Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-03-12

Through the maze of strange cir
cumstances surrounding the case OF
Virginius ]. Mayo, the New Haven
manufacturer, who is supposed to
have had at least four wives, comes
a romantic story of how the present
wife of Mayo is former Newark
young woman. She is said to be a
member of prominent NeWarR
family that has been identified for
years with the industrial life OF the
CITY. The case of MaYo himselI is
remarkable and was brought to ngn'
recently when his stenographer. Lii
Nan Cook. was found dead, having
committed suicide in order TO ayolo
q family disgrace.
Mrs. Virginius Mayo, as she is
known in New Haven, Is now declared
to be the former Miss Wilhelmina
Meyer, of the Twelfth ward, this city.
She Is said to have been an unusually
pretty girl who disappeared from here
at least ten years ago. She Is well
remembered as Minnie" Meyer by
many persons in the neighborhood OF
heraformer home at Ferry and Maga-
zine streets. Her father is now SAID
10 be living in West Caldwell. having
remarked after the death Of his first
wife
One of the unusual features of the
story connecting Mayo with this city
is the statement that the Meyer girl
money from her grandmother, who
lived here. 1t is this.~--money
that Is said to have caused
money that is said to have caused
Mayo to become a man OF wealth.
The girl is said to have turned her
inheritance over to him at the time
thew were married in Brooklyn. This
investment is said to have formed the
foundation for the company of which
Mayo is now the head and In which
he has been very prosperous.
Minnie Meyer was niece OF the
late Christian Stengel, one of the
founders of the leather firm of STEM
gel & Rothchi1d, located on Kossuth
street. Mr. Stengel was a survivor OF
the Titanic disaster. c. Alfred Stem
gel. the present superintendent of the
Stengel & Rothchild plant, is a first
cousin of Minnie Meyer. now said to
be Mrs Mayo. When seen today by a
representative of the vening Star, Mr.
Stengel refused absolutely to discuss
the case. He was asked II he was
related to her or II he knew her.
'I have nothing to say about her"
ne replied "Shes no credit to me.
If you desire any information from
her. go to New Haven and you can
get 1t first hand"
Pressed for further information
concerning minnie Meyer. Mr..
Stengel became perturbed and closed
the interview by again referring the
interviewer to eNw Haven, where,
he said, she might be located. He
would not say that his cousin, Minnie
Meyer, was Mrs. Mayo. Neither
would he deny it.
Some of the old residents in the
Down-Neck section Of the city yes
terday asserted that Minnie Meyer
was exceptionally pretty with large,
blue eyes and light, wavy hair, OF
medium height, and slender Neigh
bors also say they remember some
trouble that followed when Minnie
refused to discontinue receiving the
attentions of Mayo Her father Is
said to have objected to difference In
their ages. The climax Of the trouble
is said to have come when Minnie
told her father that she was going
to marry Mayo. He said II she did
ne would disown her. The girl was
determined, and she is said to have
left home and gone to Brooklyn with
Mayo, where they were married.
Search is being made today of the
marriage records in Brooklyn In the
expectation of learning the date upon
which the couple was married The
exact date is not known 1t is thought
they were married about 1902.
Some time before her marriage to
MAYO the former Miss Meyer Is said
to have inherited considerable money
from her grandmother, Mrs. Stengel
of this city. 1t was with this lega cy
that Minnie was able to five flnan-
cial assistance to her fiancee.
True to his word, Meyer, father OF
Mrs. Mayo, left the city Immediately
after the marriage Of his daughter,
and the two went to Caldwell, where
they have resided eversi nee. Friends
say Meyer has not spoken to his
daughter since she was married, nor
has he been in communication with
her.
William Meyer, of West Caldwell,
who is said to have been a former
resident of Newark, was asked by
a representative of the Evening Star
yesterday if he had daughter by
the name of Wilhelmina. He said he
had three daughters, that two were
married, and that another is now
going to school. Further than this
he declined to talk
Nr. Meyers present wife is his
second His first wife, said to be the
mother of the New Haven woman,
Nas been dead years. The maiden
name of the present Mrs. Meyer is
Seib, and she is said to have a mar
ried sister residing In Irvington.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March H.
Six women were today engulfed in
che trial of heart affairs of Virginius
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