The sun., 1897-03-16
PERSONATED THE WIFE /?
WOMAN OF THE STREET; 1T rs SAID,
HIRED IN A DIVORCE CASE.

| HIRED IN A DIVORCE CASE.
The RHnn who Was Taken with Her By the
Detectives swesrs That He Put Up tho Sob
| to Pretend That She was Mrs. HeerwaEen
| in Order 20 Get HeerwnEen n Divorce.
Tho correspondent named by Edward @. Heer-
| wagen in an action for absolute divorce from his
| wife, Ellen l.. Heerwagen, which was on trial be-
fore Justice MacLoan OF the Supreme Court yes
tcrdny, caused some surprise by taking the stand
| in behalf Of the defendant and declaring that ho
had conspircd to help the plaintiff get divorce
for share of $4,000. Hcorwagcn is in tho
trucking business. His wife says ho has an in
| come OF from 100000 to $4,000 a year, but on
| the motion for counsel fec and alimony ht said
that his income was but little moro than his OK
penscs, and that he was in debt. Tho Hcerwa-
gems were married In 1873 and separated In
August 1894. At the time Of the separation tho
husband gave the wifo tho uso of 2127 WASH
ington avenue and $50 week. The payments
foil Off, and she says he made her life miserable
by having men shadow her. Mrs. Heerwagen
shot herself in the breast when she learned that
ho had begun suit for divorce, and sho was still
In Bellevue Hospital when the motion for ali
mony was made last December.
Charles A. d. Pool, a piano tunor, who had
boarded with her, went to her on learning Of her
! attempted suicide and told her that he had en-
tered into a conspiracy against her. Theresa
Schmidt with whom Pool has been keeping
company, also told Mrs. Heerwagcn OF her
knowledge Of tho conspiracy. Tho case was
tried In behalf of rlaintiff by James J. Fitz-
gerald, and John Good represented the do
fendant. Mr.. Good had kept Pool and Miss
Schmidt out Of the court until they were called.
John p. Dennan, who has been in tho en-
ploy Of the plaintiff for sixteen years. testi-
fed that, with three other persons, he had
p0D n he FOratpr 1aat md
at signal, which was the cry of "Firei' they
went to the door Of room 8, which was opened
by man within. Tho defendant was in tho
room partly disrobed. The witness said TO his
companions:
"Thcrc is Mrs. Heerwagen, my bosss wifc."
When asked what reply the defendant had
made, he said that sho held her hands before her
face and exclaimed, oh, myi'
George Rathlue, a boy, testified that ho was at
tho door that night and saw the defendant and .
man with a black beard in the room.
James Daly detective, said that he had
been employed by Heerwagen to shadow his
wife. On the night Of NOV. 81 last he saw her
meet a man at Fifty third street and Lexington
and 60 with him to the Forster House
witnesses When the door Of tho room was
opened he saw Mrs. Heerwagen and q man with
oaed S isi just ns bSePo the dSor %as
Charles Tannenbaum, a detective, told of re-
ceiving the telephone message and OF going to
after learning that Charles desG Pooi and wit wife
had taken room g. He knew Mrs. Heerwagen,
dnos and he saw w her in room when the door Wos
Heerwagen had told him it would be worth
$4,000 to him to get divorce.
he had never met Pool. He had never promised
Iannen6aum @ y Or any one else $50. 900 M for eyi-
Schmidt before Nov. 81 last. He denied that ho
had offered Miss Schmidt S2o 600 to get him
with which Tannen6aum is connected $3.50 for
In opening for the defence Lawyer Good said
spirators, to try and trap Mrs: HeeFwagen to a
they had substituted another woman. Unless
his client In a fit of temporary insanity had
shot herself the plot would not have been dis
Pool. as the first witness for the defence, testi-
Pool has black beard. Tannenbaum asked
him If he would would, do do an act Of charity" Tan
a that he S to
the door Tannenbaum m said 1.-The case wa was
worth S2o,oOo." The witness agreed to the
Nov. 81 hs met Tannenbaum.
"He asked me II had written to her, mean;
asked me If 1 could hx it tonight, and said
He saw Tannenbaum again at P. NJ. and it
was arranged that the Witnesses were to be at
Se call
took woman whom he met at Forty second
he heard tho word e the
witnesses in, and soon after he parted from the
When asked on crossexamination II he was in
the habit of going into such games of conspiracy.
Times were hard. Twas ready to go into
anything for money"
He said he didn't know what his share of the
$2O, 900 was to be- as he could not get Tannen-
baum to give him any writing
Q.-You were willing to go into any contempt
Q.oWilling to ruin a womans character and
reputation alton for G money A.IYes
Q.-Were you engaged to bc married then
He said he wanted put in black and white a
promise to protect him If he went into the game.
He had not asked for money.
for drts Tsrs him to pay you
Q..You were willing to throw down either
sidef Ayes, until saw murder in the game
House week before Nov. 81 last. He had told
the woman he had with him what was going to
services.
Theresa Schmidt testified that she knows
Last Noyember Heerwagen told her he wanted
to get rid Of his wife, and would pay from $780,
S to ss 20 to Mr.
to hotel. The witness agreed to do 80, and
asked Heerwagen to see that Pool was not hurt
when he got caught with Mrs. Heerwagen.
Heerwagen said he would have four strong men
there who would look after Pool. Pool told her,
after he agreed TO the scheme, that he would get
many thousands Of dollars. When asked If she
was engaged to marry Pool she said:
II am and am not"
Odd Pool afterward tell you that he had
Mrs. Heerwagen there A.-He told mo he did
not have her there, and that he had played a
double game.
The case went over till to-day.
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