The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
A SOCIETY SENSATION
DIR. G. j. PALEN. OF PHILADELPHIA,
SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.
HIS Is Charged with Living with a
Professional Nurse Before He
Welded "a Germantown BELLE.

PHILADELPHIA. July 5.-The Evening
Bulletin publishes the following: DR.. Gill
bert Joseph Palen, one OF PhiladeIphia's
most prominent society men, was arrested
on a sherins capias on Tuesday last. on a
writ charging him with breach of promise
of marriage. The plaintiff is Miss Margaret
May Thompson, and when the case reaches
trial 1T Is said that some very Interesting.
not to say sensational Developments, will
result. DR.. Palen is a son of DIR. G.. f..
Paien, of this city. and a nephew Of the
late Jay Gould. He is well known In So
ciety circles here and in New York. On
June III he was married to Mary Eleanor
Adamson, daughter of William Adamson.
OF Negley's Hill, Germantown. The we'd
ding was an unusually swell affair, and
there was a general turnout of the wealth
and fashion OF the two great cities. Among
those present were Miss Helen NJ. Gould.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould, +. Jay Gould.
and others of that distinguished family,
who made the journey from New York TO
Philadelphia and return on a four-in-hand
coach, the trip attracting much public at
tention at the time. A brilliant reception
followed at Mr.. Adamson's house. and the
newly welded pair left for a honeymoon
trip through the South and West.
"a tfCA thii6 plOlCE1ta a.
merrily as the proverbial ana appropl late
marriage bell. but there was disaster in
store Young DIR. Palen had met and loved
MISS Thompson, a young and very aftrac-
tive professional nurse, and. according TO
this young woman's story, he promised her
marriage, and let it be known far and
wide that IL was their intention to become
mar and wife. This understanding contin-
ued. says the plaintiff, until her eyes were
suddenly opened by the intelligence that
DIR. Palen was wooing another. This was
finally confirmed by his marriage to Miss
Adamson. After consulting with her
friends, an attorney was instructed to in
and a week or SO ago they were begun in
the Cour of Common Pleas. The result
was a capias for the arrest of DIR. Palen,
the bail. being placed at $1,000. In the
course of their honeymoon wanderings, DIR.
Palen and his bride finally arrived at Ocean
City. N j., and there the Doctor was
if until he left for Phila lelphia. on Tues
day last. On his arrival home the writ
was quietly served. and the bridegroom ac-
companied the officer TO the sheriffs office,
where two friends became his bondsmen.
1t had been DR.. Palen's intention TO go
abroad this sumer, and he hastily completed
parture on the steamer Southwark, which
sails from her dock atsz o'clock tomorrow
morning for Liverpool. He exhibited sur
prise when asked tonight for an explana-
Miss Thompson. Said he: II am greatly
surprised to learn that this matter has been
IIldue DuDlit. Dul Al IL d NNit 90 iattAs
In reference to Miss -Thompson's suit
against me. I wish TO say that her charge
is false in every particular. / not only did
not promise her marriage, but was never on
such terms offintimacy with her as to give
her the slightest ground to suppose that a
marriage between her and myself was ei-
Their remotely possible or even TO be con-
templated for a moment. 1t is a case OF
blackmail, pure and simple. i believe and
am sure that my reputation is such that
friended this girl and attended her in a re-
cent illness. She has taken advantage of
my kindness TO make these charges"
s John A. Keator. the attorney for DIR.
Palen. said: This is a case of a poor
by the gentlemanly attentions of a rich
young man, or rather a young man whom
she discovers to be rich and highly con
nected after chance had given her an op-
terms with him 1 say attention, but you
must not understand from that any degree
Of social intimacy ever existed between
tory Of their connection is this: While DIR
Palen was pursuing his medical studies
he was assigned for practice to the Phila.
the acquaintance, in "a purely
pPofess aSe plaintiff %axi H g e6 Masd dan0n Re,
a bright young nurse. efficient In her duties
ing pretty and educated While DIR. .Paler
was attending at the lying-in hospital Mis-:
Thompson was taken seriously Ill with
this city. She sent for young DR.. Palen
desiring him TO attend her in her illness
He consented to attend her and called fire.
quently to see her, for she was a yer,
recovery. which she attributed to DIR: Pal
ems attendance, prompted her TO. write tC
him. This started a correspondence be
innocently on DIR. Palen's part" Mis-:
Thompson asks $25. 900 damages.