The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-26
$6,85O FOR MRS. BOYLE
HEAVY JUDGMENT RENDERED.
AGAINST HER FORMER HUSBAND.
Story of the Case ExempliHes the Say
ing that Truth Is Stranger
Than Fiction.

promise suit against George L. Boeckiing, a
prominent real estate dealer of this city.
was yesterday awarded a Judgment for
Sc, $50. The case was tried by jury in room
3, Superior Court. The plaintiff brought
suit for $4,000, and it is said that five of the
jurors were in favor of returning verdict
for the full amount. The case had been on
for nearly three weeks, and attracted a
great deal of attention. The defendant is
prominently known in real estate circles as
a money-maker and promoter of successful
financial ventures. He is forty years old,
and a man of fine appearance. His home is
in Highland place, where he occupies a
handsome residence. The plaintiff in the
case was once his wife. She is y-three
years of age, and has married daughter.
Another daughter, fifteen years old, lives
with her mother. and sat at her side during
the progress of the trial. The plaintiff is a
rather good-looking woman, of ponderous
proportions. From her own statements her
life has been full of romance, sometimes
tragic, although much of her own story was
not in evidence. The defendant also has his
version of the case. The plaintiff secured a
divorce from Boeckling several years ago.
They lived apart for some time, but at the
solicitation of the latter she agreed to marry
him. He failed to keep his promise, and she
instituted breach Of promise suit. This
suit was compromised, and again the for
tunes of the couple came together. The suit
just settled, the PLAINTIFF AYERS, is the re-
suit of q second promise on the part of her
ex-husband to marry her. On the witness
stand Boeckling declared that he was worth
but little in the way of property, and pro-
duced evidence to corroborate his asser-
lions.
ypac
money compensation for her disappoint-
ment was not the real object of the plain
tiH Her infatuation for the man whom she
charged with spelling her life was evident
from the nature Of her own testimony. Once
during the trial she declared that she loved
off into fit of violent weeping when her
attorney read some of the old letters that
had passed between her and the defendant
At the age of sixteen years the plaintiff was
m Im;,,ra In the town of GAINESVILLE, O.. to
William Boyle, her first husband. Boyle
was shiftless and failed to provide for her,
ana few years after marriage deserted her
at Sedalia, Mo, where he took her to visit
MS parents Two children We're born to the
couple land shortly after the birth of the
second the mother became insane, and was
confined for some months in an asylum.
After her desertion at Sedalia she returned
to her parents at Newark. o., and shortly
afterward the family. moved to Cincinnati.
II was here that the plaintiff first met
Boeckling. The latter was at that time a
lumber dealer in Michigan City. He paid
much attention to her and finally proposed
marriage, offering, she says, to pay the ex-
pense of a divorce from her first husband
While this suit was pending Booking
affianced wife from there She says he asked
her to come to New York as soon as the de-
npe rrv OF al a.y9rce was sranted ana ne would
met Booking, and declares that she lived
With him in a hotel. although he told her
she embraced the Catholic faith After a
Few weeks spent in New York city the
couple went to Boston, where the plaintiff
says Boeckling wanted to forge marriage
certificate. so they could represent to
friends in this Stae that they were married.
ahls she f, refused to permit They drfted
went to New Buffalo. Mich, where they
were married by Justice of the peace.
priest in Michigan City, Mrs. Boeckling hav-
ing. in the meantime embraced that faith.
The plaintiff says that prior to her mar
rage Boeckling attempted to persuade her
to place her children in a nunnery, where
she would never see them again, asserting
that he would not marry her unless she con-
to do. The couple came to Indianapolis
from Michigan City. They had not long
of Mrs. Boyle. her husband deserted her and
she was compelled to prosecute him for sup
port. On his promise to live with her she
released the judgment.
The application for divorce came in the
spring of 1891, when during a violent quarrel
the plaintiff charges that Boeckling stabbed
her with a pair of scissors. Boeckling insti-
tuted the suit for divorce, but the decree
was granted his wife on cross complaint.
Afterward Booking asked her to return to
him, and her description of midnight visit
which he made to her to get her to go back
to his home is graphic. Rocking, she says,
told her that green eyed monster had APP
peared to him in his dreams. He could not
rest for the presence Of the awful thing.
Then his -, mother appeared to :, him in his is
his divorced wife,, Mrs Boyle declares that
Boeckling. on that night prayed and swore
him instantly. After this visit Boeckline
called frequently at her home. He constantly
solicited her to return to him, but said he
suited a Catholic priest, and learned that in
the eyes of the Church she was yet/a legal
defendant, ' and did SO for several months
Booking all the while promising to again
make her his wife.
two Mrs. Boyle accompanied Boecklng tc
the home of his parents to live, and here the
trouble occurred which led to the suit
Boecking, she says, ordered her to leave
the house, declaring that he wanted nothing
more to do with her. Then he employed a
detective to watch her. In January, 1892
the first suit for breach of promise was
filed. This was dismissed on his promise te
marry her. and when the promise was not
kept she filed the last suit. The defendant
attorneys produced number of dispositions
as to the plaintiffs character while in New
| York, Boston and other cities, but Judge
Bartholomew refused to admit this teSti
mony as evidence.
Boeckling denies many of the charges
made by the plaintiff. He says that he frs
met her in 1885, at Newburg, town located
| on the Hudson river between New York city
and Albany. She was then passing under
| the name of Conley, and by that name hi
| knew her until year after their first meet
| ing. She told him she went by that name
| because Boyle was following her. Boecklins
| admitted that he lived with woman IL
| New York and Boston and other cities. They
separated after a time and he came here
/ The next he heard of her was while he wa
| living at the Grand Hotel. She came to In
| dianapolis and remained here several weeks
| under the name of Miss Barnes. She tolS
| Boeckling that she was on her way to Sagi
nav, Mich, and he accompanied her as IA
| as I.aporte. Here she fell i'll, and he at
| tended her until her recovery. At Michigan
| City she was again taken sick, and the ply
| scian whom Boeckling called said the wo
/ man was dying from broken heart On
| his promise to marry her she grew better a
| once. He eorroborates her statements re
| garding the marriage. but charges that sh
| has made his existence unbearable by he
| irascihle disposition and singular conduct
| He saws he has given her 81 900 since thei