, 1863-02-10

TIE; AFFIDAVIT Rsoza CoNTINU.
ANCE.
TAe Case Continued Until Next Term,

TAe Case Continued Until Next Term.
The we'll known case of plilomena Hide
brand, daughter Of William IIildcbrand, res
ldcnt OF Brickton, ostensibly carrying on a
lar1n, against William LII, the wealthy North
Side brewer, Of the firm Of Lii and DircrsE,
charging seduction and breach Of promise Of
marriage, laying the damages at s5o,0o0, has
been continued upon the application Of the
defendant to the June term Of the Circuit
Court, upon an affidavit setting forth the vital
importance Of certain witnesses who could
testify to facts matcrid to the issue. The case
WAS brought in the latter part Of June, Mr,
Lii giving bonds in sso, 900, which were sub.
sequeutly reduced to $1,000 and finally en-
tircly discharged. On the 1st OF July the pleas
were filed, which hare already been published.
The affidavit for continuance was filed as nc
have stated, and the case has gone over. The
parties are now taking testimony which will
probably occupy two or three months.
, The affidavit itself is too long for publica-
tion and We therefore reproduce the main
points oft.
After briefly setting forth the condition of
THE case, the dcfendent SAYS that Fritz Brosc,
Kit Prince, John K. Woolses, Sylvester Han.
loE, Gustav Drcxcl, a,4d Lisette Drexel his
wife, Charles S. Rhienwoldt, August Smith,
Peter Augustus Dcsor and Francis G. Btanch
ard, residents Of brooklyn, N. T., --Bough-
ton, William PaelIzer, Louis a. Fcnss and
Horace a 4 kfsEleT s q the city Of New York.
Of Fond du Lac, Wis; William Wctner, latr
Of Chicago; Edwin A. Webber of Chicago;
and John Rhienw011t Of uamburgh in Europe
are material witnesses.
The deponcnt further believes that tho
plaintiff, Miss Hildebrand is thirty years Of
age, and eays that ever since she has been old
enough to select her own course in life, she
LAS continued to live at home with her pa
rents, taking their social standing and hold
ing tho rank and position of member of the
1iildcbrand family. The family including the
plaintiff, resided on Lake street in Chicago,
in the year 1855, when they went to Germany.
In 1856 they returned to Chicago aud lived on
Harrison street. In 1857 they returned to
Brooklyn n. I. Their first residence in that
city, WIS at 81 WickoT street, from which in
June 1889 they removed to SO Livingston
street. In HAY 1860 they removed to % Co.
lum1ia Street, and on the 1st day Of November
1850 they ahsconded and returned to Chicago
ssH0 IcS1ueu 1oI u SHUT t5lne on huSn street,
aud then moved to the farm near Brick.on in
Cook county, where they now reside,
The dcnonent further says that he expects
to prove by three of the Witnesses named,
that when the l1ildebrand family left for ST..
Louis they were not recognized in Chicago by
respectable society; that they lad no female
visitors, but that their house was frcauentct1
at all hours by fast young men and men OF
suspicious character. md that the general
reputation Of the family was bad; that their
conversation was in utter disregard Of the
proprietfcs Of life, and that in the presence of
the family the parents would sing, for the
amusement OF the visitors, low German songs,
and translate them. By the witness, August
Smith, the deponent expects IL prove that he
{the witncss> lived near the family in Brook
1yn and WAS visitor at tic house, where he
was introduced by the father, and that the
family were mt admitted into respectable So
cial circles in that city; that they lived in the
style Of people that were well of, and talked
about their Chicago property, and made It al'.
pendent income arising from, the rents and
profits of their landed property in Chicago.
The affidavit further alleges that while the
family lived in Brooklyn, the plaintiff made
the acquaintance Of John Rhienwoldt, who
becalnc euamored of her, and would have
married lier but for the Interference Of his
brother and sister, who objected to the mntcl,
on the ground TINT thc plaintiff, with her fam.
ily connections, was not L proper or e!igab1c
match for respectable citizen, md that IN
consequence Of these renlonstEanccs, and
what he saw md heard Of the disrcpntable
sayings and doings Of the family, he broke OF
the match
The dcponent further expects to prove, BY
the witness Crowley, that The plaintiff was ii.
tic habit Of visiting the private rooms Of
clerks on Lake street, and that the rooms and
their occupants bore bad character. BIZ
the witness Wcbl,er, that for nearly four
years prior to 1855 he had visited tue Hide.
That during that time the reputation Of the
housc was lad. and That on aceount Of that
rrnutation he was warned by lis cmployer
not to 70 there, That during his visit the
family Sung gross Dutch songs, and commit
led oiLcr acis rot Lccomiug respcciablc per-
sons, '-'S ''NA '>~~7 ~'~ p~17
By the witneEs, William Pae1tzer, the depo-
nent expccts to prove that bcfors the H.lhe-
brand family left Chicago for Europe. PAilo-
mcna borrowed of him copy Of Don Juan,
and although her father forbade her associa-
ting with him,yet she aud the witness used to
and OIL more than one occasion rode ont with
gentlemen to tarern in the vicinity OF Chi
cngo called Iunn's, 1, resort Of disreputab1e
characters, and notorious as y house Of assig.
nation.
By the witness Horace kresler, the dcpo-
nent expects to l,@6nTc TOY that before the Hide
certain married man living in Chicago, VIII
had been for years one Of the habitucs Of tao
t!lldcbrand house, and on intimate terms ytth
Mfs. uidebrand, the mother, and who was
fEcll well known to F4lloInena and her r1otli-
cras . married man, paid fhl'onacn9 such
@ 1na1Kea @ a.eG,'esons is 10 securc her aiEct1ons
:nlu HauGs aer s9suio" lnm tne prlvucge OF
conf1ane hef- Haslng won lis affections she
consented 70 Tue following agreement, namc-
Y: tnat @hen INC family went TO Enropc. rs
thy tney we're 'ns4 t,, no9n. 10 40 ne should JON
t nS ~. NV A Esha ~ na!olAe1a under his pro
.ect.on ana pay hcr Personal expenses; When
thy thcy aIs.;su ;. III Ne| losk th To"N 1or Europe
.roa tusy mI!.vh fa;,h, aos MN ~ motel, but Ac
nnt CONE at t1c e,,,n;r+ed io W "nsnL ;s , ana alo
~ ~, E,,ai,, EoiG at lne ohlea time, WheFeupon
ta., ~ .anl'y stn':eu wa.noul MIN. Upon their
~, =, S..4 mi.,S tngS were hVlnTat brook
ton e,o' ee ~. io,o, ImiotncnA ana her family
tron,i' uom S ~ u.s w aclton AGAINST hlm 1ot
1t.''tn 1 ~ ptoinlee u marriage, ana to get
na.is i.an ~ les nis lntltopef iainillarltics With
!ea ;.hu VI psing 1nlol1nea Inat such pro
knew r "U"' '. nar1tsa M, ~ nna oao ~ Mnom they
.ne alleee1 ensaGeuaent anu familiaritics, they
;Toll ;;Tol'eu ,ne tolioMIng tm eSpeaient, namely:
haS ~ a"us uai ~ 10, 1ate oi every time he
i,a,,s Su ase, u..nn: lousea or VISITED at tlleir
tSrn ,1s; ,1anounins; ~ tnc "hole, 10 about
x,;,',, ~ e ~ WIN u Iaese proceedings, aud,
,eo III ,,.''o ~ ~" ioIA, 'at mp ~ tug Astor
5ehrsn 0os Io;,a. ~ ~ ,lsaea th name; bnt Mr. Hi
id; i's,dMr;;;;,, ueS a;. VI ehe "aicn, detected the
ti,tTc"non he ~ US arresteS ri tnS 'ase hn' pune and
stcamhnnt ivst Nus ~ a .aseste1 ,sso on board the
ona ni,9, 3us' a. ne was ieaSIng the city !;
aho, a'ho"gh nc protested that the claim for
poaro WAS fit1iculously unlawful, he having
been Ut all times an invited guest, aud having
a. all times made full compensation for Ill
frftftS l. =.