The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-05
WIFE DESERTED.
Russian Skips Town and
Leaves Her With Three
Babies.
ARRESTED FOR DEFENDING HIN
Mrs. Gennes Left to Answer
Creditors and Take Care
Of Children.

One of the saddest cases that has come
to the notice of the police is that of Mrs.
| Mendie Gennis, a Russian, who was de-
| serted Saturday by her husband and left
almost destitute with three little chill
dren. To cap the climax, she was arrest
ed late last night on a warrant charging
her with assaulting Abram Grobosxie, of
No. 600 Summit avenue. She was taken
to the Communipaw avenue station
house and kept there for a couple of
hours in the hope that Judge Murphy
could be found to release her until her
appearance IN court this morning to an
swer the charge of which she says she
knows nothing.
Sergeant Reardon last Friday night
sent Patrolman Bolan to the cleaning es
tablishment run by Gennis, at No. ISL
Communipaw avenue, opposite the sta
ton house, to get his coat, because ne
thought the proprietor intended to skip.
Bolan arrested a lad named William Bern
stein of Eldridge street, New York, that
night for driving a wagon which had
no name on it. The lad said he was to
get load of goods to take somewhere
from the cleaning establishment and that
was all he knew. That made Reardon
suspicious and he sent for his coat. GEN
mis- gave so good an explanation of the
cause of the wagons appearance that the
rest of the police thought they had the
laugh on Reardon. Now it developes that
the proprietor, the husband of the de-
serted woman, did have all his goods sent
away Saturday morning and no one
knows where he has gone. Customers
have been eagerly seeking the proprietor,
who it seems, has been none too careful
about their garments left there to be
cleaned The police are looking for
Gennes and so are a great many resi-
dents of that neighborhood.
Mrs. Gennes was left almost penniless
by her husband. He collected all the
money he could before leaving. and the
deserted woman said in broken English
that she had managed to Scrape a coo-
pie Of dollars together to live on since
Saturday Her youngest child is a babe
in arms and the other two trotted along
by the side of their mother.
After her husband left her destitute she
communicated with friends in New York
who promised to provide home for her.
She packed what little goods she had and
last night the furniture was loaded on a
truck for shipment to New York. 1t was
then that that the warrant for assault
was served and the woman and her chill
drcn brought across the street to the
station house The tPucknen became inn
patient at the delay and, believing that
they would get no money, tumbled the
things back into the store again Every
thing was left in disorder. The prisoner
wept bitterly upon being informed of her
arrest. She said she knew nothing of the
matter and was unable to understand the
strange proceedings.
Sergeant Snow took pity on her and
sent out to find Police Justice Murphy.
He could not be located. The woman told
of her husbands desertion and her help
less state. She said she believed he had
sailed for Russia by this time.
Gennes conducted successful business
opposite the station house for a year or
more. His conduct in running off with
garments belonging to dozens of people
of that neighborhood has caused much
excitement. The police have been asked
to look out for him. Mrs. Gennes was
taken to the Oakland avenue police sta
tisn when all hope Of locating Judge MUIR
ply had been given UP.
1frs. Gennis was aFraigned before Police
Jushce Murphy this morning. With her
was her three iittae ones. Ahzaan Gro
sbosE, the complainant, said that the
smenan,s, husband owed her money and
Etnat he went there to collect It, Mrs.
|sGen1lss told him THAI her husband had
gone .toyEurope words folaexsSa and lffs.
[5eye VITA l@wet rag.