The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
SUES FOR RECOGNITION.
MRS vON Ak SAYS SHE WAS JICoB
UiLS1ED'S WIFE.

AHfs''' FO' 40 SIM VASOh
HILS1ED'S WYE
Argument on the Motion ror Mn Of Par
tiouinrs to $50 Heard To.mor~ow .-Soms
Amdnvits Submitted by Mr.. Won Az.
When Jacob Halsted. the millionaire. died
In June. 1891. It was supposed by everybody.
his family included that no was a wdower.
His wife. Mary Elizabeth Halsted. died In
1875 Mr.. Halsted left nve children. Jacob
Harson Halsted. who Is grain broker. James
Halsted. who 10 a coffee broker. and Hannah
b.. Mary E.. and Marie.
Six months or so after their fathers death
Mrs. Florce Won AK called at The o 1ce Of James
Iialsted with letter written by herself. which
she sent In to him She said she had most I'm
portant business to transact and II was OF
nature that would not admit OF publicity. Mr..
Halsted sent out word that he was engaged
and coul! not soc her. That was the last heard
o! her. according to the story OF the HRlstods,
until Feb. Is. 1892. when Mary T. Halsted rc-
ceived q letter from her enclosing another let
ter unsigned. but purporting to have been
written by Jacob Halsted to Mrs. Won Ak Tho
enclosed letter was one OF sympathy because
Won Ak in{imatei that this letter was . prot
She said In her letter:
he sad he son,asred me hi. VIE under tho Inw,o
hs would axe me 70 h!s home and setnow edge me
hat a. lis mo OF he he oSs mot uSs ms
from his children
In this letter Mrs. Won AK also asserted that
Mr.. Hal sted had visited her during the last
hours Of 3 o clock md i o'clock in the after
out Of the city. and often in the morning lie
would never stay after clock when his fam.
iiy was home because he said his absence
ised her many times that he would always
care for her, and that when he died he would
Al a In hnr sl Al Ia Late Nra
Won AK said:
A ndss Er Mty IN IT, ssS:
s. s 10
fancy. l am ias. becoming penn,lesa. depended
e an a"nE GssDs
you every proof OF my statement.
This letter was severe shock to the Hull
st sted oh % pdwoSs t PLACED the nsTs
wasn't long afterwnrd that suit was begun hy
Mrs Won Ak. We'll known as the HIlsteis
ns p sfs ths G aa VI he "xes
applied tor Ri hiI Of pa ts smIi In the Drill;
Application. Mrs; Won A, don't want to o give i've
not be S e o sS Af H0r IS to T hSw
posing the petition. ose OF these aildavits
says:
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res,,ymsp in =, Thomas uhsreh f,tth ayeas and
fSns he once wrote m. mat e he
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Thsre prs.rns r. INNS my n.,d " Helen:
Two days alter sent to Miss Hsstssd the letter re-
ID the 1m ,G s, s s"ps Mi ymsr sands
az S a s5s no
in IireGt evidence to prove Mr. Sands IL en-
no had fr year. drawn large sum. thsreloiore
M ssGs'' n 70:
tia. H. oSe and saSssqasnsy rsesyed l.,ss as
dIawingit.
Continuing. Mrs. Won Az alleges as follows:
from r.! i w'..s
have no resource. Wv ''-'t A~""'
n%s m are ~ rs
r nr% h.y have
errasehsd t%s aetS Who me- whs ssf @s:
;aPs:::l e ss': S.a Ss::es,sSss: s ss
4:
. son.ny and % 5 so r:
most infamons so that my lie was made
a RI. Tn g
on earth had any such possible interest, and from the
stassa ssnains 70 ans q iss
defendants letter III which Threatened IL they
10 ey Ser aS
.Sss a%ssa %.s".s sss ny
wnss.es ne dsfemdans money power and influence
o m.K aSUs Gy {,
S; HI Az: si;,ss : Y
fendants onsr Of settlement. and when It became
The courts for the Justification Of my rights
This afndnyit OF Mrs. Won Ak is accompanied
by an AFFIDAVIT made by Marie Crete: cham:
sy ss Wo ISsf on MI
Won Ak or nine months. beginning In October.
1889. She swears that Mr. Halsted hal often
said to her that Mrs. Won Ak was his wife. but
he could not publicly acknowledge the fact.
Asa sort OF counteractant to this affidavit.
Mr.. Bowers has an AFFIDAVIT made by J. Har-
office at IS William street. Mr.. .pnrdy swears
that Mr.. lIalsted was occupied daily in his OF.
Ace between the hours OF o'clock and 8 In
Which rs. Won ma Ak s' says he was With hsl
There may be other alidavits by Monday
when the argument vii be resumed. and It 10
%heh Mrs. AK aes s rYed
Mr.. Halsted will come out Mr.. Halsted WSs
for many years veStryman In St Thomass
EpsscoGaln chnrGh in KIM Sy ni ~ Oh.
Spanish and her mplexon Is dark. She isiiv.
nSw $40 fhas
is an American, and that she, came q good
family. but she will not tell who her parents
were. I!alsted.. he says. was her third bus
got divorce from her, no says. Her second
was Charles, Ak OF Baltimore His parents
separated them. SO the lawyer says. and the
and and caused a him to commit suicide. '"'nu
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