The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-05-14

ness of the parties to have the custody
of the children.
Continuing, Mrs. Runt said that Schae-
fer's character was very disagreeable and
morose. He took morphine steadily dur
ing the past four years. The children
bothered him and he would rather have
them out of his sight than in.
When asked what affection the chill
dren had for their father she said that
when the youngest girl saw her father
come into the court room a short time
before she almost had convultions. On
che other hand, their affection for their
mother was very great"
After Mrs. Schaefer left her husband,
Mrs. Runk continued TO live in the house
for the purpose, she said, eff looking af-
ter the children. Last spring General
Schaefer and his brother persuaded her
to go to Lakewood for his health, prom
ising that when she returned she would
find everything just as she left it. As
soon as she was gone, however, they took
the children away and s'dismantled the
house." She then told of her daughters
travels after leaving her husband.
s'Do you approve of your daughter
travelling around with Mr.. Worth" {" ask
ed the Vice-Chancellor, sternly, they
were together in rooms in various hotels
and boarding houses as man and wife,
do you think that proper 2" This brought
Mr.. Parker to his feet, and he very for
cibly told the Vice-Chancellor that he
ought not to ask such question.
See here" the Court said curtly, "you
bring this woman sforward as fit per-
son to have the custody of these children
and want to know about it,
He then subjected Mrs. Runk to So
we're cstecllism. She was evidently dis
concerted by the courts questions, and
confusedly said that she did not know
of such doings until she had heard them
in court that morning, and she certainly
did not approve of such things
Further questioning drew from her the
admission that she drove with her daugh-
ter. Worth and the children from Sum
NIT to Dover, distance of twenty miles,
on the day when Worth travelled with
Mrs. Schaefer and the children from
Dover to Buffalo in the drawing room of
a Pullman car. She also acknowledged
that she spent two days with Mrs.
Schaefer in boarding house in Morris
town, where her daughter was known as
Mrs. Converse and Worth as Mr.. Con-
verse.
At one point of her testimony Mrs.
Runk said that she did not think it
wrong for her daughter to go about with
Worth, because he was married man
and his wife knew of it. Mrs. Worth is
now suing her husband for divorce.
Freda Runk, daughter of the previous
witness, testified that she was with her
sister the day they took the children
away, and described the occurrence as it
has already been published in the
News She drove with the children to
the Twenty street ferry, where they
met Worth and all went to Philadelphia.
Worth was with them before they took
the children, and they had lunch to-
gether. At Philadelphia she and Mrs.
Schaefer and the children spent the night
at the home of an aunt. The next day
Mrs. Schaefer, Worth and the children
went to Baltimore and the witness came
home. She told her mother about the
trip and supposed she told her about
Worth's accompanying them, but she
was not sure.
Mrs. Runk also said that Schaefer
was morose and disagreeable, and took
morphine continually.
When Mrs. Runk had given her testi-
mony Mr.. Parker secured his adjourn
ment.