St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-22
CUPID IN The COURTS.
Banker Fry's Little Love
Affair With Mrs. Hibbard
Fully Ventilated.
Unfortunately, He Did Not
Take Weller's Advice Con-
corning Widows.
He Denies All the Billing
and Cooing and Hand
Holding.
Mrs. Hibbard, However, Ap-
pears to Have the Cinch
on Him.
Special to the Globe.

BEAVER, Pa, Nov. 21.-lntereSt III tue
Hibbard-Fry breach of promise suit is
unabated, ana the court room was again
crowded with spectators when the trial
was resumed this morning. The evil
dence of numerous witnesses was very
much in the same vein as yesterday
afternoon. establishing the fact that Fry
was generally considered as Mrs. Hib-
bard's especial company, and had paid
her attention in public.such as would be
expected from lover. Hon. w. s..
Shallenberger. of Rochester, cashier in
the First National bank. testified as to
Mr.. Fry's financial standing, estimating
his possessions to be at least $4,000.
Mary Murphy, servant girl. late in
Mrs. Hibbard's employ, occasioned
something of sensation by stating that
she had frequently looked through the
keyhole into the parlor when Mr.. Fry
would be in the room alone with Mrs:
Hibbard ''ENell, what did you see?''
g Nothing: Mr.. and Mrs. Hibbard were
in there, that was all. Indeed, there
was nothing worth the sight to an Old
hand like me-" Mrs. Hibbard was re-
called. and stated that Mrs. Rosenmyer
wrote the paper presented yesterday
without any dictation from plalntlff;;
The baggage that Mrs. Hibbard had
taken to Pittsburg with her on
the day she expected to be mar
ried to Fry was admitted in evil.
dence. Miss Katie Hibbard recalled.
Mrs. Rosemeyer wrote that paper and
gave it to mamma and said: MI. Fry
might as well have said he had called
on mamma forty instead of four times
joan Hbbard recalled. The day Mr..
Fry got the note from mother he called
me aside, telling me that he and mother
had just had a quarrel. You know
I've called on your mother" he said.
'.abodt four times. The first time your
mother told me about her early mar
riage and it made me pity her. After
that | called through mere kindness
and out of sympathy. To-day she told
me sine would
MAKE IT WARM FOR ME-"
Mr.. Fry then begged me, for his fam
ily's sake and for my own, to try and
prevent trouble, and promised to do
all | could After mother entered suit
against Mr.. Fry had another inter
view with him at his request. He up
braided me for not shaping the matter,
and said that when lie was with mother
at the Hotel Anderson he had a pri-
vate detective in hiding, who took
down all of their conversation.
He also said if this suit was
continued he would bring suit for per-
jury against mother and land her in the
penitentiary. The court then adjourned
for dinner. At 3:45 o'clock testimony
for the prosecution was all in, and the
testimony in rebuttal began. Miss
Moore testified to having heard Mrs.
Hibbard say she would set her cap for
Mr. Fry and get him if she could. Miss
Belle Brisbin heard Mrs. Hibbard say
soon after this lawsuit was brought:
''Now Sally Wilson can have the
man. will have his money" Henry
G. Fry, the defendant, then took the
stand in his own behalf. He first Wis
tied Mrs. Hibbard after receiving Il note
from her asking him to call OH special
business. She asked him to get situa-
tiOn for her son. In conversation dur
ing the first visit Fry stated he regu-
larly went to Pittsburg Wednesdays
and Saturdays. After that it seemed to
him Mrs. Hubbard was on the train
whenever he was. After receiving a
second note from her in February. 1887,
he called to see her. and, after asking
him to get her daughter the position
of organist. Mrs. Hibbard told him he
was the
ONLY NAN SHE EVER LOVED.
sit was awkward, and l got out as
soon as | could" SAID Mr.. Fry. 81 said,
Mrs. Hibbard. you astonish me, do not
refer to it again." MIR. Fry went on to
show notes written him by Mrs. Hib-
bard asking him to call on business.
IG,,,, ,,E f1,n f1.itA fn tfcI,
with Mrs. Hibbard shows it to have
been an innocent affair. He had told her
he was going to Buffalo, and when he
got on the train Mrs. Hibbard appeared.
asked him to dine with her, and later
in the day when he decided not to 60 to
Buffalo she asked him to take her to the
theater. He did so, and it was he who
telegraphed to Mrs. Hibbard's folks
that she would be home on the late
train. He did not register at the hotel.
He had taken other ladies to dinner at
this hotel. He was not with Mrs. Hib-
bard in room Sc or any other room in
the Hotel Anderson that day. Mr..
Fry was on the stand until court
adjourned. His testimony went
to show that it was always
Mrs. Hibbard, who made the advances
toward acquaintanceship He made a
general and sweeping denial of all the
courting. lovemaking, kissing, hand
holding, etc., ETC., and said that the
flowers sent to the lady's house for her
daughter Katie, who was in his Sunday
school. and who was sick at the time.
He never asked Mrs. Hibbard to visit
his house. She was never under his
roof Mr.. Fry will continue his testi-
mony tomorrow, ard the case will
likely go to the jury on Friday.