The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
w. B. VanGasbeCk and Mrs. Marcus
BroderiCk Figure as Principals in
Domestic Comedy.
HUSBAND RETURNS UNEXPECTED
Finds VanGasbeck in the House and Calls
on officer to Arrest the Man and
Woman-Both Released.

w. B. VanGasbeck is an expert
stovepipe adjuster but Van never ad-
vertised. He never even put card,
to show that he was an expert, IN a
local paper and when he was found last
Saturday practicing his art at the
home of Marcus Broderick, on Pearl
street, the artist in stovepipe manipu-
1ation found himself in all sorts of
complications.
Broderick bears the heroic name of
Marcus and he is as crafty as Marcus
Aure1ius or any other of his old Ro-
man ancestors. He was something of
"a back number and for this reason he
didn't know that there was such a
thing as a stovepipe expert and when
he found his cherished wife IN the
company of VanGasbeck late Satur-
day afternoon Marcus hurried for Po-
lice Officer Stevens and had the pair
arrested and taken to jail. Van and
Mrs. Frederick managed to explain
the trivial occurrence to the officers
and the district attorney and they
were both released later in the after
noon.
AS Van explains it, it was the purest
possible case of mistaken identity but
the gossips of Ashland avenue are
having high festival and Frederick
is looking for an attorney to secure
him divorce from the wife of his
youth. The arrest of Mrs. Broderick
and VanGasbeck was the elimination
of an exciting chase in which the l1us-
band of the woman figured prominent
1y. Several years ago Marcus Brod-
erick had gone to the South to seek
fortune and had left his wife and
children behind him. He came back
to Kenosha last Wednesday and he
decided that he would make his return
home a great surprise for his wife
and children. He reached the city
and had not got to his home before he
heard stories of the infde1ity of his
spouse. Marcus is conscientious and
he refused to have his wife wrongful
1y accused so he started out to prove
the truth Or fa1sity of the reports.
For three day he kept a close watch
on the woman who bore his name and
then he went to the police and asked
for aid. Chief Reino1d and his men
also watched. 1t is claimed that one
night the husband observed the wife
and her alleged paramount go into one
of the churches of the city but this
did not satisfy Broderick and he still
held hope that the reports were
fo1e n 11a Tod hi
self into his own home and in order
to properly observe the workings of
the household he craw1ed under one
of the beds and watched for develop
ments. The vigil was a long and
tiresome one. But Marcus held out
and on Saturday afternoon he claims
that he was rewarded. 1t was at this
point that the expert adjuster of
stovepipes came into the case. The
other members of the family had LETT
the house and Broderick from his ann
bush under the bed saw VanGasbeck
enter the room. He chatted with the
wife for time and then the two went
into another room. Broderick could
contain himself no longer and crawl
ing out from under the bed he rushed
into the room. He called the police
at once and told Officer Stevens that
he had found Van and his wife in
compromising position. Van went
right along with the officer but pro-
tested that Broderick was a terrific
falsifer of facts. AT the jail Van
Gasbeck explained his friendly mis-
sion to the house and assured the
officers that he had simply gone to
the house to adjust stovepipe for
Mrs. Frederick. The visit he dec1ar-
ed was wholly a friendly one and that
it could not possibly be construed in
the light that Broderick had suggest
ed. The district attorney took this
view of the situation and ordered the
release of the two people.
Broderick claims that he does not
care to bring the matter into court but
that he is satisfied that his search has
been properly rewarded. He announc-
ed that he would seek divorce at the
March term of the circuit court.