The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-14
SLEEPS IN COURT
AS WIFE WEEPS
ON WITNESS STAND
Oscar Won ReisdOrf Had Heard
Her Story SO Many Times
He Closed His Eyes.

While his wife, wringing her hands
and sobbing, incoherently told the story
of her marital woes and detailed his
separate and overt acts of alleged cru
city toward her in yice-Chancellor
steyens's court today, Oscar Won Refs
dorf fell asleep.
Mrs. Reisdorf had reached hat
cried aloud and would not be COM
forted when a sudden sound like unto
that of a snore attracted the attention
Of many. Accustomed to his wife's
story through frequent rendition, Refs
dorf, instead of being ruff1ed, was
soothed to slumber and was obIivious to
the scene which the enumeration OF his
alleged misdeeds had aroused.
Edmund, the son, hastily made his
way to his fathers side and shook him
once, twice n three times before the
elder man again became conscious Of
his surroundings.
sassShe Was Made Insane.
Mrs. Reisdorf, who lives at 1888 Fifth
avenue Asbury Park, said that her
husbands conduct had made her in
sane. She came before Vice-Chan-
cellor Stevens on application for an
order to set aside deeds to property
that she had conveyed, as she alleges,
while under the influence OF threats
made by her husband,
Mrs. Won Reisdorf is a stout German
woman of SO years, and when she took
the stand she labored under great men
tai stress. Wringing her hands and at
times talking In a very incoherent man
ner, she related the story of the stormy
life she had lived with her husband.
we were married in 1889 and have
two children, Edmund, about 80. and
Leo, u years of age. We were never
happy, his treatment having been over
bearing at all times. When my niece
CAM over on a visit from Ger-uy,
she expressed great sorrow for m .9s1n-
dition and gave me a sum of money
with which to buy some property, on
condition that it be in my name, and
that | give 1t, or the value, back when
able.
Two Years In nm Asylum.
This vas in 1902, and / purchased
the property in Asbury Park. We
rented the house out to parties for the
season at times. and at others We tool
In ~-boarders. In August of the same
year my mind rave way and / was
taken TO an insane asylum in New York
city and remained there for about two
J ears. when l was discharged as cured.
My husband made me deed over the
property to him, but l cannot realize
how | did it. Ny deed was to one Anna
Wolf. but she in turn conveyed it to my
husband"
While Mrs. Won Reisdorf was r~ecitine
her tale she grew excited, and IL was
could do to keep her strictly to thu
story. At one time she broke down
entirely and cried aloud. 1t was al
this point that the husband was found
to be asleep.
When the son, Leo. was called he said
he had not been living at nome for the
past. five years. as his father had or
dered him from the house. He told Of
the fathers anxiety to obtain contro
of the property and stated that his
father had sem him to the place where
his mother was stopping or three diff.
ferent occasions to demand that She
sign the papers conveying the property
The last time he said that II he did mo-
come back with it he would shoot him
says Father Drew Gun,
At one time, In the house whore they
were residing in West Twenty second
street. New York city. his father pulled
out a gun and said he had three bull
let's for the mother and would keep twv
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