The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-06-19
Rraaoh o9Promi.e Case

The sensation case at tins term Of court so faf
has been that Of Miss Josephine Kimbal vs.;
promise Of marriage contract.
Miss KImball il s Well-knoWn Canton lady Of
high social position and has had her home here
ALI her life; while Col Steyer Is equally spect-
able and is = citizen Of MaHslllon, formedy OF
are well developed and fair 70 view, and eyed re-
speetiEely Al and 6S. The attorneys tor Miss
STeensy, and the defendant had Judge Amber
and Baldwin and Shields.
The case was Opaned On Saturday and went to
the jury On ISssss4 u & Tsrdie6 81 seven
Thousand dollars for thu plaintiff
denied the promise OF marriage At AL but on
opening the case for the defence Judge Arnbler
admitted the promise. The course of the de-
fence after this Admission was conducted with 3
view Of mitigating damages, by showing that de-
feRdant had At1ls or nothing q az estate.
the witness EtAnds ~ her Intimate friends were
satisfied she would She is = lady of good ad-
Of Canton, where resi- she has always been m fsTorisS.
She detailed without embarrassnnentth the circuK-
for the marriage. In the course Of her direct ex-
animation her counsel read two Of her lottorB u
Colonel Stevers written from New York city,
which productions showed Miss Kinnball to be ne
ordinary spistolAry correspondent and showing
toe, that she felt As an honorable high minded
lady should feel under such circumstances. In
one Of these she sxclaims that shs had ever
dreaded the idea Of Sbeing an unloVed wife,
ofeourse, the plaintiff had witnesses, lady and
mentsj and business men Of Massillon were call
cd the part Of the plaintiff to testify 70 the
estate OF the defendant Most Of them consider
ed Aim man Of wealth, worth ssme hfty or more
thousand dollars.
Colonel stoVor IL . dne loaking man. of good
proportions and BtOut Of build, whom time seems
TO have touched gently, Vitb the exception 81
the eolet of his hair, v hich though abundant is
gray and white, On tins witness stand the Cello
nel was not auecsss He doubtless felt the en-
barrassmont Of his situation, and on GROSS sx-
animation was somewhat severely dealt with. He
admitted the premise OF marriage aud gave in
oxtenuntion his circumstances, or situation,
When asked why he did not act the man and
tell Mas Kimball his situation and ask to be
released, his reply was he had not the heart to
do 80.
The defense brought witnesses to prove Col
Stever's circumstances a. to property we're not
ProsPsEous that II fset he y worth little OF
ArSehasf6F opened the argument on Monday
Afternoon with quite full review of the tsatI-
mony and adYertfng 70 the respective parties
and the merits Of the case.
Aes8rs- Baldwin and Amber argued the caSe
on Tuesday forenoon in behalf Of the defence.
They sought not 70 deny the promise Of marri-
age and d#elt at length on the poverty Of theiE
client.
Nj. Mcswesney made one Of his best efforts,
searching and thoroughly presenting the law
court room was we'll filed with ladies and gem
Judge Frease gave the case to the jury {n q
iudicious and careful charge who retired %
| their room little after Eve 2 NJ. About half
past six they came in with their verdict award
| ing the plaintiff saVen thousand dollars.
The defendant demanded new trial.