The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-25
WHICH SHALL HAVE ALICE =?
4 TEAREUL Episode ~ THE VEST
E.iNTLr SDEiBBLE.
The Mother Eusa-s DIVA from the Witness
stand to Embrace Hcr thiid. aud the Five
ycnr-old s,httnLr nud Says "Go Away"


Stand TO Embrace Her thiid, aud the Five
ycar-oid s'htinLs nad Says "Go Away"
The entrance Of Alice West. n blue eyed girl
NJ 1--WE years. into the Common Pleas Court
room before Judge Gicgerich yesterday re-
suited in stoppagc OF the trial OF the action
OF Mrs. Kate le!zner West for n separation
from stephen Astor West. and in vain efforts.
mudo BY Judge and counsel. to reconcile her
parents.
West. who has been Marsha, Of tho Twelfth
Regiment an usher in theatres. and private
detective, married the rlnintifr. Kate u. Soby OF
Philadelphia. N June 1851. They lived to-
gciher until last August There nro three
childrcn-stephcn w. II years old: Kate A.. lS
years old. who hnS been an invalid. and Alice.
for whose custody the parents have disputed.
After thu parents parted. Mrs. West won't to
live at > East 18th street with the three chill
drcn. Last fall. in the mothers absence. West
went to hcr house ana took Alice to Elizabeth.
where he key. her until recently. living with
his sister On decoy letter West kent an up-
E"n'mSn ,lHHs Gy INC nothers counsel, az
for kidnapping the child. He was discharged.
hnTcyrr' for want o, jurisdiction. Mrs Vest
away until Yesterday.
MSs MT when the ,bs trial heSss
dents Of alleged cruelty. on which the. action
T y @ han Wn' r w. n"rs
| and hurried from tho witness stand toward
hcc daughter, CRYING
.Shctricd to take the little girls hand. but
the little girl turned from her and chung for
go awar - !! YOU , get mo 10y You viii lock mo
in thu bathroom"
The mothers apparent distress ,,, was in, in;
other chiilren cried. and Judge Giegerich
came near shedding tears. He allied the pnr-
rcconciation. Each seemed ohdurnte., and
hr said lie would proceed no further. with the
un,i RECESS to settle their differences out OF
court.
Aitrr recess LAWYER 4, $: bacon. counsel ' ?.
hi wife. but '.twyer FINLEY, counsel for Mira
Nest, SAID his client was afraid to go back to
Mrs. West resumed tho stand. She snid that
her husband had ungovernabIe passions and
yioIent t;mner He had meyer properly rro;
tried 70 CHOKE her. He had a pair Of nIppers
which hr Threatened to clan on her and take
a revolver. with which he threatened her. He
never gave her any money; but bought the
had to borrow ear fares from thn grocer. Her
husband could no: read or write. and she and
her down and oSkeI her son down. and had
tried t., lock his daughter Kate out OF the
About y ygnr and n hall ngo he obtained
verdict Of $1,000 against the Manhattan Ele-
waited Hallway COMPANY because his foot had
been Injured hv the closir z Of a car gate. She
had moitEaged it Tor 5000 to pay her previous
counsel in "a suit for separation. They were
temporarily reconcile,. ard he induced her to
decd the house TO Adrian j. Busll. West main
tain, that the house was decided IN trust for
the bcucnt Of ALICE. but the deed is not so
drawn. aud Mrs. West has an action pending
against Bush to recover tho property.
on cross-cXuniinatiQn the witness said she
taking all the furniture except n bcdsteau and
bedding. one chair. and bureau. which she
lett Tor him.
your husband abandoned you ~ asked counsel
for the defendant.
Certainly did,, ,ansswered Mrs: West
wS br n" Bone in my pody was
gun" when he cam" home"
Bertha Kronish. who had lived next door to
the Vests in. l2S.h street, gave corroborative
evidence Of Vests conduct. On cross-exam-
nation she was asked il Harry Hill and his
mistress had not boarded with her. and II the
police lad not directed her to turn them out.
She was not sure. she said. but TINT the woman
was his wife, She took the stand aSHin; how i4,
ever. and said that her hoarder was VIII Hill.
son OF Harry Ri!l. and that she had ordered
him and his wife TO leave by the direction Of
the police.
Tie III Their wanted the custody OF Alice. but
Judge Gie-erich said he would not pass on
the custody OF. the child. hut would permit the
mother t" sec between now ana Monday to
Deputy Sheriff Joseph O'Donnel waited in
the corridor to arrest West after ieavi ng the
court on an order issued last February by JUS
tcn Pryor requiring him t? be held in $1,000
irg the fact: Judge Giegerich ssid that as a
witness and party in the cnsc West had i'm
munity from arrest while attending the trial
The order was not served.