The evening world., 1911-01-11
May Forgive Him..


II mo believe him 20 be entirely
sane and II he repen,s may be pre-
vailed upon TO forgive him. I would
10 this solely for the sake OF tho chill.
dren. But Miss willy l will never for.
/. give"
The pretty young nurse declared at
The same time that she thought 5, was
fdiouc for Mrs. Pirkner to resort 10 the
law.
She knows" said Mas Willy. chat
tho Doctor loves me better than he does
her. and this makes her wild. Why
don't she go ahead and get a divorce.
She began a separation suit. why doesn't
shs go ahead with It,"
Both the physician and Miss Willy
admitted their gull; TO Police Justice
Brat last night and Sheriff Conkiin
said to-day that indictments would be
found as a matter or routine. The
penalty for the crime charged is one
years Imprisonment or a fine OF $1,000
or both.
Mrs. Pirkner obtained the warrant for
the arrest of her husband and Miss
Willy yesterday. Two Hackensack dep
uty sherirs made the arrest. and the
! prisoners were arraigned before Police
Justice James Bratt in Hackensack.
Dr.. Primer declared TO Justice Bratt
That Miss Willy was mis- wife. but he
could not tell when or by WHOM they
had been married. Miss Willy said that
she was the Doctors common aw wife.
~whereupon Justice Bratt informed the
couple that they were making admis-
sions Of guilt.
Q ArG DtrEnnr u-a ~ -, tka
Court adtoined the hearing and fixed
. bail at 5000 IN each case. DR.. Pirkner
wanted to give his Haworth sanitarlum,
which he valued at $1,000. as bail, but
he could not produce the deeds. Nor
rould he or Miss Willy get anybody to
go on their bond. Sherin Conklin took
charge OF them and locked them up.
Il Romantic Conduct.
Mrs. Pirkner declared TO an Evenins
g World reporter to-day that her hus.
band began to conduct himself roman.
tically with pretty nurses Ave years
- Last month while Mrs. Pirkne,
II wA at Harworth her husband vlsltel
n her and acted so strangely that she had
him sent to a sanltarium at Greenport
Conn. where he remained a week.
During these periods OF ~infatuatlon,
'X DIR. Pirkner would NEGLECT his practice
NJ his wife asserts. n this has been es,
r since he began to pay
IHRrdent attention to Miss Willy.
xvi D.. Primer Is forty years old. He
.f,vas born In saxony. where he got hi.
o8.fpedtcal education. He came to New
XtHork IN 1897, after having served in tn,
<tGeeusan army as Junior surgeon OF th'
e* reserves. He IL a member of the Am
AFRICAN Medical Association and the New
York State and New York Count,
CT Medical societies.
z< William Wen of No. 40 Nassau street
counsel for Mrs, Pirkner in her separa
~ tlon suit. salt to-day that the physician
had Nl-treated his wife since 1904.
M "Your Death Candle"
l They were married in Germany II
w August, 1896" said the lawyer, but I!
was not until 1901 that the doctor an,
v his wife lived u~nhappily. She charged
"a In tho afldavit l drew up for her tina
" her husband continually beat her: tina
he frequently struck her and knocke,
her down She charged that he knel
On her and ave- a candle over no
~ lead and before her face. saying, 'Thl
( II o death candle
Although the separation sui wa
never terminated, Justice Amend grant
y ed "a order directing Or. Pirlner TO pa,
bis wife Sor a week alimony.
VA There as a reconcilla ton after tn
separation suit was begun, hut follow
~ ing THE reconciliation the doctors con
Fec grew more and more eNtravaganl
,ft He was committed to Bellevue IN 1916
and sent to Wards Island, From Their
tfhe wrote an appealing letter 10 his VIII
whach persuaded her 10 sign his parole
Ma was committed to- Bellevue subst
uuentiy and then sent to n sanitariur
tn Connecticut. Mrs. Pirtner Il "A yer
ff esttmable woman and has had a might
unhappy time OF it,
THE doctor has had many lnfatua
ti0ns for nurses, lie called Them hi
angele and nightingales,"
; Mayor Wouldn't See Bat Nelsoi
Battling Nelson called at the city la
to-day to complain to the Mayor of In
Sction OF the police In preventing HI
u bout at q theatre last night, but IN
v Mayor declined to meet tho forms