The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-25
SAVED HHR DARLNGS.
Mrs. 01cott Vanqaisfles Her
Husband and Her
MotIer-insLaW.
HER CHARACTER ytNDiCkgEB p
General Indignation at the CoWs
ardly Assaults:On lt--BiyelY
Incidents Of the Liti-
cation.


dered decision which met with more
public approval than that with w1lich
he gave yesterday afternoon, VIXEN
he announced that he had
no hesitancy in awarding to Mrs.
Fannie &. Olcott the possession Of her
two handsome children, for who1nahehas
made such a gallant fight. The qAest5Dn-
able tactics employed by her husband's
counsel and the manifest enn1lty which
his relatives bore the young mother pre-
JUDGED the spectators against them
The himsy testimony with which they
added to the bad impression whilet
the straightforward, unpretentious
manner in which the young woman re-
lated the many acts of persecution TO
which she was subjected BY her hus-
bands relatives won for her the synrpa-
thy of all who hesrd her.
She was sitting in the back part Of tho
court room when the chancellor an~
nounced his decision, ndfhe did not ex-
actly comprehend the meaning Of HIS
words. Her brother hastenad to where
she was and told her she lfad won her
case. Joyous light broke into her eyes
and she enthusiastically embraced her
brother while the SPECTATORS crowded
around her and appeared no less pleased
than she was herself.
e,a6nlng 0h bsr am s0dh So happy she ss exclaimed %
Chancellor?'' she asked her counsel.
Mr.. Fisk said there would be no inn
propriety in that. and Mrs OIcott went
up to the Chancellor, and smiling through
her tears said that she wanted to thank
him for. giving. her her children. The
Chancellor trled-to maintain the dignity
OF the Court, but caught the injection of
the mothers happiness and smiling,
told her she should not thank him
but the law for being ON her side.
The little girl WAC during the
fond of her mother was alrea3yin the
back room with her baby brQther and
NJ rs. Olcott1ooked for the boy. The hus-;
ba ndsa and his relafi sassso0n gs, ahede-
cision was announced arose And iefS the
room. The boy. who had chung to bis
them, But the mother metAhem at the
elevator and in sDite ofathe heavy swear
in of the fathers family thgtsthe boy
w as in mortal dreadsof his mnhher, MRS.
Olcott had no dificufty In neFsuading
h i'm to leave his father and come with
her.
THE HUSBANDS VERSION oF,THE CASE.
After the recess yesterday afternoon
Dr. Charles sOlcott, the father OF the
children, was placed upon the staud. He
is q genteel looking man, with tall
spare figure and flowing siaewhiskers.
lis Qet0cdHOI WAS Jiittt Ok u llHQ uNQeE
the influence Of some narcotic, and he
gave his testimony in such q, low voice
that he had to be adnaonished frequently
to speak louder He began
by disavowing any intention of
impugning his wife's character when he
was of such a character that the chill
dren's morals would be affected if they
were given into her custody. Mr.. Fisk'a
questions on this disavowal did not place
Dr. Olcott in an enviabbe position, and
Prosecutor Steele, whose entire cdilducU
in this case has not been 4suOh aSato cover
him with glory in thete eyes OF people who
love fair play, attempted to help his
client out by saying that what the return
really meant was that thermo6her was Of
such uncleanly habits that the children's
morals would be affected.
His effort only succeeded in winning
for his sideth contemptaf every one in
the room, ana then his client proceeded.
The doctor said that he had nothing to
say against his wife asa wife or mother
as long as she was from under the fnfiu-
ence of her mother. He went to his
mothers house fer his meals. he said, be-
cause his wife was i'll, and he thought it
would be more convenient for her. He
went with his wife's knowledge and CON
sent. He is now living at his mothers
house. where he went and took his two
children about May l, telling his wife
band and her mother.
His mOther-in-law, Mrs. Kirby. was
objectionable to him. and he ordered her
from his home. She refused to go, and
he consulted q justice Of the peace. The
justice teld him to take out tresspass
warrant, which he did. He told Mrs
Kirby that he had the warrant, and she
left the house. She, however, would
come to the gate and remain there from
one O'Clock to half past six o'clock each
afternoon.
The doctor then gave his version of the
assault by his father on his wife. He SAID
that on Sunday, June 20, he took the boy
ont driving, and when he returned it was
after the dinner hour. Katie, Mrs. Oh
cotts maid, was on the porch and asked
for the boy. The doctor told her that he
would send him over after dinner. Then
table he heard g scream, and
on running out he saw Katie
carrying the boy away while his
wife followed about five feet behind. He
told his wife she must not take the boy
that way. His wife was very much ex>
cited and when he took the boy from the
maid she followed to the house. His
mother said she could not come in but
she seemed determined to enter and
rushed into the hall. There his father
met her and merely took her gently by
the shoulder and turned her around and
said that she must go out.
HE WOULDN'T LET ANY MAN ASSAULT HIS
WIFE.
81 would not stand by and see any man
ASSAULT my WIFE, said the doctor lam
guidly, as he denied that his father
choked his wife He also denied that he
had separated from his family. He said
that while his wife was under the intln-
ence of her mother his children were ne
elected. The little girl was afflicted with
eruptions on the skin which We're due
to uncleanllness and neglect. The little
boy was punished unnecessarily by being
whipped and placed in dark closet to
such am extent that he was of highly
nervous temperament and in mortal
dread of his mother. She used tc.puntsh
the boy every time he came back from
visiting his grandparents. His testimony
on that point becaMe>so vague and gene
eral that the Chancellor stopped hip
short and told him to condne himself to
facts.
He illustrated the boys nervous tenn
permanent bysrelating an 1nciAent which
occurred at the Erie depot lHtt Saturday.
The children were there waiting for 2
train, when Mrs. Kirby came up ana
ordered away Miss Emma ShafRer, who
had the boy by the hand, saying, There
is the woman who wanted to marry
Charlie Olcott, and now she is trying 70
run away with another woman's chill
dren."
This scene so unnerved the boy. ne said,
that he had been in precarious conal-
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