The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
HIRMER'STWOWEDDING
THE SECOND WAS ONLY -FOUR DAYS
AFIER THE IRIS

His Second wife, from Whom He 10 said to
Have Obtained Money Under False Pre-
tences During Their Engagement. Prose-
cutes Him to VIndlcate Her Good Name.
To the charge of bigamy brought against Ed
ward Z. Schirmer, who was arrested in Jersey
City on Monday, by Miss Mary Russell, who
married him not knowing that he had already n
wife, may be added one of larceny, on the speci-
flcation that he obtained money from her. dur.
ing their engagement, under false pretences.
Schirmer, who has been extradited, will be ar.
raigncd in the West Fifty.fourth Street Police
Court to-day. He hints at hypnotism as an
agent in his second marriage. but this seems to
accord Ill with the fact that he lived will his
second wife for two months after their mar
riagc, only occasionally returning to wife No. /,
who was, before her marriage, Mrs. Susan
Grinder, a Brooklyn widow.
Miss Russell was, before her supposed mar.
riage, and still is, cashier in a Maiden lane res
taurant. Being pretty and attractive. she has
been the object of small attentions from many
of the men who lunched at the restaurant, but
only in the case of Schirmcr, who was EN-
ployed in the office of De Sola. Lobo & Co.. 81
William street, did she permit the acquaint-
ance to extend beyond the doors of the restau-
rant. He was permitted to call at her home.
and within n short time. as her family did not
disapprove of him. their engagement was an.
nounced. Schirmer, who is 81 years old, told
Miss Russell that he was involved with a wo-
man in Brooklyn, but that he would break off
all relations with her at once, which satisfied
his iancee. Shortly thereafter, SO Miss Russell
ar,enei p di htfit aIRiiea'hts having in se eoIle snas az a bill lila and ID
used the money.
IF / don't turn in the money to the firm to.
may as well kill myself"
Don't talk foolisniy, Ed" said the girl. I've
got $50 in the bank, and il you're in trouble.
you're welcome to that"
Besides this she gave him her diamond ring.
f which CD, she Il had &c b s@d bd ar se tSsT 1n years mor to pawn %Sn'
pareI in which scnirmcr biossomed out about
purpose as he had described she discovered
later by inquiry OF the firm by which
Were We was marr f@plq IN The I've Epis mopah' cR SS9 h1he cf
of which she Is a member, and went to, her
home to live. She kept her place as cashier.
himself alone. Every Thursday night he was
in the habit Of going to Brooklyn with the
boys" as he told the girl who supposed herself
70 be his. wife, returning at 2 or 3 o'clock in
the morning; in reality, to visit his real wife.
She taxed him with going there 10 see the wo-
no open rupture until New Years Day. when
he came home at 10 P. NJ, after. having been
sell charged him with having been with that
woman"
ried her before / did you"
Not until she saw the marriage. certificate
showing that Alderman Curtis OF Brooklyn
had married Susan Grinder and Edward Schir-
mer on Nov. 10. 1897, would the deceived girl
believe that she was not Schirmer's legal wife.
Her marriage had been on Nov. II. She told
Schirmer TO go. away and never to sec her
publicity as much rs possible. hut she after.
ward decided tnat her only means Of justifying
herself and defending her character was TO
prosecute Schirmer. In her affidavit she de-
clarcs that offers were made to her not to
prosecute him. Schirmer's brother has been
to sec Miss Russell, and will. II necessary. aid
her in the prosecution.