The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-10-19

~. bat ~ ~ wished 10 have payers drawn
40 for : divorce thrr would act Tor him.
We did not wish 10 40 thia. ard made
threats that W. would MI HE wife before
b. would iet her live with The paramount
whom she Rad named.
On Monday fte'g,mann came a. the ~.
nee % the attorneys ard tJld them ihat
he could do nothing with his wife, The
attorneys went with him TO seD Mrs
stcgcmann. who had taken ~ reai4
dencc ut the Honolulu Hotel, ON Nuuanu
street near Nlnoyard street on sunday
She had one room-No. II. one ~ the at
torneys pleaded with her to return to hcr
husband. He Used every perHuas'nn
known 20 him. and especially the teach
ings Of her religion, but TO no purpose.
Yesterday morning the papers for the
iihcl OF divorce were prepared and Stclgc-
mann In the afternoon came M To see
them. He even paid over to the attorneys
the money necessary to bring the suit
He wanted them filed ut once. believing
that the confession his wife had made
was a true one and that there was no
need for further delay. The attorneys
told him to make one further attempt at
n reconciliation and make use OF certain
Hehraic persuasions which are generally
of the utmost effect In such cases.
Mrs Steigemann was educated in the
Girls School at jana, established by Bar
on Hirsch, and given all the education
which the Jewish maidens receive In a
school go well endowed by the great phil
anthropist. The husband was educated
at Jerusalem in the agricultural school es-
tablshed by Baron Rothschild. She IL
young, not more than % years old
IT Is said that Mrs. Steigemann consult
ed an attorney as to her side OF the case
and upon learning that in the event of
suit for divorce being instituted against
her on the charge of adultery. she would
los t1a rtrAI Nd tnd nj
dren, she stated that the confession she
had made of adultery with Berry was
trumped up and there was no truth In 1t.
The man Berry could not he found by
the police last evening, although they
have been searching for him ever since
the shooting occurred. 1t Is possible that
his name may be spelled in the German
fashion, "Behre," although no such man
Is known in the City.
Proprietor Mcdowell states that Mrs.
Steigemann and Berry came to his place
on Saturday evening and announced
themselves as man and wife and secured
a room there. He suspected nothing until
on Sunday Steigemann came and his wife
and he had q long quarrel and Steige-
mann went away alone. On Monday even
ing Berry did not come there and when
he saw Mrs. Steigemann next. Mcdowell
told her that she would have to leave the
house. Mrs. Steigemann said she would
go as soon as she could find another place.
He did not see Berry again save for a
moment yesterday morning. when he and
Mrs. Steigemann came in together. Berry
going out again shortly afterwards.
Mrs. Steigemann's father for several
years kept a small store on King street
Just Eva of the little alleyway leading
to the postofiice. His daughter and her
two little children were often to be seen
sitting In the doorway Of the place. IN
I'll a few weeks ago Steigemann was in
partnership in this little place. but they
had business differences and the old gen.
tleman gave up his interest in the place
and moved to the other side of King
street just opposite the Union Grill. The
old gentleman was exceedingly averse to
notoriety and refused utterly to give his
name either to the newspaper men or to
the police.