The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-28
COHEN'S LAWYER IN GSQUALL
THE MATRIMONIAL STORMS OF
CLIENT RESET SCHLEIMER.


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\ Cehen Bays Referee Namod to ne
port 90 DisbaFnsant af Rehlei8aeF.
Joseph q. Cohen. q corsst manufacturer
Who has twenty stores In Manhattan and
Brooklyn and IL now the husband Of his
fourth wife. had more acg1ts matrimonial
disturbances last summer than any one
slss IN Greater New YORK. A decision
handed down yesterday BY the Appellate
Division Of the Supreme Court shows that
Mr.. COhen's domestic aky has cleared
but that q squall has burst on his lawyer.
Abraham B. SchislmeT.
The court decided that charges made
against Lawyer schleimsr by tie grew
Ance committee Of the Bar Association
in disbAunsnt prOceedines warranted
sending the case before a referee. The
lawyer is accused Of fraud and deceit in the
liberal va Of afidavits by Mr.. Cohen q
three soma, Charles. aged Is, Nathan, rs.
and lyman. -.
Up 20 last spring three OF COhsn's wives
hNd divorced him. the third being Celia.
who rot q decree because Of her hus-
bands relations with the wife Of Hymsn
Rappaport. Mrs. Cohen was getting 500
q week alimony and had the custody a
four daughters. while Cohen had tho three
boys who have since won distinction ~
afadAvit makers. Mr.. RappAPOrt had also
GOT Judgment Cor 5000 for the alienation
Of bis wifes affections but agreed to take
ssTs in cash and fourteen notes for $50
each. payable one month. Cohen him
sslf had married again the previous au-
tumn. The hired girl lslt suddenly one
day and Cohen went 20 SO friend who
ran an employment agency In search
Of q new girl. While there he met Minnie
kaufman. q piano teacher. who was a
friend Of Cohen's friend. and the result
was that they went 10 Manhattan Bach
together and were married that night
Cohsn's troubles began when he d.
faulted on . oupls Of the RappaDOrt
n Otes and RappapOrt had him sent 70
Ludlow street Jail. Nv the time he had
arranged n paw the notes and had GOT
out the divorced Mrs. Cohen had him sent
there again for failure 10 pay up $500 back
alimony. Mr.. Cohsn's creditors IN the
corset business heard Of this and they
threatened 90 put him int0 bankruptcy
II he didn't turn all MS assets over 90 a
corporation formed by the creditors
and agree 70 take SIS a Week salary for
running things.
Cohen agreed. and when he got out
Of Ludlow street jail the second time
he thought he had good grounds for
.rs,lgstr a. 49, rastr8 Ia q ,s.4tae-
ton Of Celia COhen's ahmony 70 $50 a
week Abraham B 3chleimeT vas con-
suited and when the motion was made
last May q bianke, ahidavtt by the three
sons was submitted to the Court. Among
other things the aHidavit said:
Our father Is an honest ami good man
Ne treats us good. hs buys NJ clothes ard
gives m food and loves NJ very much Mr.
Minnie Cohen. our stepmoiher treats us
likewise She gives ~ al our meals on
time. she looks after our clothes and orr
beds and gives W. eli the comfort she can
she works very hard for us children and
treats us VITA the RFeatest love aud con-
sideration and loves ~ liks her own
children We do not hear any more quar-
rellinE or ightinE nov
Lately We heard our father say 10 our
stepmother that business was very bad and
the expenses should he cut down Charles
Cohen one Of u- works in tho business ~
our father. and knows eKsCtly how hard h
u for our father "a get aiOng We are al
sure that oar mother cannot use up SIOo
eek. a. such thing r. impossible We
10 not think she even Uses up sto Judging
from The looks 81 our sisters. they are
getting very bad board and our mother
must be saving a lot 81 money
The part the affidavit had 10 do with
deciding the motion did not appear. but
the alimOnv was reduced In $50. a. Mr.
Cohen hal asked. leaving him tss week 10
support his fourth wife aud his three
boys. Ne was just breathing freely
again when the fourth wife sued him in
Kings county for separation. alleging
cruelty and Don-support. Her lawyer
appliet for allmony and the three boys
were called on again for afildavts. Two
months after they had spoken 20 well Of
their stepmOtheY they expressed a diff
Terent opinion in individual afvidavits.
Charles. the Oldest. said:
For the purpose of promoting our welfare
my father got married n this plaintiff after
seeing her but once and without knowing
her antecedents. her character her do
position or anything about her She h
q woman % about " years old. but not Of
good looks Ny father has made a terrible
mistake bv his hasty marriage into which
he was invelRled The childFen thought
that BY getting married We would have
good woman 20 take care of us. especially
when she was a piaRS tee cher and had
Siven Lessons 20 children. We thought she
would love children and 30 hoped that our
future would improve.
The things Charles then says about
his stepmother are expressed in this
way by Nathan:
Almost daily she quarFelled with my father
because he kept ~ In the house Since my
father got married 70 this plalniin she
always treated ~ badly. Shs locked up
he food in ire re box and many times
gave me mill diluted with water Many
times when she did not 90 out and Ne got
home from school snd rang tire he'll she
would compel us IN remain outside for
hours and not let Ne into the hOuse One
afternoon when We could not get into the
houss IL vas pouring. and my nrosher Hy-
nan cauaht cold and had = hsmorrhags.
She treated Us cruelty and made us missr.
able
LYMAN remarks that soon after the
marriage the plaintiff commenced TO
hate the sons, and aimee that time know
what suffering and hard times IL. The !
plaintiff qusrreIled with my father almost |
daily
TIE fourth wife got so q wssk Alimony,
which eft Cohen only tlS Tor himself
and his cons, and sontsthing had % be |
done. Last September husband and wife 4
agreed 20 live toEgihsr. again. Mrs.. Cohen |
that none 81 The boys should /
live AZ home except Charles, who could
stay ~ long a. hs showed his stspmothsr
proper respect.
EH-Assastant District Attorney Howard