The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-20
vON bERNUTH SAYS
GREATEST LOVE
RULED HIS HOME
Young Husband, Whose Children
Renounced Him, Denies
Wife's Charges.
DIVORCE SUIT is HEARD
BY VICE-CHANCELLOR
Amended Complaint Accuses De-
fendant of Cruelty and
DeSerti0n.

After being in the Chancery Court on
various motions for a long time. the
Won Bernuth divorce case came up to-
day before Vice-Chancellor Howell on
hearing on the petition of Mrs. Won
Bernuth, whose maiden name was Pau
line Schultz. in which she charges her
husband with desertion.
The papers, as they stand now, do not
bear any resemblance to their first
form, the petition, answer, cross bill
and replication all having been amend
ed. The husband denied the desertion
and charged his wife with leaving him.
Mrs, Won Bernuth, in the answer to this
charge, alleges cruelty on the part of
her husband.
When the matter came up last term
on habeas corpus proceedings of the
husband for his two children, Emil and
Frederick Augustus, called FRITZ" the
vice. chancellor took the children in his
private room and examined them. After
this interview he declared the matter
was the most outrageous that had ever
come to his judicial notice. He strong
ly expressed himself as being of the
opinion that the mother had influenced
the children, who were living with her,
to renounce their father. They had de-
clared that they did not love their
father and did not wish to live with
him. On the strength of this the vice.
chancellor would not. compel the hus-
band to support them.
Today the court room was crowded
with witnesses, among them being
about a dozen fashionably gowned
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parties come of well-known families,
the wife being the daughter of Schultz,
the well-known mineral man, who
died some time ago. They move In
good society and had a summer home
in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
Mr.. Won Bernuth, who is young and
handsome, was the first witness called
by his counsel, Charles II. Strong, oi
the New York bar, and Borden ID
Whiting, of this city.
He testified that he met his wife i'll
1891 and after courtship of nearly two
years they were married At that time
she was II years old and he was 26.
They went to live at 15Sth street, New
York, but after that lived at various
places, until they built their summer
home in Murray Hill.
What was the state of the relations
between yourself and wife for the first
few years?" asked Mr.. Strong.
"Why, l can only say" replied the
witness in a low tone, that they were
one of the greatest love-" Later on in
answer to question. he added, THAT
was an extremely happy period mean
ing their life at Murray Hill. While
they were living at the place they asso-
ciated with the six sisters and two
brothers of the wife, who were mar
red and living there, forming tennis
club and playing all kinds of outdoor
games including handball.
: The rest of the morning was taken
UP with the identification and marking
of letters sent by the wife to the hus-
band, covering a period Of time up tc
the alleged desertion, the purpose of
which was to show that their married
life was happy.
Emil, the oldest child, was born May
Is, 1894, and Augustus Frederick July
Q, lS99 The father is a manufacturer
Of carriage and automobile robes and
we'll known in New York business life.