Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-15
NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL
s'GOvern"s" Isaac Morton of ohio.
EfshEy Yssrs DID, the Defendant
In n Breach Of Promise Suit.

Cincinnati Special to Cleveland PEaindealer
A most sensational breach of promise
suit has just been instituted in the courts
here 1t is remarkable on account of
the extreme age of the defendant, as well
as for the prominence of both parties.
The plaintiff is Mrs. Hassaurek. one
time the wife of Fred Hassaurek the
well known editor of the Cincinnati
H0lks5Latt. The lady separated from her
husband some years ago. The defendant
is Hon. Isaac Morton, of Cambridge. a
well known Republican politician.
and better known as Governor" Nor
ton. He is eighty years old and a
widower. In appearance he is anything
but prepossessing. He probably was a
good looking man sixty years ago, but old
age has sadly changed him, if such was
the case. He is tall, has all the gross
obesity which comes with age, and viii
weigh probably two hundred and twenty
five pounds. Bleared eyes, a fiabbv
double chin, and cheeks with deep wrin-
kles and hollow under the eyes. and
heavy body which he can hardly move
with the strength of declining years.
Governor Morton is hardly the person
any woman, Young or old, would become
desperately enamOredOf.
He became acquainted with Mrs. Has
saurek, it seems, some two years ago
and seems to have fallen desperately in
love with her. His letters, which will
be produced in court, contain protesta-
tons, the strongest, and expressed in
language that would have done credit to
dizzy youth just experiencing his first
sensations of happy love. He seems to
be interested at all times in the "busi-
ness of Mrs. Hassaurek, "business" that
the Governor" expressed himself so
deeply interested, in this and other mat
tiers, was the obtaining of a divorce by
Mrs. Hassaurek from her husband, Mr..
Fred Hassaurek. His letters will show
the gallant and amorous pursuit this old
lover, bordering on the verge of the
grave, made on Mrs. Hassaurek.
He slyly, with all the skill and wit of
a divorce lawyer, prevailed on Mrs. Has
saurek to seek in the court separation
from her husband, holding out to her a
promise of marriage. His vanity was
displayed in everything he did, and is
seen in all of his letters. Young girls,
discovering his weakness, prodded him
on and fattered the old fellow until he
thought himself prize for any woman.
Now that he repudiates all, and with
draws all promises, Mrs. Hassaurek, per
haps, not out of a feeling of love, but
from Misrepresentation of the standing,
wealth and ability of Governor Morton,
was led to make promises to him that
she intended to keep, can find no recourse
but in the courts.
The hoary hero of this romance seems
to have been a most persistent lover. He
addressed the lady as ''my darling sweet
heart cricket" and his letters are filled
with the most lover-like slush imagina-
ble 1t is difficult in reading them to
conceive that they were written by an
old man tottering on the brink of the
grave. 1t seems that in addition to his
protestations of undying love he repre-
sented himself as the possessor of great
wealth and influence. What so suddenly
cooled his ardor and led to the instituting
of the suit does not clearly appear.