Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-04-09
A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

The Cleaveland Piaindealer gives the follow
ing history OF a breach of promise case which
has just been settled in the Cleveland Courts {:
Fne Case OF Henrietta d. Collins rs Rufus
Pane. for breach OF marriage promise, which
had been on trial tor some days, resulted in a
verdict of $50. 900 Tor the plaintiff. The evil
dence disclosed that Paine is wealthy man;
living al Lima, Stark county, Ohio, and that
ia 1860 ne became acquainted with the plain.
tiff, young widow OF twenty, at board ing
house i'll Phird clphia, be being sixty seven
years old, and proposed marriage to her stat
ing that he aud has long been wdower
without children; WAS OF good repute and of
deep piety belonged to the Erie Ids or Qua
kers Society. and was worth $50 900. The
proposals were accepted, and they mar
lied IN Philadelphia and proce ded immediate
ly to Lima. accompanied by "A younger broth
er of the supposed bride. On their arrival
there PANE requested the boy to assume his
name and not dIscloSe that lie was married to
his sister. This and other mysterious con
duet of Paine in not Introducing this woman
as his vile to those who came to his house,
and other circumstances, raised the suspcio ion
in her mind that something wrong, and
she wrote 10 her mother that his conduct rem
dercd her unhappy.
The mother procured the Quaker Society of
PhiLtd llhia to write 10 that of Lima 10 know
the standing OF Pane, and received answer
th at ne was no Quaker at all, but an infam onS
oil sounded aud had Il wife and three chit
dren living within mile of his house that
lie had been in the habit of Keeping lewd wo-
men about bin, and the neighbors supposed
this to be of like character. The mother
Mrs. Ross-pruceeded Immediately To Lima.
and called on wife No. l, who stated that she
had been married TO Paine more than twenty
years. and that he had lived with her as wife
until within two ar three years, and that these
were thsir children. The mother forthwith
took away her daughter and came To Cleveland
tor legal adv ice, when it was decided that the
daughter should remain here until redress
could be had and service was obtained upon
Paine i'm this county and also petition flied
for a divorce. In January last, after the suit
was commenced, this deuded and injured wo-
man died of grief, and the suit continued
by her sister AS administratrix-a very inter-
eSting girl of lS, named Sarah Lousia.
The evidence was conclusive as to the pure
character of the plaintiff, aud of her amiable
and correct depoltment. The defense set up
was that no marriage had ever taken place be-
tween Paine aud Nar>iSsa Aldrich, the woman
thar he had lived with for twenty years and
every way recognised wiie-and that he
was capable and did perform the marriage con-
tract with Henrietta d. Collins. In this at
tempt tn render himself still more Infamous
and to degrade the woman he had SO long
lived with and to bisttrdize his children, he
was repealed by verdict worthy of Jury of
the County of Cny ahoga.
Tue charge oi Judge Cuffinberry, who has
Just entered upon his Jud icial career, was clear
and exp icit-that the representatives. OF Hen
retts ID. Collins were entitled to the same yer-
diet that the deceased would be il in tuil life /;
THAI her relatives who stood by her aud smooth
ed her pathway to the grave were entitled to
all her rights that Paine could take nothing
10y her death; and that the protection of pub
lie morals was just consideration with the
jury in assessing damages.