The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-06
ARBUCELE'S W0OING
THE GREAT NEW YORK SENSATION
Miss 0AmppOl'S Breach of Promise Suit
Against tho 0oieo dnllOpAlro-sOme
RaOy DsVslopmeuts-ThO Fair Plain.
uH'S Interesting Tss,lmsryG

NEw YoRE, Jan, 5.-The fair plaintiff in
the 100000 brosch Of promise ruit Of
Miss CLARA Campbell aSAinat Charles Ar
buckle, tho wealthy coffee merchant, took
the stsnd again this morning.
When ex.Judge Fullerton began to yesd
more OF the correspondence between her
and Mr.. Ayhuckle she moved about in q
restless manner. Tears Courssd down her
checks aS her counsel read appeal after
appeal that she had written to her lover
beseeching him to keep his promise and
the answers that grew colder as the winter
Of 1SS3And 1884 approached. The defend
ant was not present when court opened,
but thirty minutes later he came bustllng
in and took his seat beside his counsel.
There was no sign Of recognition between
the principals. The court room was
crowded, many ladies' mostly young, being
present.
The reading OF the pile OF letteya caused
much amusement st hrat, but the constant
repetition OF "huHB and kisses" and "My
Dear Bonnie" and then more Of "loye
and kisses" grew tiresome at last. On the
redirect examination Of MiRs Campbell,
she said Mr.. AIbuckle never told her
that anything improper in her life was
the cause of the breaking OF the -eBgs9.~
ment. MiBs Campbell said further that
she did not remember that Mr.. Arbuckls
had cent her letter stating that owing to
the condition OF his health he could not
marry her or any other woman. She be-
lieved he said he had malaria and bron-
chial troubles, but she did not believe he
knew what was the matter with him.
After recess, Miss Campbell resumed
posed In this way: II want q home; l
have no home; will you help me make
bome% She said she consented by say
ing: ~ will accept that home" She
gave him to understand that her father
was in prosperous circumstances "and he
was, toe" she added. Mr.. Arbuckle OBJ.
jeCted to her bathing alone, while che wa1
in Boston, she said, but she continued
to bathe. He made the request with u
laugh and kiaB. She said he also OBJ
jected to her travelling alone. She said
she did not go to strange town when she
went to Northampton, and to strange
boarding house to study literature with
strange gentleman, She had given up the
idea Of taking to the operate stage be-
cause her voice was too heavy.
Mas Campbell said she had reason 10
be dissatisfied with her lovers course. He
did not talk OF marriage. Mr.. Parsons in
quiSed about her engagement TO ArbuCEie.
She said she frat mot that gentleman on
February II, and on April II became en-
gaged to him. Possibly she might have
seen him dozen times in the interval,
but she could not say definitely with
out consulting calendar. Council for
the defendant at this point tried
to show that when she became engaged
to Arbuckle she told him abe feared her
father might fail. This was more than
abe would admit and she had no more
reason for thinking that her father would
fail than that Mr.. Arbuckle would. Many
questions about her alleged impTopfieties
Of riding on the front seats Of open horse
cars, OF going in bathing alone, etc., follow
ed, but the clever witness happily parted
each legal thruat. Then she explained
the circumstances Of bleaching her hair,
and said that she ntopped doing 60 when
her lover objected. This subject YVES soon
dropped and the interTogations reverted
to her atay in Europe and return to
America. Miss Campbell CURLY informed
Mr.. Parsons that her scQusintRuces were
not operate people. Her instructor did
not sing in opera and Hhe only went to
the opera az q spectator.