Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
SCHULTZ Is SOAKED.
The Jury Orders Him to Pay Pretty
Georgine Wolters $4,000
,OR HER SLIGHTED AFFECTIONS.
he Heaviest Breach of Promise Verdict in
New York City
IyCE THE BABY BUNTING AFFAIR

sc, 600 damages Tor breach OF promise OF
marriage, which has been occupying Judge
Ntzsimmons and q jury in one of the City
COURTS for three days, was finished to-day.
The jury went out at $50 p. NJ, and after
celebrating for hours brought in verdict
warding the young woman $3.50 Judge
'itzsimmons added 81, 900 as an allowance
or counsel fees
The sum named in the verdict, Judge
7itzsimmons says, is the largest ever
lwarded by City Court jury. 1t is also
he largest amount allowed hereabouts in
iuit for breach of promise since the famous
Arbuckle, or 'sBaby Bunting" case in 1888,
when Clara Campbell got verdict for
AS, ,0O0
The jury on the first ballot stood ten for
$4,000 and two for S10, 600 The ten jurors
leld out and won the other two over after
our hours hard work.
Miss Wolters was in court when the jury
,ame in. She received the announcement
Without any show of feeling. Schultz was
lot in court His counsel moved immedi-
itely for a new trial, which was denied.
The Court allowed the defense 60 days to
make case fo- appeal and 20 days stay of
,Xecution.
Crowds All Day in the Courtroom.
The courtroom was thronged all day with
he curious ones of both sexes, Miss Geor-
zine occupying a seat near to her young
lister, and not far from the defendant. Her
women friends occupied bench outside the
ailing. The plaintiff produced the alleged
mistress of the defendant, and the latter
,ndeavored to disprove the testimony of the
plaintiff and her witnesses
Guylande de Festitices, an artist and a
member of an ancient family, was the first
witness for the defense. He testified that
1t the beginning of her suit the plaintiff
,ame to him and asked him if he could tes-
tify to her engagement with Schultz He
replied he could not, as he understood she
and Schultz had simply agreed to keep
company for six months to see how they
would like each other.
Mrs Lena Door, mother of the mysteri-
Gus Katie Door, was the next witness Mrs.
Door said that Mr.. Schultz had paid the
rent of her Twelfth street fat and had
agreed to pay for her younger daughters
instruction in the millinery trade for three
years. She believed, this generosity was
due to the fact that he had once been aided
by relative of hers, August Beck.
The Plaintiff Pretty Girl.
Katie herself followed her mother in the
witness chair She is pretty, and has black
hair and black eyes. She was modestly
attired in a brown cloth dress, and wore
none of the diamonds which aroused CON-
ment when she visited the Wolters family
on May 90, 1891
"Were there ever any improper relations
between you and Mr. Schultz asked Mr..
Yeamans.
Never" she said emphatically.
She denied that she had told the plaintiff
that she had lived with Mr.. Schultz for six
years.
"Did you ever live with Mr.. Schultz?''
mo, sir. I always lived with nv peo-
DE"
did you in the letter say anything about
DR. Schultz having betrayed you?"
mo, sir" -.'-.s-- .s...-. .-
Miss Dorr said she had for ten years
worked in the Excelsior. Quilting Works,
in which Schultz had controlling interest
She was discharged when he sold out. Then
she had remained at home and had helped
her mother with the housework.
Stumbling Blocks for Mr. Schultz
Mr.. Schultz stumbled on his way to the
witness chair, and looked very red and
nervous. Under the skillful guidance of
Mr.. Yeamaus he recited his version of the
relations that had existed between Miss
WoIters and himself up to the time when
his visits to her ceased. He said
he had lived in New York for
25 years, and had begun life in machine
shop. At one time he was a sewing machine
agent on Long Island. He, August Beck,
and another formed the Excelsior Quilting
Works Company, Beck putting in most of
the money.
During the time of your prosecution of
the business Katie Door was in the employ
Of the frm?''
''Yes, sir, for ten years"
'In what capacity?'
lady,"
"What arrangements were there in regard
to your rendering her family any assistance
after they moved into the Twelfth street
Rat?''
Kindness to Friendless Girls.
''The way that first came about was this:
Miss Door wanted her sister Annie to get
situation, and asked me to help her get it.
She didn't want her sister to work in fac
tory. l got her a place to learn the
millinery trade. l saw that their surround
ings in Rivington street, where they lived,
were not such as would wish, and told
her that if she would like to 60 to the West
side would pay her rent for three years,
until Annie had learned her trade"
The witness said he first met Miss Wolters
1891 Sometimes she was there to wait on
him. and sometimes her father only was
there. The first time he called upon Miss
Georgine personally was when he asked her
10 go to the Purim ball with him.
Did you see her often after that until
March PIP"
"No; the cigars did not taste we'll and
went elsewhere to buy them"
"Will you tell the jury how the affair of
the ring commenced and what was said?"
schuitz's Story Of the King.
1t was on Saturday evening. was on
my way home from the theater. Miss |
Wolters asked me to come in and sit down. |
Her father and some other man were play |
ing pinochle. I was wearing ring that |
hurt my finger because it was
l told her she might wear it. She said she
wanted to be engaged. L said that we could
not be engaged SO quick. The next morn
ing we went riding, I told her was a
bachelor, and that / was tired of
the life, and that if L could get
good woman 1 would marry her
She said: We'll, I will marry you L
said to her: THAT is too quick, my dear
lady, She said: Well, will take my
chances. Ny mother says that you have
a good face We got to Mt
St Vineent's and got out and walked
around to the flower garden. l said we
must agree with each other. We would
keep company six months, and if liked |
her and she liked me We would marry |
them"
did she ever wear that ring before?"
Eyes, she had it on a week before, and |
returned it. She said it was nice ring asd |
all the customers admired it, but it was not |
an engagement ring. 1 told her that if we |
we're engaged / would give her proper |
ring.
The womsn Did Tempt Him.
Schultz said he asked GeorgIne's parents |
for their consent to his keeping company |
with her, at Georgine's instance. "Mr. |
NNnlters said he had no objection to my |