The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-18
NO AL|MONY GRANTED.
Vice Chancellor Pitney De-
clares His Belief in Mrs.
Redfern's Guilt in
Spite Of Her
Denial.

Vice Chancellor Pitney wouldn't grant.
any counsel fees or alimony to Mrs.
Burbe Alphonsine Marie Helen Scheppern
Redfern, pending the suit her husand, AL
bert Redfern of Lafayette, has brought
for divorce. The vice chancellor giving as
reason for his decision that he believed
she was guilty.
Counselor Addison Ely, for the wife,
made the application and in her affidavit
Mrs. Redfern said that she had complete
denial of her alleged infdelity with Ralph
Delmour, whom her husband names as CO.
respondent. She swore that her husband,
earned $1,000 a year in a lace house and
lived in large residence in Jersey City,.
Continuing the affidavit explained her re-
lation with Delmour as fol,ows:- She ad-
vetised for employment in a New York
morning newspaper on November 25. 1880.
On that day, which was Sunday, man,
who said he was Ralph Delmour, called
upon her in answer to her advertisement.
She and her sister accompanied him to a
restaurant on Twenty-third street, and
the next day she called on Mr.. Delmour
at the Hotel Metropoe, where she ex-
pected he would make business PROPOSE
ton to her. She met him in the public
parlor and Delmour suggested that they
go to a more private place and she fol-
lowed him through the hall to another
room. When she discovered that she was
in a bedroom she insisted upon going
away, but before she could say much
there was loud rap on the door.
"Wait a moment, I'm not ready" she
declares Delmore said to the person
knocking.
Delmour then quickly took off his coat
and opened the door. There stood Red
fern and two other men. Redfern said to
Delmour, 81 am through with her; you
can have her if you mant her" and Mrs.
Redfern then realized, she says, that she
was the victim of an outrageous conspir-
acy.
Counselor Geo. G. Tenant, Redfern' s
lawyer, who opposed the application, read
an affidavit from the husband in which
he stated that he only was a salesman
and earned $1,000 year. He said that his
wife, after refusing to live with him, sent
New York lawyer named OKie to ar
range divorce She wrote several letters
to him, the husband swore, telling him
she wanted to be free to marry another
man, Frank Drasbach.
An affidavit was read by a clerk of the
Hotel Metropole, New York city. in which
the clery said that on the night of the
incident related by Mrs Redfern, he as
signed them to room No. Is and saw the
three men go upstairs. For some time
after they came down tR. Delmour and
wife," as the pair registered remained up
stairs and partook of two glasses of whis-
key. One of the detectives put in an af-i-
davit saying that after Redfern left the
room where he found his wife and Del
mour in the Metropole, he heard her
voice through the fanlight say
1--WE shouldn't have come into this
room. What are we going to do?"
The vice chancelor said that only once
in 13 years had he refused means for de-
fense to wife who denied charges
brought by her husband, but in this in
stance he must Mrs. Redfern, ne said
admitted that she went into the bedroom
with a strange man, and it was almost a
confession of guilt. 1t was impossible for
the court, he said, not to see the truth of
the charge. He denied the application.
Counsel for Mrs. Redfern will put in
affidavits disproving of the charges.