The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-07
WANTS HUSBAND
LODGED In JAIL

Delmar, Dol, Sept 8 - MY greatest
desire is to ,ee him caught. and l would
be willing to die to have my wish gr att
fled"
These are the word, spoken to-day by
Mrs. Mitchell II. German, and they can
scarcely express the feelings Of this un-
fortunate woman, whose husband Is sup
posed to ave deserted her. after thirty
years of q peaceful and happy married
life. The sndsfaced woman, Duoyed up by
the encouragement Of her children, sits
weeping In her homo in almost destitute
circumstances.
| No word has reached here Of Germans
whersabouls since August ej, when he Is
supposed to havs left Delmar with nearly
SO, 900 in his possession. The popular de-
lief prevailing here today Is tina. he Is In
he company of Mrs Rcso Hurmson, who
took a train for Philadelphia the night
before the missing man disappeared.
German, who had consibera BILE property
in Delaware and Maryland, 1t Ia said to
have M ortgaged everything he owned to
nearly It's face value before leaving. He
pre- cured money wherever obtainable, SO
that Mrs. German IL left without q cent
to pro,ec nte the search for her hu.
baud.
had heard several rumors that my
husband had been seen with this woman,
eatd the wife to an newspaper reporter
] but paid no attention to them During
, the last six months he Ind boon psrsuad
lug ms to visit my married daughter in
brooklyn and iinalv consented to go. l
left Delmnr on August "a and he said he
would follow me In about II week. have
not sScn him sinc,. On August ej, two
days later he went to PHILADELPHIA. He
had mortgAged every bit Of our property
and withdrew his money from the Delmar
bank. A short time previous he had SO
cured my consent to fllortgag, the proper
ty by saying that he needed tho money to
make Investments in A berdeen. Md. As
treasurer Of the nolmar N. p, Church he
had SO In cash, and he took that
also.
Il fully believo that he Wont off with
that woman but have no idea where they
could have gone. Mrs. Harmson Is said to
have several relH'ives In Philadelphia and
they may have visited them. My only
hope Is that he wi u be caught and prose
cuted to the full extent OF the law as he
deserves. will not be satisfisd unit Iseo
him safely lodged In all"
The theory that German oloped with
Mrs. Harmson Is largely based OIL the
Promi nent lumber de aler Of this
II left Delpar on the midnight train
on Sunday, Augu It e5. for the Pan Ameri
cAn," he said. Mrs Harmson was on the
same train and when 60. of tho train
to spend tho night in Wilmington she
oontinued her Journey to Philadelphia
took the FIRST train the following morn
ing and rode to Philadelphia in the same
car with Mr. German. When he left al
Broad Street Station he met Mrs. Harm
son who seemed 10 be waiting for him
spoke q few words to German as
passed apd I have not seen either since
Mrs. Harmson does not live with heI
b usbapd. and was house etsepsr up to tbs
time Of her depart ure In the home Of WI
liam l.; sirman, e1speeksr Of the Dela
stout womap with light hair and small
grey eyes and about 80 years Of age. Gel
man /; 80 years old and o. average hsighl
wears : mussaohe. He walks VIII . d,
oldsd stoop aod his lsfs hspd Is badly
crippled. H wore . dark blue suit snd
low, round, straw hat whom be loft hel
mar. Mrs German has placed tho cass Ia
the bands af Attorpst !. Williams, o
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