leading dem
lists.
Senator Daily, counsel for DR.. Richter,
and Walter Collins, attorney for the
dentists wife, expect to sum up today
and complete the case before this even
ing. A decision is expected early next
month.
Mrs. Richter in her bill charged that
her husband had repeatedly tortured
her. She charged that he threw red
pepper and boiling water at her in De-
cember, 1894. At another time she al
leges he threw burning acid at her ana
threatened her with revolver.
After they had become reconciled in
1895 Mrs Richter says the dentist in one
of his fits of anger tore her neck with
a pair of scissors and threatened to kill
her.
In July 1896 Mrs. Richter says her nus
band came home in the early morning
hours and frightened her so badly that
she jumped out of the second-story win
dow to escape him. She was seriously
i'll after that. She and her pretty little
daughter Emma left DR.. Richter last
November after he had threatened 10
kill her and they have resided in Busch $
Hotel ever since Eight year old Emma
testified in childish innocence against
her father yesterday afternoon.
HE tried to tut mamma swore little
Emma, " and he chased mamma and
flung knife at her."
The child also swore to improprletles
on the part of her father.
Then the doctor had his inning and
the scenes of the alleged wrong doings
were transferred to New York and an
effort was made to besmirch Mrs. Rlch-
ter's character. Henry Westfehllng, a
handsome young dentist of New York,
was questioned regarding his alleged
meeting with Mrs Richter at his board
ing house, No 325 West Nineteenth
street, last December.
"Do YOU remember having Mrs. Richter
in your room about Christmas time last
year?" asked Senator DAILY.
IT do not" replied Westfehling with
flushed face.
Mrs. Richter is a remarkably pretty
the court room with her two sisters who
resemble her very much. When she heafd
the Senator's question she promptly pc
came hysterical.
.'Oh! this is awful she screeched as
she hugged her child Emma and cried
bitterly.
Don't you remember Mrs. Richter
visiting you in your boarding house?'
insisted Senator Daily.
.'No. sir" replied Westfehling.
And being in room with you?"
mo. sir
And the door of the room closed?'
continued the Senator.
Mrs Richter again burst into tears
while the witness replied
That is not So"
Isn't it fact" demanded the Senator,
that Mrs. Richter spent half an hour
with you in your bed room?"
II say it is false, replied Westfehling.
Il never saw Mrs. Richter until she
came to my office"
Didn't you tell your friend, Otto Zim-
norman that Mrs Richter gave you
Christmas PRESENT." asked Senator DAILY.
mo, sir replied the handsome young
man. Mrs. Richter again wept.
',Didn't you tell Mr.. Zimmerman that
Mrs. Richter was very friendly with your
quered the Senator.
Il did not"
Didn't you tell him that she had Of
fered you fifty dollars to help you pay
your expenses?"
That is all wrong" replied Westfeh-
ling. Somebody has been telling lies"
,1ror+fo,1i,o ona tiI71a uaS Dr Riah-
ter's assistant and the Senator tried to
show that after Mrs. Richter had left her
husband she found consolation in the
young artists society in New York.
Otto Zimmerman, who was Westfeh-
ling'S room mate for few days last De-
cember. testified IN Dr. Rlchlers DehaIf
He is student in the New York Dental
College.
New York. began zimmerman.
of the court room and became hysterical
once more.
DO you mean to say you, ever saw me
before?' cried the pretty plaintiff: "Oh,
how dare you say you know me?"
Then she fell back in a swoon and her
two sisters comforted her and quickly
brought her too.
There was a two-minute interruption
and the Witness Zimmerman continued-
II saw Mrs Richter the first time when
She came to the college and called for
ago. / saw her the second time when she
waited at the boarding house in Nine
teenth street for Westfehling. The third
time / saw her was during Christmas
week last year when she brought Mr..
Westfehling a Christmas present.
Witness failed to tell what the present
&C insisted Of He was not questioned on
this point.
He continued day Mrs. Richter
called at our boarding house there had
been another woman in the room. She
had left just before Mrs Richter came.
Mr.. Westfehlng remarked: II is good
thing that those two women didn't
meet -
Zimmerman testified that the bed room
was large one and that he and an
other friend, Mf. Ebel, were in the room
at the same time, but they were not in
troduced to Mrs. Richter, and she kept
on talking to Westfehling. At the end
of half an hour witness swore Mrs.
Richter and Westfehling went out to-
gether.
Counsellor Collins asked Zimmerman
to point out Mrs. Richter.
The witness wore spectacles and is
near-sighted. Although Mrs. Richter
has made herself very conspicuous BY
her frequent Interruptions, the witness.
from his seat in the front of the room,
could not distinguish her from her sister,
and he pointed out the latter as Mrs.
Richter They look alike
That's a He," shrieked the sister as