The New York herald., 1877-10-27
/" MARRIED"
Concluding Scenes In the Hasslucher Trial
Pronouncing Them Husband and Wife.
SUMMING UP OF COUNSEL.
Judge Van Brunt on the Laws OF Mar
rage in this State.
A SAD STORY, BUT GOOD MORAL,

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The suit brought BY Mary b. Hasslachsr against her
husband Louis Hasslache- tor separation and main
tenance which has been trial for the past tbroe
days before Judge Van Brunt, holding Supreme Court
Circuit was yesterday brought 10 q close. and tor
minated ~ most every in attendance q the trial
thought Il would, In verdict for the plaintiff. The
court rooms on the previous days, was crowded,
and although the proceedings comprised summing up
by counsel and chargeto the Jury, which usually are
rather dry and technical In their character there
abatement in the general interest," aud those
who had to stand uD did With o per-
sistcnt patience evlncng their interest In the
result Mra Hasslachcr put In prompt appearance,
accompanied. as before, by her two children She
bore herself very modestiy and rarely lifted her veil.
Her eldest child. . bright. handsome little boy,
dressed In his sailor costume, had already be-
como quite favorits in the court room, while every
body had noticed the striking resemblance between
him and his iather, the defendant. An unusual num-
bcr present yesterday who alsU listened
the remarks Of counsel and tho JUDGES charge with
like attention and interest Of tho male portion Of tho
asseniblage. The defendant TOOK . seat by his
sell Messra Timothy d. Pelton aud George w.
Poucher, and, 10 all Appearances seemed about the
least concerned Of any one In the court room.
suxxiNo HAssLAcnxR.
The proceedings opened by NJ. Pelton summing up
the lItto son Of tho contesng parties who. no said
had flown about the court room like incpient
whiriwind since the trial commenced This child had
interrupted the proceedings OF the Court systematic
ally. This boy had addressed the defendant saying
care you not my papAs" He would guard them
against these Influences The boy was doubtless
taught address his iathcr In tho described.
IL was part and parcel OF scenic representation
winch the mother knew we'll how 70 get up. To give
more intensity 10 the picture the plaintiff had brought
her youngest child In court and, with
sharp eye TO scenic effect. had insisted
holding this child during her lengthy examination
a Witness He trusted that the jury would be irA
nuencsd b. any such exhibitions or BY the sombre
dress and steady demeanor OF PLAINTIFF which ike
wise was part OF the scheme to excite their SYM
pa,hy After this preface he proceeded tho
leading facts In the He insisted that II not
for them 20 consider 10 any respect The question Of
naked facts-were they marriedi You must not let
your feelings be moyed by the sight Of the mother,
who ia an actress accustomed to speak to thou
sands. The simple naked question Is, are these par
ties husband and wfei II rs curious point TO decide
she says she does not know It either So they como
here. she tells you that a about seventeen years OF
o i.s,s,mase ins child She na. admitted 20 You
that she has lived with Mr. Hasslacher with
marriage ceremony, Just liko Hottentot There was
no agreement about taking zach other henceorth and
forever husband and wife. rho story OF the legal
izaton OF tho wedding rests entirely her evidence.
The story she has told you 10 weak one Why, she
mas sworn has lived in respectable boarding houses
under she Of Hasslacher, and yet she
legal proceedings under the name Of Mary Gnrney.
DID you notice IN the letters which You have heard
read you that the phrases my dear husband and
,ns ss nSs.caaSis f.osi Hor letters bear tue imprint
OF being those Of = mistress. Judge Flammsr asked
her II Aassacher promised 70 marry her and she said
| any agreement TO marry between them. In
her complaint, May 8, 1877, sns does not ssy that
they were married, but in an amended statement she
declares that they were married 1873. She does
not believe she is married. She dses not want 10 live
II acknowledged that sho 10 married, but also wants
separation. IL that wie's conductf What sho wants
moasv IN her ..r sena me- sssn SEND me- ioc
| yards OF silk, send me shawls. She 10 always asking
FOR something Hasslacher was pestered out Of all
| endurance-posilivey being rutned by her-and At
he managed TO get her ou! Of the country so that
he would bo free Of her forever Say that you don't
believe OF them, but don't punish The defendant
for his lmmoraites. II so, you ought to punish hor
ior hsr Vices also Remember without marriage there
upon the jury 70 refrain from being influenced because
the plaintiff woman, but 70 pass upon the matter
JUS. as they would ask and jury pass upon
unfortunate become alike sntanged In the meshes
! OF q wiley aud unscrupuIous woman.
| THE HAssLACHHR-
Mr. William Traphagen, counsel ior the plaintin
next addressed tho jury, but with camness of utter
more effective than a more mpassionod address would
have After telling the Jury that this was case,
| ooopeeb
and rspudating the Idea VI any at.smpi being
thought OF on the part Of the plaintiff 70 arouse their
ympa.hes BY any scenic sxhinaons@s thing Is a hs
the attention OF the Jury TO the laws Of this
State upon tho subject OF marriage, He said
that il two people, neither being previously married,
agreed 10 marry, and lived man and vile, Il was q
legal marriage He then recited the facts the case.
He told OF how they met on the European steamship.
ana how HassIacher subsequently married hcr, know
| ing that she had brilliant prospccIs as operatic
singer, having an engagement with Strakosch under
| mi mn 0f az
| two past years." wrote tho unhappy woman 10 her
husband, .is uncomfortable. and want 10 DO treated
she says, 81 long to go TO England TO get money
enough 70 live on" She also says sour quarrelling
| ana Engagements tnan can bear" II has
been told you that she had committed fault OF mo.
rahty when girl she admits the iact and tells her
husband he her that the child OF shame
she had borne had recently dicd Was mot this frank
and honestf 10 Lhis fault she had previously
| Iod Hssslschcr that sho had husband In England
We have been unable 70 gst photographs Of Hassacher
III his youth, but we need II not 10 compare with the
| boy here-the 'incpicnt whiriwtnd"-as me learned
| counsel who has just addressed you calls him. The
| Almighty has caused = striking resemblance be-
tween father and SON. Put whiskers and mus
tache on The lace OF the boy-taughter, In which
the lather heartily joinedb aud tho resemblance Will
be perfect Hassiacher has told you tnat he was iiv
| Ing with his vito tho European plan. II SO II 10
true that mon Of his type can rum women here and
drive them to.misery and suicide. Ho In turn would
ask them individually 70 consider ms case As ns,r
| would. This woman did not ask 10 1--we with this
man. but she asked him TO rescue from iniamy their
| dishonored, and whether these children should be
branded With shame or gwen worthy place IN So
cioty depended upon their verdict He was wiiDg 10
| leave the case in their hands
cHARGg TO THE JURY
Judge Van Brunt ncxt proceeded 10 charge the jury
| He spoke an hour. good SHARE OF tho charge
embraced recital of the facts OF the case after which
he addressed himself TO the points OF Law involved In
tho controversy This case, he safd, 10 necessarily
OF importance than those which ordinarily arise
before juries, account VI the effect which u viii
have the parties involved, and ai on the ch drsn
the fruit the relation, whatever was IL has been
that the question OF the legitimacy OF the children
sake but the question st rises, ike Bsnquos
| ghost AT Macbeths least. which would not down, so
the legitimacy question will not down other LIDO
not aliude this 10 influence your verdict think
Jurors should know the result OF lhcif verdict In
all cascs. II has become common for people 70 say
the laws OF the Stale OF New York about marriages
arc loo loose, and that all marriages without cere-
monia should be declared null aud void. In England
and France the sentiment Of Juries ID against tho
inaction Of punishment OF people innocent Of crime
In this matter In this state man mas been held TO
be married when he had represented 70 society that
he and the woman he lived With II not married pre-
viousy were aud wife II man Keeps mis-
ks.n Arou iutA m