The San Francisco call., 1904-11-03

George Monnier Jr. now says he is
the natural son of George Monnier
and a woman other than Anna Mon
nier, widow of the winemaker, whose
viii the young man is contesting. He
also ayers that he was legally adopted
by the Monniers with the consent of
his own mother These contentious
are set forth in legal papers just filed
IL the probate department of the Su-
perior Courtt by Attorneys Sullivan
and Sullivan. The name of the mother
and the identity of the Judge who
officiated are not contained in the
document.
An insp cction Of the adoption rec
ords of department 10 of the Superior
Court discloses facts at variance with
Mrs. Monnier's statement that the boy
had not been adopted and with the
contestants declaration that he is the
son of the deceased
The application to Judge Charles
Halsey for permission to adopt Charles
D. Dewey, aged three years and nine
months. was made by George and
Johanna NJ. Monnier on April IA. 1882
II was stated that the child had been
in the care of the petitioners and that
the consent Of his mother Mary z.
Darling, had been given for the adop-
ton. 1t was also sta-ed that the boys
father had been absent from the city
and State for some years and his
whereabouts was unknown. Dewey
was born on June 18, 1878. in Santa
Barbara County
Consent to the adoption and re-
linouishment of all maternal rights TO
the child were signed by the mother
and the signatures of the Monniers
were attached to an agreement where
by the infant was to enjoy all the
rights and be subject to all the re-
lations Of a son.
MRS. MONNIEsR'S STATEMENT.
O. the occasion of a motion for con-
tinuance of the trial of the contest in
Judge Coffey's court Mrs. Monnier at
first denied that she had ever partici-
pated in any adoption proceedings.
then said she did not remember such
an incident. Before that her deposi-
tion had been taken for use in
the hearing and she testified that
George Jr. had been brought to her
home by a Mrs. Darling. In support
of his request for postponement of
the case the young man made an affi-
davit stating that he had never heard
that he was not Monnier's son until
the widow so testified and he desired
time to investigate his parentage The
identity of his father, if 1t was not
Monnier. is still a mystery.
The amendments filed yesterday by
the young man assert that George and
Anna Monnier were married on Janu-
airy 3. 1863, and that on or about June
Is, 1878, the contestant was born of
woman other than Anna Monnier and
that George Monnier was his father.
During the year 1882, it is said.
George Monnier publicly acknowledged
the child as his own son and received
him as such with the consent of Anna
Monnier into the family and from
thenceforth until the day of Monnier's
death eptember last, continued to
acknowledge him as his son and
treated him as II he ere a legitimate
child.
On April IA, 1882. continues the docu
ment, the mother of George Monnier
Jr., Anna Monnier and the boy ap-
peared before a Judge of the Superior
Court and the mother signed her con-
sent to the adoption of the child by
George and Anna Monnier. Then an
order was made authorizing the adop-
ton and an agreement was signed by
Monnier and his wife that the boy
should be treated as a lawful child. 1t
is also claimed that after that time
Monnier acknowledged in writing that
the contestant was his own son.
TO CHANGE JUDGES.
The trial OF the Monnier case was