National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-12-02
AFoTRER NEW YOEH SCANDAL.

Following on the heels of the Martinez-Dci
Vale case, suit HIS just been inctituted in
the court by Miss Mag A. VI. Geock Against
James HeKean for $25, 600 damages, for
alleged breach Of promise of marriage and Sc
duction. Though not possessing the SEN
sational textures of the Martinez Del Vale
suit, which for the past week has so largely
occupied the attention o. Judge Dcsohue's
Court and tie eager curicssty of the public,
there is, according to the plaintiffs story, GER
tain features connected WITH the case Of far
more saddeniDs though equally reseising
character. Miss Aleock, according to her
story, is an orphan, nineteen ysars of age; she
was taking lessons In telegra1hy at the tsie-
graphic school In Cooper Institute, prepare
tory to earning her living by practice of the
telegraphic art. In November, 1873, she was
introduced to the defendant at q meeting of
the Central Park Division, Sons of temperance
an acquaintance which, as the result shows
rfpened into close intimacy. Mr.. Mexican is
reported to be bookkeeper in lIage whole
sale store, and also as being partner in the
house. His mother is said to be rich, and
altogether there seems to be every confidence
in recovering heavy damages in the case.
In her complaint and accompanying affi-
davit Miss Alcock states that In November,
1873, she met Mr.. Mexican at meeticg ofthe
when he solicited an introduction to her, which
was granted. Following up the acquaintance
then formed Mexican asked permission to meet
her at her boarding house, TO which she ac1
coded. Mexican visited her at her boarding.
house three or four nights q week and wrote
frequent letters to her. She placed implicit
confidence in him, aud, believing his Insen--
tons TO be strictly honorable, allowed him to
continue his visits. Her affidavit further sets
forth that up to the 9th of September last the
defendant continued to visit her three and four
times week; that when he was unable to b
call upon her he wrote letters to her, some
times writing two letters day; that during
this time she refused to receive any other COM
psny, and thattheir courtship, though q long
protrseted one, was very happy one. The
AFT davit continues from this point as follows=
son or about the 18th day of July, 1876, de-
PENDANT visited your deponent at her residence,
No. 1886 Fourth avenue, in the city of New
York, and madethe following proposalto your
deponent: Mary / love you; do you love meP
To which l answered, Yes He then asked.
me 'to be his and after considerable coaxing
and kissing me frequently, and with other
protestations of love, l answered, Yes"
From this point the affidavit of the plaintiff
recites the story of her alleged ruin by the
defendant, and that he continued to visit her
from that time until the 9th of December
following, after which his visits ceased alto
gether. She then states that after fully resliz-.
ing the great wrong of which size had been
made the victim, she prayed and beseeched
the defendant to fulfill his marriage promise.
Although the defendant ceased his visits he,
did not wholly cease his writing. One ofthess-
letters is annexed to the complaint, written
after her vain entreaties to him to marry her,
and her telling him that if he persisted in Vio-
lating his promise she would resort to the
courts of justice. The following are extracts
from this letter:
l52 EAST NINETY. FIRST sTREET-l
In BED-I0 AN I
Mary, wish 1 had the power to express in
VouS INSTRUMENTATION 70 do as Won have 20 ostsn
threatened. Could but ma Ike you feel or com
prehend, even in small degree, the intensity OF
OF your unhappiness and suffering, but of your
destruction and my own, feel that you would no
srs IG 70 knS
have begged and prayed you TO have mercy On
yourself, to allow your love for me 20 have 5ons
ear tC my pleadings and seem resolved to destroy
yourself and me as we'll. To whom, think you,
that am your murderer, (the word is none too
strOng,) with every one knowing ashley do our
intimacy pointing the finger Of scorn and hate
cause be found than my perhdy and yIllainy2
No, none. Have you no thought or care
tor what will be my fate? Think you this wiz
be passed by as unnoticsd as the crushing Of an
insect? Think you there are none who will in
quire the cause and not cry but for Vengeancos
termine to destroy my hope, my happiness, my
life at one blow. Is this love? Is IL not the en-
bodiment of hate and revenge? I appeal
now to your mercy; have mercy on mo
and do not utterly destroy. know l do
not deserve il, have had no mercy for
you. God, 1t almost kills me; feel Is
if j could fly the faces Of all who ever knew mer
and hide myself from the gaze of my fellow b.
ings, and in some dark and deSOlate spot accom-
llIsh my death In a manner BETTING my black
and heartless life. Will you not for merey's sake
shall say again for loves sske=torsiys me,
and take me back to your heart and life? Do MOI,
oh, do moi, implore you, turn from me. Will You
not have pity on me? Oh, if only knew how to
say, to write what feel, would put it in charac
tiers of fire that would burn into your very heart,
and you should hear me, believe me and bless me.
Won't you forgive me? Trust me once more; you
never will regret it. Have some confidence in me.
refuse my appeal? ! appeal again to you for the
sake Of the love you felt for me- for the sake of
fnose n9 n love me aHf T brV unH b
me; flor your fate will not rest upon me alone;l
for the sake of all you ever did hold near an1
dear; for the sake of those who love me- have
pity, have mercy on me; do not crush me.
Light will be thrown upon some of the sllu-
sions in the above letter through additional
statements made in Miss Alcock's All lsvis.
She says that subsequent to Mr.. HeKsan
ceasipg his visits to her she waited for him at,
his house and elsewhere, thinking to see him
and have an explanation, and all to no pur
pose; that, fearing exposure, she finally left
her boarding house and continued wandering.
about the streets all night in quest of the de-
PENDANT; and that her disappearance alarmed.
her brother, causing him to notify the police,
of the facts and to advertise in the papers the,
fact of her disappearance. She alleges that
through the conduct of the defendant she las.
been utterly and hopelessly ruiaed, aud has
no other recourse but to seek yin1ieati1R at
the hands of the law.
These light Dresses.