Anna and Benjamin were in the process of setting up house. She spent extravagantly and beyond his affordability. On March 30, 1880 while visiting a friends house, she heard someone sing and decided she must have a piano. Benjamin went to work the following day. He withdrew a month's salary, went to a saloon until 11 p.m. that night then vanished. Even his brother-in-law supported that Benjamin was uncommunicative and fickle. Whether Anna sought him, intended to open an office, went back to Daniel or some combination, she went back to New York.
