The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-11
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A MOTHER DENIES HEB OWL DAUuh1A1 :
A singular case was recently tried
before the Appellate Court IN Paris. ma
dame d'Yoon Is q fashionable woman
who has lived in the Rue de 10 Chaise
since the year l842, when she married
her second husband, the Count d, I Don.
Her first husband, an Englishman, Mr..
Samuel Smith, had died in London sew.
en- wears before and when his widow
was married to the Count she had wltp
her q little girl about nine years OF age,
called Frederika, supposed to be the IS
sue of the first marriage.
Frederika was educated with great
care at the Sacred Heart, and when
she became young lady, Madame
d,Yoon introduced her into the fashion,
able society of the Faubourg St. Ger
main. In 1856, Frederika wished to
marry a young Breton officer. De Ire
mogain, who was very much in love
with her. Madame dYoon refused her
consent, for although the young man
was of an old family he was poor.
Frederick then left home and went to
the Convent of Piebus. She thought
to oblige the Countess to pay an annu-
| al allowance Of 5000 toward her sup
port. Madame d'Yoon replied that
Frederika was not her daughter, but
she was a charity child, taken from one
of the warehouses; in London. The
Court decided against the Countess Oh
the ground that having taken care OF
Frederika up to that time she was
bound still to contribute to her support.
Frederika married De Tremogain.
and Immediately afterward the annual
pension was stopped by the Countess.
In 1870, NJ. he Tremogain was killed III
one of the battles of the Loire, leaving
his widow with four children.
Frcderika then renewed her claim TO
an annual allowance Of 5000 against
the Countess.
On the trial Of the case testimony
was given showing that in the year
1884 DIR. Perkins, who was her family
physician, met Mrs. Smith, now the
Countess dYoon, on a vessel going
from Antwerp to England, and that at
that time the Countess was soon
TO become a mother; that DR.. Perkins
saw Mrs Smith mostn later in Brus.
sells, when she presented All infant
child who was with her as her daugh-
ter. aud told him that she had been
confined when in London. The Smiths
continued to live in Brussels until the
death Of Mr.. Smith in 1896. In 1885,
the members of the family. according
to the official records in that city, were;
Samuel Smith. gentleman, aged 30;
Mary Ann Smith. his wife. aged %,
and their daughter. Frederika. aged
Is months, born in London" Up To
the time Of Fredcrika's disagreement
with the Countess about the young Of.
ficer she wished to marry, no one had
ever supposed that she was not the
daughter Of Madame dYoon.
The defence Of the latter was that
Fredcrika's real name was Mary Ann
Chapel, and that she was bcggar's
daughter, taken from the House of Ref
uge of St. Mary, Newington. in Eng
land, in December, 1888. To prove
this an extract from the register Of the
House of refuge was put in evidence,
showing that child named Mary Ann
Chapel was born there in December,
1888.
a number Of physicians certified
that Madame d'Yoon had never been
mother, and she was not SO formed as
to be able to have children.
The Appellate Court, however, affirm
cd the judgment Of the lower court, and
decided that Frederick is the daughter
of the Countess dYoon, and that the
annual allowance demanded must be
paid. It's decision is based upon the
failure of proof Of the identity of the
workhousc child with Frederika, and
upon the fact that until she was %
years of age Frederika had been al
ways introduced and treated as the
daughter of Madame dYoon. The
Court does not deem the certificates of
the physicians strong evidence, on &C.
count of the age Of the Countess.
They MEr ny CHANcE.-Louis Napo.
leon first met his future Empress ut the
Elysee Gardens, in Paris. He had es.