The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-18
BREACH OF PROMISE.
How David Hughes, of Kan
sas City, Loved.
How He Promised to marry
and Then Backed Out.
A Very Cheap Subterfuge to
Get Out of q Contract.
A Suit for 1855 in the jackson
Circuit Court.

Circuit Court.
Ii would seem in the annals OF the day
that the numerous cases of mans in
humanity to IN an, and especislly his per-
tidy to woman had been cited so often that
others would sickeu at the record and hest.
tate long before embsrking in q like under
taking. That this is not so, however, needs
but q moments reflection for every city,
ev-ry village, hamlet and even country
neigh borhood has its dire de- DIS. Here il
is murder, there il is a rape, yonder q
seduction and everywhere the trail of the
serpent. In no insts nee can the perpetra,or
of these deeds OF darkness hope to escape
pun shment, for like Nemesis, il
is ever awake and ever ready to claim
vengeance. Now and then a hesrt is bro
ken and life wrecked by the false prom
Uses OF some gallant who has found wO ping
so delightful that be has proposed marriage
with 10 very clear idea of coming to the
scratch, and who, when he can no longer
postpone his marriage, resorts to some cow
such case, then, blame the deser:ed and
wronged victim ii she should seek redress
at the hands of the law? Not many, for
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girl, YET there IS = stern Justice In making
those who lance pay the fiddler. A recent
case of this kind halls from WarIensburg,
and is as follows:
There resides In the suburbs of Warrens-
burg, the county seat of Johnson county,
Pierre Vernaz. The family consists Of
father, mother, three daughters and two
sons. They obtain q livelihood by raising
1 nl ha- II
They sre natives of France. and are honest,
Upright, frugal and good citizens. The
children, while thy are we'll educated in
the English language, speak French
| huently.
A few evenings since BAzoo representa-
tive by chance, dropped into the humble
home and passed an hour under their roof.
The parents speak English quite imper-
fectly, but the genuine Rentilty and well.
known hospitality which is characteristic
OF all Gauis was very prominent toward
their stranger guest.
The eldest child of the family Ia a
daughter named Eve. She is "a years old.
She los. essss fine form, bright, sparkling
eyes, and an expressive and intelligent
countensnce. She is endowed with
q large amount of native shrewdness, and
slthough unsceusiomed to the ways of the
world, she has knowledge of books, and
also being a close observer OF the public
press, she is not readily deceived. During
the st Y Of the repr, sentive of the press,
Miss Eve and her ster Mary, treated him
TO some choice ins rumsntal and vocal
music, they both b ing fine performers on
the guitar. They s.pg the Marseillss
hymn-lhe national sorg Of France-in
the French language. Ii wss artistic ally
rendered, and charming in the extreme.
MISS EWES coURrsHIP.
David Hugh is of the finn of Hughes &
Dugan, doing business at 1wenty-Fourth
Jefferson and Summit streets. Kansas City
They m 4nase a stone yard, that is they
purchase the famous Wsrrensburg stone
in the rough, and mould and carve il to
suit their customers in the city of the hills,
and it is currently reported that they have
msde fortune at the business.
Being in the stone business il
brought Mr.. Hughes to Wsrrens-
burg quite of en- He was a customer OF
Mr.. Wm. Bruce. who owns and conducts
one of the largest quarries at that place.
Periodically Hughes and Bruce would
call at the Vernsz plscs, and il was on one
of these occasions that Bruce, who was and
still is a warm friend of the Ve-naz fam
lily, introduced Hughes to Miss Eve. This
was some five or six years ago. Since thai
time Hughes has been . regular caller al
the home of Miss Vernaz. David Hughes
was a married man, possessing wife and
one daughter OF tender year,. Mrs. Hughe:
died three years ago.
. THE ENGAGEMENT.
After Hughes wife died his visits became
more frequent snd more lengthy. Otter
did he accept the hospitality Of the humbls
family, who slways Wed with each other
in aking his stay pleasant.
1t was Saturday night, June q, 1885. Il
was late ip the night, there came q rap st
tbs door which is usually entered by thost
|, who come on business.
. The party was on business and he poun.
ded at this door.
1t was the custom OF the family to pay
no attention to those who knocked
after ten o'cl, OK st night, unless i
was an intimate friends knock. So 10 thi
Case. The party III n raped at the parlol
door. Miss Eve Vern z heard this and in
terrogated the caller, "Wbo is ,here?"
"Frenchman," was ali the reply sht
rece we'd.
Miss Eve recognized the voice as that o
her lover, David Hughes.
The young lady called her father VIII,
went to the door and invited him IN.
SHE COULD NOT SLEEP.
The young lady still kept her bed, bu
could hear Hughes and her father talking
He said to Mr.. Vernaz:
81 have come to marry one of you
daughters
81 could not sleep and got up and wen
, into the store where father and Hughe
were," said the young lady to the reporter
"Your not being able to slumber wher
such conversation was in progress was no
surprising, was it?" Intercepted the re,