The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-21
OUT In THE COLD.
A Widow Named Matilda Sues
Andrew for Breach Of Pro.
mise.

New York, July l1.-Mrs.
Matilda Partridge is we'll to
do widow on the shady side Of
seventy. Some weeks ago she entered
suit sgain-t Andrew 7. Joyce,
widower, So years old, for $4,000
damages for breach Of promise Of mar
rage.
Yesterday Mr.. Joyce filed his an
swer, which wss, as usual, general
denial.
B"th are we'll preserved and active
for their ages. Mrs. Partridge has
been recently living at No. 654 Third
avenue, Brooklyn. Mr.. Joyce carries
on real es ate and insurance bust
ness at No. ISL Atlantic avenue,
BROOKLYN, acting also az agent and
collector 10 several tenement proper.
ties in the neighbo hood.
! Lawyer George A. Mott, of Brook
Ign is counsel for Mrs. Partridge,
while Andrew j. Spencer is acting rs
adviser to Mr.. Joyce. The bringing
of the suit was originally the cause Of
considerable merriment in legal and
other circles. and it was hoped by the
friends of both parties that mature
judgment and wise counsels would pre-.
vail and prevent further public con-
troversy. Both the aged litigants
have g t their blood up and are de-
termine1 to fight it out.
1t all began about three years
ago. Mr.. Joyce was still mourning
the loss Of his life partner. Cap
tain Partridge had accumulated
a snug little fortune and anchored in
port to pass the rest of his earthly
voyage. He and Joyce had been
friends for years. After lingering
for long time the old seaman pissed
away and was lad TO rest in Green.
wood. With the mourners who fol-
lowed him to the grave was Mayor
Daniel ID. Whi,ney and his old friend
An.irew Joyce.
Then it was, says the Widow PART
ridge, that Andrew fell in love with
her. TIE widow and the widower
were naturally thrown much in each
others company. Thy shared their
sorrows and sought to console one the
other.
Andrews visits became more fire.
quent, and his glances told The widow
plainly that he wouli not object to
have her fill the aching void in his
heart. She had q neat bank account
and why not? He was not alto.
gether lacking in manly beauty.
That his attentions assiduous though
they were, might be mistaken. the
widow says that Andrew actually
proposed. She accepted him, and
her complaint alleges that the cere
mony was to have been performed in
May last. Soon after she claims.
Andrew approached her on the cub
ject Of loan. One thousand dJllars
Vas all he wanted. Mrs. Partridge
did not have the amount in cash, but
she did have a note for that amount
drawn by Dodge, Bender 4 Co.,
starch manufactures, of Westport.
Conn. This he took. but he did not
tail to furnish security by giving lis
in exchange. Mrs. Partridge dePoses
in her complaint that on May II the
note was cashed, and that evening,
as Andrew tucked his big wad of
greenbacks in his vest pocket, he
said:
"Come down town to night and We
will ge, married"
Later, she claims, he declared that
he would marry no woman who will
not give $4,000. As matter of
fact I'm not getting married at all !"
A few days later she walked into
Joyce's dingy little office at Clermont
and Atlantic avenues. She asked
him bluntly if he was going to marry
her. Just as bluntly he declined to
do so. Then she went and consulted
Lawyer Mott. Her venerable hear;
was panied beyond measure, and wha,
made the humiliation the greater was
the fact that she had left her old home
on St. Mark avenue, where she had
lived with her children. and hired a
suite of rooms elsewhere.
Following the lawyers advice. Mrs.
Partridge brought suit, assessing
damages to her feelings, heart and
hopes at $4,000.
Mr.. joyce is a hale and hearty old
boy. When the subject Of the suit
was preached to him by q World re-
porter yesterday his easy manner
changed to one of severity and he
said sharply:
"The other side have done all the
talking. propose to let them keep
on doing so. l have nothing to say.