The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-02
SuQRs0s Coaxt-IA CAaRhsrs.
Dsfoss hoa Judge Edwards.
APPLICATION FOB DIvORCD6rNu RADON AND m

WIU0W 0WIroHxD.
Won Psx ~. M A. RHislpA, Baron WessTAson, alias
Edsowd weto~-This was application for divorce,
under the following crcumstances-Ths plaintiff In her
complaint states that she formerly the wife Of John
Davis to whom she vas married in 1874! being then
widow. and that she has two children BY her second
husband (Davis) living under her charge. Mr.. Ds.
Wis died in London, in the year lS4S, leaving q
win, by which 1t appears that after the payment Of
his debit there was surplus amouztins TO- f2l5o
for the ben,ft Of his widow and children. In 1852
the plaintiff went to Australia in Bremen vessel
taking with her her two children and child Of her for
mer husband On the passage to sydney where abe in
tended to reside for the remainder of her s she met
and became acquainted with the defendant who repre-
scented himself as Edward Max Alexander Rudolph Baron
Westerrhagen of Meck nbsrg, Germany who obliged
to escape from Prussia in consequence of political Perse
cuton he represented himself noble by birth, and
holding large estates In Germany, ana felt dissp.
pointed that he had no heir to whom to trans
NIT his title and estates; that the would
extinct and the other fall t. distant relatives
When the parties arrived at Sydaey the defendant
cordnyy they we joined together in the buds holy
wedlock the 9th January 1858 They left Sydney
after but before their departure converted her property
into bills of exchange Preserving about fl50 in gold fer
the expenses of the 1t is also alleged tina At the
time OF the marriage the defendant asked he had
any acquair in Australia, and that he gave the
account of his pedigree and position. The has
band and wife set sail in the ship Rather for Peru
their way TO the United States Ga arriving Calao in
Peru they ascertained that the fever raging the
thmus and they imme diately took passage for Balti
more in the ship J. J. Cobb, where they we'd
that in Callao her husband, (hs Baron) took
possession Of her funds, for better security, and
saying that he would deposit 1t with the British
c nsul They hae not been long their voyage from
Calao when, it is alleged, n change came o'er the
spirit Of the Rarons love- and he treated his too
fang wife and children with uuknduess and severity.
In Sy dney the plaintiff explained to him that her money
left to her by her second husbands will for the
benefit her chill After their arrival at Baltimore
the Baron left his spouse, and did not return but
verted her money into bills Of exchange for 81 900 EACH
drawn by BANK in Baltimore on the Union Bank
off, " payable TO the order of Schnnemaker Co., and
encrse bY We ton and thus provided he by rail
way to York. and converted the bills Of exchange
il to cash. The plaintiff alleges that the defend nt went
without her knowledge and that before he left he
her, enclosed in letter draft for 81 900, saying
Z, at before she received it he would be his way
Europe TO join the army of his native land Prussia and
telling her TO with her children to England
possible The plaintiff that she has to be-
eve that the baron has not left the State of New York.
and her marriage with he defendant obtained BY
fraud she prays that 1t may be an1uled aud declared
void and the defendant be PEELED to refund to
her the money tba he has obtained under the circun
stances which she has alleged and also that he be
late husband and that receive be appointed Counsel
for the defendant submitted that the plaintiff knew the
defendant Edward Weston when she married him,
and that the defendant had intention of deserving his
wife, hut had sent her ample means to rejon him in
England that under these circumstances she not
entitled to . dive; CO. Decision reserved.