Evening journal., 1893-04-01
FOR A WOUNDED HEART.
Miss Goodley Wins Her Breach
of Promise Suit.
VGNDICATION AND FIVE HUNDRED.

The Principal Of the Chester High school
Awarded $500 In Her $40. 900 Suit fora
Shattered Heart Against the Dashing
Son ofJudre Clayton OF ThurIow.
Special to the Evening Journal.
CHESTER, Pa April The Jury in the
Cooley Clayton SIC, 600 breach Of prom
ise suit in the Delaware County Court
at Media awarded $500 damages to the
plaintiff in a sealed verdict submitted to
court last night and read this morning.
The case has excited especial interest
because Of the social position both plain
till and defendant have held in the com.
munity and because Of the scandalous
acts charged against the plaintiff
On Thursday the letters sent by CLAY
tou to Miss Goodley were read in court.
They were the conventional love epistles
Of f-enzied rhetoric and gush and created
much amusement among the auditors in
the court room
Yesterday counsel on both sides sum.
med up and Judge Waddell charged the
jury Judge John NJ, Broomall reputed
TO be the most eloquent pleader at the
county bar aud the implacable enemy Of
the defendants father, Judge Clayton.
Of Thurlow, delivered a stirring charge
for Miss Cooley The judge contended
that the facts Of the engagement and Of
the subsequent breach had both been
folly proved, and defended the plaiatin
for receiving the friendly attentions of
other men at the same time that the de.
iendant was basely striving to desert
her
Lawyer Robinson, FOR the defense.
reused the drowsy tipstaves by his
| thunderous voice and pleading eloquence
His client he pictured In glowing terms
as saint Of love- yearning for an ideal
for the mistress of his soul, dreaming \
wild nightmare of her fckleness and
giving up the goddess Of his heart at
last, not barshly, brutally, but forgiv-
ingly and nobly. because her conduct
shocked him.
There had been no evidence, the
lawyer argued, which warranted the
le asst suspicion. OF misconduct or dishonor
able intention on his clients part The
defendant had admitted smoking cigar
ettes and drinking wine and riding In a
buggy with male acquaintances from
Wilmington, Chester and Rockdale late
at night
James Casey Of Wilmington received
the counsels compliments why" said
he did he get of the train with her at
Chester and stay so long that he some.
lines missed the last train aud had 10
stay till morning in the gate keeper !
cabin2 Hasn't Casey testified that she
eoaxed him TO appear for her, promising
when she got the $25OOO that they
] "A Of A N
time she had been engaged and thes,
things were going on behind the scenes
And there Is still more back that We
have refrained from revealing"
After the lunch recess Judge Broomal
made his closing speech. "When thii
matter began, stated he TO the twelv,
n.an b. fore him 1.-The defendant was
man of % the plaintiff girl Of II.
minor He was a man with all the pres
tige Of the court to shield him from an
swering for his acts, man with hii
father along size OF him, the Judge o
this court, putting the weight of hii
countenance into the jury box as far al
he can. A man with all the power anC
prestige of the courts of Delaware count,
TO shield him
"The plaintiff is a school teacher,
cousin OF Judge Clay tons. Judge Clay
ton does not know his poor relations un
oil their misfortunes bring them here
You have all heard of the boundles
wealth Of Judge Clayton. We have thl
judge Of the courb coming down from
the bench 20 put his weight into tn
jury against poor woman He aud hi
son and Mr.. Robinson are a bold trio
They deserve credit for their courage il
attacking a woman