The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-12
MONSIEUR'S TURN.
Sensational Lafayette Di-
vorce Suit to Be Revived
in Chancery Court.
DE ST. MARTIN TO SUE HIS WIFE
Arrived from Belgium Recently
and Talks About Procuring His
Freedom Madame's Denial.
De ST. MARTIN TO SUE HIS WIFE

The de st. Martin divorce suit which
supplied hot, spicy, sensational food for
the gossips of the Lafayette section of
Jersey City a year ago, is to be revived
In the Court of Chancery shortly.
Not many years ago Catharine, the
pretty daughter of Mrs. Youngling, a
highly respectable lady living on Pacific
avenue. near Communipaw avenue, met
a dashing Frenchman, Monsieur Joseph
de st. Martin, a scion of the ancien
noblesse. He had the lineage and she
the money. n therefore it was gener-
ally spoken of as a brilliant union, but
like many of these marriages de conve-
nance, 1t ~exempliied the old lines
Marriages were made in heaven, they
say;
But Hymen, whom mischief often
Deals in the house. t'other side of the
way,
And then they turn out Lucifer
matches"
The upshot was hat after a brief period
OF bliss and blister. Nine.
Catharine de st. Martin instructed Coun-
sellor Ezra K. Seguine to bring a suit
for divorce on statutory grounds, the
offending party being described las a
woman unknown to the petitioner" The
bill was filed, but no motion for alimony
and counsel fees was made, neither was
there any motion for reference affixed
and the bill sleeps in the pigeon holes Of
the Clerk of Chancery's Office in Tren-
ton.
In the meantime Monsieur a gone to
Belgium. He did not dare go into France
because of a little misunderstanding
which existed between him and the milf
II a. 49, r
pears that when all France was shouting
"a Berlin Monsieur neglected to obey the
call TO take up arms, and had he put
MS loot across nv frontier the inside Of
a gloomy dungeon would have been his
portion.
He returned to Jersey City in July,
living with her mother in Lafayette. 1t
was a Sunday evening when he called,
and because he was refused admission
e. the eoh house ne raised such a racket that
Lafayette. just pouring out of church.
We're deeply scandalized.
Monsieur stood on the sidewalk. slap
ped his breast, emitted sacres by the
score, and vowed vengeance on some
body's head, whom he termed Jean
n pasitel cam MT o.f se agy 1bs n who i've ns op-
fed the irate husband. bidding him seek
a lawyer and answer the charges made
lowed and in the course Of a few days
an answer denying the misconduct al
legged was filed.
Then Monsieur returned to Belgium
Where he has remained until a few days
ago, when he came back to this country
and is now temporarily residing in New
York.
Some busybody has kept him informed
or misinformed, as to his wife's mode of
living and as a result he now proposes
to file a cross bill. 1t is said he will
bring into the case an empoye of a fam
Gus biscuit manufacturing company in
New York.
Madame de st. Martin was seen yester-
day and she indignantly denied her hus
bands accusations. She propose now
to prosecute her former suit and be freed
from a man who, she says, has sub
jected her to enough insult. notoriety
and cruelty.
Mrs. de ST. Martin is a refined and
beautiful woman, who mas one little
child not a year old. Her mother. Mrs.
~Younglirsg, possesses property. in The
neighborhood and both are highly re-
spected by those who know them.
The suit of the husband Is looked fo~-
ward too with much interest. Mrs. dc
st. Martins friends promise to make IL
warm for Monsieur when his suit comes
to trial.