Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-06
HE WANTS DAMAGES
Because a Red-Headed Girl Broke a
Promise OF Marriage.
BY Telegraph to the Post. Dispatch.

BY Telegraph to the Post. dispatch.
New YORK, April 3 Lawyer John
Croak's office, at 229 Broadway, was
crowded to Its full capacity By persons
interested against In the cult of Bern.
hard B,rwich against Rsbeccs Mclean
for $40, coo for breach of promise.
Bar uich Ia a Prutsian, who under.
stands English with great apparent
d fiji guilty. He is thirty. six years old,
thin face, and not what would be
termed a "ladtes' q He Is valet
to Benjamin Bsney, q paralytic living
at 237 Ftfty.third street. Last sum-
mer Mr.. Beney and his servant
boarded at the house Of Mrs. McKen-
zle, at Stapleton, S ;atenisland There
the valet met Miss Mclean, who is
abou. twenty eight years of age. She
Is q plain looking young woman. Miss
Mclean lived In a place with her
mother adjoining the Mckenzie estate.
The two met In juno and became en-
gagged In July. Bar wick gave Rebeccs
o diamond ring for which he paid over
800. Various dates were fixed for
their marriage, but for different rea-
SONS, one of which was the death Of
the young woman's mother, IL was
postponed. Bsrwich rays that Miss
Mclean was very anxious to
HAVE THE WEDDING DAY FIXED
for an early date when first engaged.
This she denies. About the middle
of January Last they had a dispute
about q young nan named C%hisholen,
with whom In the lovers opinion, Re.
becca was on too friendly terms. On
January 81, Sunday, they had a dis.
pute about a Mr.. Hamilton, a prin.
ter, whom Miss Mclean introdu,e d
to Birwich Is her cousin. The result
of :his unpleasantness was that Bar.
witch got his ring back and Miss Nc.
Lean got Q locket and chain which be.
longed to her, and which was In her
lovers POSSESSION. Barwich claims
that Miss McL9an broke the engage.
ment because no demonstrated with
her about her intimacy with Hamilton
and ssys that che told him that she
had only become engaged to him to
revenge herself on another suitor.
Miss McLsan says Brwlch broke
the engagement himself because of
his eslousy. b, that as 1t may, the
valet began a suit against Miss Nc
Lean for $40, coo. Toe case was re-.
ferred to Mr.. Croak to hear and de-
termins. A Barwich sat In the law.
yer's flee he did not look like q
blighted being, but 1t Is possible that
under q smiling exterior he hid a heart
lacerated to the extent of the
damages claimed. Within q yard of
him
SAT MISS MILAN,
neatly dressed In black and apparently
interested and, at times, amused
by the pre- ,edings, She eyed her
lover closely, an attention
he did not return. Barwich
wal tho only witness, on his direct ex.
he testified to the above
facts. He was GROSS examined by B
Doran Klllian, Miss McLean's
attorney. MI. Kiliian sought to
show that Barwich's memory wal bad
and that he could not remember the
events at the breaking Of the engage
ment upon which the case turns. Bar.
wich said his memory had not wsak.
ened during the last four or five years.
Since the breaking of the engagement,
however, It had been defective. "Do
you remember any words used by
Miss Mclean when she asked
you to come upon her crcquet lawn'"
Bsrwich was asked.
"Yes, 81 far a. I can reoollecs," re.
piled the witness.
Barwioh,
IN HIS COMPLAINT,