The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-09-03
JUsTIoE AFrER LAW.
A Young Woman Wants $I5o,Ooo
o Breach of Promise.

George Law, president OF street rail.
roads, hacker of pegilists, all-round
sport add man about-town, manages at
regular Intervals to get his name into
the newspapers and to be talked about
by h people OF Gotham. He ia Ion
we'll known TO need any further intro
ductioa to the public. IL has been
nearly a year since he was the sub
Ject OF discussion, and now he comes
orward again in the role of a defen-
daat In a breach OF promise suit.
Miss Josephine Mack is the plaintiff.
She wants Sl50,000 as balm for wound
ed affections, lacerated fee ings and
disappointed hopes. She has secured
as counsel that eminent attorney.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll. and the
scarce y less we'll known ex-Assitant
District. Attorney, Francis l.. Well
man. AS Is generally the case when
q breach of promise suit is brought.
Miss Mack's story would furnish the
basis OF a novel, it is so full of romance.
The plaintiff Is not quite twenty one
years old. She resides with her
mother at No. @ East Thirty. fourth
street. Miss Mack claims that h
met Mr.. a In 1893. She was in
Produced to him at a dinner. At first
the acquaintance was merely a formal
one, q there was no suggestion of
love making for quite a time. Finally
MISS Mack's father died and left her
property valued at So, 600. 1t could
not be disposed of promptly. and "a
the Macks were in need of ready money
they. applied to Mr.. Law for q loan,
Offering the property as security. He
advanced the money to Miss Mack on
her notes.
1t Is alleged that he then became a
frequent caller on Miss Mack. visiting
her at their home on Fifth Avenue ara
the Hotel Waldorf, where they res,,daS
Tor a while. In the complaint - in al
leged that dinners were given in honor
OF h plaintiff OF Mr.. Laws yacht
veCo' d IN numerous pleasure
triPs were taken ir. the boat, on all of
Which occasions Miss Mack and her
Tnuer were sne favOrite guests.
IN announcements was publish
Iea In n newspapers to the effect that
MT Law was engaged to Miss Mack.
lie statement was denied by a repre-
sentative Of Mr.. Laws, but at the
same timc rumor was busy, and Miss
Mack's friends now declare that the
report was true, and ought to have
been confirmed. Miss Mack alleges
In her complaint that Mr.. Law had
made love to her and asked her tu
become his wife. The date for the
wedding was fixed, and it was post
poned at Mr.. Laws request, it is
charged.
Miss Mack states that about q wear
ago Mr.. Law quit calling on her, and
though she repeatedly wrote to him
for an explanation, she never got any
salts ct'on She read the announce
ment In the newspapers on Sept. "a,
1894, OF Mr.. Laws marriage to Miss
Olga Smith. The news Frustrated
her, and for a long time she was il
0 nervous ~prostration. When she
va partially recovered, which was six
months ago, she brought suit in the
Supreme Court against Mr.. Law
asking for $3.50, 900 damages for breach
Of promise.
Neither Miss Mack, her mother, MOI
her counsel, will discuss the suit, bu,
the latter acknowledges that the com
plant against MIR. Law is substantial
~ as set forth above. Miss Mack'
nother is q very well-known woman
she has been interested in man
public enterprises. She is quite
!lter"ry woman and has acquired som,
tame as "a lecturer. Many stories ar,
old OF George Laws eccentricities
1t Is said that he once took a crow,
OF sports to Saratoga, and before the,
left the Springs $50, 600 Of the mil
lionaire,s money had changed hands
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