The San Francisco call., 1896-06-16
MARY {. REDMAN
WANTS HIS MONEY.
She Sues Capitalist Thomas
Carter for Breach of
Promise.
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
He Says He Paid Her $4,000
Once as a Compromise
Sum.
ROMANCE FIFTEEN YEARS LONG
Mr.. Carter Says He Has Given the
Young Lady in All Over $4,000,
and Will Fight New.
ROMANCE FIFTEEN YEARS LONG

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man, plump and pretty brunette. Sh'
ought to be capitalist. too, if Mr.. Carter
story of the amount of money he hal
given her IN the last twelve years is borne
out by the facts. Miss Redman' 8 addres:
is at 502 Mason street and her occupation
is given as dressmaker.
Accounts differ also as to whether Miss
Redman Is pretty. Heroines in breach o1
promise cases are, as a rule, handsome
but Mr.. Carter said last evening that she
is coarse and common person addicted
to looking on wine too often when it il
red." The landlady at 5O2 Mason street
however, said that Miss Redman is ''nice
little girl about 80 years of age, and just
too sweet for anything"
Not desiring to meet reporters, and re-
questing her attorney not to give them her
address, which request was complied with
with professional strictness, Miss Redman
rushed to her room about o'clock yester-
day afternoon, hurriedly packed up few
things and left word that she was off for
Salinas on visit to friends. The landlady
professed surprise and ignorance of the
suit for damages, and said she did not
know when Miss Redman would return.
Thomas Carter is member of the firm
OF Carter Brothers, carbuilders and gen.
eral railroad contractors, at Newark, Cal.
He has resided in this City for years at 6
Turk street. He has been in business in
San Francisco and vicinity for twenty-five
years and is well known here and among
railroad men ali over the State. He built
the narrow-gauge railroad loop to Santa
Cruz.
MIR. Carter is about so years old and q
single man. He has long sandy beard
and there are "silver threads among the
gold." If there were more gray hairs in
his beard Mr.. Carter would present quite
patriarchal appearance.
In an interview last evening with CALL
reporter he emphatically denied ever
promising to marry Miss Redman and de-
clared fatty that it was simply black
mailing scheme. He said he had once
paid Miss Redman $4,000 to shut her pretty
mouth and prevent publicity of their rela.
tions, but he declared somewhat in the
language of Patrick Henry, that ne had
millions for defense, but not cent for
tribute
81 paid her $4,000 once" he said, land 1
have her receipt for the amount in full
settlement of everything. I've got the
money to pay, but I'll spend $50, 900 in de-
Tending the case rather than give it to
her"
Mr.. Carter met Miss Redman about
twelve or fifteen years ago at the we'll
known watering place, Byron Springs She
was spending some time there with her
uncle, ]. D. Horan, VINO keeps the stock
yards at Tenth and Bryant streets. They
spent manv hours full of shade and bright
sunshine and seductive moonlight alone
together, and out of those meetings of the
happy summertime long ago grew the
romance whose closing chapter was filed
yesterday in court.
eve have met often since," said Mr..
Carter. 'She has been with me a great
deal, though we never actually lived to-
gether. She has visited me in my apart
ments. During recent years she got into
bad company and has been drinking too
much 70 maintain the proper decorum.
She would come up to my rooms in this
condition and when it was not convenient
for me to meet her, and she became an
embarrassment to me. The landlord will
bear me out in this. | have called him to
put her out of my rooms"
"Was she led astray by you in the first
placer"
mot at all; no, sir. think can prove
that if necessary. She was not innocent
when | met her at Byron Springs
"As to the previous com promise ?''
ION account of her conduct told her."
Mr.. Carter said, mot to come to my room
any more, as l did not want to have any
thing more to do with her. Then she
to bring suit for damages, and
compromised with her for $4,000, for the
reason have stated. A man who is now
a Superior Jude of this City and County
was one of the lawyers in the settlement.
He knows all about it. She owed me 5000
in real estate deal, for which l held her
note, and between 5000 and $500 borrowed
| compromised with her for $4,000,
less the amount of the note and the bor-
rowed money. She received my check for
S4100. This was about two years ago.
Now, along she comes again with an
other claim" Mr.. Carter said "and at
tempts to bleed me second time. tell
you I'll not have it. l won't pay cent.
I've consulted four lawyers, and l do not
think shall be compelled to. This was
Judge Highton, few days ago, telling me
hat the suit was about to be brought. |
went up to see Highton and told him the
whole story.
f"Since l paid that money, two years |
lgo, resumed Mr.. Carter, 81 have had |
nothing to dc with the young woman. 1
lave met her on the streets several times
md conversed with her whenever she be-
laved properly.
"She has dogged my footsteps, and
tood across the corner there" he said,
pointing to Turk, Mason and Market
treets, ''in order to catch me and speak to
ne. She was right up here on Mason
treet, corner of Post. She often said that
he desired to consult me about real estate
and I advised her when l
ould. But our relations have not been
more intimate than that for two years."
"How much money have you given Miss
sedman since you have known her?''
I'm all l should say $4,000 or S16,0O0,"