The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-11
TO RUIN A WIFE
Allegations Of an Outrage
GUS Conspiracy Made in
Chanoery.
HUSBAND SPENT HER MONEY
Then Conspired to Gain Evi-
dence Against Her for
a Divorce.

Allegations of vile conspiracy to ruin
q wifes reputation and secure a divorce
from her were made in the Court OF
Chancery this morning. Application was
made to Vice Chancellor Stevens on be-
half of Burbe Alphonsne Marie Helene
Scheppern Redfern for alimony and coun-
sci fee pending her husbands action
against her for divorce. Albert Redfern,
| the husband, has filed a bill for divorce
on the ground of unfaithfulness, naming
one Ralph Delmour as correspondent. In
the petition submitted to the Court this
morning, Mrs. Redfern sets up that she
is without means and that her husband
has a large amount of property. Ac-
companying the petition was an affidavit
in which Mrs. Redfern denies all wrong
doing with Delmour or any one else.
| She further says that she was living IN
Brussels, Belgium, when she was married
and had about $4,000, which was left her
by her husband. After her marriage she
moved to Nottingham, England. where af-
ter a residence of about year they went
to Brooklyn. All this time her husband
had no employment and lived on her
money.
In August, 1893, being very sick wom-
to this time her husbands conduct with
other women had been so bad that she
constantly reproached him for it, and they
mutually agreed that she return to Brus-
sells. her husband promising to pay her
$40 per week for her support While
there had been no ill-feeling between
/ them, Mrs. Redfern says, this arrange
ment was made because her husband in
sisted upon continuing his acts of de-
bauchery and dissipation, which so seri-
ously affected her health and nervous sys-
tenn that she was utterly prostrated. Her
husband bought her steamer ticket and
| bade her goodbye as the ship sailed
away.
When Mrs. Redfern had been in Brus-
! sells about month she received a letter
| from her husband telling her that he
was done with her and that she was free
and her own boss. Notwithstanding this
Redfern continued to send his wife the
! $40 a week for a period of nine months.
| During this time, Mrs. Redfern declares
| she wrote her husband number of let
| ters trying to make peace with her hus-
band, and received several from him, in
which he stated he had no use for her
because she could not fulfill the duties of
wife, She has not these letters now
| because she gave them to a lawyer in
New York, who was obliged to run away
from New York, and she was unable to
recover them.
| Redfern reduced his payments from $40
| to $50 month, and threatened to stop
them altogether and Mrs. Redfern con-
sidered it her duty to return to New
CHI J1or h,ch cho
fused to establish a home for her, and in
sisted that she should live separately from
him, agreeing, if she would do So ne
would pay her $50 per month. Thereafter
her husband refused to provide for her,
and having left her FIVE months without
| support Mrs. Redfern had him brought
before police magistrate for non-sup-
port and he agreed to pay her IS week.
He kept this up for while and stopped.
Mrs. Redfern had him arrested again,
and he made another promise to pay. He
did not keep his promises and his wife
had him arrested four times in all. Dur
ing all this time Mrs. Redfern swears her
husbands s conduct with other women was
vile The money left her by her father
| was spent by her husband during their
| early married life and she was obliged to
| seek employment. She advertised for en-
ployment in New York morning news
paper on November 25 1900. 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 restau-
rant on Twenty-third street, and the next
| day she called on Mr.. Delmour at the Ho-
| tel Metropole, where she expected he
| would make business proposition to her.
She met him in the public parlor and Del
mour suggested that they go to more
] private place and she followed him
through the hall to another room. When
she discovered that she was in bed
room she insisted upon going away, but
before she could say much there was a
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
1 fern and two other men Redfern said to
Delmour, 'I am through with her; you
| can have her if you want her. and Mrs.
Redfern then realized, she says, that she
j was the victim of an outrageous conspir-
acy. The case went over for week.
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