The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-17
Interesting Trial of Her
Suit Against Young
Holmes.
THE YOUNG GIRLS CHARACTER ATTACKED.
How The Parties Appeared in Court
And What They Had to Say
For Themselves.

cover &, 900 damages, for having ruined
Maria McCabe, the plaintiffs daughter.
The story was recently told in the JERSEY
CITY NEWS.
Maria is the daughter of hard WorK7
ing man, living at No. 81 Hudson street,
and Holmes is the son of NJ. b. Holmes
who has established State reputation In
his work for the freedom of Ireland,
Messrs. Randolph, Condit and Black ap'
peared for the plaintiff and Counsellofs
McGiee and Griffin, looked after the inter-
ests of Holmes.
said that the defendant had betrayed
Maria, the oldest child of McCabe: He
described how Holmes had visited the
house as friend, and had been accepted
as such. Also how he had taken her TO
places of amusement, which nnally re-
suited in the birth of child. The plain
tiff asked for such compensation as would
pay Patrick McCabe for the disgrace the
trouble had caused and the loss OF services
to him.
MISS M'CABE PICTURED.
The Young woman sat beside her father
and counsel during the proceedings, ex-
cept when she was on the stand. she is
very prepossessing brunette Her head is
covered with wealth of glossy hair, and
her large and expressive grey eyes, full Oh
intelligence, were during the day cast on
the floor She wore seal plush coat over
q blue dress, and dainty steel colored
hat, trimmed with blue, adorned her
Langtry coil.
The first witness called was Patrick
McCabe, red faced, red whiskered and
read headed man of forty-hye years.
He testified that he had lived in this
city twenty-five years. He knew the de-
fendant from the time he was five years
old: defendant had been q visitor at his
house for year and half; his daughter
is now twenty-one years old; she was IN
charge Of his house and cared 1or the
other children; she worked out couple
of times and always gave him her earn
ing, except little she reserved for pin
money He has seven other children, the
youngest being five years old;
TELLING OF HIS DAUGHTERS SHAME;
s'I first knew of my daughters fall,
said he, when Holmes deserted her in
New York; she told me; on May II
Holmes told me on Montgomery street
that he felt sorry for me, but that such
things would happen. | told him If he
would marry Maria would take care OF
her all my life. He admitted he had
taken her to New York but did not say
for what purpose The child was born
about four months ago inla New York hos
pifal, and is now in a Home in that city"
Cross-exa1nined by Mr. Magee:-sMy
daughter only worked out when my work
was slack. l never knew her to go to a
bali alone Holmes told me the day |
met him that a man named Patrick
Stacum had been intimate with my
daughter. Stacum is a friend or mine OF
twenty-five years. standing. My daughter
was never married to my knowledge and
she was never party to a case of NAL
MISS MARIA AS A WITNESS.
Maria was next called. When she took
her seat in the witness box it was evident
to all that she was much embarrassed.
Her ewes were modeStly and without
affectaIion turned to the floor, which she
\ never ceased to look at except when stung
by sharp question into an emphatic de-
nial
II was twenty-one years November II,
1885, / have known Holmes since May %,
1887. I assisted my mother With the
household work at home, except when
worked out. When / was betrayed was
living home; Holmes took me out once to
st. Johns Hall, and once to an entertain
ment at St. Aloysius Academy; 1t was
temperance meeting. 1t was the night Of
this entertainment that Holmes betrayed
me after he took me home; he promised
to marry me.
s'Holmes took me afterwards to Third
avenue and Ninth street, so thai my
family would not know it. staid there
one week when he took me to No. 81 Van
Dam street.
HE BORROWED HER MONEY TOO.
He never gave me any money but
gave him 80 and he returned 50 of it. He
wanted me to submit to malpractice,
but l refused and he deserted me: | was
forced to go home; after that he took
me out once. July Is, 1889, my child was
borp in the New York Infant Asylum,
and it is now at the Catholic Founding
ASYLUM, in New York.
Gross examined by Mr.. Magee:-sI first
went to balls about six months before
went with Holmes: on November 13, at a
ball, / drank one glass of beer; made no
appointment to meet him; the next time
met him was November 81; on our way
home he took me in the back room of
saloon on Grand street, wsiere we re-
NAMED ten minutes; / drank soda; /
never told him had been intimate with
other men,
"Well, have not you been intimate with
others?
ssNo sir'' emphatically.
ibid you not suggest malpractice2'
81 objected to being party to NAL
Practice"
'.Do you know Stacum"
81 know Stacum; | never was intimate
with anyone but Holiness never had but
one child; never was subject OF NAL
practice and never was married. did
wear plain gold ring once, but never
said was married OF that my name was
Mrs. Turner"
THE DEFENSE.
When the case was taken up inns morn
inc Counsellor Black surprised everybody
by announcing that the plaintitf's case
was concluded. Upon this Counsellor
Maoee recalled Miss McCabe and asked
her IF she knew James McKenna. The
girl replied that she did. She, denied,
However, that she had ever had an I'M
proper intimacy with him or with Ed
ward Brave or with man known as
Reynolds.
Neither had she ever told Mckenna
that she was married, and that her name
was Mrs. Turner.
After these dnestions had been
answered. Counsellor Magee asked the
court to dismiss the suit on the ground
that no betrayal had been proven. rms
was denied. and an exception was
allowed. ~.
LAWYER Griffin then opened the case FOR
the defence He would prove that Holmes
was not the father of the child; that Nc
Cabe had not properly guarded his daugn-
fer and that Maria had been too intimate
with several men besides Holmes.
irhe defendant was then called 20 the
stand. He said that his acquaintance
with Miss McCabe began about year ana
n half AGO. Referring TO the time ne TOOK
her home from st. Aloysius, Academy,
he said that she had then told him that
patrick Stocum had once wanted her 70
be the victim of an illegal surgical apera-
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