The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-03

HIS APPEAL FOR RELEASE.
then said TO her, IL now come 10 th,
principal and final question, and ! want ;
straight up-and-down answer-Did yot
not say that you did not love me?" Sht
answered, - did say il, but ! was in ;
passion" told her that j did not thin
she would make such an admission rs thai
under any circumstances il she really loved
me. 81 think You cannot have proper
regard and esteem for me. or you would
moi have said it," | said; also, "Yor
1 have embittcrcd my sister against YOU
and it would not be pleasant for yOu
I TO have my family embittered against YOU
She replied, 81 am not going to marry
your family; am going to marry YOU"
said, "NO, ida. for the sake OF your OWL
/ happiness, and in justice TO yourself and
/ all concerned. under the circumstance,
that you admit TO exist, you ought TO re-
lease me from this engagement" She
( said: WHY don't you see papa?" | said,
" am engaged TO you; not to your papa.
| And then gave her my address and left
her. Then Mrs. Ullman came in and
dragged me back TO the sofa and began to
abuse my sister. ! said: Mrs. Ulman,
YOU waste your words. | don't believe
anything you can say against my sister,
IN DANGER or TIE FATIIEr.
"Aftcrwards | heard Mrs. Ullman say.
L have telegraphcd for him-hc is coming,
and / knew that this meant Mr.. Ulman,
and as he was bigger man than am did
not care TO stay there against all three OF
them, and | tried to leave. ] found the
door locked but | finally got out. | had
an interview afterwards with Mr.. Ullman.
in the course of which he said your sis
ter was sent to my house rs a spy said
Mr.. Ullman. YOU are a liar And he took
that. He said: Your sister said that you
should not marry my daughter, for that
YOU had girl at Richmond worth $1,000
And again said Mr.. Ullman. you ore a
liar And he took that. He said: you
will marry my daughter or will make YOU
support her. then sent back her photo
graph, expecting to get back my diamond
ring, but did not get il back"
Mr.. Wise then began his croSS-eXamina-
tion.
SCENES OF COURTSHIP.
o. viii YOU please tell lis how much in
terested you werey A. leave that to you.
| admit TO YOU that ] loved Miss Ullman,
and | leave you TO imagine the balance.
Q. How did it happen? \. Well, we
were very affectionate. Miss Ullman com
planned OF feeling badly, and | told her to
rest her head on my shoulder. Then she
got a little familiar, and she called me
"Harry." | don't think she had ever
called me " Harry" before. and she SAID
"Let us reverse our positions, and you
rest your head on my shoulder" and | did
so.
Q. Well, when did you make your decla-
rationi 4. Well, when we were in that
position.
@. What position: A. Well, / can't say
whether her head was on my shoulder OF
my shoulder was under her head. [Great
laughtcrl She told me my love was re-
turned, and told her that was the happiest
moment Of my life, dc.
THE MEETING IN TIE BALLROOM.
Recurring to the scene at the masquerade
ball, the witness was asked, "Did you when
dancing with her ask Miss Ullman to show
YOU her foot!" A. did, and she put out
her foot.
.. What was your reason? A. ! wanted
to know whether was dancing with Miss
Ullman. | knew that she had a small foot
and pretty one. Laughter.l
Q. What did Miss Ullman say! A. She
did not say anything. She just stuck ont
her foot. [Laughter.l
.. Then when she swOre that she said
GLOW dare YOU insult meI' she said what
was not trueI A. She SwOre 10 that which
was not true.
The witness then described how Miss
Ullman and her escort and the witness and
his companion took supper in a restaurant
opposite the ballroom. He sat at the table,
he said, between Miss Ullman and his own
friend, and, said he, ~ ordered bottle OF
wine"
O. Were YOU asked to order bottle OF
winey 4. No one asked me, but they all
drank it. Laughter.]
Miss Emma Ackerman, the young lady
who accompanied Mr.. Meyer to the masked
ball, testified to the scenes in the ballroom
and across the way at the restaurant. Miss
Rosina Meyer, the sister OF the defendant,
told of her visit to the Ullmans by invita-
ton of Miss Ullman. "While we were
preparing for New-Year's day." said the
witness, "Aiss Ida told me that il was the
habit to kiss gentlemen who called on New
Year's-day. had never heard OF any such
thing. and did not do so, but she did.
She kissed several gentlemen" The wit
ness saw Miss Ullman do many things that
surprised her. "They were small things,
but they were very significant"
She said thx she told the plaintiff on the
morning after the New-Year's party, " Y on
have said you don't love my brother, but |
will not do anything to separate you; II
YOU marry my brother our intercourse
must end here; | know you don't care for
me. and il is better that il should be So,
upon which Miss Ullman replied, ~ won't
marry your brother" | answered, "Pll
not go between YOU"
The cross-examination OF Miss Meyer be-
gan yesterday.