"COME BACK TO YOUR CHILDREN"

NZ Truth, Issue 1238, 22 August 1929, Page 3

"COME BACK TO YOUR CHILDREN"

Husband Followed Wife and Lover To Sydney, but Found Her Deaf To All Appeals

OTHER MAN PLEADED ON BENDED KNEES

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Sydney Representative) He was Link by name, but not by nature, for he proved the weakest part of the chain m the matrimonial mishaps of William Charles Warwick and his New Zealand wife, Elvina. • , ■'... ... ,_ , hm . a - After travelling thirteen hundred miles m search of his erring wife, William found her linked up with Link m a nouse m ™Sh» was* a goocTwife and mother for nine years, lavishing all a mother's love on her three babies, a gi rl of- eight years. Then, early one winter's morning m June last, her husband kissed her good-bye as he left for work on tne wnarves qi Wellington (N.Z.).

WITH a smile, he told her to have a good time with her sister m Auckland, where she was going to. spend a holiday. That was the .last he saw of her, until he discovered her living with a man m a house m Crown Street, Sydney. The husband, William Charles Warwick, told the story of his thirteen hundred miles search for his erring wife, Elvina, to Mr. Gates, C.S.M., m the Central Summons Court, when she ■ asked that her ; husband •be bound to keep /the peace towards her. Mr. Gates dismissed her* application. Allegations' by the wife that he was .guilty of impropriety with three women m Wellington were denied by .Warwick. • ,i She admitted i that she left Auckland for Sydney the day after she had left her husband and children, and had been Hying with a man named Link m Crown 'Street. ' A small, dark woman, and wearing a drooping blue hat, she rapped out answers to defending and opposing counsel' from the witness-box. In answer to Mr. Heavener, who appeared i — : '.'. V.- -~-i

Did you see Link down on his. knees before your husband? — No. "Don't laugh," shouted Mr. Penny to Mr. Heavener. "This is a very great tragedy m a man's life." "It is a very great tragedy. To think that this woman would go and leave her unfortunate children," interjected Mr. Gates, the Magistrate. "Thank you, your Worship,'' replied Mr. Penny. "I was not laughing at that; it; is a gr.eat tragedy. But wait till you hear the other side," replied Mr. Heavener. "Will you ask me why I left him?"

asKea Mrs. warwick. Mr. Penny: Did you hear Link say: "Well, he seems to love you better than I do. I'll go"? , Mrs. Warwick: No. Will you swear it was not said? — No. Did you accept a box of chocolates from your hu s - band?— No, they are still on the table. Did you see him on the Monday?— He forced his presence into my house at 5 o'clock. Mr. Penny: You ran away from your husband on Monday at dinnertime? Mrs. Warwick: Yes. He was at the house later on. Did he let himself m with the key you gave him ? — There were only two keys. I had one and Mr.Link had the other.

Was he there till 10 o'clock? — No, 8.20. Was he begging you to come home to the children ?— Part of the time, and part of the time he said he would sit there to see that Link did not come back. You will agree that he did all he could to save you from your misalliance with this man? — According to him. v "I came out of the house, and he was waiting at the corner of the street," she added. Mr. Penny: Where did you go. with him? f Mrs. Warwick: I went nowhere. We stayed there twenty minutes, arguing. You saw him again? — Yes; he knocked at the door at 2 p.m. I • iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniitiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

put my head o told him that at 5 o'clock, i back. Did he come b And you han< police? — Yes. And you are s —No. ; Where is he?— to keep the peac You've seen hi 'You've seen hi Mr. Heavener:

■- left New Zealand? I wanted them, but my husband would not give them to me. Had you been guilty of impropriety before you left New Zealand? — No, never. Mr. Gates: What made you go with this man Link, then? Where did you first meet him? Mrs. Warwick: In New Zealand, twelve months ago; my husband brought him to our place. Do you think it is m the interests of your children? — I want them. Lillian Daws, a widow, and landlady of the Crown Street ihouse, gave evidence on Mrs. Warwick's behalf. "I heard Mrs. Warwick scream out on Sunday night," she said. "She ran out 'of her room and sang out for help. She was running away from her hus-

er the balcony and ink would be there he cared to come ck?— He did. sd him over to the ill living with Link? -don't know. He left 11 since? — Yes. i to-day? — Yes. How. long have you _been married? Mrs. Warwick: Nine years. And you have three children? — Yes. You kept a board-ing-house? — Yes. While you were living there, was your husband guilty of impropriety? —Yes. Mr. Penny: I object. What is the object? I did not ask that m crossexamination. Mr. Gates: Two wrongs don't make a right. She can answer. My. Heavener: He was guilty? Mrs. Warwick: Yes. How many ladies? — Three. Were you forced to leave the house? — I was. By your husband? —Yes. • Did you endeavor to get your children before you

band. He- was running after her. When he saw me, he said: 'Oh, it's quite all right. She's my wife, and she's running away from her children.' '.' " - William Charles Warwick, a short, thick-set man, with a florid face and high cheekbones, then entered the box, and told of his ceaseless yearning for his wife's company and his desire to get her away from her evil environment. He was a foreman stevedore for the Union Steamship Company, m New Zealand, he said. He had lived happily with his wife m Wellington until June last. "On June 6 my wife left Wellington to go to her sister's place at Auckland. I had to go to work early, so I kissed her good-bye and left," he said. "I never received any letters from her, so I went to the police and posted her as missing. She did not tell me that she was going to leave me, and I found through the; police that she was m Sydney. "I came to Sydney, and saw Inspec-