The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-03
Claims Force Was Used.

mary Breucner, New 1Ork girl who
has taken refuge in Burlington with the
family of Alfred FRANKIE, to whom she is
engaged to be married, tells a strange
story. She says that on September z,
in New York, her mother drugged her
with wine and she was forced at the point
of pistol to go with man named Arthur
Schleininger, who is supposed to be rich,
taken in a cab and compelled to marry
him before Father Carr, a Catholic priest.
The girl, who says she has been engaged
to FRANKIE four years, fed the next morn
ing and took refuge with his parents
Legal proceedings were taken to have
the marriage annulled, and on Saturday
Schleininger was served with court papers
in New York.
On Wednesday, while the girl and
FRANKIE were at the Interest Fair, at
Trenton, SchleiDinger and her parents
went to Burlington, and when the girl
returned attempted to drag her away,
but were unsuccessful. Then Schleinin-
ger tried to get warrant against FRANKIE
for harboring his wife, but he and the
girls parents were compelled to return to
New York.
A New York dispatch says
Miss Mary Bruecher, 20 years old, q
clerk in the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company's office. has brought suit against
Arthur Schleininger, % years old, for an
nullment of their marriage, which she al
leges she was forced into at the point of a
pistol She also claims that before their
marriage she was drugged by her mother
Miss Bruecher is now living in Burling-
ton, at the home of a travelling preacher
Schleininger has been served with papers
In the annullent suit and has answered
with a suit to recover possession of his
wife. He denies the marriage was pei
formed against the girls will and is borne
out in his statement by Rev Father Carr
of St. Mary's church, Williamsbridge,
who performed the ceremony
Schleininger said tonight: i was mar
ried to Miss Breucher on September in
St. Mary's church Before her marriage
Miss Bruecher had spent some time in
the gospel tent at Hollis, Long Island
When she left them on September Z, to re-
turn home, Mr.. Franke's son, Alfred,
who was very fond of Miss Bruecher
warned her not to have anything to do
with me and said that if she did he would
come over to New York and blow my
head off
When Miss Breucher got home / met
her there and invited her to go with me
for drive. had some business to at
tend to in a roadhouse and invited Miss
Bruecher to have some refreshments and
she drank three glasses of port. Miss
Bruecher said that she loved me and was
willing to marry me at once. We then
drove to the church and were married by
Father Carr There was no pistol in the
story. was afraid FRANKIE might turn up
with pistol and wanted to be prepared
l sent Que of my friends to get me a gun.
| He returned with one, but had been
unable to find any cartridges l put
the empty pistol in my pocket We had
to get Father Carr out of bed for the cere-
mOny, and when he asked if the marriage
was very urgent and had to be performed
that night, 1 replied that if went back to
the girls home | might expect to be shot
After the wedding we drove back to
the girls house and told them that we had
beer married and they congratulated US.
We returned to my wifes home about A
o'clock and spent the rest Of the night
| there.
| In the morning my wife went down
town and at o'clock left the city for
Hollis, Long Island
Mr.. Breucher and | went to Hollis and
Breucher went to the FRANKIE house and
demanded his daughter. FRANKIE told US
that Mary was out with his son. On the
following Sunday and on several other
days we went again to seek my wife,
but the door was slammed in our faces.
A day later we learned that my wife had
gone with the Frankes to Burlington,
N j., where the preacher had set up his
tent. My wife was singing with them
and helping in the meetings. as she had
often done at Hollis. The next Wednes
day morning we went to Burlington and
located my wife. She met me coldly and
denied that the marriage had ever taken
place. Old man FRANKIE tore my wife
from her mothers arms and a very lively
scene followed
AT last the old man informed on me
and said that he would knock my block
off If l didn't leave. He said Mary told
him that she had been forced into the
marriage at the point of pistol and that
her mother had drugged her to obtain
consent.
Rev. Father Carr, when asked about the
marriage, said that at the time he noticed
nothing unusual except the time Of night
His story did not quite agree with Schlei-
ninger's, for he said that the brides
parents were present at the wedding.
The girl appeared to be very happy,
said the priest, and she certainly waf
sober and did not appear to have been
drugged. T"