The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-10
FEARFUL SCENE.
Chancellor McGill Temper
arily Decides the Stage
Habeas Corpus Case.
CHILDREN TAKEN FROM THE MOTHER
The Father Placed Under Bonds to
Bring the Girls Into Court
Next Week.

Mrs. Henry B. Stage of Hackensack,
accompanied by her two little girls and
a boy whom she kidnapped from State
Street School, Hackensack, a few days
ago. where they had been placed by their
father, were in Chancery Chambers this
morning in response to an order to show
cause why she should not return the
children TO her husbands custody.
The troubles between Mr.. and Mrs.
Stagg have given the sleepy little Duten
town gossips nothing else to talk about
for several days. Mr.. Stagg once resided
in Hoboken, where he was employed by
the Morris and Essex Railroad Company:
-Four years ago the pair separated, and
Mrs. Stage began q suit for divorce, al
Lodging tina her husband treated her
cruelty and failed to support her. Wnen
they separated Mrs. Stage had control OF
girls to visit their fathers mother and
Stage would not send them back. His
wife tried repeatedly to see them, but she
was refused that privilege.
placed at school in Hackensack Mrs.
Stage, by the advice of her lawyer, Sena-
tor w. D. Daily, drove up to the building
a few days ago with her father, Jacob
Berdon, and took the children. Her nus
band sued out a writ OF habeas corpus,
and the return of the rule was heard to-
day before Chancellor McGiN.
Senator William Johnson, for Mr.. Henry
b. Stage, at the opening briefly cited the
issue of the writ, and in reply Senator W.
D. DAILY asked that the matter be con-
tinued for one week as he had no time to
book into the matter, and desired to make
q more complete return.
Il have no objection to granting this
continuance, but the Court shall taxi care
OF the children. This woman has applied
TO the Court for the custody of the chill
dren and she takes the law into her own
hands and thus precipitates the case. The
c~hildren%fwin be placed in the hands OF
some outside party
Your Honor Is assuming something
interrupted Senator DAILY.
THE Court assumes nothing but what
TINS petition discloses,' replied the Chan
Senator Daily pointed out that the chill
dren we're by force under the control Of
the father when clearly they had never
been out Of the possession of the mother.
INT father took the children from the
mother when they were under her con-
trol. The mother. Mr.. DAILY continued,
was a proper person, and the petition did
not allege that she was an improper Gus
"Oh. yes, it does,' interposed Senator
johnson. 1T asserts that she Is not a
proper person to have them"
The Court" said the Chancellor, alb
ruptly terminating the wrangie behveen
AZ 64FC GtC temporary GUS
tody of the children to the father and
place him under 5000 bonds. That win
restore the status quo of the case. The
mother took the children away while they
were really before this Court. and this
Court wishes to condemn that practice.
me children will go back to the father
as the custodian of this Court until NEXT
Saturday"
when the children heard this they both
began TO cry and chung to their mother,
whose eyes were wet with tears.
Inc scene which followed was extremely
anectlng; While the lawyers were sign
cnildren next Saturday, to which time the
Cnancelior adjourned the hearing, the
ol,raren cried and scbbed out 81 dom
During this painful sight the father
sat with his head buried in his hands
ana he, too. had a suspicion of tear ii
mas eyes xhe mother by advice OF sena.
t6r Day rose and took the little girls tc
Inelr rather, who embraced them shf
having done this left the court after frs
Kisslng each child on the eyes and cheeks