Comments on: ‘Law’s Cruel Hand Takes the Bride’: an incident in Hoboken, 1893

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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:52:09 +0000

[...] Yesterday I posted about Agnes Mills Kosel’s arrest on her wedding day, as reported in the 8 March, 1893 New York Herald. The incident was covered in more than one paper, and the next day this follow-up appeared in New Jersey’s Evening Journal. Note the Anglicized spelling here of Agnes’s married surname, which was actually Kosel; I’m inclined to wonder whether this was deliberate, as other newspapers – less local to the incident – got it right. [...]

By: CR

CR — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:14:57 +0000

You can imagine the reporter’s delight at having an ‘excessively young second wife’ box to tick, on top of everything else :)

By: CR

CR — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:05:12 +0000

I know – I love the detail too, even if it is *whispers* perhaps not all strictly objective. Makes you wonder if there’s a version of the story still being told in the Kosel family today, and if so, how closely it matches the version in the papers.

By: sharonmcteir

sharonmcteir — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:33:55 +0000

I love the line “The fact that his second wife … is only about the age of Agnes, has nothing to do with the case.” Why mention it then…?

By: Celia Lewis

Celia Lewis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:03:26 +0000

Ohmygoodness – now I have to read the rest… What a fascinating story, so many interesting characters, and how lucky that her father’s character was known by all! Phew! This is why one loves newspapers – yes they’re distracting, but they’re so wonderfully detailed stories! Thanks for sharing. (not sure what your name is, can’t find it onsite)