ALIENS IN LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13277, 8 September 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

ALIENS IN LONDON.

ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES.

Some astounding disclosures were made at, Westminster Police Court in a charge under ' the Vagrancy Act preferred against Mathiou Gaminersbach, described as a corset maker,, formerly in business at Shaftesbury Avenue. Prosecutrix, a tall, stylishly-dressed young woman, known as Dina Montyn, said she was of Dutch nationality, and came to England in 1898, being then 18 years of age. She made the acquaintance of the prisoner, and he took her to a house in Pimlico. She was placed at a disadvantage by not speaking English, and in the daytime for a certain period she assisted prisoner in his corset business at Shaftesbury Avenue. When the business failed she lived at South Kensington, finding money for the prisoner. He impressed on her the necessity of his association, informing her that a woman in her position could not obtain a banking account or any recognition for business purposes. At different addresses prisoner lived in the house with her, and for years she supplied him with money. He had treated her so badly that she made efforts to get rid of him, on one occasion paying him £50 and his solicitor's costs of £25 to draw up an agreement. Subsequently he threatened her with a warrant for stealing her own furniture. She had had to pay the rent twice over, as prisoner had misappropriated the money entrusted to him for the landlord. Sho had herself sent back to Germany a. young woman whom he had brought over. He had told her that his wife was in Johannesburg, and that he went all the way to India to get money from a gentleman "who had run away with her, and received £200 from the gentleman. Siuce the beginning of 1902 prisoner had lived entirely on her. She had instituted proceedings in the Chancery Division to recover £1100 in Prussian Consols and Austrian silver loan, which was all bought with her-money during the last year or two. Prisoner had received the dividends. She had made a will in « his favour, which was not revoked. Mr. Curtis Bennett remanded the prisoner on bail in £1000.