Show come corl corned d dMar Marriage arnage a Rite it v. v iI IE ti If Now Fighting ing OverSon Over Soh on J By Rex Marger Margery Written f for r International News News' I S Service s S NEW r- r YORK June Juno 28 A legal l 1 tight fight HO to wrest west th the custody custod of ot COn taI t. t u- u u I cas as Fliermans III froim his his his' mother Miss He Henrica Henria ri a Bern dinn Collet ha has lieen opened In inthe the s supreme preme court ourt her here I rhe action Is s brought by Mrs K KaS Ka- Ka S t lna Paxton o of ot Chicago a a. sister of trie iio bo boys boy's s fath father r Constant Contant on tant Lucas Fliermans Fliermans Flier Flier- mans Jr of Holland an artist and art dealer of wealth It fl Mrs Paton Paston t through rough her attorney vin T. T Murdock brought habeas S Corpus proceedings in the supreme court but the writ was dismissed by bi Justice Tierney Mr Murdock declares declares de- de clares the writ was as dismissed due to toa a p. technicality and not because of lac lack I af merit meriu Both Miss Collet and her S attorney declare they will fight fight- every move ove to wre wrest the boy from them l BOY OY CAREFULLY GUARD GUARDED D. D Miss Collet Coilet has Tier her boy with her herand and Is watching hIm lim Im day dy and night In InS S fear that an attempt will b be m made de t to S kidnap him t S 'S If It the boys boy's f father ther ever ever comes to toS S this Hils country declared Miss Collet I Iw w l have him lm compelled to su support port his hisson hisson son SOI and ind myself I dont don't care whether h he hi Ii lives lires s with me me or not or even if it he supports pp me e. e but bt he must provide for his son I shall continue to work whether be provides for me or not SHE SHE TELLS HE HER STORY t 5 Miss Collet who lived with Flier Filer Fliermans mans as his wife for six years told her story to a reporter She said she had met FI Fliermans on ona a a trans-Atlantic trans steamship when she S was returning to Holland in 1014 1914 atter after I a a. year spent here Shortly after Fliermans Fliermans Flier Flier- mans got to fo Holland HoIland he was divorced from his first wife to whom he was forced to pay a alimony which he is still sun paying 55 r S In the same year at The Hague Miss Collet alleges he asked her to I. I live with him ilm as his wife declaring he would not go through the marriage marriage marriage mar mar- ceremony again as he did not S believe In It He told ncr her she would 5 be his wife though in every sense of t t the tho a word DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT 1 i I r do not believe believe in tho the marriage ceremony or certificate myself de declared de- de dared Miss Collet CoUet and as I thought lAthe th man I agreed and told my parents u They were furious but Fliermans persuaded them that every every- S thing 5 would be bean all an right and that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was Ir In Il every way his wife TheyS They S were finally reconciled to the tho plan Two children were wen born to us A little I trl i dis-i 1 t her eighth month WeS We S 11 were vere happy for a year or so and then I he began to tire of or me rue We moved to California a few years ago and he began to at me swearing In angerS anger S and nd beating me IK For a time we resided In this city ia rn 1919 he asked me to affix my name J to a a. paper pape In his lawyers lawyer's office I Ii Ir r i didn't what I was wa signing A at t the the theS S time J lE TERMS OF AGREEMENT J. v j The he papera include a remarkable agreement n. n signed by Miss Collet and Fliermans In lathe the law office e of ot Assemblyman Assem- Assem J blyman lyman Louis A. A Cuvillier pu August 21 1919 The agreement shows that the tw two net met at The Hague Holland I Mi S on August 1 1 1914 and at once entered I I Into the relations of ot ma man and wife witt agreement gives the custody of ot ofA S F A the child to the artists artist's sister In ChiS Chicago Chi Chi Chi- S cago and also sets forth that the conS coupIe coupie cou- cou pie are not and have hayd S never been marred mar- mar fled red jed by any civil or or religious ceremony e or by any form of ot contract or even by the law 7 T 57 Tt It further states that they never In- In l' l tended to to- tD tobe be be married and that their their S p posing osing p as ni ana d wife li has s been with been I pt t the he Intent to deceive iYE U the e world s lI so that t they hey might ight with apparent ent propriety l live ive ve the life Ute they chose Either er- er erp p i arty Is at t. t 1 liberty b. b y to t terminate I n nate ate the agreement at t any time it Is nS S stal tad d. d S FATHER WEALTHY y 55 Miss Collet declared de red is wealthy and that although hough ho he paid i thousands of Qt f for toi ir oil paintings a automobiles travels and d luxury for himself h he forced her to to tb wear secondhand second second- hand h hand and and shoes He also objected ob objected ob- ob j jc t to her having friends In hi this c country and kept her restricted to the h house ouse as much flinch as as po possible sibl so that she shead had h ad very lIttie enjoyment She said saide he h e is much older than she he being 58 68 a and nd suffering from rom a permanent ailment all ail n ment while she Is only 30 30 and fond o of ot f active life He wished to restrict h her er to th the house so that she might n not t I l learn earn arn th 4 cus customs oms and sp speech ech o of people people peo peo- p ie here she ahe maintained so that he might continue his power over herI her I 1 b believe that from the first she s said aid he meant to deceive me and that his plan Is a cold-blooded cold and well well- c calculated ted one one H His s s scheming heming went s 's so fan faras t aras as to introduce me me generally among people of ot good so ial standing as his ills I wife and everyone took me me for Mrs s. Fliermans He even even made a will in my favor and nd showed it to me mc possibly t to o quell any lIY distrust st I ni might gh t Iii have liv v had I |