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Van Heyht Wants the Florins

Port Chester Journal July 14, 1887

New York, July 13 -- Henry Van Oldermeel, representing Joseph Van Heyht, of Antwerp, Belgium, has obtained an attachment against Jules Van Doren, a passenger on the steamer Westernland, expected to arrive here today. It is alleged that he ran away from Belgium with Van Heyht's wife and 50,000 florins. He will be arrested when he gets here.

An Idyl Near Its End
Two Lovers Whose Dream Will Be Rudely Broken
They Fly Fast and Far, But Law and Electricity Form a Fatal Combination Against Them

New York Times Jul 14, 1887

When the Red Star steamer Westernland, her ocean voyage ended, steamed majestically up the Bay through the twilight last evening, a little group of three on the forward main deck made a picture which in spite of the circumstances was very pathetic.
The man was a tall, square-framed German of 38, with light curly hair closely clipped, blue eyes, and a light mustache. He was neatly dressed in a dark gray traveling suit, and wore a close-fitting skull cap of black silk. His manner was quiet and refined, and changed into evident tenderness whenever he addressed the woman at his side.
She was short, dark, and happy-faced. If the man was 38 she was 35. Her eyes were bright, her look intelligent, and she smiled a great deal. She was clad in a navy-blue traveling suit, was bareheaded, and wore a gold chain about her collar. When she was not looking tenderly into the eyes of the man she was fonding a child.
The child, to which each seemed equally devoted, was wonderfully pretty. It was a little girl 3 years old. It had dark eyes, a dainty Scotch cap, a little light blue waist and skirt, very finely finished, and round chubby arms and legs, which were evidently deemed too pretty to cover up, for they were bare to the shoulders and knees.
As the sun set the panorama along shore grew dim and the opal and azure faded into deep rose, then to purple, and finally into the dark. The trio still stood by the forward railing. The man's arm was about the woman's waist. The woman's eyes as she stood silent glanced upward now into his and now through the shrouds and the rigging at a great bright star that had come into the sky. Her mind was evidently intent on a new love, a new life, and a new land that was opening before them.
Neither of them knew that a few feet distant, on either side, were two officers of the law watching their every movement, and only biding their time to ruthlessly shatter their air castles with a search warrant and a writ.
For the man's name was not, as his fellow passengers supposed, Jean J. Verdongen. The woman was not his wife, but another man's. The beautiful child was practically a theft. And the man was charged with being a fugitive from justice, with 50,000 florins of stolen money concealed in his effects.
For several days past the two have kept the cables vibrating most busily. The Kingdom of Holland has been stirred to a most unwonted degree, and its Foreign Office has exhibited something so nearly approaching activity as to break all previous records. If the Dutch are a quiet people they are very respectable. When, therefore, a real citizen of their own stole another man's wife and his child and a fortune, which in Dutch measurement rivals Jan Gould's, it was no wonder that the Court was perturbed. At any rate, on Sunday last Consul-General Plantin, the local representative of the Dutch Government, received the following cable dispatch marked with an "R.I.," which meant "royal instructions," and almost induced him to put on his uniform before he broke the seal:
THE HAGUE, July 10.
Tuneless, New-York:
Clemence Schnelze, wife of Joseph Van Heyst, of Boxtel, left her husband with Jules Van Dooren, linen manufacturer, carrying off 50,000 florins and her daughter, Elsa Van Heyst, 3 years old. They left Antwerp July 2, steamer Westernland, Red Star Line, for New-York, ticket No. 5,476, under names: "Mr. and Mrs. Jean J. Verdongen, with their child Jeannette." Please try to stop the child in the name of the father, who will come to take charge of it. Wire result.
Minister of Foreign Affairs. KARNEBEEK.
Boxtel is a small city in Holland on the shore of the North Sea. Its chief importance is due to the fact that it is a railroad centre for half a dozen different lines. From it one can go direct to almost any part of Holland, Belgium, or Antwerp. Van Heyst is a banker there and a man of large wealth and local importance. He has been married some six years.
How long the idyl which will be interfered with by the Deputy Sheriffs to-morrow has been in progress nobody seems certain. It is only known that about noon on July 2 Banker Van Heyst went home, but found both his wife and daughter absent. They did not return that night, and his suspicions led him to examine a private safe in his treasury. Fifty thousand florins, which had been temporarily placed there, were missing. An investigation indicated that the wife had departed for an indefinite period. The dectectives traced her after much inquiry to Antwerp, for which place she took the train at 8 A.M. on the morning of June 2. It then developed that Van Dooren was also missing and the description left no doubt that "Jean J. Verdongen," his wife, and child were the fugitives. Van Heyst instantly interested the Government officials and the dispatch was the result.
Consul Plantin immediately placed the case in the hands of P.J. Joachimsen, who, with Morris Goodhart, attends to all legal matters in connection with the consulate. For two days those gentleman have been intensely active. The problem to be met was a somewhat unusual one, since every precaution taken for New-York had also to be taken for New-Jersey, there being no means of determining which State the steamer would be in when the Deputy Sheriffs were allowed to board her.
First, Henry Van Oldermeel, acting as agent for Joseph Van Heyst, brought suit agains Van Dooren to recover $20,000 in money alleged to have been wrongfully converted. Next preparations were made for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to secure the child the moment the parties should refuse to give her up. Preparations similar to these were made at Jersey City, ex-Gov. Abbett being retained to supervise all the preparations. Furthermore, a warrant was made ready for issuance charging Van Dooren, under the New-Jersey law, with bringing stolen property into the State.
The consequence was that when the Westernland approached her dock at Jersey City last evening the dock was simply lined with hungry officials laden with documents and papers of the most sinister kind, all directed at the uneasy man, the pretty woman, and the little child who had come 3,000 miles only to fall helplessly into the hopper of the law. And the ludicrous part of the affair was that the vessel did not reach her dock, but anchored in the stream, and the service of all papers had to be postponed till this morning.
The situation on board, however, was most peculiar. The man, though uneasy, was jocular. The woman prattled in German - she does not speak English - in entire innocence of her surroundings. And yet half a dozen officers around them were in full possession of a secret which they imagined they had left behind them in Holland. Only revenue officers and United States Marshals were on board. The State court deputies were to serve the papers, consequently nothing in the least betraying the secret was permitted to be breathed to the man or the woman.
All the way over they have been shy, not associating with the other passengers more than necessary. Save when Verdongen, or Van Dooren, has been in the smoking room, they have been inseparable. When a TIMES reporter proposed to interview him last night, Deputy Marshal Bernhardt became greatly excited.
"You can't do it. You'll ruin the whole pizness."
"How?"
"I don't care for myself. It's not the civil suit I'm on but the child. As soon as the steamer docks the agent off the Consulate will seize the child under father's account, the mother being a fugitive from justice and unfit to have charge of it. If they refuse to give it up, a writ of habeas corpus will issue. The father will be here on the next steamer. He's started already. Now they might get off the steamer to-night. If they have any varning they are sure to. Don'd you see?"
Nevertheless the reporter was allowed to talk with the people on condition that he gave no intimation of the trap in which they were. There was little danger of his doing so if he had been inclined, for the shadowing officers were in hearing distance.
"From Germany?" said the reporter to Van Dooren.
"From Rotterdam," said the man.
"Your first visit?"
"Yes."
"Going to settle?"
"Yes, I'm going West. I expect to buy a farm."
"Your wife?"
"Yes."
"And child?"
"Yes."
"A beautiful child."
He smiled. Then he lifted the little one up to see the diamond necklace across the East River.
"She will grow fat in America," said the reporter to the mother.
"Fat?" Vot you mean, fat?" asked she, smiling.
"Dick," suggested the man.
"She is fat already," the mother said kissing her.
"You would not care to lose her in America, would you?" the reporter asked.
"Lose her!"
The startled look in that mother's eye promises a scene that no theatre can equal when the hand of the law is laid upon her treasure.
So the peculiar case stood last evening. Everything was in a muddle caused by the unexpected action of the steamer's officers. Deputy Marshal Benedict threatened to tear our the small remainder of his hair at times. In the first place it was fully expected that the vessel would remain at Quarantine, as it was past sunset when she arrived there, and only a generous allowance by the Health Officer permitted her being examined and passed. Once started up the Bay, it was fully expected that she would go to dock. When, therefore, she anchored in the stream the revenue officers and the other visitors were caught as well as the deputies on the wharf. Their only escape from passing the night on board was due to the Red Star tug, which, in response to repeated tootings of the whistle, came out and took off the mails and such of the passengers as were in a hurry. These did not include the elopers. Van Dooren and the mother and child probably passed the last quiet night for some time, for at dawn to-day, when the steamer made fast to the dock, the legal fight for the baby and the 50,000 florins was, as determined last night, to begin. ---

Arrest of an Eloping Dutch Couple
An Elopment from Holland
Jules Van Dooren Runs Away With A Banker's Wife and Fifty Thousand Florins

The Albany Times July 14, 1887

New York, July 14 -- Among the passengers on the Westernland, which arrived from Amsterdam yesterday, were three passengers booked "Mr. and Mrs. Jean J. Verdongen and their child." the latter a little girl aged three. They were Jules Van Doren and Clemence Schnelze, wife of Joseph Van Heyst, a banker of Boxtel, and the little girl was her daughter. Mrs. Van Heyst is about thirty-five years of age and quite pretty. She had stolen 50,000 florins and eloped with Van Doren. A dispatch was received by Consul General Plantin a few days ago, with instructions for the arrest of the runaways, and the were accordingly taken into custody on their arrival and will be returned by the next steamer.
A large trunk containing the money and a quantity of silverware, checked by Van Doren, was seized and sent to the custom house. At first Van Doren refused to come ashore, but finally took courage and drove with Mrs. Van Heyst to a hotel, where they are occupying a suite of rooms. Owing to a legal technicality the detectives were advised to make no arrests. As Van Heyst is in Antwerp the property cannot be identified, and action was accordingly deferred. Van Doren is a linen manufacturer and is reputed to be wealthy. He refused to be interviewed. A civil suit has been instituted against him by the representative of Van Heyst.

An Eloping Pair from Antwerp Arrive
Chicago Daily Tribune; Jul 15, 1887

New York, July 14 -Julius Van Doren, the Antwerp linen manufacturer, who is charged by Joseph Van Heyst with eloping with Mrs. Van Heyst and her little daughter, taking also 50,000 florins and some of the Van Heyst silverware, landed in Jersey City from the steamer Westernland this morning. He was wise enough not to risk arrest by crossing the river into New York, but went with the woman and child to a hotel in Jersey City. Later in the day they took a train bound west, but without buying tickets. A detective followed them. The trunck containing the money and silverware was seized and brought to the custom-house in this city.

Laughing at the Lawyers
Verdongen, Mrs. Heyst, and the Child Disappear
Aluding the Crowd of Detectives and Marshals - Gone no one knows where leaving their trunks.

New York Times; Jul 15, 1887

That "love laughs at locks and bars" is an English aphorism, but it's all the same in Dutch. The two elopers from Antwerp who arrived at Jersey City night before last, after being surrounded all day by Deputy Sheriffs, detectives, and Deputy United States Marshals, were last evening flying over the plains of Jersey, nobody knew where, with detectives and lawyers, like a pack of baffled greyhounds, in hot but vague pursuit.
The proceedings began at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. The first engagement was short but spirited. Deputy Marshal Bernhardt, accompanied by the consular representative who was to seize the little girl Elsa, boarded the Westernland as soon as she came alongside the pier and was made fast. They asked the steward to show them the stateroom of J. Verdongen and wife. They were turned over to the assistant stewardess, who piloted them a long distance through the alimentary canals of the vessel until stateroom 117 was reached. Verdongen met them just outside of the door.
"Is this Mr. Verdongen?"
"It is."
"You have a child with you, Elsa Van Heyst?"
"Well?"
"We want her."
"You can't have her."
The proposed to enter and seize her, but he stopped them. He requested a few moments' consultation with his wife, or rather Mr. Van Heyst's wife. He went outside and locked the door. Mrs. Van Heyst was dressing herself and the little girl. The woman was greatly terrified. That her reception in America should be in the shape of a warrant from a court threw her entirely off her ordinary plane of thought. She proposed to submit to the legal investigation and go with the officers. She was confident that no court could deprive her of her daughter and that nobody would be regarded as having a better right to her. She was nervous and began to cry. The man, however, was obdurate. He declared that the child should not be given up, and all this time the innocent subject of discussion was calmly admiring her fat little toes, patiently waiting for her mother and her adopted father to get through.
In a few minutes Mrs. Van Heyst had risen to the situation. The result was that Verdongen passed out, locked the door, locking the woman and child inside, bowed politely to the officers, and went away. The two child hunters looked at each other aghast. They could not say, "Open in the name of the law," because the woman had no key. They tried to get the officers to open the stateroom, but the officers had no right to as far as they could see. The two men therefore scratched their heads in uncomfortable perplexity and mentioned Verdongen's name with expletives in front of it that were earnest rather than elegant. Verdongen in the meantime set foot for the first time on American soil and walked down to Montgomery-street, shadowed by Detective Dalton. He went to the Post Office and asked the first man he met to take him to a lawyer. The man took him to William Muirhead, of Bedell, Muirhead & McKee. They went to Muirhead's house, 264 York-avenue. The lawyer was in bed, but dressed himself and listened to Verdongen's story. He then advised him that he had nothing to fear for some hours at least, as it would take time to swear out a writ of habeas corpus. He advised Verdongen to remain in Jersey City for the time being, as all kinds of legal papers were doubtless waiting for him in New-York City.
By the time Verdongen got back to the vessel the trunks of all the passengers were being inspected by the Custom House officers. Verdongen's party had two trunks and two valises. Marshal Bernhardt and the lawyers were particularly interested in these trunks, since, in addition to the little girl, it was desired to recover the 50,000 florins of which Mrs. Van Heyst or Verdongen had deprived her husband. The first trunk yielded nothing but wearing apparel and miscellaneous articles of no value. When the second was opened, however, everybody interested said: "Ah-h!" It was filled with silverware not very valuable, but still representing a value out of the ordinary. In the centre was a small protable iron box. Alt the sight of this they said "Ah-h!" again. Unquestionably this must contain the 50,000 florins. "Is this your trunk?" said the Inspector to Verdongen.
"No, Sir."
"Whose is it?"
"My wife's."
Mrs. Van Heyst refused, however, to leave her stateroom and claim her trunk. She was afraid of being arrested. This was exactly the opportunity for which Bernhardt had been menoeuvring. The trunk was ordered sent, the goods being dutiable, to the United States Stores in this city. Once on this side it would be subject to attachment in the suit of Olderweel against Van Dooren, and the attachment was all ready. So thought the cunning Marshal. The trunk came away.
At 9:30 o'clock Mrs. Van Heyst and Elsa, accompanied Verdongen to Taylor's Hotel, Jersey City, where the man registered, in a small, neat hand, "Jean J. Verdongen and wife, Anvers." Detectives Dalton and Pearson, of the Jersey City force, shadowed them. They could not arrest the couple because, under Chief Murphy's orders, they waited for a process of some kind to serve, and while there were plenty of processes in New-York City, there were none in Jersey in the least available for the purpose. It was the expectation of the lawyers that Verdongen would come straight across the river. Lawyer P.J. Joachimsen had arranged a pleasant little reception for him, in the shape of write of habeas corpus for him and Mrs. Van Heyst, and a select lot of attachments for everything that they had. Unfortunately, however, they did not come. Fearing that their prejudice agains Gotham would continue indefinitely, Lawyers Willard C. Fisk and W.F. Abbett posted off in hot haste to Trenton to get a writ of habeas corpus. They had to go to Trenton because all the parties were foreigners, or some similar reason connected with the procedure. They left sharp word with Detectives Dalton and Pearson to keep a close watch on the couple.
Verdongen left the hotel, with the woman and child, at 11 o'clock, saying he was going to New-York. He did not go, however. He went out and obtained another lawyer E.W. Cowels, who had been recommended to him by Mr. Muirhead. Having thus added a Chancellor in ordinary to his traveling party, the smooth Hollander took a little ride. The trio and the lawyer hired a carriage and drove around to see the sights. Their drive took them about two miles down the river. When they got to the Jersey Central station they liked its appearance so well that they got out and paid their driver. Then they got on a way train and departed whither no one knew. The driver drove back leisurely to Jersey City. When he arrived Detectives Dalton and Pearson pounced on him with great vigilance and he promptly confided to them all that had happened. Then the wires began clicking between Jersey City and Trenton to apprise the lawyers and put them on the track, and between Jersey City and the stations along the Central, to discover where the tourists were. The impression was that they were in search of the salubrious Pennsylvania climate, and did not propose, lawyer and all, to stop until they found it.

Batavia Daily News July 15, 1887

Jules Van Doren and Mrs. Joseph Van Heyst, who eloped from Antwerp, taking 50,000 florins belonging to Van Heyst, arrived in New York yesterday. They cannot be arrested, but detectives are shadowing them.

Mrs. Van Heyst's Story
Why She Left Her Husband and Fled with Van Doren

New York Times, 27 Jul 1887

Easton, Penn., July 26. -- The attention of court to-day was entirely consumed by proceedings in the Van Heyst-Van Doren suit. The room was filled when Mrs. Van Heyst entered, escorted by Jules Van Doren, who led the little girl, Ailsa, by the hand. Joseph Van Heyst, who arrived in Easton last night, had not seen his wife, child, or faithless friend until that time, but there were no looks of recognition, nor even formal talk, between any of the principals in the case. Not one during the day did Mrs. Van Heyst seem to see her husband, and the 3-year-old daughter seemed unaware of his presence. Filing papers occupied the morning session.
Witnesses were heard in the afternoon. Van Heyst, the first one called, told the story of his surroundings in Boxtel. It corresponded very closely with what THE TIMES has already published. He said Van Doren was his best friend, and he trusted him implicitly. He swore that he had never been unfaithful to his wife, and had provided well for her. His home had been broken up by her leaving, and his two boys, aged 7 and 5, were at his mother's. He kept two servants, and would continue to do so if the daughter was returned to him. His sister had volunteered to keep house for him.
Evidence was offered showing that Van Doren had registered on the steamer and at Jersey City as "Jean J. Verdongen and wife," and that Mrs. Van Heyst had referred to Van Doren as her husband. Mrs. Clemence Van Heyst testified to having been married nine years ago and having brought to her husband 40,000 guilders, (about $13,000.) He also had some money, and he had not been in business since his marriage. She said Van Heyst did not provide as he ought for the family, and he had recently been unkind and had talked of separation. He was often away from home. On on occasion a servant girl who resigned her place told her that Van Heyst had attempted to betray her. He had admitted it to witness, and since then there had been a coolness between them. He rarely left money at home.
When Van Heyst went away on June 30, after thinking over his absence, and his having left no money to pay current expenses, witness decided to end matters by leaving her husband. Van Doren came in, and she told him. He tried to dissuade her, but she was firm. He then consented, at her request, to accompany her, and help her find a place to locate. Then she would get a divorce. Van Doren loaned her the money to pay expenses, and finally decided to accompany her. She had never been betrayed by Van Doren, as alleged by her husband, and had never been criminally intimate with him. She denied that she had told the Custom House officer that she was expecting "her husband" to return, referring to Van Doren. She used the word "meinherr." She said her husband had not shown the same fondness for the daughter as for the boys.
After deciding to come to America, she wrote her husband, under date of June 30, telling him not to hurry home from his visit, and next day she and Van Doren left for Antwerp, and sailed for America. Witness borrowed money from Van Doren to pay the expenses, as she found no cash in the house nor in her husband's safe.
The case will be continued to-morrow.

Mrs. Van Keyst's [sic] Child
The Woman Says She is Her Proper Custodian

Niagara Falls Gazette July 27, 1887

Easton, Pa., June 20 -- The hearing on the writ of habeas corpus which was taken out for the purpose of getting possession of Mrs. Van Heyst's child, who came here from Belgium with Jules Van Doren, commenced this afternoon before Judge Schuyler. A motion to quash the writ was refused. The answer to the writ was then read. In it Mrs. Van Heyst gives her reason that she came here to seek a divorce from her husband for ill treatment and other causes. She also claims that her daughter is not restrained of her liberty and that she is her lawful custodian. The hearing then adjourned until next Tuesday, when Van Heyst will be present.

A Compromise Effected
Van Heyst Secures His Child and Will Go To Holland

New York Times, Jul 28, 1887

Easton, Penn., July 27 -- The proceedings in court in the Van Heyst-Van Dooren case were concluded at noon to-day by the court approving a compromise which gives Joseph Van Heyst the custody of his 3-year-old daughter until the Holland courts determine her ultimate custody. This compromise was the result of an interview between Van Heyst and Van Dooren proposed this morning by the latter. The two men were accompanied by an Eastonian designated by the court to a private room, and there their conversation was carried on in their native language, and not understood by the Eastonian. Van Heyst was much affected by it, and tears came to his eyes. The men were quite excited at times, but as a rule Van Dooren talked in a businesslike manner and Van Heyst listened, occasionally shaking his head negatively.
Mrs. Van Heyst and her child were finally brought into the room, but Van Heyst did not speak to them. The attorneys also entered, and for a time there was much excited talk. It subsided and an agreement was reached, although the mother wept bitterly and protested against it.
By this agreement Van Dooren took the child to Van Heyst's room in the hotel and delivered her to him. The parties are to go to Holland and there apply to the courts for a settlement of the trouble. The proceedings here are not to prejudice the standing of either party in the Holland courts. When the child was taken from Mrs. Van Heyst she covered its face with caresses, and then fell upon her bed and wept. She was prostrated by the scene.
When Van Heyst recovered his child he wrapped his arms about her and shed tears of joy. When he took the train for New-York this afternoon he looked very sad and held the child on his knee and caressed her, while his eyes were cast down. He will probably sail for Holland on Saturday.
Van Dooren and Mrs. Van Heyst left for Jersey City on the late afternoon express. Van Dooren was in a cigar store before leaving, and said his reason for offering the compromise was because he saw the court was against him. He has papers in his possession which would secure the money Mrs. Van Heyst had brought with her. He said a wife could get no justice in Holland under ordinary circumstances. He was a friend of the family and knew that Van Heyst had neglected his wife and children, except the oldest son, in whom he took some interest. He denied having been intimate with Mrs. Van Heyst, and said he did not blame her for leaving her husband.

The Banker is Content
He Gets His Daughter and Half of his Money

New York Times Jul 29, 1887

The announcement that the Van Heyst-Van Dooren case had been settled at Easton, Penn., proves to have been premature. It was not until yesterday that a conference was held which resulted satifactorily [sic] to all concerned.
Van Dooren, Mrs. Van Heyst, and her little daughter, accompanied by their lawyer, E.S. Cowels, of Jerey City, went yesterday morning to ex-Judge Joachimsen's office, 45 William-street, this city. Mr. Joachimsen, who has acted in Mr. Van Heyst's interests here, ex-Gov. Leon Abbett, William F. Abbett, and Willard C. Fiske, who have acted for him in New-Jersey, and Attorney Bosch, of Antwerp, who accompanied Van Heyst to this country, were awaiting their arrival. Mrs. Van Heyst seemed pleased when told that her husband would not attend the conference. He had intrusted his case to his legal representatives.
After a long discussion it was decided to surrender the little girl to her father until the Belgian courts decide which parent shall receive her. Mr. Bosch agreed to begin divorce proceedings upon returning to Belgium and to secure an equitable division of Van Heyst's estate with his wife. The trunk containing the stolen securities was sent for and opened. A lot of silverware and wearing apparel claimed by Van Dooren were given to him, and Mrs. Van Heyst was allowed to take the remaining articles excepting the bonds. The latter were in an iron box and consisted of European securities of various countries. Their value aggregated $28,400. It was first agreed to pay the expenses of both sides out of this fund. The fees of the dectives, Sheriff, and lawyers amounted to $6,400. The remaining $22,000 was divided between Mrs. Van Heyst and Mr. Bosch, who took her husband's share.
Mrs. Van Heyst, under the laws of her country, has become half owner of her husband's property. She expects that her son will be given to the father, but hopes to regain her daughter, to whom she is greatly attached. She alleges that her husband ill treated her and frequently told herto take the girl and leave. She accuses him of flagrant infidelities with her servants at their home at Boxtel. Van Dooren is engaged in the linen business near Antwerp. He is a widower, his wife having died nine years ago, after they had been married a year. He denies having been intimate with Mrs. Van Heyst, and denounces her husband for his abuse of "one of the grandest women living."
Van Heyst, with his child and Mr. Bosch, will sail for home on Saturday. Van Dooren and Mrs. Van Heyst will follow them next week.

Weer naar Boxtel

De grondwet 2 Aug 1887

De heer Van Heyst uit Boxtel, in de Nedertandsche provincie Noord Brabant, wiens vrouw met een zekeren Van Dooren was weggeloopen, met medeneming van hun kind en f 50.000, heeft geen gras onder zijne voeten laten groeien, maar is het paar terstond achterna gereisd en heeft ze verleden week te Easton, in Pennsylvanie, ook achterhaald. Hij eischte zijn kind terug en had daartoe de hulp van den Rechter ingeroepen. Na eenig verhoor kwamen de mannen tot een vergelijk dat allen naar Nederland zouden terugkeeren, waar de heer Van Heyst een eisch tot echtscheiding tegen zijne vrouw zoude instellen en dat zijne vrouw zoolang het meegenomen geld kon behouden, maar het kind aan den heer Van Heyst moest worden overgegeven, aan welk vergelijk dan ook terstond uitvoering is gegeven, zooveel het kind betreft, terwijl alle betrokkenen naar New York zijn terug gekeerd. Met den terugkeer van Mevrouw Van Heyst naar Nederland schijnt evenwel geen haast gemaakt te zullen worden, want de heer Van Doren zegt dat ze te ziek is van droefheid over het gemis van haar kind om de reis to kunnen aanvaarden. De heer Van Doren ontkent ten stelligste alle misdadige verstandhouding met Mevrouw Van Heyst en zegt alleen uit zuivere en belangelooze vriendschap haar te hebben vergezeld. Zij zegt haren man to hebben verlaten wegens slechte behandeling en overspel zijnerzijds.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 New York, United States. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891. (FamilySearch Record Search).

   "Mrs. Verdongen"
   Port of departure: Antwerp, Belgium
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   Bevolkingsregister Zeist 1880-1890[1]

5. ↑ 22 Sep 1906 at time of daughter Elisabeth's marriage "wonende te Boxtel"
   14 Nov1911 at time of son Laurentius' marriage "overleden"