Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-13
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TIL. STORY OF HIS LITTLE HONEYED
WORDS AND PRETTY PHRASES
$4,000 FOR A BRoK-
EN- PROMISE.

based on breach of promise of marri-
age, has just been mLleted in the
courts of Lebanon, Ohio. i he fair young
lady who is alleged to have been de-
ceivedby festive young disciple of Es-
culapius, is a miliner at Springboro, and
testities that she is now 26 years old.
Her name is Mary Ferguson and she is
a young lady OF much personal beauty.
She is brunette, regular features, with
dark brown eyes. When placed upon
the stand she was neatly dressed in black
and her manner and general bearing at
once enlisted the sympathy of the large
crowd in the court room.
The defendant in the suit was Doctor
j ,hn Armstrong Bradshaw. aged 40
years, descendant of Bradshaw the
regicide. He went from England to
Ireland, and came to this country at the
age of IA. He spent several years in
wealthy fami y in New York, who gave
him the advantage of liberal educa-
ton. After graduating in one of the
best medical colleges in n. Y, he went
to South America, and remained there
several years, acquiring handsome for
tune. In appearance, he is not hand
some. He is below the medium height,
and has the appearance of premature
decrepitude.
In the court room the plaintiff pro-
ceeded, in calm, dignified way, and in
a sweet, captivating voice, to tell the
story of her wrongs. In Springboro,
she lived at the house of VIM. Carpen-
ter for about IL yeas, where she first be-
came acquainted with DR.. Bradshaw,
who came there to board in 1865.
In her simple, unaffected way, sh G
went on to tell how, in about two weeks,
he asked her to walk with him; how
thnX- haOan IN cnnnH St,rIox.
ings il. the parlOr together; how, when
he first asked if she could love him, she
said she thought not /; that she was poor
and not as we'll educated as she could
wish how she afterwards cOnsentcd d.
and promised to marry him.
In the spring of 1866, she spent a part
of her time at Germantown, working at
the millinery business, and while there
received from him many letters-the
most gushingly loving ant tender ever
produced in a court.
The following is sample of one of
the letters dated May 9th, 1866:
| You cannot have forgotten, dearest,
what | stated in my room to you on
Thursday noon. that the day was fast
approaching when l should be able to
offer for your acceptance a comfortable,
and l most sincerely hope, even hap
py and delightful home. You ask me
dearest, what / think of our last even
ing's meeting. l can hardly believe it
can be possible for me to forget its de-
lights, and / sincerely hope to enjoy
many more if it will be agreeable to my
charming and beloved Mary.
thank you kindly for those dear.
loving, and tender kisses you enclosed
in your favor, but, dearest, the delight
| full freshness and fragrance of loves
choicest tribute is always lost in the
| transit. However do not neglect to send
a fresh supply from those lovely lips
when you write again they can never
but bring to me the most pleasurable
| feelings.
Many more letters were written in a
similar strain. 1t was shown that they
had been engaged three several times.
He had given her wedding handker-
chief" and one if not two engagement
rings" Testimony was introduced cor
| roborating Mary's statements, and even
showing that he had made Intellectual
efforts to ruin her. Much evidence was
introduced on the visible admixture !"
question ON both sides. Bradshaw hav-
ing set up the plea that Mary was wo-
man having distinct and visible ad-
mixture of African blood" and that he,
being white man, could no., under the
litWS VI Oilo, injury Her. III. wright, OF
SpringbOrO, DIR. Sellers, of Lebanon, and
Others, were satisfied that she was part
African.
Others had regarded her as pure white.
The trial lasted for a week, and the in
terest on the part of the great crowd of
spectators was undated.
The jury were out but II short time,
and returned verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum Of $4,000
After the close of the trial, Mary re-
turned to SpringborO, with all the tri-
umphant feelings of one who had re-
ceived the laws vindication. What
was her surprise and Indignation, when
she learned that her bird had flown
We are informed that the defendant,
hvving packed up bag and baggage,
with all his fabulous wealth, which hap
pened to be in money, had left for parts
unknown.