Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-17
STRAKOSCH'S TROUBLE.

Il Breach of Promise Silt Against the N. Y
Operate Manager.
N. Y. Special, June 13.
Clementine Smedler, public singer we'll
known in Chicago, has instituted suit
against Max Strakosch, the operate manager,
for $4,000 damages for breach of promise
for marriage. The affidavit sets forth that
the defendant intends to leave for Europe
shortly, and adds that on the Goth of Sep
TENDER, 1875, in this city, Mr.. Strakosch
promised to marry Miss Smedley, and that
notwithstanding his promise to her, he mar
ried Miss Neilison, in Oakland, Cal, on the
26th of October, 1877; that, seeking to take
wicked advantage of plaintiffs ingenious
ness, and to compass her ruin by trick and
subterfuge, and using such promise to marry
as means, he sought to seduce her,
and sought to convince her that she never
could be a great and successful singer I'M
less she would throw away her modesty and
yield to his solicitations. Deponent indig
nantly refused to comply with his ubiquitous
demands, and repealed all such wicked adj
vances, whereupon the defendant grew cold
and negligent, and subsequently, on the Goth
of August, 1876, refused to marry her, alleg
ing as reason the fact that he is Jew,
and that his religion would not permit HIM
to intermarry with Christian. About the
28th of August, 1876, MIR. Strakosch told
her that he wished to talk to her concerning
her future prospects, and could not do SO
uninterruptedly in the parlor of the Everett
house, where he lived, nor at her boarding
place, and requested her to accompany him to
ahouse of family whom he knew intimately,
and where they might converse without in
reference. She, not expecting his wicked
designs, went with him into house in
Thirteenth street, between University place
and Fifth avenue. He locked her in a
room and she screamed for help. She was
released, and, upon his request, forgave him
for his misconduct. It was at his desire she
says, that she left home and friends in
Chicago and ca me to this city, By reason
of his faithlessness, his licentious advances,
and his subsequent refusal to comply with his
promise to marry her, she has been injured
in health, has been under the care of a
physician, and has sustained great pecuniary
loss.
Mr.. Strakosch said this evening: s'This
is simply Matchmaking affair. 1 met Miss
Smedley some four years ago in Chicago.
She came to me to put her on the stage,
and to get her musical education. I told
do what could for her. She came here and
I got her teachers, but soon discovered she
had no ability or talent; besides she was
in ill health, and I gave her money to go
back home. She has frequently annoyed
me since, and I have frequently given her
money from charity. That is all. Her story
is simply absurd. I never promised to
marry her. Never spoke about it. She
thinks she has got from me all I will give
her by right means, SO she fancies she can
get more by foul means, and there she will
find she is wrong.'
Only One Reputable Paper IN st. Paul.
[St. Cloud Times.
The manner in which the St. Paul Dis
patch has commented upon the impeach-
ment trial and some of the witnesses upon
the part of the State, is to say the least dis
graceful to honorable journalism. The
Pioneer Press, which is generally regarded
as an interested party, very properly re-