The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
zINSSER LEAVES HIS WIFE.
SIZE AOCUsKD HIN or R-EGLEOTTNG
HER FOR MRS. AMEND.

His Lawyer Say she Subjected Him 70
Many Indignities and Got Her Father,
Brewer schnrmann, TO IntSrfere-She
sues-Zinsser Offers $1,000 Alimony.
Frida Zinsser has brought an action in the
Supreme Court for a separation from William
Zinsser, Jr., In which another family OF promi-
hence In the higher German social circles OF the
city IL involved. The differences OF the Zins-
sers. which have been carefully kept from the
public for some time while they continued to
live under the same roof. have been made pub
lie on the argument Of q motion before Justice
Pryor Of the Supreme Court for counse fee and
alimony beyond the allowance offered by Zins-
eer Of S5,000a year and the use OF their resi-
dence.
Mrs. Zinsser, who "a q daughter Of Herman B.
Bcharmann, the Brooklyn brewer. married the
defendant in 1888. and they have two children.
aged IL and o years. Before the motion came
on Znsser made the offer OF an allowance, but
che declined to compromise with him. saying
that his conduct was such that she would prefer
TO have the Court tx the allowance.
On the motion Samuel Untermyer. In her be-
hall. stated that the Zinssers lived happily to-
| gether until several yesrs ago. when they got
on intimate terms with Mr.. and Mrs. Otto p.
Amend. Of the large Wholesale drug house of
| Elmer 4 Amend. The two families took q
double house at sheepshead Bay. where they
spent their summers together. and whence
they often went horseback riding together. In
the city in the winter they were constantly lin
each others houses. Gradually, the lawyer
caused talk. among their friends. Mr.. Inter
was anything, criminal in the relations Of zins:
ser and Mrs, Amend. 1t was simply a case OF
Mrs. M hmsnd p sSss he n &c eSas ri Sts 'R wife sH e. 81 IN IN
MI Mrs A% 2fqsssr SS~ aPtfidssylt told of the concern
on the part Of her husband With MT7si Amend enc
s shsir h fri. SSRduf ae T gave i Ris VIE s So saeisf S%G06
when she begged him 70 desist. and she got
after all their imploring her husband seemed
70 give greater attention to Mrs. Amend than
brutal. arrogant. and stubborn that pleading Is
apt to turn him the. other way, On ACCOUNT OF
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of her consideration he spoke Of leaving her.
and she tried to persuade, hin. to eontinHe to
Recently he left her. 30 she brought the action
against him alleging ebandonment, BE has
fused to let him.
As to the allowance he should make for her.
she stated that his father, with whom he has
pillionaire, and that her husband is wealthy in
a ats s SyP 5tE d Eea she 3 RHt her st aasSa9 % tb iec cone
ttTary that he is worth only $ll59,90O, and that
Minrath q Buckley, counsel for Zinsser, OPP
posed the motion, saying that the Court cannot
grant alimony where the wife has an abundance
Of means Of her own. as, in this case. They said
her father had given her $4,000, which she
still has. They stated that Hinsser had left his
wife only after she had subjected him to many
indignities. Besides, 1t was contendedt that the
differences of the pair had been accumulated by
the Interference OF her father in their family
affairs. It was urged that she had put herself
her husband by refusing to let him see their
children.
Mr.. Untermyer read a letter which. he said,
Zinsser had left for his wife when he abandoned
her, in which he said that he intended to leave
her, and that she was free to let him see the
children or not, as she saw fit. The awyer said
that Zinsser had offered at the time to relin-
Quish all claims on the children IL his wife
would give up all claim to his real estate.
Justice Pryor reserved his decision on the
motion.
MRS. AMEND ADJ HURT
Mrs. Otto P. Amend, mentioned in the above
case. was seriously injured In q runaway acci-
dent at Sheepshead. Bay yesterday. afternoon.
She and her husband were horseback riding on
the Ocean Boulevard. The horses were fright
horse dropped on his knees. throwing her from
the saddle. The horse started up on. a gallop.
Mrs. Amends skirt caught in the saddle and she
was dragged on the ground, face for O
hundred yards before tho horse was checked.
Mrs. Amend was picked up unconscious. The
horse had kicked her in the breast and frac-
tured her shoulder. Her right leg was also
fractured and her face was badly cut up: Am
bulance Surgeon Gosman said she would prob
ably be disfgured for life. Her husbands
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