The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-10
DID SHE PROMISE T0MARRYy
ANOTHER DfY or DISPUTE ~ I'm
HUNT-Jd CHSOS cos THOJL.ISI.
The Aunts Nost Positive Assertion that .i,
MA not Agree to Become his Wiz. ,Io,,.
ney- Together to Saratoga md to Iu,,.,r.


| ney- Together to Saratoga mud to Iur,,,
Although tho Court of Common Plon- i
iourncd for the term on Friday last. Juds.hl,
announced that hc would h"nr thc con ..u..,Y
Of the now famous c,-e Of Jackson and w..
| though IL occupied tnc whole ~ the ynrau .n.
| Nephew William q Jackson. about ~ yoar. oij
sues Aunt Anna VI. Hunt TO roycrs" n rcla..c
| given by him to her two years ago. For n.arly
| fifteen years they had lived in the same house
while she was n brilliant beautiful young
widow She had money from her husbanf.
| csinte Willie boarded with her for SIS q wrrk
| md nj his majority had money from his fathers
estate Money was borrowed hnck and forth.
and he gave her presents Of sill, drcs-rs da.
monds. pearls. and pnrncls. aud took her 10
ride in Central Park. Saratoga parties wore
made up. and trips to Europe were cnioyed.
| The nephew and aunt had a settling up in 1875
| and the nephew received some lots in Jr4,v
| City and n mortgage on Mrs. Hunts sisters
residence from Aunt Hunt wherrupnn thcy.,v.
changed releases. Now Willa sues Aunt Up,t
| for $40. 600. principal AMI interest VI Wh1f sie
| has obtained from him. and says thai She could
not have got tho money had she not prom
iscd him repeatedly that she would marry him.
| lInVing obtained his money however hr adds
| she showed HIM out Of the house ant would
| have nothing NOR, 10 do with him, Then -he
married Richard H. Hunt. a LIQUOR dealer.
| Aunt Hunt LEANED back in the with ,s5 chair
| Yesterday 10 endure another sirgr Of lawyer
| Wildcr's -eXaminatiUn. Her brown silk
| dress was ornamentei ut the throat with n
| open miniature of her last husband. and ut h r
| wrists were gold sleeve buttons. each got WITH
| blazing solitaire diamond. Her cnqucttish hat
and the still more coqhcttish cock = feathers" ~
| II bohbed and shook 81 she made her nnimltd
| when she and Willie and some other relatives
| went To- Boston in 1871 to transact some hu-i-
| ness. 1t WIS not understood that shc aLd Willie
NO. sir" Mrs Hunt Indignantly replied.
| welt" pursued the lawyer " didn't YOU say
| ne mucl a. Mr. Catlin who was OF the pariyP'
Nor to DR.. Newman. who was there too. TINT
som" Of hers and Willie's conduct needed tx.
No. SRI No. sirl" and the aunts gray Dyes
| flashed ilrc at the lawyer. -
So YOU never said that Willie had paid your
| household expenses. repnrs, and embrsl.
mrns ana mat i was =, gu right IA you wero"'
Aunt Hunt hall ross from the witness chair
aud said. contcmptuously; On, merry! never
| said such thugl never dreamt Of ~"
Then Mrs, Hunt denied that. before her mar
rnge with Mr. Hunt. Willie was kent ignorant
| Of Mr. Hunts visits, and sh" secuted the INV
| y.r's suggestion that she had. after lprhiding
| Willie to come TO the hous" any more. two y"Hi
coax Willie back aud get from him whut MONEY
he might have LEFT. When they rod" IN C'utrd
Park and were good friends they often stopped
ut StriSnn =. anu sometimes stayed "a III" ev 'u'
ing. With relative sho aud VIII" went Co.
hnrop' IN ~ 9nd she r,i9rn"ii IA in.9
been hitherto non-commnniruyr hut
when the steamship trip WAS IAN uuln
She burst ont IN torrent of explanations, Sic
had a -tairroom. and Willie she supposed. -
one. too: hut hr mad to he in her'S mu 'h oi tie
time because she WIS scs. Shr wis worry rN
her health was shattered. entirely shattered
and she needed careful nit"n lan'r. Ainr Oh 70
arrival in America they wont to phiud' pIi
on a visit Ia u friend. 40; She dill not 500
with willie IA the Girurd House ono nighi D. 4
nrNt ,iav cross the street and stay nnutrorui M
~ tho Continental. 80. air; NO sir; now "un
Mr.. wilmer ask her ~ p "a Iu -tinnY u iu''i
out Aunt Hunt. Sne DID hny" .monl- Hui
9th fr ittf lf .s
one day when he Gust them up 40 trr. uHi
she went to her safe AMI got ssnl ANA CAV 10
him. A. to tine money r"t'iv'I from MIN ~
build the house in Inirtv-~"'nni sfr"f and
Sixth avenue. ~ had been offset hy hi- upu-trIy-
mont of his hazard bili lur yeats AMI Year,. ani
by the luts and morisae" given hin at tnr t4ma
Tho r.l'.is w"r' exchanged.
4. r. Brrkman t,atiii ii that ID" was 'thc agent
who tfansierred the mortgage into money iot
Nh hunts sister. Mrs Jnuo schultz Of aoa
S"nnd avenue. t'st'iiri tat slr w.nt VHn
Willie ana his Aunt Hunt to Congress ilui.
Saratoga. While tncre Mrs. Hunt c'unr 1t
with new diamond ring winch M Wi -
supposed Mrs. Hunt had bought. Nh"r. -Ne
didn't know, Sh" was rnre TINT Willie 'ni
Aunt Hunt did not occupy the @,mr suite u
rooms. quite sure. But she could not irs r..i
th,r, stu ton of lh" roWS ., the rWty. .,
old, said TINT VIII" had not clHil.i ul "a
him ~ Willie -Wrnrs. neither mad Nnl.H uIu-
shrd INN. Itwnuldt nken bigger man iIHn
l." lo doit' sad David. giau"ng ~ r.N-ih
Willie. Willie hnl always been treated lihe ual
ol tle children at homo.
where dol YOU gt IN" watch chain you hdV1
on = H-krd Lawyer Wilder.
Wllir ga,r It to me- replied David. but
what 1t was given for he iidnt Know
Haven't You hung around " lor+ hmm
To help YOU out oi 'rnp"s = pursued th' Law
What s'rapes ?" the boy r,,,rtrl.
,...s AZ may INFORM ~ ~, lawy'r
H. 1877. aud addressing Nu!' as "a r
Wi.lir.' ANA il ran on: Wunld " .ie meet tag
l-n-suN igi"nd OF DtNids. ln the morn nE