The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-02
IN
KOEHLER
CASE
Witnesses in HObOken Di-
vOrce Trial Tell Of
Alleged Orgies.

The marital troubles of Eugene
Koehler and his wife, Wilhelmina, were
aired this morning before Vice-Chancel-
lor Emery. The Koehlers were for
merly residents of Hoboken. Mrs.
Koehler now lives at 6 New street,
North Bergen, while the husband
boards at 22S Hudson street, Hoboken,
and is employed by a IIoboken brewery.
The couple have four children, and
some time ago they parted. The
husband took his two eldest children
and put them in st. Elizabeth S
Academy at Convent Station. Mrs.
Koehler brought suit to compel her
husband to pay her alimony, and Vice.
Chancellor Emery gave an order COM
pelling the husband to pay his wife
1926 per month for her support, and to
pay for the care of the two younger
children. now in her custody.
This order was issued in November
of 1906, and the two younger children
remained with their mother until last
August, when the father took them,
without the mothers knowledge, to St.
Elizabeths Academy, at Convent Sta
tion.
Mrs. Koehler began habeas corpus
proceedings to recover her children,
and the answer fled by her husband
was the first inkling she had of the
childrens whereabouts
In the meantime the husband was
trying TO secure evidence against his
wife.
Mrs. Koehler says that on August
30 last she was drugged, while in the
company of amateur" sleuths in the
employ of her husband.
The wife is now fighting for the re-
covery of her four children, and the
appearance In court today of Witnesses
for both sides was the result.
Mrs. Koehler was the first witness
called today. She was asked If her
husband had not called on her recent
ly and asked her to go with him to his
lawyers office and draw up papers for
divorce. Her answer was Yes"
Louisa Hoffman, who a year ago
lived at Is Palisade avenue, was called
and swore that she had seen Mr.. Koch
Ter in the company of Miss Carrie Eli
son, who lived near her, and that Koch
Ter frequently called for Carrie" and
took her driving. The witness said that
on their return after these drives she
often heard Koehler bid Miss Ellison
good-by in most affectionate manner.
William Grapentine, proprietor Of the
Orchard Hotel, Falrview, was the star
witness for the defense. It was at this
hotel that Mrs. Koehler and the
"sleutns' held forth on August 20 lust
1t was sworn TO that Mrs Koehler and
a Mrs Di Lorenzo, one of the sleuths and
a "red-headed" man. also sleuth kept
him busy making cocktails Just how
many he served TO the party he could
not recall. However, he was sure Mrs.
Koehler needed assistance when she
started for home. The saloonkeeper was
followed on the stand by his bartender.
The substance of the testimony given by
Mr. Koehler's witnesses disclosed the fact
that Mrs. Di Lorenzo was the chief di-
rectress Of Mrs. Koehler's visits at the
"Orchard" Hotel 1t was Mrs. Di Lorenzo
who drove Mrs Koher TO the hotel. and
it was Mrs D Lorenzo who introduced
the ''red-headed" man to Mrs. Kohler, and
it was Mrs III Lorenzo who left the pair
in sun parlor. which has figured
much in the evidence.
The lawyers for Mrs. Koeher, John j.
Weller and julius Lichtenstein, We're re-
lentless with the husbands witnesses, and
they endeavored to bring out a conspiracy
on their part at the husbands behest and
a promise OF $500 for their services In en-
trapping the wife.