Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-05


them; also document The document, and,
1 think, the letters were ,burned up in my
presence; she wouldn't tell me what the
document contained. II was burned. She
burned 1T up herself, l think, before the
money was paid to her. She said she was
going home to Cleveland. She asked
me If shc could see King at my Office
If she came to Chicago from Cleveland
She said she wanted to get a ring
She said she didn't know positively
whether she was pregnant or not. wrote
the release myself. Henry w. King and a
friend of the lady's were present at the sign
ing of this. King was there all the time.
II was Henry Wooworth King who was with
me. He was no relation to the deceased. He
lives on the North side. | saw him at my
Office at Chicago, four or five days after that.
Harry King was there. He came by ap-
pointment to meet her. i went out and left
them together. When I got back they were
gone. / saw her in November OF last year
at my office We were alone. wrote her a
note note and, and asked ,ht:ru0 her to- call. all
shs ssrs from SaOqEhs Kns told ''hsF' hsT Mr. KSs
had discovered that she and Harry were
again living together on the north side; that
Harry had left the city, gone to Omaha, and
desired to break off the relations that existed
between them and, if she had any bills due
break off with him. She claimed him as her
husband. She showed me some of the let
ters, and saw she would not give him up. l
told her she would have to, and, if there
were any promise of marriage, we were will
ing to pay her what was right
FOR A BREACH OF 1T.
"She said think these passages
in these letters show conclusively
that this man considers me his wife, said
thought they did myself and that she had
good claim against him for promise of mar
rage. asked her what she thought she
ought to have. 1 told her that didn't want
TO act as attorney for both parties, and it
might be better for her to consult another.
She said she'd think It over. These letters
were dated prior to 3rd of February
II saw her again at my Office
the day or day before she came
to Omaha, She came then with a
lady friend She asked me If 1 had heard
| that Harry was married. told her yes. She
asked me if thought it was true, and l told
her did. She and her friend then walked
out; ! never saw her afterward until
Attorney Mahoney handed the witness
several letters which he identified by saying
| that he thought they were Miss Biechler's.
THE DOCUMENT.
The much-talked of document signed by
| Miss Biechler at Quincy, in which, for the
| consideration of $500, she agreed to release
| all claims on young King, and referred To
above, was then offered in evidence. The
| following is a copy of the agreement:
| l, Libbe LIE Garde alias Lottie LIE Garde
| of the city of Quincy, formerly of Chicago
state or Illinois, for and in consideration OF
the sum of $500, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, release and forever
| discharge Henry w. King, jr., of Chicago
| all actions or causes of action, SUITS claims
] or demands whatever, for and by reason OF
any matter, causes or thing whatsoever; and
more in particular, l hereby accept SAID
above mentioned sum of money in full pay
| ment and satisfaction of any claim / may
have against the said Henry w. King, ir., by
| reason of a breach of promise to marry me
| And. further,
| Whereas, am now claiming and repre-
| senting that am in the family way and witt
| child by the said Harry w. King, jr. Now
| in the event of this fact being true, and II
the event OF my giving birth to said child,
| accept said above mentioned sum of money
| as full payment and satisfaction of any
claims may have at any time, by reason ol
| my being in said family way, or by the rca
son of the birth of said child.
Witness my hand and seal this Sd day o.
February, 1885,.
| MRS. C. J. LEGARDE, also Lottie.
While johnson was on the stand Mis-
| Biechler soon revived and apparently tool
more interest in hearing what he had to sa,
than she did in listening to any of tn
at her gloves or whispered to Mr.. Gown, o
shifted her position and occasionally scowled
| A number of letters purporting to hav
been written by Miss Biechler TO Harr
King, were handed by Mr.. Mahoney to John
son for the purpose Of giving him an oppoi
tunity to identify her handwriting.
| After looking at and reading the letter
over, the witness said: - think the hand
| writing is hers"
''Did you ever see the defendant write! p
inquired Gown.
"Yes, once"
"That was when she signed her name t
the release document, was it notr'
at was, and she showed me letter once
/ oh, tn n
| and had one or two notes from her myself.
"Then you mean to say that from havn
seen her sign that document you are expel
enough to identify her handwriting in thes
| lettersg'
mot at all. / said had one or two note
| from her myself"
"Oh," replied Gown. He then asked pc
| mission to look over the alleged letters {
| Miss Biechler's offered Ill evidence by II
| prosecution and the court granted a reces
until o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
Nearly all the recess was consumed by Mis-
Biechlers lawyers examining the letters il
troduced by County Attorney Malone.
They finally decided to let them be admitte
as testimony, but at the same time inte
posed objections on the grounds that an VI
warranted advantage had been taken in s
lecting three or four from hundred, al
only those most preiudicial to the prsone
'They contain assertions" said Gener;
Gown, 'that cannot be explained exec
through the mass of correspondence shown
what led up to certain actions and brougl
forth such threats as IF you attempt to d.
sert me again, Lord help you,s
WILL KILL YOU
| but that care nothing about"
Many of the ladies in attendance to-da
| who had come from distant parts of the eli
, | brought their lunch with them and ate it
| the corridors The crowd in the afternoon W
| so great that several hundred people We
turned away, unable to gain admission. III
increased influx of feminine curiosity was
, | great that the men were driven out of the
seats and compelled to stand, packed lii
sardines into box, at the rear end Of Il
, | room. The hundred or more ladies who a
4 | r;,od ,ata and fnund H. imnOssihle IN yat 1