New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28
IT'S 4 QUESTION or JERACIIY.

DID MISS GREEN OR THE fiHM'S EMPLOYEES TELL
TIE TRUTH ABOUT HER RUINED Dress
The mining Of a new dress made for Miss Mollic
Green Of savannah. ga, by Iaa, brothers, Of NO.
So West Tventy-slXth-sI., has been tl" eau" OF
law suit between Miss Green and Hans brothers, III
vovlng peculiar question Of vcraciiy.
Miss Green 1, cousin OF General g. NJ >orr'I'
general manager Of the Ocean steamship company,
who lives at the Victoria Hotel. III" has been a
freoucnt guest at the Victoria Hotel and i, staying
,h,re now E,ccntly she ordered several dr'ss",
from Haas Brothers. TWO OF them were sent 10 l'r
ON saturday. May 10. Til" parcels containing th'
dresses were sent TO Mis- Green's room at O'Clock
I'm the evening, but he. maid Was out they were
not opened until about 10 O'Clock. When III" mhih
opened the first box the dress was found To De IN
perfect condition. When the second box was opened
and the dres, taken out the garment found to
he utterly ruined by some red fluid which had been
poured all over it. Mrs. SOrrd present when the
.,OX opened
Miss Green at once sent word 10 the Office OF The
hotel and the clerk went upstairs TO See the dress
lie found it, Il, has been described. spoiled beyond
rcpaIr The garment still wet ana sOnch tine
hands Of those who touched H. careful inspection
disclosed a card pinned to the skirt, bearing Haas
BrotlIer,' name, On the reverse side OF which was
written in a scrawlng. almost illcsi5lc hand: Dun
for now No other writing was noliced.
Miss Green al once sent a note explaining the iac's
In Iaa, brothers store, and the next day a repre-
s,,a'I,e ~ tL. firm callo1 ana examined the dress
Roth Miss Green and Mrs. sorrcl say mat The man
Exclaimed on seeing The dress: some on" hts done
this who has a grudgc against Has Broihcrs,'
Miss Green declined to take Inc dress. Inc nfin
,unr uniur through an investigation announced that
Tho dress mad bc. delivered la perfect condition, ana
hat they should hold Miss Green responsible for pay
mont amounting to nearly 300. They advanced the
theory that Miss Green's iilaid had ruined Ia" dcS'
IN nyengc some injlirr. on Miss Green's refusal 10
my In, firm brought suit 10 recover the value o the
a. Tho case was tried before Judge Murray in the
Xuh Judicial District Court last Wcdnc day \
formidable array Of Haas Brothers cmpl yves c>tci
~ In the condition of the dress before ii was delivered
Tho man who pressed IL that II all right when
n had II the clerks In the delivery department ana
Tho who carried the dr,s TO the hotel trsl
fed that they had the dress and that it was IN
GOOD rendition while II was In their hands
On The other hand the clerk Of the hotel testified
hat the nackngc was received at ten minutes before
o'clock The nall boy sasd that he carried IT directly
upstairs and Miss Green ana Mrs. sorrel tsid'd u
and TO being in the room with them all the
o,ycninp Miss Green's maid had been excused by
M. I,rceu nj O'Clock that evening, and not AT
the hotel after the packages arrived until she came III
had given the card which was pinned 10 the dress 10
c representative OF the hrn who Gale ut The hotel on
sunday. ON the witlcss s,ana MI man dch"i ,ha'
rrn said that he used Haas produced the card In
onrt Beneath the words, Dun for nOw' WIS writ
~" o 90 Haas Brothers alleged that they had
ssir% made rs an appointment card, the 80 ind
ZINC the hour nj which a dress was 10 be fitted
'rnn~ sought TO show that the maid had erased the
nr,cinol marks and had written the words, Dun for
ho Miss Green and Mrs. sOrrc positive that
80 ~ The marks except the words. Dun for now.
We're on the card when II had been found 10y them
P''Tm question Is simply Of vcracty OF the Wit
go Judgc Murray reserved his decision which he
will announce next "Wednesday