New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
AN ERRANT HUSBAND CA UGHT.
A woMAN's SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY FROM
BUENOS AYRES
HER HEART HAD BEEN WON BY MAN WHO
LEFT HER TAKING WITH HIM $4,000
IN GOLD coin AND a LOT OF


IN GOLD coin AND LOT OF
VALUABLE PROPERTY.
An heiress Of Buenos Ayres after long sail
across seas. found and captured in Brooklyn
last night her adventurous and unfaithfu' nus
band whom she charges with carrying away
with him $4,000 in gold coin and valuable
Jewels and furs. The name OF the faithless
husband is David Smitman. and te was arrest
cd by Detectives Harrington. Flushing and
Donovan at his Brooklyn home. No. 40 Chris
topher-st where he lives with a woman who
has borne him four children, the oldest being
seven years
Smitman Is a Russian Jew th'rtyhve years
old Of small but handsome type His eyes
are blue. and his face is prepossessing and has
none Of the usual racial characteristics. He
came TO this country years ago. and
worked patiently at his trade as furrier and
tailor He lived with the woman to whom he
returned after his South American tour He
grew tired however. of his laborous and un-
eventful life and decided to seek his fortune In
Buenos Ayres where he heard that It was easy
TO make money
After arriving there he entered the employ OF
the Aribanos. wealthy French firm. The
original AribanO had died leaving the business
and large fortune TO his wife and pretty
daughter Marie. The blue-eyed Jew asked FOR
work and they at once accepted him He was
a good workman. and his pleasant social man
ner soon won their esteem. His attentions be-
came more and more pronounced toward Marie.
He sent her a fresh and beautiful bouquet every
day. and finally dared to ask her to go walking.
They strolled together more and more frequent
~. and Marie's heart was ere long completely
I'm his KEEPING He told her that he greatly de-
plored the fact that he was a jew and she
Catholic but that he would cheerfully abandon
| his religion for her Nine. Aribano was ap-
pealed to. and said:
i Il sec no reason. Marie. why you should not
marry Mr.. Smitman, even though he is poor
We have money
So they were married, on September 49, lS96
in one OF the large churches of the city, he Tor
mally becoming a Catholic just before the cere-
/ r,onv According % the statement OF Mrs.
Smitman. who was filed with disgust yesterday
at the sight of the small frame building 10
which he had fed when he left her their Buenos
Avres house was Of marble, and contained nj
teen spacious rooms. trimmed and decorated as
the lavish South Americans can adorn their
houses
There was only Earring note to disturb
the harmony Of their existence He Kept hsiS
,,o tho, she ought 80 nut her fortune in his
rOO
,s,or,1v refused telling him that something
might appen to him, and then she Wou'" SUI
need her money and lands He discouraged her
| n,acing money in banks. and tried to culuNa'e
| IN no, tho habit Of using the safe In the hous''
FINALLY they planned to buy S6O,Voo puiuihs'
IN which TO conduct the fur business. which nv
| managed They made arrangements 10 scioS
/ Tho deal on July s. 1897. and she placed IN 'he
safe the $4,000 in gold with which the nrs'
navn,ent was TO be made. He hef the key "
the safe. ..
smitnan was especially loyal in his opserV
ance of everything American, ana ne h''s'VN
on having royal celebration OF the sIolio"
1,our,b A large number Of Americans were III
vited. and it was early on the morning VI Wv
,th before the smitmans retired Though Smi'-
man was usually late in getting UP I'll 'le '"'i i
ing on that particular morning he rose al
/ o'clock. -
NJ, croitman was aroused late in the morn
,r, ,,ban the foreman Of the shop rang the heIl
ard asked for Smitman. saying that he mao hol
heen to the shop. Then came 'ile Ie'I nI,a,l
man and she had to tell him that her huSpd f,
/ yras not nresent. She had a search hid"c ~.
/ hin, hut ne could not be founp, ana sHc VIZ
10 the safe The S20,OOO ir goid com va ,ha
and search of the house r@Neaeu 'iie laI S,i, ~
| there we're also missing gold watcn anu eliaIi i
/ ond number of valuable furs. elsh' u'd''ioilC I
and ruby rings. one diamond broocn U,ic I've tnC
/ and ri brooch three pairs VI
/ diamond scarfpins and one saprhIe SO'i
! all of which were valued AT S'-Ol ,.
! Mrs Smitman was distracted. i'd.f o., ~
! siv weeks ago on the advice OF Mi. "aS
| thc American Consulate, she came 'u HH'e' Nv % "
| vith her aunt Mrs. Levy. Ihey nave pSe" ,
| etavinr AT No A. Whitehal!-st FOR tWo "eeKs
and Detective Reynolds men nav ue'I va heer
! inc for Snitman They found that ne had neen @
| living in Stone-aVe. with woman ahu lou'
I children and that he had had his fur business
in Redford-ave But he had left both these
rlacos and II was only Yesterday mat thvS
learned that he was living at the BroWnsvlne
address and was in the ladies me tallYi
II o" husiness at No. SO Bond-st.. opPoSi'e
Ioeser's He vas in the bathtuh Wnen i'eter'
tive Harrington last night told nm ne wa
wanted and when his South American wire
identified him he did not deny that ne was MAJ
red tn her and admitted taking some VI INV
things , ,,.o
The rolice say he confessed to carving a"s
So 900 but when his pedigree was taken ~ W 'n'
Detective Bureau he denied taxing any hI'!l'
or nronerty except the furs and the gold Wa''ii
Detective Harrington said that Smlthnah '';'
him on the car that he owed soi"'p""N
Ruenos Ayree 81 WO. that his stalemeHu
seemed 10 he conflicting When me ueteC,iNe
I first went 10 the house the woman with Whoi
he has lived for a number OF years. off ana on
and who was known as Mrs. Smitman. tnougn
he was to he arrested for bigamy and sh
| protested that she was not married 10 him
Smitman was locked up In the Adains-st. sta
tion and will probably be arragned TINS morn
ing Mrs Smtman, who Is large. Wen
dressed. good-looking brunette. about t"eht!
five years old. said that she would prosecuV