The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-15
MISS sUFfERA IS
STILL LOOKING
FOR A HUSBAND
But in the Meantime Liyerymarl
Sues for $3.50 as
Cupid's Fee.

In the days of our fathers a grille wa
shy,
Biusfing of cheek and modest of eye;
Hard then it was for a sutton to guess
Whether his answer would be mo" OF
yes"
But, In these times a young fellow must
be
Ever en- guard, lest a girl" sixty-three'
Tackle him, shackle him bear him
away,
Harry him, marry him, all In a lay.
-BURT,s BUBBLES.
PATTERSON, Oct, 1.-two new kinks
were put into the matrimonial compli-
cationss of Miss Jeanette Suffern, the
6~5-year-old heiress of the Ramapo VAL
ley, yesterday. She discovered that
'Hostler Bob Hiscock, of the Ridge
wood Livery Stable, who deserted her
after a six-day honeymoon with upward
of 1000 Of her money. had a VIE IN
New York. was toldeshe was free 70
bestow her affections elsewhere, asked
Justice Reyes in this city to perform q
second ceremony, saying she had founo
another man and was refused. MISS
Suffern also learned that she will have
to defend a suit brought by DAVID
Tobin, of Van Horns livery
stable. who declares she o:ered him
$3.50 to get her a husband.
Tobin has already filed his suit. He
declared Miss Suffern offered MIN a
commission Of $3.50 ito find and pro-
cure for her a certain male person who
would marry her. Tobfn says he car
ried out his part of the contract even
though the husband he found proved to
be untrustworthy and already married.
The suit is not to go undefended. and
there is a lot to say or Miss Suifern's
side.
If the court holds that a man who
marries two women is not the hus-
band of the second then Tobin's con-
tract will be void; If 1t hold otherwise
he may get his money.
After Justice Keyes. who had per-
formed the ceremony binding Miss
Suffern and Hiscock for six days at
least. had said never again" to the
aged spinster's request that he. per-
form a second ceremony uniting her
and some one else. Miss Suffern is said
10 have driven vainly around through
New Jersey looking for a complacent
"marryer." There are those who de-
clare her second choice occupied a seat
in the carriage with her.
When told by an attorney that she
was free, and since her first husband
was already a married nan she had
not really been married at all, Miss
Suffern exclaimed:
"Well, I'm glad to hear that. I never
cared for him anyway. But I've got to
have some man to watch over my
property and see that the sharks don't
get It,"
True to her word the impulsive heir
ess drove around until she had found
this man, according to the latest au-
thentic report received on the case.
Miss Suffern's first romance had its
beginning before the Van Horn livery
stable, where she was wont to leave
her handsome team. Twice she had
asked Tobin, the manager If he was a
married man. After the second ques-
ton had been put and answered In the
affirmative Tobin said: II believe you
want a husband" Miss Suffern replied
without hesitation, "I do"
Tobin promised to do the best he
could for $3.50, he says, and in a very
short time Robert Hiscock, a hostler.
had consented to become Miss Suf-
ferns husband. For six days the
couple lived more or less happily when
Hiscock, who had temporary possession
of a sum Of money ranging somewhere
between $500 and 81, 500. belonging to
his wife, failed to answer present"
at the breakfast table on the seventh
day.
Miss Suffern became her own detec-
tive and without difficulty managed to
discover that Hiscock had deserted a
first wife a short time after their mar
rlage In 1905.