The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-17
HER HUSBAND WAS STINGY
Reason Why Mrs. Schneider
Wants Him to Let Her
Get a Divorce.

divorce case with many peculiar
features came up before Vice Chancellor
Emery this morning. James F. Minturn
applied for an order compelling Henry
Scheiber to pay his wife Margaret
counsel fee and alimony pending her suit
against him for divorce. The couple live
in Hoboken and have two children, girls.
Recently Mrs. Schneider filed bill for
divorce on the ground of desertion. 1t
was a simple formal charge of desertion
and contained no sensational features.
Schreiber filed an answer denying the
allegation of his wife's bill and filed
cross bill in which he accused her of de-
serting him and charging her with un-
faithfulness, naming as correspondent
Henry Stiles.
The application was opposed ay Jphn
Marnell, of Hoboken, counsel for the hus-
band, who read several affidavits. The
first was by the husband, who denied that
he deserted his wife and declared that she
left him July 5 after a quarrel they had
because of the previous day, the national
holiday, the wife had gone off on a yacht
ing excursion with Styles and was gone
all day.
After leaving her husband Mrs. Schreiber
went to live at No 155 Fifth street.
Joseph Daub. who was boarder with
her, made an affidavit in which he said
that Styles was in the habit of ceiling
upon Mrs. Schneider four or five times a
week. She always made great preparation
to receive him. She took a bath and
arrayed herself in all her best apparel
and bedecked herself with all the jewelry
she had. Styles generally came about
eight o'clock and went away about one
o'clock. Mrs. Schneider always received
and going into a front room with him
locked the door. Whenever Styles thus
visited Mrs. Schneider, Daub deposited that
he always remained in the kitchen and
took care of the children. Styles made
her many presents, among which were a.
couch, which she said cost S25; a gold
chain, silk dress and waist, a gallon of
hidden a s. bill On each Sunday Styles
gave the children ten cents.
Mr. Marnell read another affidavit made
by Joseph Spath, who said that once he
called upon Mrs. Schreiber with her hus-
band for the purpose of endeavoring to
effect a reconciliation. He told Mrs.
Schreiber that it was a shame that she
and her husband should be separated.
He was a good man and anxious to pro-
vide for her and the children.
.'What, live with him again?" was Mrs.
Schreiber's answer. Never! He is not
an educated man, and Henry Styles is.
He knows how to treat lady when he
goes out with her and my husband don't.
When Styles takes a lady to the theatre
he gives her supper after the show but
my husband is too stingy to do anything
like that" Then she showed her husband
the manicure set and the SIS bill which
Styles had given her. On August "a she
met her husband at Spatl's house and
told him that she wanted a divorce from
him SO that she could marry Styles. and
if he would let her get one and give her
IS a week for the support of the girls She
would not bother him again. Schneider
rejected the proposition.
On December last Mrs Schneider again
met her husband by appointment at
Spath's house and told him if he would
drop his cross suit and let her get
divorce she would give him a check for
all he had paid his lawyer and when she
married Styles she would not ask him
for any more money for the girls.
On hearing these affidavits the Court
denied the application.