St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-06
Matrimonial Agency Secrets.

Special n. Y. Dispatch to Globe Democrat.
Much amusing testimony was devel-
Oped in the matrimonial agency case of
Emily GuiOn against Horace E.Wellman,
which was heard before Judge Browne
to-day in the city court. Miss Guion is
the young woman who says she gave
Wellman $55 to get her husband,
and thus formed the acquaintance of a
man who paid his suit till he was able
to borrow 81 200 of her money and then
fed. She is suing for the $50. Plaintiff
was resplendent in black silk and a
sealskin coat, but looked very much
abashed under the fire of glances from
the large number of persons present.
After the selection of a jury she took
the stand, kissed the book and said in
reply to the first question from her law
yers:
Il first went to Mr.. Wellman's office
in August-Aug. 15, / think-Of 1886"
''Why did you go there?" added Mr..
Mundy. The question greatly confused
Miss GuiOn. She tried to pull down her
veil, but it was already down, and was
transparent enough to render her
bushes visible to every one near her.
But she rallied in few seconds and re-
piled:
II wished Mr.. Wellman to get me a
companion for life-and-"
II don't mean that" interrupted her
lawyer. II mean to ask, who sent you
there?"
MY divorced husband sent me, be-
cause"
II object" put in lawyer Newhall.
Then came wrangle between the two
attorneys, which Judge Browne put an
end to by sustaining the objection. Miss
Guion then said that Mr.. Wellman in
trOduced her to great number of men
at his agency. She and the men had
private conversations in a little back
room Off the principal Office of the
agency.
''H0w many did you meet there-yOu
said a number?" asked her attorney.
''Oh, don't KNOW" said she with a
show of irritation.
"Thirty?" asked Judge Browne.
''Oh, yes, sir-indeed over thirty.
But" she added, Il wouldn't marry any
of them"
On cross examination Miss GuiOn was
asked:
How many men did Wellman intro
duce to you?'
A.-Oh. thirty or forty or fifty.
'Did you like any of them well
enough to give your hand in marriage?"
A.-NO, SII.
Ibid any of them propose?"
proposed.
''Were you introduced to Mr.. Keat-
ing?"
Al was.
Weren't you willing to marry him if
he had little more money!"
mo, sir. My relations with Mr.. Keat-
ing were on business utterly foreign to
this affair."
"Then there was nothing more than
platonic love between you and Mr..
Keating."
That's alp with a blush and
"Well, Miss Guion, did you-al-did
you-ah-find your affinity, so to
speak?"
Il obtained no companion for life"
"What did you and the gentleman
talk about when you had your private
talks in Mr.. Wellman's Matrimonial
Agency?"
''Oh, about life, love, happiness and
such things"
Then Miss Guion stepped down from
the stand, and the jurors watched her
with great interest until she took chair
beside Lawyer Mundy and faced the
jury-box.
When Wellman took the stand he
glibly explained how the $50 and more
had been spent in advertising for COM
panion for life such as would suit Miss
Guion. He had no luck and was out on
the deal. Wellman denied that he was
depOsed minister of Western New
York. There was no more evidence,
and Judge Brown gave each side five
minutes to talk to the jury. That body
retired and was absent five hours. AT
5 o'clock they reported failure to agree
and were discharged. A new trial was
set for Feb. 10.