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Brooklyn Union Newspaper
15 June 1876
SURROGATE'S COURT, BEFORE HON. WM.D. VEEDER
Wills approved--
Louisa KOHLER, of the city of Philadelphia, Penn.;
Caroline E. STANLEY (formerly Caroline E. PEARSON).
William C. BOOTH,
Mary BLYDENBURGH,
Ella A.CURTIS,
Mary FARRINGTON,
John Henry KASSENBROOK,
Peter MURPHY,
Wesley H. POTTS,
Mary REYNOLDS,
Frederick RANG,
Herman SUHR,
Philip SPERSCHNEIDER,
Daniel D. BRIGGS,
Amelia CRAMER,
Nicholas DUGGAN
Catherine MCCORMACK, all of the city of Brooklyn;
Emma PAINTER, of the county of Hudson, N.J.
Letters of Administration were granted on the estates of the
following-named deceased persons, viz.:
George KNEELAND,
James WELSH,
John RITCHEY,
Mary NEVINS,
Darius D. JACKSON,
Henry C. SCHMIDT,
Patrick F. TRAVERS,
Enrique L. BECERRA,
Jane R. BARTON,
Frederick MYREK,
Henry SMITH,
Caroline WENZ,
Thomas MCAULEY, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of Guardianship of the estates
of Kate L. DOUGLAS, Walter DOUGLAS, & Maria J. DOUGLAS were granted to Robert DOUGLAS;
of Emily J. PESINGER, Josephine PESINGER, George W. PESINGER, JR. & Florence C.
PESINGER to George W. PESINGER;
of Daniel S. BRESLIN to James H. WHEATLEY;
of Emma C. HEYBERGER & Blanche L. HEYBERGER to Emma C.HEYBERGER;
of DeWitt C. PETERS & William T. PETERS to Xenophon STOUTENBOROUGH,
all of the city of Brooklyn.
1 July 1876
THE COURTS
Surrogate's Court, Before Hon. Wm.D. Veeder.
Wills Proved--
Samuel HUTCHINSON
Conradina W. STRUBEN
Seaman Van NOSTRAND, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of administration were granted on the estates of the following
named deceased persons viz;
Margaret LYNSLAGER of the town of New Lots;
Emma M. McVEAN, of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana
Margaret WilliamS
William COOK
Virginia TWEED
Elizabeth Von den WYNGAND,
John K. SMITH
Franklin B. WHITSON
Ann ALEXANDER
William M. ANDERSON
William M.STONE
Adam HILL all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the estate :
of Mary V. V. GILMORE & Charles R. GILMORE were granted to Lyman R. HOPKINS,
of Mary Ann PRICE to Thomas PRICE, all of the city of Brooklyn;
of Amillia LOHMILLER to Stanislaus LOHMILLER, of the town of New lots.
1 July 1876
August W. FRIESE,aged twenty -two, of 315 Second st,James MURRAY,aged
nineteen, no residence; & Robert ABERNOTHY,alias Henry WilliamSON, aged
nineteen, of 29 Meserole st., E.D., entered by means of the fanlight, the
liquor store of Anthony MEYER, corner of Broadway & Second st, E.D., on
the night of the 29th, & stole $7 from the drawer, were arrested by
Detective Short, & committed for examination. ABERNOTHY is an old offender.
3 July 1876
The Courts of Sessions Grand Jury
The following named Grand Jury were impanelled this morning in the
Court of Sessions:
A.B.BARNES,foreman,
Leonard CRONK,
James B.UNDERHILL,
Moses B. DECKER,
Thomas H. BINDS,
Henry C. MEAD,
J.C. MOUNT,
Jacob HORNER,
Ethel HUMBERT,
H.K. HAYDEN,
John BARBER,
George MONROE,
Herbert BURROWS,
John C. GRANGER,
Jacob COLE,
Benjamin L. PARKER,
John HAUPT,
Abraham JohnSON,
James P.MILLER.
The jury were discharged until Thursday morning.
8 July 1876
Surrogate's Court, Before Hon. Wm. D. VEEDER
Letters of administration, with the will an nexed,were
granted on the estate of :
Seaman Van NOSTRAND, of the city of Brooklyn, deceased.
Letters of administration were granted in the estates of the following named
deceased persons, viz:
Joseph SCHIFERS,
Doreass IRVING
John G. SCHMIDT
Patrick CORBETT
Phebe A. WEEKS
Laura S STUART
Patrick FERN
Kate A. GRAY
George MITCHELL
William HARNER
Thomas GLEAVY
Catherine McMAHON of the city of Brooklyn.
Notice- the Surrogate will be in attendance & hold court on July 11 and
12, for the hearing of all contested cases & proving of wills.
Application for letters of administration & letters of guardianship
may be made on any day except Saturday. Judah B. Voorhees, (Chief Clerk)
22 July 1876
DIVORCE SUIT BROUGHT
Charles STERINGER & Frederica STERINGER, he a stone cutter, has been
in bad health for a year or two, & during a portion of that time has
been in Europe. They were married in 1863 & have 11 children, of whom
the plaintiff says only 3 are living, but defendant swears there are 4,
the youngest is 8 months. The complaint of the husband alleges Mrs
STERINGER is an adulteress in 1872 & 1873 with one George BAUER, and
the legal papers of the plaintiff's counsel, Charles W. VOLTZ, includes
alleged copies of translated letters from BAUER, which are unfit for
publication. Mrs STERINGER formerly resided at 128 Meserole street and
now lived in NY. Mr STERINGER lives with his brother in Graham
avenue. Judge NEILSON to (check) the papers & reserve decision.
LIMITED DIVORCE
N.P. O'BRIEN was to-day appointed by Judge NEILSON a referee, to take
testimony in the suit of Mrs Johannette VOLTZ against Charles VOLTZ, an
action for limited divorce. Mrs VOLTZ lives in Ewen street, E.D.
SURROGATE'S COURT, BEFORE HON. WM. D. VEEDER
Wills proved: Mary THOMPSON, of the city of Brooklyn
Letters of Administration were granted on the estates of the
following-named deceased persons:
Michael KEARNEY
Mary HOLMES
Kate HYLAND
William CRUMBIE
Sarah ROWEN
Catherine LYNCH (formerly Catherine COFFEE)
Sarah BYRNE
Barbara SCHOEMAKER
Jacobina ULM
Maria J. SEAMAN (known as Josepha FLEISCH)
Mary James
Anna VALENTINE
Thomas J. MEANEY
Daniel K. SMITH
Jane TILBY
Christian GERNARD
Ann SPEAR
James GIBBS, all of the city of Brooklyn
Letters of Guardianship of the persons & estate of:
Mary Ann KEARNEY, were granted to Dennis KEARNEY;
Marie L.HOLT to Estelle B. HOLT;
James H. WOODS & Elizabeth J. WOODS to William HAYS;
Catharina M. WIND to Catherine WIND;
Elizabeth KOEHLER to John G. KOEHLER, all of the County of Kings.
24 July 1876
SUSPICION OF MURDER
A Laborer Arrested on a Charge of Killing His Wife-The Rusult of a Quarrel
Detectives HOLLAND & SHORT, of the Fifth Precinct, this morning
arrested Patrick TEEVANS, a laborer, living at 274 Third street, E.D.,
on a suspicion of having killed his wife, & he is no locked up in the
Fifth Precinct Station-house, subject to the order of Coroner NOLAN.
FROM ADULTERY TO DIVORCE
Louisa E. NILSON sues her husband Jacob P. NILSON, of 446 Decatur
street, in the City Court, for divorce, for alleged cruel & inhuman
treatment & adultery. They have had two children, both of whom are
dead. To-day she moved before Judge NEILSON for alimon & counsel fee,
and the Court granted her $3 a week & $40 counsel fee pending the trial.
STILL ANOTHER DIVORCE
The family quarrel of Michael FLOOD & his wife, Mary Jane, were still
further ventilated to-day on the application of Mary Jane for alimony
and counsel fee pending the trial of the case. About a year or so ago
Mrs FLOOD asked for a limited divorce, & Michael reponded by a cross
action for an absolute divorce; but both actions were amicably settled,
and the parties went to live together again, & so continued until a
fresh outbreak of temper occurred, & the suits were renewed. FLOOD is
a wealthy truckman & lived on his own property in Wycoff street. The
application was made to Judge NEILSON in the City Court, & he granted
her $10 a week alimony & $100 counsel fee.
A CROSS DIVORCE SUIT
Application for alimony & counsel fee was made to Justice BARNARD in
the Supreme Court, to-day, on behalf of Barbara BRUNNER in her divorce
suit against Charles BRUNNER, her husband. There are two suits, both
for absolute divorce on the ground of adultery. The husband is a
Washington Market butcher of considerable means, & resides at No. 129
Union avenue, in this city, while the wife now lives with her mother,
who keeps a boarding house at No. 517 East Twelfth street, New York.
The affidavits on both sides tell a story of infidelity not fit to be
repeated in detail.
The Court denied the motion without costs, & said that if she were
wronged thereby ample reparation would hereafter be made. The husband
admitted the alleged adultery on his part, but said that it had been condoned.
28 July 1876
DIVORCE SUIT
M.A. BUSH began a suit for absolute divorce from his wife, Antoinette
C., in Supreme Court.
31 July 1876
SURROGATE'S COURT, BEFORE HON. WM. D. VEEDER
Wills Proved:
Sarah E. CARPENTER
Samuel T. JohnSON
Ira PEREGO
all of the city of Brooklyn
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATIONS were granted on the estates of the following
named deceased persons:
Ann LAKE, of the town of Gravesend;
Charles Lawrence
Eliza J.BELL
John N. SCHENCK
Almira A. MOLINEAUX
William MERK [MORK?]
Thomas FARRELL
Maria REID
Annie S. DAVIES
Frank WilliamSON
all of the city of Brooklyn
LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP of the estate of:
Jacob MERK were granted to Frederick BUCKARD
John KEARNEY & Cornelius F. KEARNEY to Daniel J. LYNCH
Mary Elizabeth BROOKS to Jane BROOKS
Annie V.P. TALMAGE to Isabella W. TALMAGE
all of the County of Kings.
WHY HE DIDN'T PAY ALIMONY
In the case of Noyes T. PALMER against Rachel T. PALMER for absolute
divorce, on the ground of adultery, plaintiff has not paid the alimony
ordered by the Court, & an order to show cause why he should not be
punished for contempt was issued. He counsel, General I.S.CATLIN,
applied to Judge REYNOLDS, on Saturday, to set aside the order, & said
he had a number of affidavits showing that the woman was guilty, & was
undeserving of alimony. On the papers presented the Court reserved its decision.
COUNSEL FEE AND ALIMONY
In the action for absolute divorce brought by Charles STERINGER against
Fredericka STERINGER, Judge NEILSON has granted an order referring the
matter to George I. MURPHY to hear & determine & report upon. The
plaintiff is directed to pay fifty dollars to defandant's counsel on
demand & the defendant is to have three dollars a week alimony pending
this action. C.W. VOLTZ, for plaintiff; DAILEY & PERRY for defendants.
1 August 1876
THE PALMER DIVORCE CASE.
Noyes F. PALMER, a superintendent of Maple Grove Cemetery, near East New
York, in January, 1875 began an action for absolute divorce against Rachel T.
PALMER. They were married in this city in September, 1866, & had two
children, a little boy, eight years old, a little girl aged five. Mrs PALMER
is charged in plaintiff's complaint with adulteries with Samuel W. GORHAM,
formerly a resident of No. 162 South Eighth street, at the Neptune House,
Rockaway, the Bay View House, Canarsie, & the Revere House, New York, on
specitied dates in 1874. The complaint describes the defendant as having
absented herself from her home to attend theatres, & matinees, & to visit
parks, sometimes remaining away all night. On one occasion, while
promenading with her paramour, & on another while at the Union Square
Theatre with him, it is alleged that the defendant was assaulted by Mrs
GORHAM. The only defence is that the plaintiff committed adultery at a house
in Water street, New York, in June, 1874. Judge MCCUE, last week, granted an
order of attachment against the plaintiff requiring him to show cause why he
should not be imprisoned for contempt of Court in not paying $650 of accrued
alimony at $7.50 a week & counsel fee of $75.
This morning before Judge NEILSON, Gen. I. S. CATLIN, counsel for the
plaintiff, made an application to set aside the order of attachment on the
ground that he was unable to pay, & that the proofs of the defendant's
infidelity were overwhelming. A number of affidavits & quotations from
inculpatory letters from Mrs PALMER were read in support of the application.
After hearing the arguments of counsel Judge NEILSON granted an order staying
all proceedings of the order directing the payment of alimony & counsel fee
and for contempt, on condition that the plaintiff pay $7 a week from Saturday
last until the Trial Term in September, & that before the plaintiff is at
liberty to move the case for trial he shall pay the counsel fee already directed.
SETTLEMENT OF REESE DIVORCE CASE
In the action for absolute divorce brought by Charlotte REESE against
Frederick REESE, a well known dentist in the Eastern District, Judge NEILSON
has granted a decree on the findings & report of Alexander T. CARPENTER,
referee, accompanied with the following conditions: The defendant shall pay
Mrs REESE $500 a year from date, in quarterly installments, during her life.
This is to be secured by bond & mortgage. The defendant also pays the
plaintiff's costs & disbursements amounting to $100, & $25 extra
allowance. The parties to the action were in Court this morning accompanied
by counsel, completing the provisions of settlement.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
Eliza POST bought a pint of beer at Claus LIPSIUS' brewery on Bushwick
avenue, yesterday, but refusing to pay for it, he took it away, & in
revenge she kicked in his glass door. Officer HEISEHAFT arrested her, &
she cooled off in the station-house over night, when LIPSIUS not appearing
against her to-day, Justice GUCK discharged her.
SUPPOSED DROWNED MAN FOUND ALIVE.
On Sunday afternoon a man leaped or fell from the dock at the foot of North
Eighth street, who was supposed to be a young man named RICE, a clerk for
Lawyer H. B. DAVIS, of fourth street, near Grand. Mr DAVIS, placing some
value on his assistant, had the river diligently dragged all day yesterday,
and the young man was finally found - at the corner of North Second & Ninth
street, not dead, but in a learned argument with a lamp-post.
ON FOOT TO PHILADELPHIA
Captains George GIEHL & Wm. HEERDT, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment, &
Joseph KRAMER, civilian, started at 3 P.M. yesterday to walk to Philadelphia,
to visit the Centennial Exhibition. Hugo SCHWAB (240 pounds) & Wm. EISNER,
who made up the quartette, "withdrew" themselves from the contest. The
plucky trio expect to reach their destination in three days.
4 August 1876
MARRIAGE OF A NEW YORK MERCHANT
Mr G. G. VAN HORN, of the firm of J. W. VAN HORN & Bro., was married
in the city of New York on Saturday last to Miss Ella J. HULING, &
left with his bride for Virginia to spend their honeymoon in traveling
through West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee & Ohio. Mr VAN HORN was
born at Mount Gilead, Ohio, in 1852, & although young in years, has
had eleven years of active business life, having entered a hardware
store at thirteen years of age. At eighteen he commenced business
for himself. With industry & enterprise rarely equalled, he has
acquired a competency. His firm are among the leading lumber
merchants of New York City.
SHORT HONEYMOON OF AN EASTERN DISTRICT COUPLE
Motion was made before Judge REYNOLDS in the city court yesterday, by C. W.
VOLZ, counsel for the plaintiff, for counsel fee & alimony for his client,
pending the trial of an action for absolute divorce brought by Mrs Emma
LEVASIER against Lewis LEVASIER. With consent of defendant's counsel, J. C.
MEINZER, Judge REYNOLDS appointed ex-Judge DAILY as referee to hear &
determine, & also to decide upon the alimony & counsel fee. Mrs
LEVASIER was formerly Miss HUPPELSBERG, the daughter of a lace & braid
manufacturer in Meserole street, E. D. When about seventeen years old, she
met LEVASIER, & after a short acquaintance was privately married to him
April 4, 1875, by Rev. John NEANDER, pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church
in Stagg street, E. D. It was considered polite for the bride to return to
the house of her parents, LEVASIER proposing to provide a home for her. when
she went home & told her parents of her marriage there was a strong
expression of amazement & indignation, her father forbidding her from
leaving the house. LEVASIER was denied admission, & in a few days it
appears that Mrs LEVASIER was quite in accord with the views of her father
and mother & did not want to return to her husband. LEVASIER attributed
the short-lived affection of his wife to the malign influence of one of his
enemies. He procured a writ of habeas corpus, & when return was made
before, Judge McCUE, it transpired that Mrs LEVASIER preferred to live with
her parents, & the writ was dismissed. The father of Mrs LEVASIER brought
a suit to set aside the marriage as fraudulent, but the proof was deemed
insufficient, & the action was unsuccessful. Then suit was brought against
LEVASIER for absolute divorce, on ground of adultery with Miss Kate
SCHROEDER, who resides at 150 Johnson street. LEVASIER is twenty-four years
old, & lives at 55 Meserole street, E. D., with his parents. He is a
prominent member of the German Turn Verein, in the Sixteenth Ward.
SURROGATE'S COURT, BEFORE HON. WM. D. VEEDER
Letters of administration were granted on the estates of the following named
deceased persons, via:
Maria WILCOX,
Margaret FOGERTY,
Wm. MAGUIRE,
Otto LEIZ,
Michael HORAN,
Wm. E. BLEECKER,
Patrick McGREEVRY,
Coleman BARTON,
Emelice MALCOLM,
Edward F. McLAUGHLIN, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the estate of
Elizabeth Ann KERWIN were granted to James McMAHON;
of Alfred E. BARLOW, Cyrus BARLOW, Mira BARLOW,
Mary E. BARLOW,& Lincoln BARLOW to John BARLOW;
of Jacob STELLWAGEN, Henry STELLWAGEN, John W. STELLWAGEN,
Catherine STELLWAGEN, Anna M. STELLWAGEN, William STELLWAGEN, Charles STELLWAGEN,
and George STELLWAGEN were granted to William STELLWAGEN;
of Mary MURPHY, Edward MURPHY, & Catherine MURPHY to James MURPHY, their father,
....all of the city of Brooklyn.
ADMITTED TO BAIL
Miss Jenny DELANY, formerly employed s a servant in a family residing in
Fortieth street, in this city, was arrested a few days ago in the charge of
infanticide. In default of $1,500 bail she has been in Raymond Street jail.
She was admitted to bail to-day by Judge REYNOLDS. Baldwin F. STRAUSS
appeared for the prisoner.
A SUITE TO SEPARATE FROM AN ALLGED BIGAMIST
An order of arrest was granted yesterday by Judge REYNOLDS in the City Court,
against Simon WALTHERS, upon the suite of Maria WALTHERS, who was married to
the defendant in February, 1874, & went to live with him at 156 Throop
avenue. One child has been born to them. Within a few days Mrs WALTHERS
has received satisfactory proof that she was grossly imposed upon, WALTHERS
having a wife & three sons in Lorach, Baden, Germany.
Mrs WALTHERS, through her counsel, N. P. O'BRIEN, has begun a suit to annul
the marriage, to legitimatize her child, & for damages. WALTHERS, it is
stated, has considerable personal property in this country but his real
estate is in Germany.
WEISSENBERGER'S BAD DOG
Little Peter BRENNESSEL, aged eight years, lives with his father, Joseph
BRENNESSEL, at 547 Broadway, E. D., & some months ago was on his way to the
baker's in the neighborhood, when he was severely bitten by a dog owned by
Jacob WEISSENBERGER, who lives at 14 Graham avenue, a short distance from
BRENNESSEL's. It seems that WEISSENBERGER was intoxicated, & his peculiar
method of driving a horse through the avenue, together with his inebriated
manner, attracted a crowd about him. This made him angry, & so he "set"
the family dog on them. The dog without any judgment whatever selected this
young & tender boy, Peter, who was innocently passing by, & proceeded to
lunch on one of his legs. The result was twenty-six days of doctoring &
nursing, at an expense of $76.50. Mr BRENNESSEL, as guardian, sometime
since begun an action to recover from the unfortunate WEISSENBERGER $1,000 as
damages. A separate action was instituted to recover actual expenses for
medical attendance. The case came up this morning before Judge REYNOLDS.
The defendant putting in no appearance a default was taken for the judgment,
and costs amounting to $107.78
FOLEY ADMITTED TO BAIL
John E. FOLEY, whose deceased father is said to have left $50,000, acquired
as a contractor in this city, has been in jail on a charge of stealing a
watch worth $75 from P. H. McLAUGHLIN in Myrtle Avenue Park, on the 27th of
July last. This morning he was admitted to bail in $2,000, his sureties
being his mother, Mrs Ann FOLEY, who resides at 399 Kosciusko street & Mr
Gerald FARRELL who lives at 95 Union avenue, E. D.
9 August 1876
DIVORCE DECREE
Justice PRATT, of supreme court, yesterday granted a decree in the suit of
Marie Antornett BOSH against Allen C. for absolute divorce. The plaintiff
resides at the corner of New York avenue & Dean street.
12 August 1876
SURROGATE'S COURT, BEFORE HON. WM. D. VEEDER
Wills proved -
William W. DENYSE, of the town of New Utrecht
Deborah C. BECAR
Bernard CONWAY
Cornelia S. DOW
Christa GORE
Joseph HASSLACHER
E. Nelson JARVIS
August KANASS
Louis LEIMBACH
Henry MEYER
Pierre A. MAYOR
Sarah O'NEIL
William RobertS
Eliza ROME
Maria A. SOUTHART
Daniel ST. AMANT
Michael SMITH
Mathias SCHUSTER
Jarvis I. SMITH
Sarah D. SHEPHERD
Margaret WALKER
Elizabeth WIEST
Martha M. ?OUNG and
George RHIND, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of administration were granted in the estates of the following
named deceased persons, viz:
John W. MOULTON
John W. EINHAUS
Elizabeth WilliamSON
William BROOKS
Ann PHELAN
Michael LENNON
Louisa MENTRUP
William McLAUGHLIN
John CAMPBELL
Phebe DEAN and
Margaret HART, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the estate of
Mary Elizabeth JANSEAN were granted to William MACBURNIE & Marston NILES;
Anthony McNAMARA to Thomas GALLAGHER
Maria L. DeVALIN & Ellen A. DeVALIN to William E. CRANE
John G. CAMPBELL, Anna Elizabeth CAMPBELL & Caroline F. CAMPBELL to
Ann b. CAMPBELL, their mother, all of the city of Brooklyn
14 August 1876
FLEIG VS. FLEIG
The reference in the limited divorce case of Rosina FLEIG vs. Beatus FLEIG
has reported in favor of defendant's paying $8 a week to the plaintiff
and such counsel fee as the Court may determine. Application was made
to Justice Bernard to-day to confirm the report. Decision reserved.
15 August 1876
SENT UP FOR THIRTY DAYS
Henry TITMAN, or TALMAN, accused by Christopher FRANCKS, No. 33 North Elliott place,
with stabbing him in a quarrel over some matter connected with the internal
arrangements of the tenement where both lived, was yesterday, sent to the
penitentiary for thirty days by Justice RILEY
ESCAPED PRISONER REARRESTED
Thomas DADY, aged fourteen, of ? Vanderbilt avenue, who was sentenced
recently to the Catholic Protectory by Justice RILEY, but escaped from
that institution, was rearrested last night by Detective, PRICE, & will
be returned to the Protectory.
16 August 1876
THE WHITE DIVORCE CASE - DECREE FOR THE PLAINTIFF
The suit for absolute divorce brought by Lily M. WHITE against Wm. WHITE has
resulted in the confirmation by Justice PRATT of the report of ex-Judge S. D. MORRIS,
referee, in favor of the plaintiff. The WHITEs resided in Lee, near Division avenue,
and have one child. The infidelities of the husband, as alleged in the complaint,
were with two sisters named COYLE, whom he met at a cam meeting in Sea Cliff.
The defendant's answer was a general denial. He has about $10,000 which is in
the hands of ex-Judge THOMPSON, as trustee, who has been enjoined pending the
result of this suit from transferring it. The plaintiff is poor. I. S. CATLIN
for plaintiff, J. WERNBERG for defendant.
Justice PRATT's decision & opinion is as follows:
WHITE vs WHITE. In this case the proof is not free from doubt & suspicion,
but the learned referee seems to have believed the testimony of plaintiff's witnesses.
He saw them upon their examinations, & heard all the testimony given to discredit them.
It is clear that PROVO & MILLER are both guilty of perjury if the defendant
is not guilty of adultery. The testimony cannot be reconciled upon any theory
of mistaken identity.
It is much more reasonable to hold under all the circumstances that the defendant
is guilty of adultery than that two witnesses have committed willful perjury.
I am therefore constrained to find the allegations of the complaint are
sufficiently proved to justify a decree for divorce. The question of costs
and alimony is reserved until settlement of decree
JACOB TREFZ SEEKING A DIVORCE
Counsellor Chas. A QUITZOW is conducting an action for absolute divorce begun by
Jacob TREFZ, of 221 Navy street, against Catherine, his wife, who is charged
with repeated acts of marital infidelity. The parties were married August 15, 1871.
A DIVORCE FOR Charles STERINGER
George I. MURPHY, referee in the suit for absolute divorce brought by
Charles STERINGER against Frederika STERINGER, has rendered a report in favor
of the plaintiff. Mr STERINGER is a butcher, residing at 153 Graham avenue, E. D.,
and his wife lives in New York.
19 August 1876
THE GALLAGHER DIVORCE
Alimony & counsel fee were asked for from Judge REYNOLDS this morning
for Catarine GALLAGHER, pending her action for limited divorce against
Patrick GALLAGHER, who is an undertaker, residing at No 88 India street, Greenpoint.
The principal facts in the case have already been published in the Union.
They reveal a very unhappy & disgusting record of domestic life.
Counsellor SHORTER opposed the motion, alleging that there were not facts
sufficient for the plaintiff to be successful in her action & that she
was not therefore, entitled to alimony. The case was adjourned until the
26th to enable the plaintiff's counsel, ex Judge DAILY, to prepare some
new affidavits.
SURROGATE'S COURT - BEFORE HON. William D. VEEDER
Letters of administration were granted on the estates of the
following named deceased persons, viz:
John STERLING
Abraham B. HAYNES
Elizabeth GREGORY
Hugh B. GARDINER
Mary E. GARDINER
Obed F. WENTWORTH and
Gustav KEHR, all of the City of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the estate of
Louisa A. CORSA, John H. CORSA, & James D. CORSA were granted to the
Brooklyn Trust Company;
of Catherine KUNZLAR to George H. FISHER, all of the City of Brooklyn
OSWALD MILLER'S DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
Application was made to-day to Judge REYNOLDS in the City Court,
by J. WERNBERG, for counsel fee & alimony, in the action of
Oswald MILLER vs. Margaret MILLER, a suit for absolute divorce.
The husband's complaint alleges the criminal intimacy of the
defendant with Alfred HORTON, a livery stable keeper of 14 Nevins street,
and Dr. H. McMANUS. The defendant's counsel presents the affidavits of
both of these men, positively denying the charges. Mr MILLER is a
tinsmith, living at 497 Hudson avenue. He married his wife in 1871
and two little girls, aged four & two, have been born to them.
The elder resides with her father, & the younger with her mother,
at 202 Flatbush avenue. The Court granted $50 counsel fee, &
$5 a week alimony. A referee is to be appointed next week.
26 August 1876
SURROGATE'S COURT - BEFORE HON. William D. VEEDER
Wills Proved:
Mary Ann McCONNELL, of the town of New Lots
Ann McCARTHY of the town of New Utrecht
Frederick Skinrich ROSE
Elizabeth MILLER
Louise Ernestine BODON
John DORIAN
John GANNING
James GIBSON
Edward HARVEY
John DAMERE
John Adam SCHMIDT
Francis TRYON
Chauncy A. WATERBURY
Simon WAGENHAUSER
Jane McBRAU
Anna JohnSON and
Thomas WilliamS, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of administration were granted on the estates of the following
named deceased persons, viz:
Mary HAFFNER
Elizabeth BRYDON
Elizabeth ETTING
James H. CRYGIER
Jeremiah DESMOND
Henry D. SHAROL
Annie CRAFTS
Luke DUNN, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the person & estate of:
Eliza HAFLER were granted to Anthony TIMMES of the town of Newtown, Queens County, LI
Emma GAUL & Anna GAUL to Charles MANN of the city of Brooklyn
Emerson T. FOOTE to Edward Y. FOOTE, of the city of New Haven, Conn
Gottfield KESSLER, Hanna KESSLER, & Catherine M. KESSLER to Susannah KESSLER,
all of the city of Brooklyn
8 September 1876
Alleged Reckless Driving
Patrick DEVLIN, a boy of about 15 years old, was arraigned before Justice MORSE,
this morning, charged with carelessly & recklessly driving a horse over
Tilly LONG, ten years of age, breaking one of her legs. The complaint was
made by James LENEHAN, who witnessed the accident, which occurred on the 1st instant.
Paul HARMON, of 75 Fourth avenue, testified that the accused was on horseback
at the time & "going at a pretty good gait;" the accused stopped his horse
as soon as he struck the child & then rode off.
Edward MANN, of 440 Baltic street, testified that he arrived upon the scene
as the child was being picked up.
Patrick DEVLIN, the accused, testified that he resided at No. 118 State street,
and worked at Robinson's Stable; when the accident occured he was exercising
a horse at moderate gait; his attention was attracted by a crowd; hearing a
noise, he looked down & seeing the child under the horse, stopped, picked
her up & carried her to her mother.
The injured child being unable to appear, Justice MORSE adjourned
further examination until the 15th instant.
The SAVAGE Divorce Case
Lorenzo D. SAVAGE, is a night watchman who has had three wives at different
periods of his existence. After being twice a widower, he at the age of
about sixty, in February 1875, married a third wife. Within forty-eight
hours after his father's marriage, Lorenzo D. SAVAGE, JR., swears that his
stepmother came to him with a criminal proposition which was accepted.
The husband became suspicious, & afterwards ascertained that his wife
had also been criminally intimate with one Charles H. WILDER, within one
month of their marriage. He instituted proceedings for absolute divorce,
and the case came up for trial to-day before Judge McCUE. The son &
Mr WILDER testified in positive terms & to the entire satisfaction of
SAVAGE, SR. The decree was granted.
A Terribly Troublesome Client.
Counsellor J. Hudson MORSE was in an unhappy frame of mind this morning when
he applied to Judge McCUE to be relieved from the order of the Court making
him the receiver of the alimony of $2 a week awarded to Mrs Mary M. CLINCH,
who obtained a decree of limited divorce some time ago from Thomas CLINCH.
Mrs CLINCH claims to be "the Irish Queen," & in an unfortunate hour
Mr MORSE became her counsel. After he became the custodian of her alimony
his lot was a hard one. The "Irish Queen" haunted his office, & in boisterous
wrath made unreasonable pecuniary demands, & most offensive reflections.
Her visits were unnecessarily frequent, & were more dreaded afflictions
than boils or the perils of diptheria & small-pox. Judge McCUE relieved
Mr MORSE of his incubus, & made a happy man of him. At the same time
he appointed Aury SNEDECOR, of the City Court, the receiver of Mrs CLINCH's
alimony, & that gentleman nervously awaits the onset
The Lambert Divorce.
Mrs M. LAMBERT has been granted in the Supreme Court a decree of limited
divorce on the ground of her husband's abandonment, from J. LAMBERT. The
parties reside in the Eastern District, & have three children. Mr LAMBERT
is employed at the Navy Yard.
11 September 1876
Oliver COTTER's Sunday Harvest
Oliver COTTER reported having yesterday detected the following
saloonkeepers violating the Excise Law, & says that their
cases will be presented to the Grand Jury:
Terence NUGENT, northwest corner Grand & Seventh streets.
John J. McENTEO, northeast corner Grand street & Union street.
High KIRK, southwest corner of Grand street & Union street
William KEATING, 252 Fourth street
James MURPHY, corner Grand & Third streets
Augustus SCHAEFER, 89 Grand street
Theodore SOHROBER, 287 Broadway
Henry SEBLITZ, northwest corner Graham avenue & Morse street
Ammo FRANKS, northwest corner Graham avenue & Boerum street
Henry BIEZEN, northwest corner of Graham avenue & Stagg street
John SCHRODER, 613 Broadway
Henry STRUM, 428 Grand street
John SERFIELD, 316 Myrtle avenue
R. H. KUGLER, Park & Portland avenues
George PETERS, corner of Flushing avenue & Camden street
Louis F. LISBER, JR., 159 Myrtle avenue.
The STARK Divorce
Mention has already been made in these columns of the action for absolute
divorce brought by John STARK against Margaret STARK. Application has
been made to the Supreme Court for counsel fee & alimony. This morning
application was made to Judge McCUE in the City Court by James W. RIDGWAY,
counsel for Margaret STARK, for alimony, & the appointment of a referee
in a cross action for imited divorce. The defendand is a produce dealer,
residing in Fourteenth street. His Honor reserved decision.
WIPPENHORST's Retirement
Mrs Emma WIPPENHORST, now trying to earn a living as a laundress in
Myrtle avenue, has brought action for limited divlrce, on the ground
of abandonment, against Charles A. WIPPENHORST. The plaintiff was a
widow with one child when the defendant married her, three years ago.
One child has since been born to them. Owing, as alleged, to the malign
intervention of relatives, WIPPENHORST quietly resolved to leave his
wife, sold out his grocery business at the corner of Eleventh & South
Fourth streets, E.D., & left for the unknown. Z. Voorhies counsel
for the plaintiff
12 September 1876
County Court & Court of Sessions
There was a large attendance upon the opening of the County Court & the
Court of Sessions yesterday.
The following named persons were impaneled as a Grand Jury:
Joseph HAZELHURST, foreman;
Thomas DANHAM,
Henry INNING,
Thomas J. MEADON,
John FRASER,
Connolly RODDY,
Simon RAPELYEA,
John M. EVANS,
William LEVENS,
Wm. N. COLER,
Wm. E. HALLENBECK,
Alex. DOUGLAS,
J. GRAUTEGEIN,
Ducket YOUNG,
Jacob P. MOORE,
Rudolph GLUCK,
John M. McHUGH,
John YOUST,
Geo. LEIGHTON,
Jacob AMRIEN.
16 September 1876
Surrogates Court - Before Hon. William D. VEEDER
Wills Proved -
Mary Ann FITZPatrick, of the town of New Utrecht
Johnson LEAKE, of the town of New Lots
Charles L. SMITH,
Hannah BRUMBY,
Joseph CARR,
Matthew CARRAGAN,
Margaret DUIGAN,
Joseph GAUSLER,
James HUDSON,
William JACOBS,
Nehemiah KNIGHT,
Halsey R. MEAD,
John McKENNA,
Charles E.MINOR,
Michael McGRATH,
Daniel MORRISON,
Agnes McGOWAN,
Christian Renz,
George SULLEY,
John SHUSTER,
Walter D.VAN VECHTEN,
Eleanor WINTERS, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of administration were granted on the estates of the
following named deceased persons, viz,:
Eugene B. DARGAVEL,
Joseph LIPPMANN,
Peter M. FLECKSER,
Bridget SHERIDAN,
John C. GILLESPIE,
James LOUREY,
Isabel RobertS,
Coleman CLELAND,
George SCHEEG,
Catherine SMITH,
Margaret WOODS, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the persons & estate
of Lemuel GUNBACK & George W. GUNBACK were granted to Catherine GUNBACK,
their mother;
of William M. SIMPKINS to James R. DUSOLD, all of Kings County.
22 September 1876
Forty-Six Prisoners Arraigned.
There was brought from the Jail yesterday to the Court of Sessions
forty-six prisoners to plead to indictments found by the Grand Jury,
who had come in. This is the largest "batch" of prisoners ever received
from the Jail at one time. The Grand Jury not having finished its
labors retire for further deliberation. Prisoners were arraigned,
and all pleaded not guilty, with the exceptions noted. Their trials
are set down for the first three days of next week. The list is as follows:
John HURLEY, James WHEELIN, & James BURKE, manslaughter.
Wm. CRAIG, rape
Daniel CUNNINGHAM, assault & battery, with intent to kill.
Humphries WILKINSON, burglary (3 indictments), & grand larceny
(2 Indictments) & assault with intent to kill.
Anthony SMITH, Francis SMITH, & Henry LAMY, burglary 3d degree & grand larceny.
Edward ALLEN & Richard COSTELLO, burglary third degree & petit larceny.
Charles HUMP, James SMITH, burglary third degree & grand larceny.
William DUFF, burglery third degree & petit larceny.
John MASON, grand larceny from dwelling-house (two indictments.)
Max HERMAN, grand larceny.
Andrew BOLTON, John CALLAHAN, & John McNAMARA, grand larceny.
Frank GRANO, Daniel N. McNICOLL, & Sarah McNICOLL, grand larceny.
Ellen McCORMICK, Mary Ann SHOWELL, Catherine ROCK,
Catherine McCARTY & Mary CHERBUCK, grand larceny.
Patrick BOWEN pleaded guilty to petit larceny. Remanded for sentence.
David RICE pleaded guilty to petit larceny. Remanded for sentence.
William FRITZ, assault & battery.
LIVINGSTONE Gets Five Years.
George LIVINGSTONE, alias Lawrence ANDERSON, was the client, yesterday,
in the Court of Sessions of Baldwin F. STRAUSS, upon an indictment for
breaking into the dwelling house of Frederick WALKER. He pleaded guilty &
Mr. STRAUSS sought to get the sentence postponed. "He will not remain
outside of the Penitentiary longer than I can help," said Judge MOORE;
"he was the leader of those men who recently attempted to break jail."
Mr. STRAUSS urged that the prisoner had a wife & two children to support.
23 September 1876
Surrogate's Court - Before Hon. William VEEDER.
Will proved -
Fanny B. KINGS, of the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey;
Wm. CALYER,
Henry H. POST,
Ann BURNS,
Thomas FORDEX,
James W. W. AVERY,
Moses S. MANDINEL,
John A. JOHANNIS,
Carolina SENNERISH,
Hugh ROBERTS,
Conrad VORBACH,
John WILSON,
Elizabeth WESTERVELT,
Ellen J. AIKEN,
Phebe Ann PAINE,
Isaac RAMUS,
Mary MOUNT, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters, of administration were granted on the estate of the
following-named persons, viz.:
Mary Eva WOLFE, of the town of New Lots;
Thomas DERMODY,
Amelia HUDSON,
Joseph H. DUKES,
Mary SCHMIDT, formerly Mary McSWEENY,
Matilda FREEMAN,
Daniel CROWLEY,
Leverett E. BROCKWAY,
Salomoa(sic) BECHT,
Ellen COURD,
Henry JENKINS, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the person and estate
of Harry B. DUKES to Cornelia DUKES;
of Edward H. JENNINGS, John W. JENNINGS, & Florence A. JENNINGS,to Phebe J.WILCOX;
of Julia DONEVAN,
Daniel W. DONEVAN.
William J. DONEVAN,
Ella L. DONEVAN,& Etta M. DONEVAN, were granted to Margaret Ann DONEVAN;
of Lavinia B. DOUGLASS,
Jennie E. DOUGLASS,
Josephine DOUGLASS,
Minnie DOUGLASS, and Richmond L. DOUGLASS, to their mother, Henrietta DOUGLASS,
all of the city of Brooklyn.
Prisoners Arraigned.
The Grand Jury of the Court of Session came in to-day with a number
of indictments, and adjourned until Monday. They propose to visit
the Jail and Penitentiary this afternoon. Acting intelligently, with
much industry and with ready cooperation from the District Attorney's office,
they have presented about eighty indictments this week. The parties
arraigned to-day pleaded not guilty, with the exceptions noted, and
will be tried next week.
Levina MARR, indicted for burglary.
Augustus DEVOE, obtaining goods under false pretences, to wit,
half a pound of butter worth 25 cents.
James CONNOLLY, burglary and grand larceny.
James KIRKBRIDGE, assault with intent to kill.
John TOBIN, grand larceny.
John McCARTHY, burglary.
James PHILLIPS, burglary.
Lizzie SCHNEIDER, alias SILER, grand larceny.
Francis SMITH, Wm. JOHNSON, and Philip PHILLIPS, grand larceny.
The two former pleaded guilty and were remanded.
James WALSH and Nicholas KEYS, burglary and grand larceny.
John SULLIVAN, grand larceny.
John H. HUCK, grand larceny.
Thomas SHANLEY, assault with intent to kill.
Peter HIGGINS, burglary.
Adam MARTIN, grand larceny.
Charles HUNT, James SMITH, and Thomas HAZLETT, burglary
25 September 1876
County Court of the County of Kings --Willett ROBBINS, as the Committee
of the person and estate of William S. ROBBINS, a lunatic, plaintiff,
against John J. NICHOLS, Jesse R. LITTLE and May J. LITTLE, his wife,
Elisha M. HOWE, Henry SCORCH(?), Junior, Jeremiah DARLING,
Margaret S. ORR, L(?) LUQUEER and Charles L. TERRY, the tenant of
said premises whose name is unknown to the plaintiff, and Charles W.
BEDELL, defendants -- Summons,
To the defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this
action which was this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of
Kings at the City of Brooklyn in said county, and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint, on the subscriber, at his office at No. 39 Pine
street, in the city of New York, within twenty days after the service of this
summons of you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to
answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated August 11, 1876 H. W. EASTMAN, Plaintiff's Attorney
Supreme Court - County of Kings. -- The Metropolitan Savings Band,
plaintiffs against William H. TRAFTON, Joseph G. FOX, and --------- FOX,
his wife, C. LAZAREVITCH, Stephen I. CARTER and William DOWNING,
defendants. -- Summons. -- For relief (com. not Ser.)
To the defendants above named, and to each of them:
You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this
action which was this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of
Kings, at the Court House in the City of Brooklyn, and to serve a copy of
your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, in Number
Forty Wall street, in the City of New York, within twenty days after the
service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of such service of
this summons on you, and if you fail to answer the said complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated August 1, 1865 John H. PLATT, Plaints' Attorney, 40 Wall street.
30 September 1876
Surrogate's Court - Before Hon. William D. VEEDER
Wills proved -
Thomas LYONS, of the Town of New Lots;
Stephen JAMES,
Abigail BULKLEY,
Elizabeth BRAINERD,
Louise CHEW,
Rulof S. VAN CLEEF,
Elizabeth STRAWSON, and
Terence McCOY, all of Brooklyn.
Letters of Administration were granted on the estates of the
following named deceased persons, viz: Henry SOTTORF, of the Town of New Lots;
Jennie R. ASHTON,
Patrick CARNEY,
Stephen JAMES,
Martin HEERLINE,
William COOPER,
George T. PALMER,
Peter THIELKE, and
Leonard A. ATWATER, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of Guardianship of the person and estate
of Eveline E. CORBETT, were granted to David M. CORBETT, her father;
of Jane JOHNSTON to James McEWAN, in place of Joseph MASSON;
of Michael KEHL to Margaret KEHL, in place of John PFEIFER, all of the County of Kings;
of Robert N. EBBS to William GILPIN, of the City of Newport, Rhode Island;
of Michael TRIES, Barbara TRIES, Johnn TRIES, and Annie TRIES to Joseph SEITZ, all of the city of Brooklyn.
2 October 1876
The Will of Moses F. ODELL - Judge Reynolds Construction of a Clause of It
The friendly action brought by Mrs Sarah F. ODELL, executrix of the estate
of the late Moses F. ODELL. Formerly M.C. from this city, against William F.
MERRILL, executor, to obtain the construction of a clause in the testator's
will, was before Judge REYNOLDS the other day. He today rendered a decision
in favor of the plaintiff, who is the widow of the testator. Mr ODELL
deceased left $15,000 for his father, to be paid on his retirement from the
Custom House. He has since died. The executor maintained that the money then
became part of the residuary estate of Moses F. ODELL, deceased. The
plaintiff claimed that it was properly a portion of the estate of the
deceased father, & should have been paid over to his widow Mrs William ODELL.
Surrogate's Court, Before Hon, Wm. D. Veeder.
Wills proved -
Mary DOHERTY, of the city of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
Letters of administration were granted on the estate of the following named
deceased persons, viz:
Eve Maria HETTEG, of the town of New Lots;
Emily D. SHAW, Juan KING, also known as Juan REY;
Andrew WALKER,
Susan C. W. HARVEY, formerly Susan C. WARD;
John DAVENPORT,
Catherine SEARY, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the estate of Edw. GOLDEN were granted to the
Brooklyn Trust Company; of Jesse V. SMITH to Elizabeth SMITH; all of the city of Brooklyn.
9 October 1876
Patrick COY, a laborer, of 43 Eleventh St., was arrested last evening on a
charge of severly injuring his wife, Catherine, about the head with a club.
She was taken to St. Peter's Hospital.
Bernard IAGO, barkeeper of No. 194 Hamilton Ave. reported to the police on
Saturday night that because he refused to furnish Daniel COONEY & two others
drinks,without payment. COONEY struck him on the head with a pitcher, inflicting
a slight wound. COONEY escaped.
John MEAD, aged twenty-two of No. 56 (or 58) jay St., was standing last evening
at the corner Jay & Water Streets, when Patrick KELLY approached & challenged
him to wrestle. MEAD declined the invitation, when KELLY suddenly seized & threw him,
dislocating his elbow. KELLY escaped, & the police of the Second Precinct
removed MEAD to the City Hospital.
On Saturday evening, Patrick WELDON of 589 Grand Avenue, driver of a Greenpoint car,
got into an altercation with Martin HARRINGTON, truck driver of G. W. Lawrence's
ropewalk & it is alleged struck the latter on the forehead with a car hook,
inflicting a severe wound, WELDON was arrested.
James S. CRAVEN, druggist of Park AVenue & Oxford Street, reported to the police
on Saturday evening that he had been roughly handled by three young men named
BAKER, WILSON, & CRADDOCK who had quarrelled with him in his store. CRAVEN'S
injuries consisted of a black eye & a slight scalp wound.
John CORBETT, thirty eight years of age, of 116 Clay St., Greenpoint, was accused
in Justice ELLIOTT'S Court this morning, by Michael LAVILLE, No. 98 Clay Street,
with stabbing complainant in the eye with a picketknife on Saturday night. The
case was adjourned until next Friday.
LAW-BREAKING LIQUOR DEALERS
The result of Oliver COTTER'S peregrinations yesterday in quest of
violators of the Sunday Excise law, was made known to day in the
preferment of charges against the following liquor dealers to the
Board of Police & Excise:
John YUNAN, 2 Fleet St.
Lawrence CARLIN, 320 Myrtle Ave.
Martin LANGANUAN, 328 Myrtle Ave.
Charles H. BAUER, 332 Myrtle Ave.
Joseph ORIGLIO, 277 Myrtle Avenue
Phil A. STUBER, 754 Fulton St., corner of Canton St.
Terence NUGENT, 259 Grand St.
Herman PUCKHAUR, 68 First St.
Nicholas PUCKHAUR,107 Kent Ave.
Heinrich SCHLITZ, 65 Graham Ave.
Phillip ROTHMAN, 256 Grand St.
16 October 1876
Surrogate's Court - Before HON. WM. D. VEEDER
Wills proved -
Cornelia L. BROWN of the town of Flatbush
Mercy J. L. POSSER,
Maria F. HUGHES,
George SCHAUZENBECKER,
Hannah B. TORBERT,
James CREIGHTON, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of Administration were granted in the estates of the
following named deceased persons, viz:
Margaret G. OSTROM of the city of Plainfield, New Jersey
Julia SHIELDS,
Emily WELLER,
Henrietta WRIGHT,
Mary E. BANCKER,
Thomas HINES,
Mary B.CARPENTER,
Austin B. MERRITT,
Joseph W. CHADWICK,
John W. CHADWICK,
John SCHUIRRING,
Caleb W. DAVIS, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianships of the persons & estates
of William D. CREIGHTON, Pearsall CREIGHTON, Mortimer CREIGHTON
were granted to Sarah A. CREIGHTON;
of Elizabeth ROTTMAN TO Hironimus KNIG (might be Konig), in the place of Lorenx DARMSTADT;
of Helen L. Thomas & George F. Thomas to George C. Thomas, their father,
all of the city of Brooklyn.
A counterfetter Committed
Alfred MANGOTT, an old man arrested for passisng counterfeit money about
a fortnight ago,and in whose rooms at 43 Willow St. a quantity of molds
and counterfeiting matierials were found.
21 October 1876
THE COURTS
Surrogate Court Before Hon. William D. VEEDER (or Veeder)
WILLS FOUND-
Margaret S. BARTLETT of the town of Flatbush
David K. DUCKER
Hester WEAVER,
Harry B. PRICE,
Joseph TETTEGER,
Edward CL FULLER,
Robert FRANCIS,
Valentin SCHLAGEL--
all of the city of Brooklyn. The will of Richard E. PANGBORN was revoked.
Matters of Administration were granted on the estate of the following
named deceased persons:
Julia BUNCE,
Cornelia TAYLOR SHERMAN,
Georgiana HITCHCOCK,
Robert BROWN,
Margaret SMITH,
Jane E. ROGERS,
John LENNON,
Henry WAETERING,
David MUNDELL,
Elizabeth DALTON,
Bridget BROWN,
Mary A. TOWNSEND,
Maria BENNING,
Johanna WENGER,
John L. MONTORT,
Cornelia WOOLSEY, all of the city of Brooklyn
Alex. CALOTHY of New Lots.
Letters of guardianship of Harriet C. SMITH to Eliza SMITH.
ADOLPH LATUER SUES FOR DIVORCE
Adolph LATUER, formerly a resident of this city, but now living in NY,
has begin an action in the Supremem Court of this county for absolute
divorce from Mrs Clara LATUER, who resides in Bergan Street., this city.
Mr LATUER is a prosperous
Hebrew merchant in NY, and, with his wife, occupied quite a prominent
social position among the Germans of this city. He married Mrs LATUER
in January 1870, & whatever their domestic infelicities, his charges
of marital infidelity are based upon occurrences within the past year.
Mrs LATUER, the plaintiff's complaint alleges, has been guilty of
unfathful conduct at a hotel in Fort Hamilton with one man, & at the
Stevens House, NY, with a man who registered under the name of DEVOE,
from White Plains. The present action was begun on the 21st ult. &
although the defendant has put in no answer as yet, an affidavit has
been made indicating a denial of all the allegations charged. The case
was to have come before JUSTICE PRATT, this morning on a motion for
alimony, but he hearing was postponed.
11 November 1876
ALLEGED PERJURY IN A CIVIL SUIT
Joseph SCHOEFFEN, tinsmith, of No. 201 Ewen street, was arrested last evening
on a warrant issued by Justice SEMLER, charged with committing perjury. The
complainant, John Adam FREY, of No. 197 Ewen street, charges in the complaint
that the prisoner in a certain action tried in November, 1874, before Justice
BARNARD, in the Supreme Court, falsely swore that the complainant kicked his
son, thereby crippling him for life.
SURROGATE'S COURT -- BEFORE HON. WM D. VEEDER, SURROGATE
Wills proved --
John G. ANTEN,
Janet BRUCE,
William WHEELER,
Samuel J. GERRITSON,
Stephen MURRAY,
William H. JACKSON, all of the city of Brooklyn;
Helen E.D. KITCHEN, of the city of Morristown, State of NJ;
Isaac B. BATES, of the town of New Lots;
Sarah T. CORTELYOU, of the town of Flatbush.
Letters of administration were granted on the estates of the following
named deceased persons, viz.:
William WOODS,
Mary L. AIKENS,
Fannie A. THOMAS,
Sarah STRIKER,
Dr. G. Disosway AYRES,
Heinrich KAPPLER,
Caroline E. PORTER,
Jacob B. STRAUT,
Timothy C. DESMOND,
Mary SHERIDAN,
Sarah GREEN,
Ferdinand KUBAL,
John GAMBLE,
John MORGAN,
Elnathan L. SANDERSON,
Andrew BULKLEY,
William H. JONES,
Lewis N. BALDWIN,
Effie BURNS, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of guardianship of the person & estate
of Annie T. TRAVIS, were granted to Harriet TRAVIS;
of Gilbert McAVEY & Francis McAVEY, to James RODWELL;
of Mary E. CRAWFORD, to Eliza NORRIS;
of Howard FOUNTAIN, to George HIGGS, all of the city of Brooklyn;
of John D. PRINCE & Helen VAN BRUNT PRINCE, to John D. PRINCE;
of Helen MARTENSE & Mary MARTENSE, to Jacob V. B. MARTENSE, all of the town of Flatbush.
18 November 1876
SURROGATE'S COURT-- BEFORE HON. WM. D. VEEDER, SURROGATE
Wills Proved--
Watson BROWN
John R. FORREST
Catherine BURKE
Peter H. CARMAU
Edward CAULFIELD
Jane GRAHAM
Ann HENDRICKSON
Nathan LANE
Max Henry STEIN
Anna R. TIENKER
Eliza THORP
John F. WEDEMEYER
Charles WILFERT
James F. REDDY
Christian SHAEFER
Charles ABEL all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of Administration were granted on the estates of the
following-named deceased persons, viz.:
Susan ROGERS, of the city of Boston, Mass.
Eliza BURGESS
James W. FARRELL
Augustus STEINECKE
Richard E. PANGBORN
Jacob MUNZ
Benjamin SMITH
Mary HOWARD
Mary A. SMITH
John KEENAN
William MORGAN
Mary E. LEES
James ROURKE
Dennis O'BRIEN
Louise CUMMINGS
Jane WILLIAMS
Catherine NIEBERGALL, all of the city of Brooklyn.
Letters of Guardianship of the person & estate
of Laura S. HAYDEN were granted to Egbert P. HAYDEN;
of William STEINECKE, Henry STEINECKE & Anna STEINECKE, to Charles H. ADAMS;
of Carrie MUNZ & Ernest MUNZ to John STAHLE;
of Emma J. VAN PELT to Mary HORTON;
of Frederick HOEFT to John HOEFT;
of Ruth ALVIN & Elizabeth ALVIN to George HUDSON, all of Brooklyn;
of Emma NIEBERGALL to Peter HESS, of the town of New Lots.
CRAZY WOMAN INDICTED FOR ARSON
Louisa WilliamS, a married woman with five children, is under
indictment by the Grand Jury of OYER & TERMINER for arson. She resides in
Stagg street, E.D., & set fire to her premises in two or three different
places. There seems to be little doubt that she is insane. She was brought
from the jail this morning with other prisoners for arraignment, but was
remanded to await an investigation as to her lunacy. She has a pretty young
babe, & on her way from the jail inquired of the officer if they were going
to a picnic. Her case excites much sympathy.
Transcribed by
Cherie Sampson
Blanche Craton
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