The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-29
Louis TALE OF WOE.
Remarkable Answer in a Di-
yoree Suit Before Vice
Chancellor Pitney.

Even Vice. Chancellor Pitney's grave
face relaxed its wonted severity this
morning when the answer of Louis
Michel Of Paterson to his Wiife's petition
for a divorce, was produced. 1t was
clearly the most remarkable answer ever
fled in any New Jersey divorce suit.
Louis prepared it himself. and regarded
1t as a miracle of legal knowledge. So
did the lawyers who heard it.
Mrs. Michel, a young and comely wom-
an whose maide name was Emma Bran
die, married Louis Michel in 1889. Rev.
J. w. Marshall, of Grace Nj. E.. Church,
this city, performed the After
a few years., says Mrs. Michel, her hus-
band deserted her and transferred his
affections to Misses Kate Middleton and
Emma Hunsinger. both bellies of Passaic
county. A bill for divorce was filed, and
Louis, who was a law student and a
salesman for a liquor house, proceeded to
evolve from the depths of his moral con-
seriousness an answer which Counselor
Van Hovenberg, for Mr.. Michel, proceeded
to attack today. Louis was not repre-
sented by counsel, he thought the answer
was sufficient.
Kindly permit me, honored sir" it be-
gan, ITO relate to you some of my ex-
periences in the suit brought by my wife.
not to defend myself, but just point out
to your honor the cause ana effect of it
ALL
Ihen fearing that the Court of Chan
Gerry might doubt his legal ability to draw
an answer, Louis assured the Vice-Chan-
cellor that he knew some law, for which
he was indebted to Richard Randall
Esq. and he felt he was Competent. he
aaded. 70 point out to the Court, the
essential and integral points of the
Louis then points out that his wife
was a Christian and he was a Jew, and
sne was a Jew hater. They hadn't been
invited three sisters and their children
ana several men, who allied themselves
eogeeh fper bef lore grim death or divorce
your honor, the dark shadows of mys-
terious fate lowered over my house"
AIraid that the Vice Chancellor might
pathetically said that if it were not true
he would gladly go into solitary confine-
ment where lying shadows ought to go.
> made my home gloomy" re-
sumed Louis, referring to his wife, land
consorted with William Karlsberg. who
openly boasted in Max susskind's barber
Shop, River River street, Paterson, that
he exercised electrical influence over
her. n crushed me, your honor, and
l was kept down as a hundredweight
Louis next pays a compliment to the
sisters, cousins n aunts of his wife
dom1c1led in his house. and eloomilv
observed hat his wife loved money and
didn't want an imported Jew. AS for the
sisters, he said, if one of them bought a
new dress and the others had no money
TO buy, one better than it, there was 4
general fight between rooms Nos. 1. 3 4
4, where the couples lived. =
-Ihese nights ended" said Louis. Gin
the warriors verdict, and it vent. As
Tor me, l was crushed on all sides. and
since there was no place for me in NV
nome l was obliged to bury my aspira-
lions to become a legal light"
counselor a Hovenberg. for Mrs
Michel, asked for leave to put witnesses
on the stand and deny these statements,
You needn't" sale the Vice ChanoeI-
lor. Where there is no proof YOU need
not attend to the allegation"
Wlll your honor read the answer.
tnen!. asked the lawyer, but he Court
IN old man named Eine,nann hohb,ad
up at this homer and gave a letter ia
the Vice-Chancellor. 1t was a minister
IN PATERSON who explained that Fine
mann dreaded proceedings for perjury
because OF evidence given by him at a
FORMER hearing of the cause. He com
planned that the lawyer had deluded him
70 say Things not strictly true. The
Court asked Mr.. Max T. Rosenberg ia act
as interpreter and after some uiJestions
It was apparent that Mr.. E,inemann was
lnexpllcably mixed up. The case was laid
oyer until two weeks to permit Mrs
Michel to bring more evidence Of her
husbands infidelity.