The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-05
HER SPIRITUAL GUARDIAN.
FORM Err PARKHURST AGENr mas
MRS. sLOPEK'S HUSBAND dRREsTED. "

Accuses Him or Abduction on the Score mat
sho was Under rs Years OF ago whetar ..
Married-DcnrinE's Interc.t In Ser Apnar-
cntiy More worldly than other worldly. ",
j. +. bearing, n former member OF the City
Vigilance League and OF tho Parkhurst Society,
who has achieved notoriety by instigating-
prosecutions for'allegcd violations Of the Rainee
law against east side saloon Keepers. announced I
himself to Magistrate Meade in tho Essex Mar. q
kct Court yesterday as the spiritual Guardian
Of n young woman who, until Fob. 81, was
Emma Ycncszky. On that day shc married
Peter Slopck, who was present in tho police -
court yesterday on a luminous got by bearing.
bearing asked Magistrate Meade TO e~ntertain
a charge of abduction against Slopek on the
ground that the girl at the time OF the marriage
was not Is years old. . - 81,
Tho bride and her mother stood beside SlOpek "a
when the case was called and Indignantly re-
scented bearings assertion that no was the =
brides spiritual guardian" Slopek talked in
German 20 bearing and declared that when he
got out OF tho court bearing would BIO glad 70
vacatc the guardianship. rFr ~,
According TO Tho young woman's Statements q
which was verified in part by tho records Of the y
Gerry society submitted to the Magistrate by7n
Agent Weitling, bearing has exercised an un., IS
solicited aud apparently unwelcomc interest in,
ne girl for the past two years. She told the
was n pupil in n sunday school class of which
he was the teacher. She said that no forced his
streets and intruded into her home. Early last
September she was arrested and nrraigned 10
being an ungovernublc child. Sho DECLARED at
tho time, according to agent Weitlins, ,that
his attentions. bearing swore then to a long i
affidavit setting forth tho girls alleged short.
comings. and she wns committed to. the Honsea
of Refuge. The girls mother became indignant :.
ct the commitment of the Girl and Immediately
brought proceedings Tor her release In the Su:.N
promo Court. Shortly after the proceedings,,
were instituted, according to the mothsr,s
upon her and offered his services in proourin9 q,
the girls release: He was n witness In the trial
or Refuge on Feb. 8 by an order Issued by JUS
She told Magistrate Meade yesterday that.
bearing went to her shortly after her release
and renewed his attentions. Whcnshe married
m nuoheh;, " prese ner n 6ear,n > consent ms nss ana IN her be.
came frantic and threatened vengeance. Dear.
Ing applied for a warrant for slopck's arrest on d
Why do you take such an interest In this
casef' asked Magistrate Meade. ,,,a,
An. Judge, ] am the guardian OF that child, ~
said bearing. II would see no harm come to
her think ahn :. she hsa is too s young tt to marry marry and
advantage of her young and innocent ways."
IN give you a summons. so that I can get at''
bearing was unprovfded with proof Of his,
charges at the hearing Yesterday. "she is .
she is not 10 years old. because she told me so.
believe myself to be her spiritual guardian
anu WANT Z lrOleCJ utT.
"The idea! My guardian!' said the girl, AZ
she stamped her foot.
The marriage certificate showed the girl to be
IS years old, and her mother swore to this fact.
1t MAKES no difference whether she is 10 or not,
since she married with her mothers consent.
Magistrate Meade dismissed the proceedings.
When the parties reached the sidewalk. tho
umbrella. bearing ran, with tho woman in
close pursuit. Peter Slopek overlook them.
l hs f Fot s%u the % %%os n oRa h %oth her. pn said ps s1e.
pck. by and by we meet him. perhaps, some
times"
bearing is about 81 years old. and says he FL
O Cuban. He lives at 153Ib Stanton street.