The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-27
John Gateson Wants the
Rings He Cave a Fickle
Fair One.
THEY BUSTED SIDE BY SIDE.
That Was How John Learned to
Love Pretty Mary Buckhart,
Who Now Scorns Him.

That the course Of true love at times
runs exceedingly turbulent was amply
demonstrated in Justice Davis Court,
this morning.
John F. Gateson, a susceptible young
man Of twenty-six years, and Mary Buck
hart, bewitching damsel of nineteen
summers, were both employed at the
Pennsylyation railroad station. Their
duties consisted in busting the seats and
otherwise tidying the cars after their ar
rival at this city.
The nature of their work threw the
young people together, and about eighteen
months ago John began to pay his court
to Mary He invited her out on several
occasions, and one day last October, when
they were out walking, Mary expressed
desire for ring which John wore, so he
says. As was eminently proper in young
man under the circumstances John drew
the ring off and gave it to her.
In January last he asked the girl to
marry him. She consented, he says, and
April "a was named as the happy day. He
thereupon, to use his own language,
thought she oughter have something for
to bind the contract and gave her q
chased gold ring.
HIS BRIEF BLISS COST HIM DEAR.
About three weeks after that Mary in
formed John that she wouldn't marry him
at all, whereupon John demanded that she
return him his rings which he alleged she
refused to do.
He had paid out $40 of his hard earned
| money for those rings, besides divers
other sums, as the legal docu-
ments say, for confectionery, ice cream
and other summer delicacies dear to the
heart of the average young lady and when
he thought of all those things, together
with the unceremoniOus manner in which
Mary had set him adrift, his soul thirsted
for vengeance.
He obtained warrant for Ms ~nst
for obtaining goods under false pret~ s,
and this morning the case was called for
examination. John was at the courtroom
early and sat alone at one side, and wore
sheepish but determined look. He Is q
medium-sized man who plasters his hair
down over his forehead
He is not handsome man, to say the
| least. Mary, on the contrary, is spruce
| young woman, tall and shapely. She
wore peacock blue velvet gown and g.
| Jersey jacket which was flung open wide
enough to display gold pin of elaborate
| design which secured her collar. A black
turban with a flowing ostrich plume of
| the same color rested upon her head,
| while pair of diamond pendants from
| her ears shot out such dazzling rays that
Lawyer Chapman was almost blinded by
| them.
The proceedings opened with legal
| sparring match between Lawyers Rowe
and Chapman over motion of Mr.. Rowe
to dismiss the complaint on legal grounds.
HE LOVED HER STILL
Then John told his story as related
above and on cross-examination declared
| that he loved her still. This declaration
caused Mary to toss her head contemptu-
orlsly and one of the dazzling rays Of
her diamonds made Constable Jelly's
eyes water. There was more legal spar
ring and Justice Davis reserved his de-
| cision until tomorrow
Mary told me after the examination
that marriage with John never entered
her head. She had gone out with him
merely as a friend, and as to the rings,
the one which he claims was an engage
ment ring was given to her by John as a
birthday gift and the other she simply
loaned him. She also denied that John
had ever asked her for the jewelry.