The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-02

she refused TO sign they Called n ueteC-
tive and accused her OF assault.
Soon after Mrs. Stegler was freed her
husband and two others. Richard Mad
den and Gustav Cook. were indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury IN charges of
to defraud the United States
in the passport matter. They were ar
raigncd before Judge Neterer in the
United States Dist riot Court and pleaded
not guilty. They have a short time in
which to decide whether they will
change their pleas or stand trial. Steg-
ler's case will not come up again until
March 10.
MARRIAGE License Disparity.
Atlanta dispatches which represented
Mrs. Stegler's father rs saying that she
was married to Harry Dot,enheim Of
so Riverside Drive-which both Mrs.
Stegler and Dottenheim have denied-led
10 the resurrection of the marriage
license taken u by Stegler and An
nette Pope on December : las. In this
Mrs. Stegler swore that she was about
TO he married FOR the first time. Asked
about his yesterday she said that she
didn't recall the circumstances and that
1t must have been n clerical error.
Late yesterday Mrs, Steglcr. at the
office Of her husbands attorney, Charles
II. Griiiiths. . Rector street. told her
story OF Sunday nights proceedings.
She says she first met Anna Hon man,
who was with her on sunday night. In
November last at a Doctors office. She
saw her again on sunday and Miss Hon-
man suggested going out in the evening
with a man friend OF hers.
Mrs. Stegler says she demurred but
tina Miss Hoffman said the friend knew
nothing about the story of Stegler's ar
rest. 80 they walked out together and
AT l27th street aud Seventh
Mrs. Stegler lives at 2S 81. Nicholas
Terrace-they met Sander. who had a
closed automobile waiting. A few min
utes later Sander picked w Mateikat.
introducing him as a friend. They all
drove through the park to a restaurant
at Jxty-sixth street and Columbus ave-
nue.. getting there about Q o'clock.
One Cocktail, She Says.
There, says Mrs. Stegler. she drank
one cocktail and the mel many more.
After 10 o'clock they drove IN round
about fashion to the Hotel Greuoble and
had a drink there. Mrs. Stegler says
she asked for ginger ale. She heard the
men talking and they spoke OF a friend
who had an apartment in the hotel. II
was decided TO 20 up n get him.
They were not shown UP, says Mrs
Stegler. but found the apartment. II
was empty. When she wanted to leave
she says the door was locked. Then,
she says. Sander threatened her. pulling
d newspaper from his pocket and re-
marking:
What's the use Of wasting any more
time" She asserts. he pointed TO her
picture and her husbands and to q
story about the passport fraud, say
ing:
: you're the patriotic citizen and
the beautiful Southern brunette. Now
that Ne have you here you will be a
ruined woman tomorrow unless you
sign a statement stating that the story
that Stegler has told is a lie"
Last Chance 10 Tell Truth.
Il said. 1t is not a lie and everything
that he has said Is the TRUTH" Mrs.
Stegler told her husbands lawyer. He
then called up OIL the telephone and
spoke in German, but before he got the
number he said This Is your last
chance now speak the truth. Now isn't
Stegler telling a lie? Isn't he telling a
lie?'
After speaking over the telephone
Sander said TO Mateikat Wen give
her another chance"
Mrs. Stegler says she appealed to Miss
Hoffman, who said ehe had been taken in
by all this too. Miss Hoffman went into
an adjoining room behind portisres. Then.
says Stegler's wife, tho two Germans
again demanded that she admit her hus-
band had He'd. She says Sander aid
Now this IL your last chance. ! sup
pose you know by now that we are from
Boy-Ed."
They continued TO call UP on the tele-
phone and talk In German. she says, al
ways prefacing their telephone calls
with the urging
NOV his is your chance say It
now
T~elephoned "a the Police.
Finally. she says, Sander told Mattel
kat:
I'VE can do anything with her She
has no sense and doesn't know when she
has friends. We a TO get you out Of
this, little girl. We want to free you
from this bum of a husband"
She paid no attention. Then they
spoke OF locking her up. To his she
says she was silent. One Of them tele-
phoned again. she says, this time to the
police. 4 detective came and Mrs. Steg-
Ter says hat JUST before his entrance
Sander grabbed a %seltxer bottle and put
II down In the fireplace and then put
his can across the table. When the de-
teCtive entered Sander said that Mrs
Steglor had Just thrown a settler bottle
at Matelkat and struck him with a cane.
Mrs. Stegler says the detective was re-
luctnnt to arrest her.
In the police court Matelkat and
Sander did not hesitate to say that
they had taken Mrs. Stegler to the hotel
IN the hope OF getting her To say that
her husband had lied in the passport
case. Mateikat testified that Sander
and Mrs, Stepier went into n room adj
joining one where he was sitting with
Miss Hoffman. Three hours later, he
swore, Sander gave him a prearranged
signal and h" entered their room to
aud Mrs. Stegler undressed, ON a table
lay an afidavit repud!ating her hus-
bands story and her own statements In
his support, Mateikat testified. After
a few words, he said. Mrs. Stegler be-
'ama hystoriCal, threw the settler bottle
al hin and struck him on the head with
his silver headed cane.
Detective O'Connell OF the Second