The Portland daily press., 1894-04-07

said she would live with her. After she
had worked there the first time she said
she would not live there. She could not
| recall any quarrel prior to the engage
ment She had had no quarrel except
what was testified to.
Mr.. Chapman asked if it was a condi-
ton of the engagement that she should
live at his mothers. She said he made
that condition of marriage after their
| engagement.
During their conversations her state OF
mind wasn't very pleasant" She was
crying good deal of the time. She re-
mem hered the Fast Day before the en-
gagement was broken: She was at his
mothers and he told her he would come
over to her house that night, but his
mother talked him out of it, and
caused him to go to church"
In response to question in regard to
| Mr.. Luddington, she said that all that
she walked with Mr.. Luddington was to
and from the shop where she worked.
He worked in the next shop. He didn't
walk home with her, but only part of
! the way. Mr.. Robinson was with them
most OF the time She had no talk with
defendant about that. After they were
engaged Mr.. Luddington was friend of
them both, and is now married to an
| other mutual friend.
Mr.. Charles W. Blake took the stand
and testified that he was brother of
the plaintiff, and that he lived across the
street from his fathers. The breaking
of the engagement broke her all downM
She had no appetite and appeared to feel
very badly.
The Plaintiffs case rested here
Mr. Meaher addressed the jury for the
defense, He said to the jury that hard
| ~ one of them could remember a pre-
| vious breach of promise case in Port
land. He was glad that the young people
had conducted themselves entirely
pronerly. He referred to many other
liar cases in Portland that never.
come to the pub gaze. He spoke of
the ACCESSIBILITY of stopping an engage
ment before marriage, ifasit has proved
that the parties didn't realize each
others characters.
In this case are parties who visit
churches and have good characters. The
| young man is regular attendant at the
| West Me thodist church. At one time he
| thought that Miss Blake would make
| him a good wife, She says he treated
her kindly all the way through. If the
evidence shows that her conduct was not
| affectionate to him it was time for him
to pause. The only result of suit OF
| this kind is to get money-not to get
married.
| After some reference to revenge, ETC.,
the witnesses were sworn in for the
defense
| Mr.. Robinson, the defendant, TOOK the
stand. He is tall, slender young man,
with determined face and bearing. He
| testified that he is twenty-four years of
| age, and had lived in Portland one year
and half, and in Deering about twenty
| years, near st. John street. He had been
| employed at the Portland Star Match
factory for eight years, with the excep-
tion of one year, when he went to
| college.
He first became acquainted with the
plaintiff at Knightville, as she testified.
Did not pay her attentions till nine
months before the engagement He did
not go to theatres or operas with her,
but to church and prayer meetings.
During these nine months prior to the
engagement, there was an understanding
| that they should live at their mothers
house. He couldn't give her any other
home, the way he was situated. They
were engaged August 4th. 1891, in the
evening. going from his house to hers
after his sisters wedding. The first
difficulty after the engagement, was
when he spoke to her about walking the
streets with Mr.. Luddingten. He didn't
like it and told her So After the engage
ment, when he would call, she would
sometimes not be pleasant or speak I'M
less he spoke to her and was sulky. This
was not on account of anything he had
done. His calls were lessFpleasant as the
time of the separation approached, She
| did not scold, however When at his
| house she was sulky and would tell him
to go away. Prior to the engagement
she had said nothing about ability to
keep house at his mothers home. She
did the work but could not do the cook
ing. The judge objected to question
as 10 ability to make bread. He said
that many good wives cannot make good
bread, and there would be few marriages
| if bread-making was necessary. During
her stay at his mothers house she was
sullen and sulky One Sunday she was
up stairs ali day and would not go to
church or say why. When he got home
at night from work she would simply
| reply to questions.
he gave her to understand that he would
go, but she went out the back door
while he was waiting for her. She made
no explanation. During the walk, two
| weeks later, the witness said, with much
earuestness: "She wanted me to take
her back, and told her wouldn't"
Prior to that night she went away, he
had had no unpleasant interviews with
her, nor did she give any reasons for her
silence and Observation-Disclosures. Soon after
he wrote the letter she came over to his
house. They went to walk. She gave.
him quite setting up, hauling over the
Goals. etc" Also at the last of OF it she
with her and
He Ought to Marry Her.
and he told he wouldn't marry her any
way after that. She said if he didn't
she would shoot herself. At the next
interview she said if he didn't take her
back her father might do something
awful to him." Her sister told him
she'd sue him. He said, "sue away"
When he left the house somebody
shouted after him.
While she was at his house she said
she wouldn'G live with his mother. He
said that it would be long time before
they were married. The judge asked if
that was the reason of the separation
He said that was one of them.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Chapman, he
said that she knew that his mothers |
house was all the place he had for her.
There were no conditions in the promise |
to marry her. He declared that he was
Jealous of Miss Blake's walking with |
MIR. Luddington. He couldn't give the |
date as TO the first talk about their |