New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-12
Association, In Huntington.sve, THURSDAY me
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pense to make this celebration successful
WHO Has MRS. WASONS CHILD ?
A WEALTHY YOUNG COUPLE IN TROUBLE
THE HUSBAND, A GRANDSON OF wAsoN THE IN
yENToR, SUES FOR DIvoRCE-HIs WIFE


yENToR, SUES FOR DIvoRCE-1i1s WIFE
MAKES A CHARGE OF ABDUCTION.
Three years ago George Ernest Wason grandson
Of the inventor OF various appliances owned
by tho Springfield Manufacturing Company, was mar
rcd at the age Of eighteen. HIS wife, who was
then only fourteen years DID, is Mrs Flonele Wason
The young man is alleged to be OF dssipatod habits,
and 1t is stated that this account his mother re-
duced his income to 800 week. He charges his
wife with infde:ty and last Monday caused a summon,
I'm suit for an absolute divorce to be served upon
her. They have one child, Cecil Wilmot Wason,
about two years old, who has been taken away from
his mother They have had another child, which IS
dead.
On Saturday, the young wife's lawyers, Howe &
Hummel, obtained from Justice Lawrence, of the
Supreme Court, a writ of habeas corpus requiring the
husband and his mother Mrs. Alice 5. Wason, to
lake the chri Cecil to court to-day that It may be
determined in whose custody the boy shall remain,
pending the suit Young Mrs Wason, who is now
seventeen years old, charges that her husband and
his mother took the infant away from her on Wednes
day. The father of the defendant thercupon told Po
lice Captain Gunner about the case, and the Captain
:alled upon wasons mother at the Hotel Brunswick
and informed by her that the babe had been sent
out of the State and was not therefore, within the
jurisdiction of the New York courts.
The girl-wfe is beautiful blonde She
denies emphatically the charges of in
In her petition young Mrs wasOn says that the
divorce suit is simply pretext for stealing her
child; that her husband is drunkard, and has at
various times assaulted her and the child, and has
given liquor TO the ttlc against her urgent
remonsrances and that he IS thoroughly unf ted
to have the custody, control education Of the child
"by reason of the fac; that he IS addicted
to the immoderate of sprituous liquor and IS a
confirmed drunkard." She adds that since the ABB
finn of he halp he has hee
grief, and has been confined to the home of her
parents, who people of high reputation and
excellent character IN this city"
Young Wason and his wife first met in the CaskllS
Her father was pleased with the attention which
Wason paid to his daughter and took her home to
New-York. Wason followed and while her father was
absent in Philadelphia Wason induced her to marry
him clandestlncly. He has a fortune of $50 900,
which was left to him with the provision that his
father should receive the income long the latter
lived. The father died and undcr the laws of Massa
chusetts where the family lived, the young mans
Income has been restricted, it is alleged, account
of his Incorporate habits.
Young Mrs. Wason Is daughter of William X.
Presby woollen manufacturer, whose Office is at No
20 Whitcst. In the winter he lives at No. $50 West
Twenty third-s., but during the summer no and his
family occupy a summer home at Riverside, Conn.
Young Wason and his wife lived at No 400 West
Twenty -thirl-st until their marital troubles began.
On Sunday last Mrs Wason her child and maid visited
her parents in the adjoining block and the entire
Presby family were surprised when Mrs. Wasons per
sonal effects were sent to her by her husband There
were no further developments until Wednesday, when
the maid took the child out for airing and failed 10
return In the afternoon Mrs. Wason was served with
papers I'm the divorce
The young wife has appealed to the police TO help
her find the child, but all efforts In that direction have
been in vain. No trace of the nurse can be found