The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-06
Her $4,000 WOE.
Louisa Item Suing for
Breach of Promise Sud-
denly Adds Betrayal.

Louisa Items blushing face. bright
brown eyes and bewitching smiles, yes
terday. pleaded with a jury in the Circuit
Court for $50, 600 in cash to repair the
damage that hal bean done her Young.
tender and susceptible heart by Joseph
Miller. When Judge DAILY presented the
case to the jury, he said that the demand
for $40, 600 was based on four cunts IN
the declaration; frat, that Mlller maoe
love to Louisa; second. that he Keo her
to marry him; third. tnat ne AGAIN askeu
her to marry him; fourth, that ne nnaily
refused to marry ner. Each count seemed
TO be worth IS, 900. No count appeared N
the declaration of the betrayal Wnlcn
Judge Daly's client said Q place.
When Louisa occupied the witness
stand, she was self possessed, put az
times she became embarrassed by being
| obliged to explain some necessary details.
| She was neatly dressed in a dark colored
| gown and black coat trimmed Win luz o.
| the same hue. Her hat was small ana
| coQuettish, q pale blue ostrich Ieatner
| and velvet were It's only
Louisa did not glance once at neI Iaisu-
less lover, who listened fntentiV 70 nel
| story. occasionally INDUCING IN q nuge
| smile at some portions of her testimony,
and of other times vigorously shaKing ms
| small head. Mr.. Miller 10 a small mar
| He is small In stature. has a small. sMoo'n
| face. small ayes, and Louisa says mas a
small regard for the truth.
ACQUAINTANCE AND LOVE.
The girl. III telling her story, saIu sue
was now twenty years bic, D nVeu IN
| West Hoboken, but last February, when
she met Miller, she lived with her parents
| in the Town of Union. Miller lived but q
| few blocks from her. She first met
| Miller at the house OF q mutual Irlend'
| and he asked permission to call on ner.
| She told him he might. and Miller lmme-
| diately bacame a constant visitor at ner
parents home. He went there to see her
eyery night, and he appeared very de-
voted to her. He won her affections, ana
ON April %. and again or the next DAY,
he asked Louisa to marry him. The girl
| believed him to be sincere ana salo she
| would. On April rs Miller asked the
parents OF Louisa to consent t0 tne WaI-
! rage and they did SO.
When these necessary preliminaries TO
q wedding had been gone through Win,
| Louisa said that Miller called her atten-
| ton to the fact that she was q Protestant
| while he was a Catholic. He asked ner
| TO adopt his faith and she said she Woulo;
| Together they visited Father GreiH sno
| told him of the programme ana ne re-
| ferred them to Father Stein who, Louisa
| said. gave her Instructions and prepared
| her for her first communion.
THE davf for the wedding had been liked
| for june 5, but at the request OF Miller IL
was postponed to June Is. The young
| mau was very constant In MS attentions
"a the girl and together they visited a
furniture store and bought a sufhclent
Quantity of furniture to make comfort
abie the part OF a house owned by MIXERS
father which had been set apart LOT tne
young couple.
PaDa Miller went to the expense OF
painting and papering the house ana
making other Improvements to give his
son,s wife as pleasant a home as possible.
| Young Miller paid a deposit on the FUR
| nit1ra and sent q man to measure the
| rooms for carpets. The furniture was
| TO be placed In the house as soon rs the
| repairs TO the building were finished.
| Young Miller also gave Louisa money 10
| mother gave her 500 for other articles or
| her trousseau. The wedding dress Louisa
| said was a work Of art. 1t was a light
| niue surah silk and Yves made In New
| York.
On May II, all the preparations Tor the
| wedding were completed: That night, as
| usual. Miller called on his bethrothed. at
| her home. During that call. Louisa said,
| Miller betrayed her. The last time after
| HAT that Miller visited the girl was May
\ IL when he again took advantage of her
\ confidence. When Miller failed to visit
her during the three succeeding nights,
I,ouisa became worried, and on May 10
| she sought him. He told her then
that he did not sntend to keep his
word. that he would not marry
her. Heartbroken the girl went home.
| She told her parents her tale of sorrow.
ana two days latter she and the father
visited Miller at, his place of business in
New YORK. Both insisted that the young
man should marry the girl but Miller
s%tubbornly refused and declared That he
neyer would-and he never has.
The deserted girl, by the advice of
| friends consulted Judge DAILY and he
| brought the present suit.
When the testimony of Louisa was
| given. and before ex-Judge Paxton. for
| Miller. began the cross-examination,
| .Iudoe Lippincott, at the request Of ex-
| Judge Paxton, adjourned the case until
| Monday morning. Ex-Judge Paxton and
LAWYER Smith for Miller said they had
| been taken by surprise at the allegation
of seduction, aud they wanted time TO
nrocure necessary witnesses.
The defense will be that no BETRAYAL
took place and that Miller had never
asked Louisa to marry him. that 1t was
| leap year and she. took advantage of it
| and proposed marriage to Miller. The
7 defense will also endeavor to show that
the reason Miller refused to marry the
| rirl was that he had learned that she had
| heen too intimate with other meu.