The sun., 1890-01-16
LISTEN TO HER TALEOF WOE.
MISS ClMNERER CONTINUES HER STORY
OF LOTE and HOPE DEFERRED.


Knew He Was Not Free to Marry Her.
In the 100000 suit OF Miss Caroline J.
Cammerer, tho Philadelphia music teacher.
against Clemens Muller OF this city, for alleged
breach OF promise to marry. Miss Cammerer
yesterday completed the recital OF her tale OF
love, kisses, and woe, and during q part Of the
afternoon submitted TO CROSS x animal at
the hands OF Col. InRerso The combat be-
tween the bland but elaborately deceltful
advances Of the Jolly faced lawyer and the
clear cool. and self-possessed defence Of the
woman was as interesting as bout between
skilled fencers, and ended, as such bouts are
apt to do. In draw. The lawyer was as insin-
uatinR as the serpent but the woman had or
assumed the innocence Of Eve. She was as
| gentle and modest and apparently as easily to
| be run through with the legal sword as he was
apparently kind and benevolent and free from
all desire to pierce anyones vitals, but whenever
| he slipped the button from his foil and made q
thrust for gore she turned to steel and his
blade struck fire. Sometimes she even got In
a return thrust through some ill-kept Joint In
the Veterans armor.
Before this all the morning and little OF the
afternoon was taken up with the reading Of
the letters OF Mr. Muller to Miss Cammerer
and the piecing OF them together into narra-
tive by Miss Cammerer's testimony. The let
tors covered the period from Jan. /. 1887.
where the previous days proceedings had left
of. to June 1G. 1887, when the love part OF the
story was wound up with the following:
DEAREST LEScHES; 1t pleases to learn that you
are in the path of convalescence I was very much
worried. You might get dangerously ILL., but under the
circumstances have right to write. The explana-
tons and position in which left you last month that
my company longer pleasant takes all hope from
me in calling you mine. Nothing is given mo on
this earth but feel resigned The continual excuses
which received lately Is sufficient to shatter the
strongest constitution am not able TO brave anything
in my brokendown health. but resign myself as it IL
impossible 90 changoit will always cherish and re.
the Ssss OF e and viii
in greatest honor and respect and close Win the re-
In hopss that you may soon recover sntiEgy; gree"
Before this tho Wedding day had beon fixed
for her birthday. March 8: her diamond ear
rings had been bought and shown to her. and o
DIM ding + tour On March he went to Philadelphia
for the wedding. but on the 9th some new diff
Guilty about his divorce papers arose and the
her to marry him, papers or no papers. and had
danRled the earrings before her eyes SAYING;
He also told her father the papers were a mere
form. and asked for his consent to wedding
II viii consent to nothing said the parent.
About this time she received q formal notin.
cation signed by Hugo and Clemens. Jr.. that
their father had living wife from whom he
was not divorced. and that any proceedings Tor
would be set aside. He told her not 20 mind
affairs, and that everyt thing was all right. The
boys. he said. wanted to separate them. for
saS n %hy might
I would see that justice was done; that the
boys didn't know me or they would have no
Late in May he went to Philadelphia again.
She had been sick Of nervous pr9strat1i,on ration, TOT
told her that he had come over to get married.
that he was tired OF waiting He showed her
fossin%E. faa ~ with si iatOroon,s 'he had engaged
marked on II. and said:
get be1e. are ted Of It Do YOU tSn
It is a pleasure for me to come to Phlladelphia
with we'll; packed yalise s,,d and then to return V
must marry me now. papers or no papers, Sc
oretly. and go to Europe with me"
thingY" she says she said. and went on to tell
him how he had made her give up all her for
tune to him, had ruined her life. and left her
Then he kissed her and said that i wac all
right and that he would s go hack to New
done you any wrong" she says. he added. 81
will make 1t all right"
the letter he promised never came. and on June
~ she wrote asking him why he did not write;
Then came the letter OF June l6. which ended
the correspondence and all direct communica-
tion between them.
HIS letters were scattered LnlCKly LlrOuGl all
this Here are extracts from some OF them:
Jan. 3o-It may be very nice TO die together but
you'd mach rather live 1SEsGSs SG know hS you
aGectonately with kisses -,
Gaf aaoS
@ have
am.
Earops The SinspiS GIaS atsnds TO 20 Also that
March $,S6id yeq sec about the ring The Wedding
/: Ssa:. nS ~
from him thing shGg,a hEys @ done years ago This
fHher i'Si was s"H married @ man '''''
did your letters show an increase OF warmth
corresponding to his p the Witness was asked;
II loved him more than ever" she gushed
with unexpected yehemence.
Her testimony had made out her case. SO far
as the existence OF the agreement to marry and
the breaking OF 1t was concerned. but It had
not. for some reason, shown that Miss Cam
Mr.. Muller had wife living and undiyorced,
point somewhat essential to establish the
Col. 1ngersoli kindly, though doubtless unn-
tentionally, started on by s!rengthopIng this
clear back to the irst days OF the cQprtshlp and
with paternal kindness was leading the wit:
rNm to 6aS SnS9hs5
along Of Muler's insane wife. and was waiting
for him to get a divorce SO he could marry her.
the the critical moment she boltsd' and declared
that, she had trusted her old lover absolutely
and had never had the aintest idea that he was
not legally divorced and free to remarry.
The question WAS as TO why, at q certain
time. she had not done something to satisfy
herself OF the truth of a story told her as TO
Muller's being married.
81 was waiting for Mr.. Muller's explain nation"
she said calmly. and then added, 10 e voice as
lieyed the universe against him"
Muller flushed. and stirred uneaslly in his
seat; Col. lngersoll went on:
1" But you knew he was married 2"
why certainly" she said. and added, In an
astonished tone and with a look of innocence
that convlsed the audience, How else could
he have children 7"
Col. Ingersoll began to talk about the pa
pers," the absence OF which had made all tho
trouble. He was gentle and more considerate
than ever, and more successful. for he man
aged to edge, her into an admission that her
general principles. and had told her something
about suit being started In New Jersey for
another one, which would be better, because