The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
is SHE A B|GAhIST /?
Mrs. Bissell, of New York
Divorce Notoriety Mar
ried Here.
HUSBANDS DECREE NOT SIGNED
Fonachon, Her New Husband
Falsely Stated He Lived
in This City.

City, II. j. by Winfeld 5. Weed. Jus
tice of the Peace, Mary Valentine
Bissell to Joseph Louis Fornachon.
Behind the above marriage notice is a
story of romance, duplicity and matri-
monial complications scarcely to be cred
tied The date of the marriage does not
appear in the notice, which was in a
New York newspaper this morning JUS
tice Weeds record shows that it occur
red on October Is, and was witnessed by
| julius Lubbett and Robert Thomas. Lub-
bett is a bartender employed in sa-
loon near Justice Weeds office, which
is at No. so Montgomery street. On the
marriage record it appears that Fornach-
on's address is No. 462 Grove street, while
that of the bride is New York City. Both
Fornachon and his bride are on record
as having been married before. Invesfi-
cation shows that Fornachon never lived
at No. 4e2 Grove street; that he had no
residence in New Jersey, and that he,
therefore, perjured himself to avoid the
marriage license law, which requires that
one of the persons to be married must
be resident of New Jersey or secure a
license. The fact is also proven that at
4S411'7A-
was married woman. 1t was only on
| Thursday last, over three weeks after
her marriage to Fornachon, that Judge
Stover OF the Supreme Court signed the
decree divorcing Mary Valentine Yale
BisselI from her husband, Eugene v. N
Bissell. The decree was recommended
by Abraham Gruber, as referee, on oe-
tober 10, two days before the marriage
of Mrs BisselI and Fornachon, but was
not signed at that time.
Mary Valentine Yale was married to
Eugene Bissell, son of a. wealthy aue-
tioneer, who had an establishment on
Murray street, on April 4, 1888 The match
was a romantic one. 1t was opposed by
Mrs. Yale, because of her daughters age.
she being only seventeen years old, and
Bissell was not yet twenty-one years old
The pair disregarded the wishes of their
parents, and, eloping, were married ar
Glen Falls. At the time of his marriage
Young Bissell was clerk in the trading
house of vermilye & Company. Mrs. Bis
sell was possessed of a handsome fortune,
which had been left her by her father,
Arrniter Yale who died several years
previous to her marriage.
At first the pair went to Housekeeping
| in Brooklyn but when young Bisseii
bought an interest in his fathers AUG
| ton business, on Murray street, they set
up a fashionable establishment at No aS
| West Twenty-second street. In the cause
of the subsequent litigation, supplement
tarv proceedings and otherwise, Mrs
! Bissell swore that it was her money that
paid for his partnership in the firm OF
Bissell & Son. Altogether, she declared.
she had lent him $4,000.
The first appearance of the Bissells in
court was caused by creditors. Alilli-
ners, ladies' tailors and tradesmen OF
various kinds began to hue him and her
for unpaid bills. Suits aggregating $1o,Oee
for bonnets and gowns We're brought
against Mr.. Bisseil and finally at The
hearing of one of them it was brought
out that the couple had separated, and he
was suing her for absolute divorce.
That was last year. and in an inter-
view Mrs. Bissell said she supposed her
husband had married E. H. Wells
named as correspondent. Mr.. Fornach-
on,s name did not come out in any of the
public court proceedings, but great deal
did, about MRS. BisselPs extravaganza.
The husband said ne allowed his wife
81, 800 a year pin money. when his income
brought up in supplementary proceedings
that her allowance from him was only S.
a week She had, however, $500 a year
from a trust company.
After three months separation in
1897. the couple became reconciled the
husbands suit for divorce was withdrawn
and they resumed their old relations. But
not for long. She continued to drive
ing team with Iiveried coaehman, maid
and pug dog.
The divorce suit was reinstated, she
fled a counter petition and asked for ali
mony. Justice Pryor awarded her s12 a
week Young Bissell said his salary al
that time was s1S a week, but it was not
until war broke out and the husband
went to the front with Company L. Sew
enty-first Regiment. that Justice Pryor
revoked the alimony decree.
Mrs. Fornachon is now in her twenty
eighth year, and is the mother of two
children third having died in the course
of year. BY the decree of divorce
granted to the husband he has the Gus
tody of little Mary and Eugene. but the
mother is permitted to see them at stated
intervals.
A reporter for the News called az
No 462 Grove street, this morning. Hs
found that it was the Office Of Justice Of
the Peace Julius JareclSi. Justice Jareeki
denied that any such man as Fornachcn
ever lived there. He said that Fornachon
and Mrs. Bissen called on him on Octo-
Der Is. the day they were married by
Justice of the Peace Weed. and wanted
him to marry them. He refused. SIS
neither lived in New Jersey. The must
have gone direct to the Office of Justice
Weed and given Justice Jarecki's address
as their own.
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DIED.