The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-21
She GOT $4,000 FROM RoUSs.
MOTHER OF BOY WHO SUES Re-
LEASED HER DOVER RIGHTS.
Counsel for the Estate Say the B0y's
Claims We're Also Inciuded--She Admits
Quarrels with the Man She Says
Became Her COmmon.I.aw Husband.


Claims We're Also IncIutiet-She Admits
Quarrels with the Man She Says
Became Her Common.Law Husband
The crosse denomination Of Mrs. Eva Sue
Figgett Rosseau, who says that the father
Of her eleven year-old son. c. B. Rosseau.
was Charles Broadway Rouss, and who Ia
suing in the boys behalf to enforce an al
legged agreement by which she says Rouss
promised to give the boy 500, 900, developed
the fact yesterday that she received, on
March 20, 1902, nineteen days after Rouss
died, $4,000 In cash from the executors OF
the estate. on signing a release of her claim
to dover and Of any other claim she might
have
The executors say that this release in
cluded her chilti's claim as well. but she
denies this and contends that she could not
release the boys claims legally, even II she
had wanted to. Lawyer Townsend. for the
estate, in his summing up, admitted the
truth of Mrs. Rosseaus statements as to
her relations with Rouss. but added that
the executors denied that the boy plaintiff
was the natural son of Charles Broadway
Rouss
I'VE deny absolutely" he said. "that such
il the case, and We shall always deny it.
Unfortunately, we cannot prove it. We
have very good idea as to whose son the
boy really is, but we cannot prove that
either"
Mrs. Rosseaus direct examination was
resumed at the opening. She told OF taking
the boy to Winchester. Va, at Rouss's
request. in 1901, to attend the unwilling OF a
statue erected there in the merchant, 5
honor He told me- she said, that his
family had refused to 60, and he begged
US to do so. as he wanted Charles to re-
member the occasion in after life
Lawyer Townsend then took her in hand.
q. When did the boy first learn that you
and Mr. ROuss were not man and wife! A.
But he has always known that his father
was Charles Broadway Rouss
always pleasant 4, They we're uniformly
SO iii he died Once. in May, 1919, after Mrs
Rouss's death; and while was stopping az
| his house 832 Fifth avenue. we had quarrel.
| over the presence in the house Of another
Q. Mr. Rouss called ii policeman then and
| had you put out OF the house, did he not
! A. Yes
o. And another time when he was, out
not no There was mother woman in the car.
rage, and stopped it and got H. but he lett
wiz & TEL u" sou Seu' oH Wc 0P E +oSsd
SO week from about 1890 III he d dfd n ,or
ana n tn. bn when he e pro
! iscd inc that Charles should have 100000
and pa ad n a no Mnsn ne
! O. You are a Christian woman? A. ! have
tried to live as such. and J. tried to make Mr
Rouss one did get hin arou5d TIC to Ss
an an nanostic ali his life
a. What money have YOU oNd received from ,n
! 1902, In lieu Of dover. | became Mr., Rouss, 3
! common-law wife shortly after Mrs. Rouss's
'e o. Don't You know that your relations
! with MIR, Rouss destroyed, the peace and and
happiness Of his family and killed his wife
d9 pRa thE ,Geg ad me- ne and
| It false.
When Mrs Rosseau was excused, Blanche
/ vollmer for years the private secretary
was called She identified as genuine all
the typewriter letters which Rouss sent
tn the boy and Mrs. Rcsseau, which con-
tanned afecionate references to the boy
and generally inclosed money for him
Miss Vollmer said she had once received
a letter from Mrs. Rousseau enclosing
| another written TO Rouss.. by the boy, with
! a request that it be read To the old man
and returned with his signature on it to
the mother. The letter was addressed d
Dear Papa Miss Nollncr destroyed IT
at Rouss's direction.
This closed the plaintiffs case and Mr..
Townsend then made his remarks TO the
jury. The defence called James c. White
cashier for Rouss for fifteen years. He
declared that the signature IN the Ababy
book" was forgery. Miss Eollmer was re-
called and said the Same thing.
Mr.. White, j. Quintin Cohn and j j;
Rooney, the poet. and attorney Of record
in the suit. were the witnesses wh'n, Mre
Rospeau got her 5000 and signed the
relesse White and Rooney testified that
she then declared that she renounced all
claims. both for herself and her boy. aging
This is the last you'll hear from me.
Mr.. Cohn, who acted for Mrs. Rosseau
said he understood her to refer to her owI
claim only.
This closed the case and counsel summed
no, Justice Blanchard will charge tho
jury this morning