The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-11
BAGOT'S SECRET MARRIAGE.
A CEREMONY PERFORMED liter ELEY-
EN O'CIOCK IT NIGHT.
The Granddaughter or nm Irish Member OF
Parliament Seeking to Legitimate her Chiid
An Effort 20 Break her Husbands VIII.


DUBLIN, April %. A case involving an inn
mcnso property IN the west Of Ireland Is being
tried in the Dublin Court Of Probate by n sp'-
cial Jury Mrs. Alice Bagot. II granddaughter
Of Sir William Vernon for many years member
Of Parliament for Armagh, challenges the will
Of her husband. Mr.. Christopher Neville Bagot.
who died in Nav. 1877. ns having been obtained
by the fraud and undue influence Of John Lloyd
Bagot. Bernard Bagot and Catherine Mcaghcr.
Tho allegations arc Of strange character,
and The opening address of Mr.. McDonough. q.
c.. on behalf Of the defendants is expected to
last for several days. Hc said in his statcmont
yesterday that when the jury heard how the
tcstator acted toward this woman and her child.
he thought thcy would come to the conclusion
that few men would have behaved so generous
ly; He was caloled into marriage at time
tune of cl0.000. which he might have appropri-
atod To- himself, hut he not only did not touch
farthing Of It. but settled 81 600 on her 10y the
will in dispute. To her child William he gave
flOO a year until lac was fourteen. 600 from
fourteen until he reached the age OF twenty
one, and the interest ut A. per cent. on 10000
from the age of twcnty-one until he was thirty
and nlter thirty he was TO have the 10000. But
with this the plaintiff was not satisfied.
Tho case might be distributed into three
epochs Tho first ranged over the life Of Chris.
meeting Miss Emily Werner In July. 1878: the
second extended from July. 1873. tll the fatal
Aug :. ISIS. down to tho making Of the viii in
| dispute on sept. 7, 1916 to be prolonged until
tho death 81 the tcstator. which occurred, on
| May 90. 1871 The tcstator lived for consider.
able time after the execution Of the. two wills Of
| April. 1876. and September. 1876; Evidence Of
| the fret period would concusively establish tho
ond would show The habits Of Miss Emily Yer
| ncr leading necessarily to the inference that.
having Ia tho course OF her WILD life become
| enceinie 10 some other person, she Induced Mr..
Christopher Neville Bneot 70 pass through the
| cloak ot her misconduct. and for him source
q Infinite unhappincss; while the evidence OF
| the third period would show that Mr.. Bagot.
treaties soon found that Miss Werner violated
| the compact into which she had entered. and
upon the fifth Of which Mr.. Bagot wns Induced
| to marry her, and thereupon resolved To- repu-
dat" the notion that her child was 10 be his
In sG5. after he had returned from Australia
| with an immense fortune. Mr. BaCot met with
| severe accident while hunting at Shrewsbury,
| his horse bcing trippedup 10y rabbit hole and
rolling Qyor him. In 1866 he was suffering from
| that he could not possibly he the father Of the
child. Documentary evidence of Mr.. Bagot's
dcnco. would hc given by eight Of the most re-
| spectacle medical men IN London, Including
ST. that Miss llagot and her sister had caropsals
| AT the Al.NandIa Hotel and NJ Indy Nerner's, IN
| VII, Mr.. Bill" as he wrote himself now Sir
| William Werner. took part. Finally. Miss YER
nrr induced MIR. Bagot to marry her. bringing
clergyman 10 the hotel for the purpose. In her
anxiety. as counsel alleged. 10 render her child
Legitimate before the marriage. which took
place NJ eleven o'clock q night. she signed a
scribcd himself as helpless invalid, who
threw himself on her generosity. required her
care and engaged her TO abandon her past and
tipsy acquui ntances. and to have no secrets
Mr. McDonough. .. c., said he would trouble
was readl The tostator writing TO his brother.
Bernard stated that he was very IN. The doc
tors told him that his condition was hopeless.
q. that he could never recover his health. and that
baths could do him no good. In another com
muniration on Aug. 12 the testator first men
toned to his brother the private marriage. at
the same time describing his invalid condition.
which rendered II necessary that he should be
carried from room to room. He stated that the
/ lady had known him Intimately long time.
what his condition was; aud what the doctors
risks. that she desired to be his wife and would
do everything. to console him: Counsel then
to Bernari Basot In this be. said his condi-
ton. WAS about the same, and on Oct 10 z he
Bagot became a mother at Tunbridge Wells.
Yielding to the solicitations OF Mrs. Bagot the
trstator hal consented to go abroad with her.
She hoped that by going away tho whole thing
She know weil what she was about She had
her chance. There might be a miscarriage. II
the child was born well and good; then another
story should b. InyNTtntedi;; L. d, Tan
bridge Wells from oct. H. 1875, 70 Jan, %, 1876.
Frequent quarrels occurred between them. In
Tor bittcr words. H. said. in the midst Of them
You know very well that child ~ not mine.
Would talk this over with me. Alice and had
arranged 70 20 abroad, but my health broke
me-. They lid moi consult me when they wrote
70 their friends and announeed there was q
baby. and led TO all this trouble between Alice
and myself. / have made fearful mistake
| ought not TO have married in my state OF
health. My doing so has not contributed 70 my
happiness" Counsel continued: now pro-
coed 10 show you how the quarrclling went on
at Tunlridge Wells and 90 prevent confusion
mystiacuiion. or falschood will prove 1t 10y docu-
| melts Tie utlNTrstlluK became 1utpnSlfipl
and went on 10 such an extent that Mrs. Bago
told Bernard Bqeot 70 come oyer and max,
and DR.. Buckley. who will tell you that had this
system Of annoyance gone on with this woman
iefoir'@, he TIM HiSh he died Thcy had patched uI
a pence when he yielded u her desire To- go Il
London. On Jan. 81 they We're at the PuliencN
Hotel, Albermarle street London. They did
not return 10 the Alexandra where that nue. IAN
choly marriage took place about IL o'clock
HHe tlen wrotc to Mr.; Holmes letter on bust
, ness. Mrs. Bagot lad gained her object -ha,
recognize the child and 70 have il registered II
the registry Office. She had circulated amona
, her friends this falsehood about this private
, marriage. She had won everything. Tun
bridge Wells became ntolcrable 70 hor Sh
! had not her full swing She neglected him
She slept in an adjoining room, heardhis agonl
p at night. and she would have separation. Sh'
knew she could have llne settlement, and sh'
| dened with MIN. That WIS the state OF thing
. when he said it was all over,
| On April IS. 1876. Will was executed, o
= which the present one II september was hut ~
! echo. Mr.. Bagots family were not near him n
4 | the time Before executing the document ~
Z instructed Mr. Fry To- arrange with Drs. Bans
AMI Porter 20 see him. Mr.. Fry took down hi
Instructions and prepared the draft. II such
| will were not ~ stand, there was no USE in an
man making one. Or, Banks and Dr. Porter say
him, and would testify 70 his capacity. Tn
: learned counsel then read some letters whicl
the tostator had written in refcrence 10 the eX
ecuti0n II the will. which would show he WI
= most particular about it, In one Of these, whe
mink ITGNlstOn for the child OF Mrs BNE N
70 he denied that the child was his heir. decar"
n that il should be called 10y the mothers name q
II Werner aud that ifduring his minority the chill
should use the surname ~ Bugot, or any otho
-, name instead Of Werner. he should be deprive
II Of the provision made, Dr. Banks would de-
% tail to them very painful incident which o'
!, Cured, and reflected on the conduct Of Mr.
Bag0t. A painful operation WAS being perform
e ed on Mr. Bagot by the doctors. when the lad
= burst into tho room and declined TO leave II
n naming during the whole operation.