New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
REVIVED MOTHER LOVE
INSPIRES MARCUS SUIT
Woman Who Declared lndIt-
ference to Children Now
Wants Their Custody.
HUSBAND WILL FIGHT CASE
Extraordinary Desertion, Which
Created Sensation in Mont
clair, Will Be Aired in
Court on March 4.
/ HUSBAND WILL FIGHT CASE

Aioutclair y J.. Feb 1.-TWO little
sirls-Linda Marcus. three years old. and
Jane Marcus. two years old. daughters
o. William Elder Marcus. jr. of this
town-wiI probably be the objects of 4
bitter fight in the Court Of Chancery al
Newark ON March 4. when the mother ~
the children. Mrs. Dorothy 'ooEsey Mar
cgs. will endeaVor To regain possession
OF them.
Mrs Marcus left her husband and chill
dren last July. at which time she SAID
that she loved neither Of them enough
To deter her from taking the step she
had decided upon. Since her return
however. from Europe several weeks ago
AIRS Marcus has begun legal action to
obtain the custody Of the children who
are at present in the home Of Mr. Mar
cas's father. William Elder Marcus ST.
head of the New York jewelry firm OF
Marcus & Co. At No. 2o6 Upper Mountain
avenue. Montclair
Mrs Marcus. through her attorneys
I.um. Tamblyl X Colyer. has secured q
writ OF habeas corpus commanding the
,nn.arance of her husband and the TWO
children In the Court Of Chancery III
Newark on March before Nice-Chan-
celior stevens. when the question OF the
custody Of the children will be brought
Ia an issue
While there are some who believe that
Mrs Marcus's latest move is simply th'
result of her long depressed love TOT hci
children. others believe that the Legal
action j. for the purpose Of estaollshlhS
bor LEGAL status IN respect 70 the sup
mort of the children. Mrs Marcus sald
at the time she LEFT home That II her
husband ever felt that the children were
a burden she would assume the care
NJ their upbrinGine. Mrs Marcus Is
wealthy. whereas Marcus has only the IN
come that he derives as an associate OF
bis father i'm the Fifth avenue jewelry
business.
Mrs Narcus's d.sertiou of her husband
and children last summer furnished
Nontciair with one of the biggest sem
sations that II had experienced IN lo"N
time. although tncre was no whisper Oh
scandal associated with the cise. MIS-
Marcus was one Of the best known OF
the younger society matrons al MONT
clair. Her husband. william Elder Mar
cus. IT,. is q graduate Of Yale ana was
one of the best players on the varsity
bockev team. He is member or the
Uoptcj,ir Athletic club and one OF rs
crack tennis players.
! Within n week of her first abrup'
leavetaking Mrs. Marcus returned to
/ Montclair and made preparations 10 as
pose of her home and the severai nhe
/ horses that she owned. After All he'
arrangements were completed she agar"
! left the town without seeing her chli'
dren To a new spaper man who saw hei
AT the LLOYD roadhouse before she went
away Mrs. Marcus declared she never
/ had any real love for her husband. whom
/ she married because OF Sirlish lmpuis"
) Life with him. she said. had become I'M
! endurable
| I'm respect to her children Mrs. Marcus
a asserted that separation from them was
, not a pain. because she never mad eN-
perienced mother love in the usual de-
gree. This temperament. she believed
was the result of congenital Influences
AK her mother, Mrs. George u. Cooksey
! a daughter OF the late David BOWS. Of
; The firm of David BOWS Co. OF the
New York Produce Exchange had mani
! tested the same feeling toward her chill
! dren. -
After once separating from her chill
, dren Mrs Marcus made no effort TO see
them again. and she departed iinally
I from Moutclair without farewell caress
| for the little ones. Before going away
| She said she felt the children would re-
ceive good care In the home If the par
nnis OF Lnr hus hand