The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-08

Mr.. Boyls's Letter Wfit1n1 Art
0sts, M. 0ttmsa . Wife.

NJ. 6oyl9'0 Letter WtJCSu0 nv
0sts M. ostmsa . Wife.
New rers Sun.
John w. Boyle is euing Philip II.
Gilman in the marine curt iOr oervi.
ces rendered in ss.isiing TO 700 the
Young lsdv who 10 nov Ottman's wife
Ortmsn Is Q butcher. young and good.
looking. and resides ct % Ludlow
street. BOYLE is . fruit broker, %
years of age. and go.'d-lookiog. Or.
msn's 6rst transactions with Byle
was in . walking match in the Med.
i-cn Square garden in 1879. Ottmsn
entered in the match two men. Ed-
ward Williams colored, and Dsva
Hennessey, . white mau. B,yle
helped Ia tram them. He includes in
his suit demand for payment tor SER
vices thus rendered. IL Vas at this
time that Gilman had trouble Nth
the Dung woman 10 whom he wss
paying h,s addresses. aud asked Boyle
TO help him 10 regain bic old place In
her affections. In the latter endeavOr
he was successful. but his pedestrian
venture proved . woful failure. aud
left him much out Of packet. The
case came up for trial yesterday before
Jue'ice McAdam aad . jury.
The complaint OF Boyle ayers that
Ot,man. having been engaged TO and
contemplating marriage wi,h . lady OF
New York city Of position aud wealth.
aud having had his relations with her
entirely broken OF BY reason Of Q mic
understanding. employed him to pre-
pare . series Of letters to the lady 10
the endeavor to propiliste her favor.
regain her affections. aud obtain . res-
toraiion Of Oltinan TO her society.
Bowie says that Ottmsn agreed
to paw him liberal SUN Of money and
= new suit of clothes for bis services.
as soon as his relations With sai.l lady
Va. restored. He prepared the let
tiers. which we're recOpied by defendant
and transmitted q the lady, and
through them relations were restored
With her To O;,msD's entire saiietsc.
ton. Boyle claims that bic services
60 rendered are justly aud reasonably
worth the sum Of $500. and the value
of suit OF clothes. S35; no part Of
which has been payed. except tine sum
81 50 50 on account.
The ans~er ct Gilman denies that
he ever employed B lyle A. trainer Or
pramised to rsy him anything. II
ayers iha, Bcvle ngreed TO work fM
his board aud lodging and . share Of
.:,e prizes i. acy ,hou:d be won BY the
pedestr'aps thai Boyle dill hi. work
csrelessiy and ;euorantly; that in
agreeing to work for possible share In |
prizes Boyle has engaged in betting. |
Contrary 10 the statutes, and therefore
his claim Is void.
BOYLE repeated the pedestrian troub- !
ie. on the witness stand yesterday.
and then switched of on to the love
story a. follows:
About the same time Ottman
came o. me and said: i want you tn
engage in something Of very private
nature for me- He told me that he
had been paving a;tenti"ns n q
~eslthy yourg lady named Fisher.
hut having offended her. che dismissed
him. Kno~ing # my skiil a. q liter |
ary writer, he wished me to tx things /
BIZ writing letters which he might copy !
AID send tn her. said it was pref /.
~ bad case. and askei il he know
any lads friend Of Miss Fisher who
cnuii ascertain the present state @!
her feelings 10 him. Ottmsn iDtr"-
.lucea me to Miss Gussie Berger. who
lived 10 the Same house with Miss
Fisher. We had an iotersiew with /
Miss Berger. aud she said Miss Fieber !
lid not care tyr Ottmsns Company
any longer. gO;,man wished to send
back an impatient reply. but l sail he
must nU. be reckless, and to leave IL
TO M. Ouman says to me: John
ny Boyle. if you get me back in ms |
former standing With that girl you
can charge YOUR own price: it wii: br
worth 900 and over to you
I'VE had several more meetinge
with Miss Berger before I commenced.
Oimsn had written letters 10 Miss
Fisher. and they were returned u
him. She also sent back all his old
le,ters and presents G. o. ID. [ L,ugh-
ter / made drafts Of letters 10 b.
sent her aud Otiman copied them"
did he often suggest changesv
'Once in . while be brought down
NV remarks from the standard OF
briilisncy in which had written them
Laughter to more moderate stand
.rd."
why did he do tbat?"
He thosght she might understand
them better. He said he wanted
them 10 seem more natural"
Did you work hard on those let
ters2
"Yes; I devoted oil my most prac
lical ekill and devotion to them. I
treated them % u u Was my Own IL
fairs"
'YOu considered il Q difficult csee ?"
II did but then have made .
profession If writing such letters."
WHAT came Ut them :"
Il went to Ottmaois room ono day.
He says to me: 'Johu0y Boyle.
shake!
Il shook" daughter suppressed
BY the curt.
"'rhOee letters have fetched her,
says he. Who? says I. The GIRL
says he. I am back now, and just
as s:rong a. before. She is going to
send away the other Teller that Is cali
lug on her just a. coon q he Gomez ,
up. lam nct going to let $50. 600
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