MOTHER CAUGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 9

MOTHER CAUGHT.

WITH HER TWO SONS.! ! TRYING TO CROSS BORDER.; MATRIMONIAL TANGLE. MONTI! KAL. March 7. Mrs. John Drunimond Code. .'M-vear-old leader of New York socict v, w.iarrested at Windsor. Outa'-io. trying t,.'* cross i)| P I,order to the United State-' with her two small sons. She was travelling under an a —umol! nann', s;ikl to lie trying to evade tic jurisdiction of the Montreal Superior, ( onrt in an action over the cii-todv of' her children. She is now returnino lo| Montreal to face a charge of abduct in.: L them. | Both Remarried. ;j Mrs. Code was formerly the wife ofj Dr. H. W. Williams, millionaire brainil specialist. A divorce was granted in! Florida live years ago. and she wa-j given the custody of the children. j l On a point of procedure. Or. Williams', then brought an action in New York I and was granted a divorce and awirdcd! .custody of the children. Hot h haw . remarried. Mrs. Code's husband is a I former stockbroker of New York. 1 Dr. Williams has now stalled an Maction here to regain custody of tic "icltildren. alleging that they have been - illegally detained in famidi. Mrs. Code I ii as net-used him of drunkenness :l n,| ilhick of interest in the children, 'and ,i-ays that since the action started tieI [ children are nervoii-, excited, and afraid 11 1 o go out. | The boys, aged seven and nine, gave I evidence in camera as to whether they II prefer to remain with their mother. '•I Mrs. Code's lawyer. Mr. Claude •!. has a.nnounced that Mr. Cod" e [has also been arrested, and describes him as a hero —'T take off my hat to i.lhim."