The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-17

from her lips, and without n blu.h ~,
srume. mat she had been living with n
man IN his absence. For this reaaon .ns.
asked him TO get a divorce from her
The husband came from h~r prcsenc.
stHEeered by the story Of inndenty which
she had related. lie went hack a" III
and begged her not to take the stem whicn
she had pointed out was the one she most
% sired. "'o''
lie told her OF his love for her and thar
children and brought before her mina..
eye the tenets OF the Jewish religion which
,S ossI Ssr s sSss s sesrse being aken He
he would condone her fault and MAX. ~
a thing Of the past.
Then II was she turned upon him ana
said that man was not n man who wouIs
ccndone n sin such as she had Committed
Again and again the husband attempted
TO effect reconciliation. but II was Of no
avail. She spurned his profrers Of love
and fidelity and vowed that she had made
up her mind to be delivered from him and
could not be turned from her purpose.
One night last week two well known at
torneys were walking up Nuuanu street
and AT the corner OF Nuuanu and Kukui
they met a man dressed only In a pair OF
trousers and an undershirt He was Wild
eyed and In a state OF excitement IL was
Steigemann.
ne knew the attorneys and wildly asked
how many years a man would get In prs
on for shooting his wife. The attorneys
cslmed him down and ne then related the
story Of his family troubles.
His wife. he said. was living In the Ho-
nolulu Hotel with the man she had named
"a her paramour. and he wanted to shoot
them both. Steigemann was taken to the
attorneys room. which was near by. and
a search was made OF him. but no weap-
ons were found. They told him 10 come
90 their ONCE the next day. which he did
There the fun story was told. lie said
his wife had confessed to him over and
again that she loved one Berry and that
she wanted divorce from her husband.
The confession was made In the presence
Of her father.
We proposed that his wife be arrested
for adultery and prosecuted on that
charge. This the attorneys refused 10 do.
stating they would not prosecute "a wom-
an. hut n he wished 90 have papers drawn
up for a divorce they would act for him
PIE did not wish 10 do this. and made
threats that he would kill his wife before
he would bet her live with the paramount
wrom she had named
On Monday Stclgcmann came TO the Of
zee Of the attorneys and told them that
he could do nothing with his wife. The
attorneys went with him to see Mrs
steigemann. who had taken up resi-.
dence at the Honolulu Hotel, on Nuuanr
street near Vineyard street. on Sunday
She had one room--No. "a. One OF the at.
torneys pleaded with her TO return to hei
4 husband. lie used every persuasion
known 20 him. and especially the teach
ings OF her religion. but to no purpose.
Yesterday morning the papers for th'
libel Of divorce were prepared and steige.
mann IN the afternoon came up TO se'
tfem. lie even paid over to the attorney,
the money necessary to bring the suit
he wanted them fled at once, believing
that the confession his wife had mad
was a true one and that there was M
need for further delay. The attorney
told him TO make one further attempt a
n reconciliation and make of certaii
!, Hebraic persuaslons which are general.
OF the utmost efrcct In such cases.
Mrs. Steigemann was educated In tn
Girls School at Jaffa. established by Bar
on Hirsch. and given all the education
which the Jewish maidens receive In
school so well endowed by the great phil
anthropist. The husband was educate
at Jerusalem In the agricultural school IS
tabliehed by Baron Rothschild. She
: young. not more than q years old.
n r. said that Mrs. Steigemann consult
I'd an attorney as TO her side Of the cas-
land upon learning that In the event OF
suit for divorce being instituted agains
! her on the charge Of adultery. she woul
lose the control and custody of her chi
dren. she stated that the confession sh
had made Of adultery with Berry wa
trumped up and there was no truth In IL