The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-01-29
COURT AROUSED
Too Talkative Witness in
Faulhaber Divorce Case
Anglers Vice Chan
cellor Emery.
HUSBAND AGAINST WIFE
Oliver Milden Named as
Correspondent Mrs. Faul-
haber Denies.

Usually calm and serene on the Equity
bench. Vice Chancellor Emery had his
patience sorely tried this morning during
the hearing of a divorce suit brought by
George Faulhaber, of Central avenue,
against his wife, Mrs. Faulhaber
The janitress of the house on Webster
avenue where the Faulhaber,s lived was
testifying as to the guilty conduct of the
wife with fellow named Oliver Mildew
She was a little woman with an active
tongue, and if she didn't talk all the time
1t wasn't her fault. She did her best. The
husbands lawyer unguardedly asked her
to tell what she saw on various occasions
The oratorical suice gates were opened
and she began
L seen dot Mrs. Faulhaber and Mildew
in her rooms and I didn't see them
eggsactly, but / heard voices and noises
and the children We're sent out to play
on the street and ask them where their
mamma was and they tole-v
Il object said the lawyer on the other
side.
you object, hey? Well, you do nod
dings of the kind. tell the truth and
seen desc things with mine own eyes, and
say to my husband, says /, and he says
to me-
Stop" interrupted the Vice Chancellor,
'and simply answer questions
But l say what did Must / tell the
truth, and I tole that woman that her
husband would shoot dot fellow Milden
for loving his wife and she say,
"Will you be quiet, woman?s' said the
Court angrily. you don't suppose that
a rn bar IL
Tho little woman looked extremely in
dignant and then observing derisive
smiles on the face Of Mrs. Faulhaber
she couldn't keep her temper, and she
Kissed out in German
Strass engel haus teuffeI.''
The petition sets out that Faulhaber
was married to Annie Bell in 1889 by the
Rev John Stachli of this city. They went
to reside on Webster avenue. Some time
last year the husband heard stories of his
wlfe's intimacy with Milden, a galvanizer
on the D., L. and w. R. r., and residing
az az no, no. l5 Jefferson avenue. Milden used
70 TIME ms visits to Mrs. Faulhaber when
ner husband was at work The ianitress
OF the house where the Faulhabers lived
notlced the clandestine visits and told the
husband Mrs. Faulhaber, from the tes-
timony this morning didn't appear to
care whether her husband liked ii or not.
Sne told the janitress that she loved Mil
zen zen ana went to Coney Island. New York
ana tioboken pleasure resorts with him.
There was some damaging testimony
given by the little janitress as to improper
conduct between the pair, and while She
was giving this Mrs. Faulhaber, who was
sitting beside Milden smiled and appeared
to enjoy the revelations and the more
they laughed the angrier became the jan
itress.
Tis true,'' she almost screamed. "and
you know you say to me that you love
him and you tell me that if your hus-
band catch you he will shoot you and that
fellow, and you say you like to have a
good time and go to drinking bars, and
Mlden comes to see you and leaves in
the mornings, and I see him and your
husband and
There, will you stop!'' exclaimed the
Vice Chancellor, and it was only because
the little woman was so out of breath
that she did So
Mrs. Faulhaber, a rather attractive
looking young woman, denied all the i'm
proper relations and said that he husband
was jealous and the little janitress told
untruths.