The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-10

Mr.. Paipe Would Not Face the Music. aud
Accused the Woman of Flirting with n
Handsome Slerk-Shc had Abandoned tho
StaSet Adorn Pnixe'. Home Ia Hartford.
CHICAGO. June o.-NIrs jessie Hail. q former
actress. whose stage name was Dorothca
Lewis. has filed suit in the Superior Court to
recover S950.000 from James W. Paige OF Hart
ford. Conn.,. for alleged breach OF promise to
marry. Paigo Is the manufacturer of the
Paige typcsctting machine. and Is said 10 DO
worth several million dollars. Paige met Mrs.
Hall in Hartford. and the two soon became
fast friends. Several months later. it Is nj
legged. Mrs. Hall left the stage. and. taking her
aged mother. whom she was supporting. went
to live with Paige as his wife in Hartford.
About this time. It is said. Paige made bar
gain with n syndicate concerning his type
settlers which was greatly to his advantage
financially. securing him besides valuable roy
a!ties salary OF $4,000 per month"; Paige had
promised Mrs. Hall. 1t Is alleged. that as soon
as he had perfected his scheme he would give
her 100000 from tho royalties from his ma
chimes and take her to Wisconsin and marry
her. declaring that rs no had obtained d.
vorce from former wife in that State it was
tho only State in which he could DO again mar
RED In March last Mrs. Hall. accompanied by
a lady friend, visited New York and selected
tho trosseau. The date for the marriage Mrs.
Hall says. had been agreed upon as April 81.
the event to take place In Milwaukee.
After Mrs Hall returned from New York she
says Paige came home one night intoxicated
and bent her and her mother. Aftcr a wcek's
delay the couple left for Milwaukee. When
they arrived in tho Cream City Paige accused
her OF flirting with u handso ONE clerk. and left
her declaring he would never marry hor
Afterward in Chicago. Paige. it is asserted. by
threats INDUCED Mrs. Hall to sign contract re-
leasing nt1g him from the engagement in consider
$4,000. Mrs. Hall says she refused to take
the check. as so small an amount would not
SGH15n$%}% YETI is%sa s? hss
richly, She returned to Chicago and began
suit; She is at a cheap hotel and Paige is at
Mrs. Hall was married to the man whose
name she bears when she was Il years Of a e.
The ceremony was performed in New York.
divorce in the same State on the ground Of
adultery. Paige has been married. and says
DOUBT hi. story and thnk Chat tho r"s
s, SO he does not marry Mrs. Hall is because he
It he TnG Sa ta Rnd
bis wife; Ton May 81. May stevens Rogers o.
jessie II Hall and Edvin H. V GRANT ant cha aTsi
They wore arrested. and on June We're ar
raigned before the Justice. continuance
was granted until June 10. Very little is so
far known about the matter as every effort
has boon made to keep the proceedings quiet.
Subprnas have been issued for the clerks Of
the Cortland and Continental hotels. At the
latter place. it is alleged. the accused persons
registered on the night OF Mny24 as Charles
h hiilme eth MY " j. York. and Mrs. L. "is'"'
At the Cortland Hotel the couple are said to
t hsys s rsEs a av g. H. Wilson aud wife on
Mr.. Paige denies oil knowle edge of the prose-
in no way connected with it.
Mrs. Hall was asked why she sued Paige for
"He promised to give me $500. 900 ne we'd
ding dover" she said and my. interest In the
rest of his fortune would raise tho sum to the
amount we ask"
HAITroEn. June o..While in this city Paige
and Mrs. Hall were frequently. seen in each
other,s company At one time Mrs. Hall trav
tender in Hartford and who is Isl Plunkrtt."
She and her mother and Edwin VI. Grant all
boarded until recently in the family Of Steven
Rogers on Hudson street in this city Her
mother is here now. Rogers and Grant went
about the case and decline to talk
Paige has lived in Hartford for ten or twelve
years. deyelopinE the Paige tynesetting ma
known to have been intimate with Mrs Hall.
She is a fine look ing blonde. about 80 years
old. Her history is somewhat obscure.
Paige is a man OF considerable talent as an
inventor and Of somewhat irregular habits
He went to Chicago With the typcssetting com
Chicago investors have made big offers to the
comnany. Considerable of the stock is held in
Hartford. 1t Is not known that Paige has any
property outside of his interest in the COM