New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-12
H. c. Ayes PETITION MADE PUBLTC.
LETTERS AND TESTIMONY ADDUCED TO sHo"
MRS AYERS UNfTrNESs TO TAKE
THE CHILD, MARGARET.

LETTERS AND TESTIMONY ADDUCED TO SHOW
MRS. AYERS UNr1rNESs TO TAKE
THE CHILD, MARGARET.
Chca,o, July IL (speclaD.-The petition Of Herbert
c. Aver the divorced husband of Harriet HuDoafu
Aver 10 have his wife removed as guardian oil hs'r
youngest daughter. Margaret was heard In tn Supe'io
Court today pom the plea that publication V.
the complaint OF Mr.. Aver might defeat the ehus Va
justice by giving Mrs. Aver notice of the apphca-
ton, and thus putting It In her power TO nee 10
Europe, the petition suppressed by order oi Uie
Court. Now that service OF the order has been hdu
on Mrs Aver IN New York there Is no further eA'"So
for secrecy The petition OF Aver Is on par III
sensationalism with the charges made against vi =
Aver in NevYorlt and Is supplemented by some
spicy correspondence from the novelist. Miss ho"dr'
aud from Margaret herself before published Inc
petition therefore prays that Mrs. Aver be remover
as their GIRLS guardian, and that Mrs. Harriet l.
seymour be substituted guardian. and un'li %''o"
can be taken the mother was ordered 10 ues's' iO
interference with the daughter
The letters which accompany the petition ahofu d
pretty clear insight into the relative positions VI '"o
different parties the Aver controversy Inc ni''
letter is from Miss Howard Mrs. seymour ha''iIs
been written ON May 81 last fIom Stuttgart II
refers at the start 10 Mrs Aver a. the ai'h menu
saving: Il am sure you Will all agre that Ia IA,
dltfon 10 the public afront To my fair name, ] sno".'
hardly be called upon 10 pay the alch menu p''"'
bills As TO Margaret. she says
"Tbe question now u.s. If can legally Keep mr.
provided Mrs Aver send, for her. Has your papa '"e
slightest legal right 10 inc cuH' ~
would break my heart 70 give the child up. y" ~
in the world understands her a do NO one "u'
does not realize patiently and lovingly that She Is inc
child Of opium and lies and Other vices. Of whcA YOU
do not know. can make good woman oil He.' WI
vour mothers blood runs freely In her As u u''"N
ing Hattie, ! simply cannot believe that II. Il, -
Is temperate nor can Dr. Teufel and DR.. Deahna'
She IS an adept in couccang it and dihA9 P'i''"'
in large swallows She can carry quarts
Miss Howard inclosed in her letter draft Tor W
MARKS for Margaret's May expenses, which includa'
t,vo months tuition ettrr fiom the hireeh-SeaI'
old Margaret 70 her sister. dated June 4, reads
Dear Hattie Please tell papa 10 do all ne can
before he let's me 20 10 that awful woman trs Ayerl'
and she Mrs Aver surely won't let M STAY VIVA
wv, Miss Howard any longer. l won't 20 on a
shin until l am dragged. aud wont be diaSgeN III !
can't walk and have strong legs and II run away
q ret a chance. Tell papa not to let them Hy
10 take me away. If l lose Wawie, ! lose an inc
good in me, and therefore my motto Is Hang D"
As long a. you can. aud never say die uoh
see low We can ever thank and love Wawic enough
and make up for this that orr mother has done 10
her and her clean name. She IS SO calm anu 30
swfuly lovely. but girls are furious
In a letter TO her father the girl says: "Wawie
Is trying TO make decent, because ! was awful
when came used to lie just like Mrs. Aver
does now Wawie had al awful time with h,r la,t
Christmas. She kept sending me out for brandy
until Wawie and the doctors tried to stop her
Resides letters. the testimony Of Marian =
smith and three other girls, who are under
Miss Towards tuteage, 20 how Mrs. Aver behaye ed
on her visit 70 stuttgart, Is given They say that Mrs
Aver had not been there long before She dSglse them
with her coarse talk low JOKES, loud laughter and
great eXctsbility CAUSED by excess OF brandy. she
walked the house at night like Gagged beast on
Christmas night she fell I'm drunken stupor on the
door. She said that she suffered nom Insomnia anf
called Or. Tcuiiel. who tod Acr she had been drink
ing too hard and ordered her - bed. she demanded
brandy but Il was refused her. and she drank htr
tooth wash and big bottle Of hcliorope toilet
water.