New-York tribune., 1870-10-07
TILE YIELE DIVORCE SUITS.


GEN. vIELE AND HIS WIFE EACH SUE
FOR DIvORCE-WHo SHALL POSSESS TIE
CHILDREN.
The return to the habeas corpus sued out by
Mrs Teresa Vele to recover the possession or her
children, held by. her husband Gen. EgpeIt
L. yiele pending the trial and decision OF the
suit brought for divorce, was made yesterday
morning before Judge Cardozo. pursuant to the
adjournment made on the previous day by Judge Bar
nard alluded to in THE TRIBUNE OF yesterday. The
facts the further elected that Gen. viele
last Fall brought suit in the Supreme Court for a
divorce the ground Of adultery. The not i'm
medatey brought TO trial. and according to the state
ments OF counsel OF Mrs Vele, not believing that 1t
would ever be tried, that tried 1t would be tried
before political referee and not before Jury she
desired instituted suit for divorce In the Court OF Com
mon Pleas, the ground Of adultery and cruel and
inhuman treatment. Gen. yiee then obtained order
staying proceedings in the suit brought by Mrs. Viee.
The rested in this way until the beginning OF the
present week when writ Of habeas corpus obtained
on petition. OF which the following is an abstracts
That he has lived apart from the petitioner for upward
OF two years. refusing to cohabt with provide for her,
That he took with. hun Their infant children, Kathyn,
aged 1e Hermon aged about H. Teresa, aged about III
EFAert agedsabout g. and Emily who is about years
OF Se That he has detained the children and has re-
fused and refuses to allow her to have access to them
That her husband pretends, she believes that she Is
an unfit person TO have control OF the children, and
falsely charges her with being in Illicit intimate rea
either laboring under a hallucinaton mania origi-
mating from insane Jealousy OF herself or that his con-
him and Julia Dana, who assumed to control the
actions Of the children or some Of them and with whom
the said Egbert L. Vele has been crminay intimate
relations That the following is abstract from Of
several letters written by said Julia Dana to and received
blessed lives would be If could always every
thing everything together and most blessed
togetherS "I did not say anything very bad. / was
only anxious, own love, that you should become com
fraaf from hari In 4 Eunx
would be far happier even irrespective OF anything con-
nected with me-"
Gen. vlee, in his return to the writ says that the chill
dren in his custody their father and natural guar
diam that suit by him against Mrs. Vele, for divorce,
is pending in which he charges her with having
committed adultery with Gen. W. W. Averi at various
times between July, 1869, and March, 1870 in West Point
and New-York; that motion for almony and counsel
fees made by Mrs. Vele In June last withdrawn by
her COUNSEL that she is person OF immoral character
destitute of decency and addicted TO fasehood He de-
es that she has been deprived Of the privilege Of seeing
her chi but that she has caused much
by coming TO his residence carrying away furniture and
Irritating and annoying the children, who don't wish 10
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proper life; that his wife has separate estate OF
over 10000 while he dependent upon his profession
Mrs vels; in reply. denies all these allegations, and
asserts that her husband in making them is actuated by
insane jealousy and acting under advice and counsel OF
one Julia Dana; that she found in his possession a
number OF letters, written by Julia Dana In response to
letters by him. showing most ardent attachment between
Them that he Is guilty OF adultery with various persons
that he has treated her with great brutality and by false
statements preJudced the minds and feelings Of her
children against her. and assaulted her when she tried
70 have access 10 them that she has made every effort
70 bring her husband to reasonable arrangement for
separation, ehe to have control OF the two youngest
chidren and he OF the Others that from tho acts and
neearations OF her husband, she believes him TO be
Insane from Jealousy or that his mind tends to insanity
hl brother having been confined In insane retreat.
Judge Cardozo ordered the parties 10 on and take
testimony on the allegations contained In the ahdayits
OF r ana Mrs Viele and xed Saturday morning at 10
ton OF Witnesses