Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-29
A $4,000 BREACH OF PROMISE
JUDGMENT COMPROMISED.
WEDDING LIKELY TO FOLLOW.
MRS. CORBETT FORGIvEs HER AGED
AND RECREANT LOVER.
Sued Him for $4,000 Because He
wouldn't Marry Her and Now
Lets Him BambOozle Her
Into Releasing Her
Judgment.

Earville, ILL.,. Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Carrie Cor.
bett who obtained judgment Of $J4.G0
against John Gernand, the wealthy farm
er, for breach of promise, was happy this
afternoon. She passed through the hail 10
her room in the Gernand block, and, ell
countering one of the attorneys for Mr.
Gernand. declared that lawyers were no
sccd. They had kept her and Gernand
apart. she added, but they had got together,
had talk, kissed and made up.
Later in the day the astonishing spec
tacle of Mr.. Gernand and Mrs. Corbett to-
gether in a buggy driving through the
streets caused no end of gossip among
those who had closely followed the trial
of this celebrated case.
Mrs. Corbett called upon her attorneys
and informed them that she and Mr.. Ger
nand had come to a settlement. and re
wanted release. Mr.. Gernand joined her.
and, when the attorneys had agreed with
him upon a reasonable attorneys fee, he
gave check for the amount. The attoi :
neys would not say as to the sum OBJ
tained, but those in the bank where the
check was cashed say the stack was at
least 5000 high.
AS three attorneys were in the case the
srppcsition is that it cost Mr.. Gernand be-
tween $1,000 and $500 for Mrs. Corbett s
lawyers. What settlement Mrs. Corbett is
10 get cannot be aScertained.
After she left the office of her attorneys
she could not be found in the CITY,. 1t Is
known that it has been impossible TO"
Gernand's children to keep him away from
the woman, and there are some who think
Il marriage Is to follow.
Mrs Carrie Corbett is a widow of "a. She
had Il room in the Gernand block, and did
sewing for a livelihood. John Gernand is a
wealthy real estate owner, and is Il years
of age. He has been married three times.
his last wife having been dead for several
years. He first became acquainted with the
plaintiff a little over year ago. when She
defaulted in the rent to the agent.
Mrs. Corbett borrowed the money, and
paid the rent to the agent. While Mr.. Ger
nand was in the office she complained of re-
marks made about her. and left the room
in tears. Gernand followed her. found that
she had borrowed the money, returned IL
to her, and told her to pay 1t back to her
friend.
The acquaintance begun in this manner
soon ripened into buggy rides and trips to
Chicago. The plaintiff claimed promise OF
marriage and the giving of an engagement
ring. The wedding was deferred from time
| fendant. in August last they went to Sar
| Francisco on the Christian Endeavor eX.
| cursion. The plaintiff alleges that the wed.
| ding was to have taken place on the trip
and each place they stopped at he put it of
| till they arrived at the next. In San Fran.
gether by Danville people and reference
| thereto appeared in the local papers. The
| children of the defendant got hold of it
| and he sought to break with the woman.
She demanded that he fulfill his promise
and. as he refused to do so, brought suit fol
| $75.000 Colonel Calhoun, former commits
sioner to Cuba, was the principal attorney
for the defendant