The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-08
A DOMESTIC
Calls q Prominent Hardware
Merchant "Papa.'
And Commences Civil Action
This Morning
For $4,000 Damages For Alleged
Seduction aud Breach OF PrOmhe
He Charges Blaekmail,

Canton society will he aoandallzed TO
learn OF theHtrlunh charges tlat nave
been made against u We'll knows Dual
The man referred 10 10 o, O, snyder,
the East luRoarawah street hardware
merchant
Ihe One from whom the charges ema'
mated ID sena LarhOn, u domestic Who
has been employed ~ the Snyder man
sion on 'uth Market iOra number VI
The iimt signs of the approaching
storm was bult oummuneed lahl hlght
before Justice lilngle by thla ga
against Snyder, charging him WIN tho
paternity OF htr hupefllu0uh lnianL
The climax CANT ln q suit mat was
commenced in common pleas court
this morning by the Lalhon girl asking
for $4,000 damages IRON Snyder Tor
breach OF promise, .,.-..-,...
C0nsIable sIaglr arrested Snyder last
night aud TOOK him before justice
Rlngle. lle wh glytn u hearing ana
bound over ~ common pleas court ln
the sum at 5GUO bail, which amount ui
bail he OF course had no trouble lli ini'
niahing,
The girl was examiued by Justice
Ringle aud she told hrl story ~ an hp'
parent straightforward manner ehe
related how no had bodnctd hef uhduf
promise of marriage,
Snyder had no attorney present ana
this morning with hia attorney, Austin
Lynch appeaIea before Juntlcu ilnglt,
and asked that the care be teopened
and his attorney allwed W ofoau'tAaln'
inc tho girl,
The request was granted by Judge
MOng and the Larson girl was SUP
Ieeted 70 u rigid eroaa'txaminatlon,
JuAtice Ringlo again hound him over 70
court IN the sum OF 5000,
While this case wan on trial, Attof
ney McUatty hled u petition ~ common
pleas court asking that Suna Larson be
allowed $4,000 damages from snyder
for breach Of promise,
The petition charges that on Septom
Der 1, 1855, the defendant agreed W
marry the plaintiff on or before Ooto
ber 10, 1883. She says that many times
before aud after this date he also prom
iaed 10 make her his lawful wife,
The petition charges that owing 10
these promises, about september !,
1855, she allowed Suyder ~ take iin'
proper liberties with her
She also says that on May %, 1850,
her child was born, and that Z, q, Sny'
der Is the father Of H.
According 70 the petition she was
ready aud willing ~ mArry Snyder on
October 10, 1858, but hr refused aud
still refuses to wed her,
On account OF his refusal and neglect
% marry her, she saya She has been
damaged In the sum OF $50 900 for which
amount she asks judgment
The Larson girl has btcu employed
by o, q. Snyder for u numuur OF years
~ domestic, aud their relations have
been such that the uelghOofa have done
u great deal Of talking,
About the time the child was born
there were great many who intimaJtd
that Snyder was the lnth0r of ~
AZ tins time the News DEMOCRAT
exclusively, gave the information that
u child had been born NJ the snyder
residences aud that Sena Larson, the
mother OF lt, charged snyder with be-
ing the father
* reporter interviewed Snyder who
denied tho paternity Of the child and
said that ua soon Os the girl was we'll
enough he would turn her out of the
house
This was IN May, but the girl contin'
uod 10 live nv the Snyder residence un'
til yesterday when on account Of GER
tain trouble she left his home and COM
menced the two suits against him.
Last night the NEws.DEMOCRAw
again exclusively gave the particulars
OF the fuss at the Snyder house on the
night previous, and Of the police being
called TO preserve order,
This morning @, y, Snyder called NJ
this Office and requested that no men.
mention be made OF the charges pre-.
ferted against him by the Larson girl
lie stated that on the former occa.
sion the Repository had suppressed all
mention of the trouble at his house and
that they had promised to do 30 In this
case.
iS was informed that while the
NEWS. DEMOCRAT would like 10 favor
him, yet In Justice 10 its patrons the
particulars OF the two suits would have
TO be given 10 the readers Of this paper
Ho said that the proceedings com.
menced against him before Justice
RInQle was Il scheme 70 eXtOrt money
from him aud would DO exposed wheu
the case came up for trial IN the com
mon pleas court.