Evening journal., 1913-04-04
$1,000 YEAR
HERPRICE FOR
GIVING UP SON
Letter From Mrs. WEIGH, is
Used byH. B. Baker, Form
er Husband as Evidence
SHE ASKS JERSEY COURT
TO LET HER SEE THE BOY

TO LET HER SEE THE BOY
NEW YORK, April ,4,-Mrs yir-
ginia Lee WEIGH appeared yesterday
before. vice-Chancellor Howell in
Newark, and asked that a divorce de-
cree which parted her and her first
husband, Henry cambridge Baker, a
Manhattan architect, in October, 1911.
be so not ned that she would be per
mitted to associate with her thirteen
year-old-son, Martyr
This boy she renowned on getting
the divorce, but her mothers love re-
turned and recently she travelled all
the way from Manila. where she is
living with her second husband,
Thomas Carey Welch, Assistant
Executive Secretary Of the Philip
pines. to New York. to see her SON.
She went TO a school he was at
tending in Fifth avenue on March 4,
and took him with her 10 luncheon
al the Waldorf-Astoria. There Mr..
but Mrs. Welch simply smiled at her
former husband. and assured him
she would return Martyr to his home
in plenty of time, and continued with
her luncheon.
True TO. her promise, Mrs WEIGH
took her son to his fathers home, No.
lis West Fifty-fifth street Then she
began a fight to see him when she
chose. Mr.. Baker would not agree to
her demands.
The suit to modify the divorce was
brought in Newark because Mr..
Bakers legal residence Is in Eliza
beth, n. J.
Mrs. Welch and her former husband
were in Court, but neither 30 much
as glanced at the other
Asked Him for $1,000 Year.
Mr. Baker, through his counsel
Edward A. Day, alleged that Mrs.
WEIGH is unfit to be trusted with the
companionship of her son i'm her
present mood. He said that if she
would cease her attitude of hostility
he would not object to her visiting
or corresponding with Martyr. He
also offered as evidence letters writ
ten him by his former wife. Ono let
ter read:
81 think you did not understand
with regard 10 a divorce that ] am
ready 30 cooperate with YOU on your
own terms, with possibly one varia-
tion. Let me tell you frankly how
the matter stands wish TO marry
again--a Mr. Thomas Carey Wolch
Assistant Executive Secretary OF TIN
Philippine Islands.
suggest that you continue my
present allowance until the divorce
is settled. and then the one point
make comes in; that you settle OF
me for life a sum that will yield ml
$1,000 a year This you can lOOl
upon as an equivalent for the giving
up of my child. not as contributing
to the support of another mans wife.
I'm his testimony Mr.. Baker told o
his marriage in 1898 He said thai
from 1904 until his wife got a di-
vorce on charges Of desertion, thai
she constantly threatened to divorce
him and marry some one else. Hc
said she always consented that in
event of a divorce he should hav,
sole custody of the boy.
Returned Marriage Certificate.
Tic did not consent TO the plan o
settling a fixed income on her. bu
informed her thaB he would pay hei
$3.50 for eight months, afterward Sl2i
a month until she obtained a divorce
when he would give her $1,000 II
cash. Following her marriage e
Wolch she sent him her first marriage
certificate with a draft for $1,000
He honored the draft.
From ono letter written by the thoI
Mrs Baker to her former husband
It appears that for a time there wa
danger of the first Mrs. WEIGH pre-
venting WEIGH, from whom she OBJ
tanned Dakota divorce, from mar
rylng Mrs Baker Tho letter indi
Gated that the first Mrs WEIGH wa'
in doubt about the validity Of he
divorce, and threatened a second
suit
Concerning her fear that she nigh
not be able TO marry WEIGH, Baker
former wife wrote TO him.
Il shall feel il the whole thing !
ended, like taking my own life. Rob
bed of Martyr. ASH am. I have moth
ing that makes life worth living. NJ
faith i'm mon would be shattered, an
being without means at my age, NJ
one would wish to marry me-that Il
no one I would consider"
The hearing was adjourned unit
May 6. when Mrs. WEIGH will tell he
side Of the story. In the meantime
MARTIN will be with his father.