Evening star., 1937-10-11
D. c. COURT GETS
ABEL[ [S0NF|GH1
Writer Asks Boys Mother
Be Enjoined in Her Gus
tody Action.

George Abell took into District
Court today his fight for custody OF
his 4-year-old son, Tylor, who wa.
taken from him in England last
Summer by his former wife in a spec
tacular visit to his rustic retreat or
the Island of Sark.
The newspaper writer and author
asked the court to enjoin the boys
mother, who since has married Abell's
one-time associate, Drew Pearson
from pressing proceedings in a
Nevada court for sole custody OF the
boy. and to allow him to have the
child for reasonable periods each
year.
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue signed
An order restraining removal of the
child from Washington until the mat
ter can be heard, October 20.
In a 12-page petition, Abel recited
to the court a detailed story Of his
marital differences, which resulted in
an arrangement in the Fall of 1894
Two Agreements.
The then Mrs. Abel and her hus-
band entered into two agreements
one October 10, 1884, and the other
February %. 1885, that they would
share custody Of Tylor. A few months
later she took Tylor to Reno and OBJ.
tanned an absolute divorce April l8,
1885, in which the court approved the
separation agreement.
In the late Summer Of 1895. while
Tylor was in Washington with his
father, the estranged couple reached
an understanding that Mrs. Abel
would take the child to Santa Fe. N.
Mex. and establish a home there,
where Abel would join them in an
effort to effect a reconciliation, the
suit stated.
Abel told the court that two weeks
later he went to Santa Fe and took
up his abode in the same house with
his former wife and son, remaining
there six weeks, during which time the
couple went. about as "Mr. and Mrs.
Abell."
Went to Santa Fe.
Shortly before he returned TO the
District in October, 1895, he stated,
they had reached a virtual under
standing" to be remarked.
The next Christmas he went to
Santa F'e for most pleasant" visit.
Again, In August, 1896, he visited his
child and former wife, remaining with
them until September, when she went
East for an operation. leaving him
there to care for the boy, he said.
When she returned in the middle
OF November, he decided to make a
two-week trip to the East, and they
agreed to remarry upon his return to
New Mexico, he said, but a few days
after he reached New York City he
read in the newspapers that Mrs.
Abel had been married to Pearson.
Took Him to Europe.
Before he could learn of his sons
whereabouts, Pearson, Mrs. Pearson
and Tylor were en- route to Europe
Returning to Washington, she later
went to Reno and asked the court
to modify the custody provision in
their divorce decree. The outcome
Of that litigation was an order giving
her the child for 101a months a year
and allowing Abel to have the boy
with him for 6 weeks. The order
stated the child was not to be taken
out Of the United States except bv
agreement.
While the boy was with him, Abel
said, he took him to the Island of
Sark, where he intended to do some
writing. There, he charged, Mrs.
Pearson, Pearson and several de-
tectives surreptitiously and forcibly
seized Tylor while he was in the
custody of his nurse. Later, the
court was, told, she fled TO the United
States with the boy under an assumed
name and now has instituted proceed
ings in Nevada for sole custody of
Tylor, asking that the father be al
lowed to visit his son only with her
permission. A hearing on that mo-
tion is scheduled for tomorrow, it
was stated.
Abel was represented by Attorneys
Alvin L. Newmyer. George D. HorninR.
jr., and David G. Bress.