The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-14
HUSBAND OR THE CHURCH.
MRS. EWALD VAS TOLD THAT SIZE
,IS1- GIVE UP ONE OR THE OTHER.

,s. HAD Married n Divorced Man and the
pr,ests or ~. pntrickts Catholic Church In
Jersey city Refused to Administer the last
Rites when she was Thought TO ne Dying.
Tho case of Mrs. Charles Ewald Of 513 Com
runipaw avenue, Jersey City, has caused q lot
a, gossip among the Practitioners Of st. Pat
,lck's roman Catholic Church. As told in
Tur suN on Sunday, Mrs. Ewald. who was q
catbolic. was married to a Protestant, and
xhcn she became sick about ten days ago the
pcv. Father Kelly and another priest attached
,o St Pntrick's Church were asked to admins
cor tho last rites to her. Tho request was
made by Mrs. Ewald's uncle, John Conway,
.ho IA an executor OF an estate 70 which Mrs.
Fvald falls heir. Tho Conways brous hit Mrs.
rvalh nm in their homo after her father,
Michael Conway, died and left her 80, 600. She
IA about TO come into possession of the estate.
When the priests visited her house last week
bar husband ordered them out, and sent back
Tho candles and holy water which they had
broucht. Hor aunt and uncle believed that she
xas diving and wanted to see her die q Catholic,
while her husband was opposed TO this.
Yesterday people living in the upper part of
Jersey City discussed the case In all Its details.
What seemed TO interest them most was the
fact that instead OF growing worse Mrs. Ewald's
condition improved SO much that she was able
10 MAKE u SNdlCLiOh VI AZ WV AVA S"h
name. She sent a%rlotter- to the newspapers in
which she said:
"I was taken Ill with nervous prostratton,
and not with heart.trouble. as the newspapers
have stated. 1t Is true that l was married by
a Protestant minister, but l think that when 1t
comes to IL wife leaving her husband 1t is q
very hard thing to do on account Of religion,
especially IL they are living very happy to-
Nether. As for my husband having his eye on
the s.. 900 inheritance. that Is not true. When
he married me he did not know that / had as
much as 5000 cents, and furthermore, he did
not make any inquiries In that direction.
When | became Ill the doctors orders to my
husband were that l should DO kept perfectly
quiet and not to allow me to DO bothered by
any one, priest or minister. for II l had another
relapse 1t would not be SO easy for me to get
over owe o Il BY publishing r this I'm In y9ps RSPsr you
The Rsv. Father Carroll. pastor Of 81. Pat.
rick's Church, said yesterday: Il am glad that
the scandal has come out, because 1t Will servo
very T sad affair. and / feel for Mrs. Ewaldts
SOU. | should say, Miss Conway's soul. call
her Miss Sonway, because the SharGn Goes n =
young woman has been the cause Of much
en1iety to tie priests of this church. The late
About a year ago my attention was called to
her case. 1t was public ruInor in this neighbor-
h essld at She .hs' w sim q s sh9s she ssb wss ts so %srF ~
our church. Policemen gossiped about the
matter, and so did the neighbors, until the case
the young woman. l asked her II 1t was true
that she was going to marry Ewald. She ad.
the danger of her action from a Catholic point
Of view, and warned her against a continuance
Of her friendship with the man; She did not
Sunday school, but the saddestspart OF the affair
l. that she attended church and confession,
she was married. / believe She did this the
ter and was married, to ,Ewald. Under these
circumstances accepting holy communion was
she communicated herself FROM the Catholic
to announce that she had been married by a
priest attached to THU, church, the Rev. Father
sasshan, | Le,t it my duty Ut to n, deny the state tat ,
sernon.on mismarriages l did so. Regarding
the talk concerning the priests visit to hel
thave this to say. Word reached the rectory on
Thursday that she desired to see a priest
Father Kelly went to the house. Being famil
lar with all the circumstances surrounding hei
past, she was told that she would have to re-
Psn[, and that the priest could not administe.
BY fSh ,Se decision q the Bishop = 'E.e'a '''
Father Kelly called upon the Bishop, who
consented to her receiving the last rites OF the
Church upon two conditions. One of these was
that she should make reparation for her sin
she should leave Mr.. Ewald. On Friday NIGH
Father Kelly again visited her. He did not
bring any candles or holy water. But they
wife seeing the priest, 1t Is not likely that he
would, permit her to keep these in her house
Probably they were brought there by her uncle
or her aunt. When Father Kelly got to the
house he found Mr.. Ewald in the room with his
sick wife,. In order that the young woman
might not be influenced in replying to the ques'
lions that Father Kelly was required TO put &c
her, the priest requested her husband to stel
into an adjoining room. Mr.. Ewald refused
TO do so. Tho young woman said Charley
please go out, and he walked to the doorway
Father Kelly then turned to the sick woman
this mani to which she replied No. Father
Kelly then said: There is nothing further fol-
me to do. and he left the house. He was moi
ordered out, nor was he put out, and II the un'
fortunate woman should again call for a priest
pity Mr.; Ewalds would not keep one out Of the
house. In such cases the person sending for a
priest Is protected by our laws. The priest Ii
also protected"
Continuing, Father Carroll spoke of the laws
OF the Catholic Church regarding divorce. He
ioid that in the eyes Of the Church the bond:
OF matrimony could DO severed only by death
Considered a valid marriage as far as the
Church was concerned. He said that during
the late war many husbands left their wives tc
enter the conflict and did notsreturn, but tbei'
deaths not being recorded, their wives were
not permitted to marry again under the law
q the Catholic Church. Only where. q hus
oand5 death was proven did the Church recog
nLze the wife as a widow.
Mrs. Ewald has fully recovered from her late
Illness, and one Of her ne!ghbors said last nigh,
that she would be able to BIO out In q day Oh
Two, The reason that the case has attracted 50
much attention and caused so much GOSSIP
Is that the young woman was considered ont
o. The most fervent member of st. Patrick