Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-10

He Married His Second Love.
| THE FIRST LOVE THEREUPoN SUES FOR BREACH
| ofPRoAIsE WITH $5, 200 DAMAGES.
telegram from Syracuse, NY, October 7th,
gives the following account of q breach of prom
| Use suit, briefly reported in Thursdays STAR:
Giles II. stilwell, ~ years Of age, came to
Gedd a from Binghamton In August, 1884, and
school. and began teaching the more ad.
vanced branches at the beginning Of the
| Broome county. He was graduate of
amherst Amber, college. and for r. three years has
He * good looRins and popuIar among o' his
pupils He attended to his duties faithfully
until the spring vacation in April Then he
| that he was to be married. Before the opening
| Of the village schools he returned with a bride.
Who had been one Of his assistant teaehers s, az
Whitney's Point, and is graduate of the Syra-
c1s use, university r Of the class OF 80
ceived papers from Binghamton attorney
ssa;ing That Miss BESSIE Rowe Of that place
amounting to $1,000. Constable Schuyler
served the papers on, stilwell, who begged
When asked about it today, sstilwell said:
Il would rather not say anything about it.
Ste temenis against this girl, and yet j. deny
that the suit is Just: If the matter is made pub
lie shall AL have 70 forfeit POSITION as pTnci
! history of this unrighteous suit. 1t will all be
settled before it comes to trial and that will be
all there viii be of it. The fact is, 1t is partly
'How will the settlement be nader" was
! asked.
| lars" Then he continued: "About two and
| one-half years ago became engaged to Miss
the following autumn. While counting the
lady whom l was soon to marry I met my
present wife, formerly Miss Lewis, and not
withstanding my engagement became infatu-
| ated with her, and it was not long before be-
gan to recognize the position that would be
placed tn If I continued to keen company with
her. Miss Rowe discovered that was not as
clared oor engagement of"
Liable for Alternating a Husband.
A NoN-sUIT DENIED NOTORIOUS WOMAN
OF WHOM AN INJURED WIFE WANTS DAM
! AGES
Judge Macomber, in the circuit court at Roch-
ester, ". Y, Thursday, rendered decision
| which is said by eminent lawyers to be the
only one Of the kind given in this country. The
woman by the wife I Of preminent citzen ao
| recover SIC, 900 for the alienation OF her hus-
| bands affections. The evidence was concluded
Thursday forenoon, when the defendants attor-
] ney moved for o non-suit On the ground that
! there is no statute giving authority for the
s
such authorities as they had been able to lind,
but pore bearing directly on the case. The
todge, IN rendering the decision, said:
"ln view of the decisions upon this subject
feel perfectly at liberty to follow my own judg-
ment in this case as an original question, and
upon that have not the least doubt that this
ACTION Is n,a!ntanabie: 1t is the failure of the
husband to live with bis wife and his failure to
support her adequately, "hich may be said to
be the direct result OF fhc action of this defend
ant, and there Is an injury, loss coupled with
the direct damage, the approximate cause of
the alienation of his affections by this woman,
and i do not see why such an action cannot be
maintained by woman well similar
action could be maintained by husband. 1
know OF no principle, under the facts presented
that would prevent the wife from maintaining
the action, and, inasmuch as the decisions in
this state allow me to follow my own Judgment
must deny the motion"
The decision attracted much interest in the
legal profession, and was the topic Oh CONVERSE
ton On the streets.