The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-21
Divorce Court
 SceneOf Most Mixup

Presenting the most unusual com
 pHcations, the spectacle of a father and mother-both remarried, appear ing against each other in the same Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin this morn ing heard first testimony in the modt- hcation of decree action, of Charles A. Moore, Greenwich, verses Annette l Sperry Moore Stewart, White Plains, N. Y.
 Complications Galore.
 The fact that the plaintiff, the father of three children by his first wife. is now the father of a child by the second wife, whom he married eight months after the first wife d. vorced him, rather added to the com , pltoations, in fact he was unable child by the first marriage:
 Moore. wealthy. and formerly a major in the United States army whom he charged with cruelty. This was in 1919 However, on a cross complaint, his wife, Annette Sperry
 on the grounds of cruelty. The suft was heard by Judge John W. Banks, before the honorable gentle men had become a judge. he acting as a committee, appointed by the court. The decree was granted Oc- tober 19, 1919.
 Agreements were Signed.
 Four days previously written
 
 ence to financial settlement, and the custody of three children.
 Charles Arthur Moore. now 12 Sody of the father. The father had agreed to furnish complete support and education. Harry Sperry Moore. now 9, and Eloise Annette. | now just IA, were given to the cus- i kody of the mother. She also was stipulated to receive s3,00O per year i for the support of each child in her been a gift by Moore to his first wife. was bought by him for $1OO,OO0 | at the time of the separation.
 The agreement. cited that during | the summer months the boys would be | together two months. by one visiting | with the mother and then the other | visiting with the father. No especial | arrangement was made regarding the | daughter.
 Modification Sought. |
 Moore, who is represented by At l torney Carl Foster now claims, that | due to the fact that both his former | wife and himself are remarked that | embarrassment is caused in the mat | ter of seeing the children. He asks | for a modification of decree, giving | as his reason that the boys, of normal | love for, their own brothers and sis ters, should be more together. This is claimed as the reason the matter is fin court, in spite of the fact that in 1920 Charles was sent to Europe with an aunt, to visit another aunt Elsie Torlonia, who lives in Rome, Italy. The two months customarily l spent with his brother. were thus lost on this occasion
 
 Mrs. Moore, who will stoutly con- test the action, is represented by At torney David S. Day, who recently in court to represent Alfred W. Church. in the proposed divorce action against Elsie J. Church, both of whom were also of Greenwich.
 Boy In Her Custody
 The mothers answer to the com p1aint upon which the matter is now In court, is that the boy in her GUS tody, Harry Sperry. has his mind poisoned against her when he visits he fathers home in the summer, and Is surrounded by aunts and uncles who are hostile to her. At least all of .oday will be consumed by the taking ! ,f testimony and it is improbable that he case will be finished today The children are all available, but lpon suggestion of Attorney Day, up- held by Judge Marvin. they were ! excluded from the court room. The son who Is fin the custody of the 'ather, being Charles Arthur, aged l -2. attends the Harvey school at | N. Y; and at the pres mt time in on crutches. the result of I n accident while travelling skis.