The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-17
MRS. DEACON'S LATEST STEP
In Court with the Request that Her
Eldest Child Be Sent to q Convent.
Her Liaison with Abeille Recounted by the At
torneys-Exciting Debate in the French
Deputies on the Press Laws.
DEACON SCANDAL REopENED.
The Guilty Wife Wants ths Court 60 Pia.
Her Child In n Convent

The Guilty Wife Wants tho Court co Place
Her Child In q Convent
PARIS, Nov. 16-The appeal of Mrs. Dea-
con from the decision of thestribunal of the
Seine, declaring that she had no right to
apply for divorce from her husband and
awarding the custody of the children to
Mr.. Deacon, came MP to-day In the first
chamber of the Court of Appeals. Judge
Perivier presided. Mr.. Deacon was pres
emit. but Mrs. Deacon did not appear. NJ.
Barbour. for Mrs Deacon. said that Mrs.
Deacon charged that Mr.. Deacon was q
man Of violent temper and that he neglected
his wife. He further declared that for two
yearsMr Deacon had studiously ignored his
wife's haison with Abeille and refused to
apply for a divorce because Mrs. Deacon
paid the household expenses On the night
that Mr.. Deacon shot and killed A5ellle
there had been no crimina al intercourse be-
tween the latter and Mrs. Deacon. Mr..
ehould have two of the children. Mr.
Deacon's demand for his daughter was un-
reasonable and was due simply to desire
Tor vengeance and to hatred of his wife.
nj. Barbour claimed that Mrs. Deacon was
justified in sequestering his child until her
appeal was heard and decided. She had
taken the girl from tho convent to prevent
her husband sending her TO America. Con-
u, We DhIDOu& QccltIcu bu0b TIC
attitude of Mrs. Deacon after the tragedy
was com parable with Mary Magdalene.
who had duplicated for sympathy. He
asked that the court place the child in q
convent and allow Mrs. Deacon to visit her
weekly.
When NJ. Barbour had concluded, NJ.
Clunet, who appeared for Mr.. Deacon. ad-
dressed the court. He traced the history
of Mrs. Deacon's lisison with Aoeille from
its beginning to the time Abeille was shot
By Deacon. Mrs. Deacon, he said, had
brought an action for divorce In Paris, that
she might avoid scandal and condemna-
ton for adultery by the court. He denied
that Mr.. Deacon had mIsused his wife. and
said the statements that he was a man of
violent temper were untrue. The tribunal
of the Seine, before which Mrs. Deacon had
brought proceedings, had gwen TO Mr..
Deacon the custody of his eldest child.
Mrs. Deacon had abducted the child as
soon as she learned of the courts decision,
ana threatened that Mr.. Deacon would
never see the girl again unless his action
abandoned. Mrs. Deacon asked the court
TO Withdraw Mr.. Deacon's rights as the
natural guardian of the child. Mrs Dea-
con was woman of pleasure. Her intrigue
with Abeille was not u sudden weakness
Five weeks after her confinement A eIlle
was found with her. Mrs. Deacon ad-
mitted this. Then she left Paris for
Cannes. She stopped at the Hotel Noailles
In Marseilles, and there Abeille Joined her
under an assumed name. He used the
name Adam. and Mrs. Deacon used the
Clunet concluded his speech by declaring
that q woman who behaved as Mrs. Deacon
had done was not hit 10 have the custody
of q child. The court then adjourned.