The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-24
MOTHERS QUEER APPEAL.
Mrs. Ghavent Asks the Chan
cellor for che Custody
Of Her Child.
HER HUSBANDS NFATUATIOES.
He Did Not Want the Child
Educated, But Put to
Work in a Mill.
HER HUSBANDS NFATUATIONS.

A peculiar habeas corus case came up
before Chancellor McGil this morning, in
the Court of Chaneery. Luisella Chav-
emit seeks possession of her daughter from
Mr.. and Mrs. David w. Day, who are
educating the girl with the mothers con-
sent, In order that the child may be le-
gally given into the custody of the Days.
In her petition Mrs. Chavent says that
she was married seventeen years ago,
and that she has two children, Thomas,
l6 years old, and Clotilde. Is years old.
On June /, 1887. her husband wilfully de-
serted her and her children. For four
years previous to that time. Ehavent,
who was superintendent Of a silk mill in
Summit, had neglected his family for a
woman named Mary Monsimon, an oper-
ator In the silk mill of which he was
superintendent. His conduct with this
woman was so scandalous that his wife
upbraided him, but to no purpose He
frequently told her that he cared for her
no longer; that he lived only for Mary
Monsimon and could not live without her.
He also frequently begged his wife to
get a divorce from him.
On one occasion she received a sum
mons from George Limouze, a real estate
agent of Union Hill, where the Chavegts
then lived. and when she went to Lii
mouze's office she found her husband and
the Monsimon woman there. Limouze
told Mrs. Chavert that he had sent for her
at the request of her husband, who want
ed him to use his influence with her to
get her to assent to a divorce. Mrs. Cha-
vent says She attempted to seek a recon-
Citation with her husband and induce him
to return to her. But he refused and re-
iterated his affection for the Morsimon
woman.
Mrs. Chavent further says that since
her husband left her she has reason to
believe that he is living with Mary
Monsimon in Paterson. She herself is en-
tirely dependent upon her own exertions,
Mrs. Chavent says and it is by the great
est effort IN her part that she is enable
to secure the necessities of life. When
her husband left her last June, her
daughter, Clotilde, was being educated in
the Hoboken Academy, but she was
obliged to give up her studies.
When the Chevents lived in Paterson
ten years ago they occupied a house
owned by David w. Day, and Day and his
wife took a great interest in the Chavent
family. Mrs. Day came to Mrs. Chavent
when her husband deserted her and Of
fered to educate Clotilde so that she could
prepare herself for teaching. Mrs. Cha-
vent consented and Clotilde went to live
with Mrs. Day. When Chavent heard of
the arrangement he insisted that his
daughter should come to him as ne was
entitled to her custody. He said he did
not want her educated and hat she
should go into a silk mill and become an
operator. Thereupon Clotilde left the
Days, but she subsequently returned to
ham and is with them now.
Her mother seeks the writ of habeas
corpus in order that the court may give
her the custody of the child, and the
father will then be prohibited from in any
way interfering with Clolilde. The hear
ing in the case was postponed to e
Tuesday.