Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-13
TORN FROM BRIDE
ON D|GAMY CHARGE
CONTINUED from First Pase.,'

BranOcn1l0 from my tate.
the stage. A year age I gave up
theatrical work. Until recently l
have been living in Newark.
al tried very hard to find out who
1t was Mr.. Gibbs was going to marry,
but I did not learn the name OF the
girl until after the wedding.
Two weeks ago he wrote to his Vile
and told her he would give her IN
formation which would entitle her to
a divorce If she would begin action.
1 understand she has done so.
He has treated me like a brute. |
saw him In the State National Bank
a week ago Tuesday and he onereo
to pay my fare to Ohio to get ria OF
me-"
Miss Shaw told her story to Mrs.
Bennett on Broad street yesterday.
The brides mother refused to believe
the tale and treated her as an adven-
turess.
Mrs. Gibbs, the bride. was equally
frank in talking of her marriage.
Together with her mother, her SIS
ter and DR.. Mason, the minister, she
"a In her husbands rooms at llOl
11TOdu LItCt Wiib va
reporter called today.
She seemed nervous, but answered
the questions clearly.
Bride Accomplished Pianist.
She earned her living as an ar
ranger of music before h met Mr..
Gibbs. She is an accomplished plan
ist and the sitting-room was uttered
with sheets of music.
She was dressed in a tailor-made
brown suit with a picture nat, Out
the strain under which she was labor
ing showed In her manner.
IT met this man a year ago when
he came to Newark h said.
were both boarding at a house In
Hillside We soon became
friends. When he proposed / intro
duced him to my parents. They ap-
proved of my marriage and we were
married in June.
IT had never met any of his folks,
but a friend told me that he came
of a highly respectable family"
do you believe your husband IS
guilty" she was asked.
IT don't know she admitted. III
he is, / want him prosecuted to the
full extent of the law. IL he Is IN
nocent, as hope and as / am posi-
tive he must be. the person who on
cocted this vile story must be
brought to Justice"
After ne had been released in $o,o0o
bail MI. Gibbs admitted to an EVe-
ming Star reporter that he had mar
r;ed his first wife but he said he had
obtained a divorce.
when and where?' he was asked.
He side-stepped the question; said
he would have to see his attorneys,
and made a plea that he was so nery-
GUS that he did not want to tax. ne
promised to write out a statement,
however.
says II Was BIsckmail.
.It.s blackmaill' shouted Gibbs
when the BENEFITS called on MIN
after hearing the Miss Shaw's story.
II know this Shaw woman. She has
been trying to get money from me.
The BENEFITS believed him, but
next day the accusing woman reap
peared and repeated her story to
Mrs. Bennett. On Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Bennett went to White Plains.
There she learned that the mysteri-
Gus woman's story about Gibbs's
marriage was absolutely true. she
met the first Mrs. Gibbs and saw her
marriage certificate. Then Schnepel
showed Gibbs's alleged criminal
record.
That is some other Gibbs the
49, = -. a-.t1+al txrIaon Mrg Rpnz
nett went to him Sunday night. 1
know him and will s~traighten this
out this week. Delaphine and | are
going to Syracuse tomorrow, where l
have business to transact"
Monday morning Gibbs and the
girl who believed herself to be his
wife left Newark. Her confidence in
him was mistaken. She telegraphed
that she and Gibbs would arrive in
Newark at 1890 yesterday morning.
They did not arrive.
The first Mrs. Gibbs could not be
seen yesterday when a reporter called
ut her home in White Plains, but the
Schnepels talked freely.
The marriage records will show"
began Mrs. Schnepel, that my sister
and Gibbs we're married at our home
in West 12Sth street on June 30, 1906.
After a while they moved to Bridge
ton. where Gibbs was superintending
the construction of a lighthouse"
1T was there that my sister-in-law
a forced to leave Gibbs, when she
learned he was ar ex-convict,' said
Schnepel. This information came to
her following his arrest in Bridgeton
for padding payrolls. He was indict-
ed, jumped his bail and went to Ohio.
There he was arrested and convicted.
He somehow raised $1,000. the amount
of his fine, and was freed.
"Gibbs's criminal history began
when he was only IL years old. He
was arrested for stealing a pocket
book in Oneonta. N. Y.
Next he stole a travelling bag in
Onondago, and served three months.
In December, 1896. he held up his
uncle, Sylvester Campbell, at Atlanta,
N. Y, and robbed him of about $500.
He escaped and fed to Kansas City
with a Rochester girl. There he was
arrested.
I'm January, 1898. he was SEN
fenced to thirteen years.
Through friends Gibbs got Senator
Kelsey interested in him n the gov
ernor paroled him.
my sister-in-law has engaged coun-
qel 10 divorce Gibbs"