New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-14
NIXUP OYER A MARRIAGE.
BRIDE ALLEGES SHE WAS UNDER THE IN
FIUENCE OF WINE DURING THE CERE-
MONY-CHARGES OF ASSAULT DENIED.

BRIDE ALLEGES SHE WAS UNDER THE IN
F1rENCE OF WINE DURING THE CERE-
NONY-CHARGES OF ASSAULT DENIED.
Miss Josephine Churchwell, as she was up 10
Saturday night and who is now Mrs. Henry Elsas-
cor claims that she was married on Saturday night
against her wishes As a result OF the affair there
have been lively times in some houses In Union
Hill and West Hoboken since Saturday night the
Young woman is eighteen years old and lives at
No $40 Hackensack Plank Road. Union HILL
Elsasser lives in Central-ave. in West Hoboken.
The couple were married by Justice Of the Peace
Henry KARL on Saturday night at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs c. Faster at No. $40 Du Bois-st'
West Hoboken Mrs. Elsasser now refuses to live
with her husband. and claims the marriage was
Illegal and against her will. All concerned In the
matter are respectable and steady going Germans.
Mrs Elsasser says she was enticed TO the Faster
house by letter. Upon arriving there she was
| induced to drink some wine which affected her so
| that she did not know what she doing. She
| claims that while she was In this condition JUS
! tice KARL was sent for and that she was put
| through the marriage ceremony with Elsasser.
| Some time later. she says her mind cleared sufh-
| GENTLY to realize what had taken place and she
| ESCAPED from the house and ran TO her home. A
little later she claims that Elsasser Joseph Fisher
| and Faster came to look for her. She escaped
| from the house and hid in the darkness of a pas
| sageway between two houses across the street
lived. She claims that the three men
forced the door of her home and ransacked 1t from
Ton 10 bottom looking for her Failing to find her
they went away.
on Sunday she says she went to the house OF
Mrs Carl at No. 3ls Hackensack Plank Road.
Union Hill a short distance from her own home
She says her husband and his friends had evidently
been watching for her and that soon after she
reached the house she went to visit they appeared
in the hallway and asked IL she was there. Upon
finding her Elsasser. she says, asked her II she
intended TO live with him. She replied that she did
not Upon her saying this, she claims that Faster
grabbed her by the throat and that she screamed
In answer TO her cries she says Mrs. Stahl and
Carl TrautZ. who live In the house, ran 10 her
aid and that her husband or one OF his party
struck Mrs Stahl who is paralytic, in the face.
Trautz Mrs Protein, who lives on the moor
above ran down, the young woman says, when
Mrs. Stahl was struck, and she, too was assault
ed and driven back upstairs. After driving the
inmates OF the house 20 their rooms the three
men went away.
Yesterday Mrs. Stah and Mr. Trauz sWore out
warrants against Elsasser. Fisher and Faster,
charging them with assault. Up 10 last evening
they had not been taken into custody. Mr. FL
sasser. when seen last night said II untrue
that there had been assault in the house at
No. 5s Hackensack Plank Road lie said he could
not understand the action OF his wife In the mat
ter. lie denied absolutely that any advantage had
been taken of the young woman. He denied that
ding. and said that his wife knew perfectly we'll
| what she was doing. He could understa
her subsequent actions, and said that in view Of
4 all the trouble she had raised he did how
| soon she obtained divorce. He admitted she had
been drinking wine before she was married but
denied that she was drunk. irresponsible. or even
| muddled
| Justice Of the Peace KARL when seen said he
knew nothing about the affair beyond being sum.