The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-29
:JInrED, HIS MITE FIANCEE.
jury Gives verdict Of s1,750 Against
Scharin.


u toolr the Jury only a few moments TO
bring I'm a verdict for N.750 in favor oil
Annie Berllner against Jacob Schailn'
both deaf-mutcs, before Justice MacLeah'
of the Supreme Court, yesterday in her
action for breach OF promise OF NJ Wtia-e'
The plainun was jubilant. and she quick
IL cesticulatod with her lips ana hahds 10
her friends on all sides OF her, her signs
ending with a shufillng OF her hands tnat
plainlv indicated she meant that Scharln
would have 70 pay out the money.
II appeared at the continuation OF the
trial Yesterday that I'm their lovemakinS
and engagement Scharin and Miss Ber-
liner were at a disadvantage. as she taiks
bv movements Of her lips mainly, Whlch
he only partly understands. and he talks
entirely with his fingers, with which she
IS not familiar. Stress was laid on this
difficulty by counsel for the defendant.
who sought to give the impression that
thew might not have understood each
other. but scharin gave such fiat-footed
answers TO questions that everyone be-
came convinced that they knew thor
oughlv what they We're about.
Things progressed much more smoothly
Yesterday. as thq Rev. Or. Thomas Cal
laudet. the interpreter had changed his
method so that De talked 10 Miss Berliner
with his lips and when the defendant
took the stand there was a nimble trans
ference Of thought by means Of def fin
gers. Or. Gallaudet seemed a little dis
concerted when Scharin first took the
stand. as he did not know whether il was
TO be n case Of lips or fingers, but he
evidently thought that as the girl had
relied upon her lips. Scharin would TOO.
But IL happened that Scharin had piece
tr.f f.. L. 4
his lips were making such strange evolu-
tions that the Doctor with earnest face.
bent forward in q vain effort TO gather
information from them. His brow became
perturbed but then they exchanged some
finger nOurshes. and with smiles settled
down 10 business
Most Of the day was taken up with the
testimony Of the plaintiff and the defen-
dant. not because they had so much 10
say, but because Of the time IL took %
say IT, They differed as 10 their first
meeting. Miss Berliner said they became
acquainted while they were riding bicy-
cles: he declared that they were introduc-
ed by Herman Hahneman. who had acted
as a schatchen az the instance OF Scha-
rims parents. She admitted that Hahne-
man had subsequently introduced them.
They agreed that there had been an en-
how
the engagement came to be broken. but
there was no doubt that II was broken
after a ball Of deaf mutes AT Terrace Gar
den in 1895 They had a quarrel after
the ball and she averred that he told her
at her home that night that he would not
marry her as he wanted TO yet a "hear'
girl She said that the trouble started
because he danced with other girls and
became offended because she also danced
with other men.
She had gone with him 10 the ball that
night. Scharin said. in a gown furnished
by his parents. In fact. he said that his
parents furnished her with all her cloth
ing after the engagement. He noticed
some names Of different men on her or
der OF dancing al the bali. and told her
that her engagement demanded that she
give all the dances 10 him. She denur-
red and said she would dance with any
one she liked. There was a smile in the
court when he said In answer 10 a oues-
ton that there was music at the hall.
They made up TO some extent and he ac-
cOmpanied her home. All the way home
his fingers flew. and her lips and some
times her hands moved in anger. on
reaching her house Scharin averred he
told her:
II have come 10 the conclusion that
misery would result II we married. our
children might be deaf and dumb and IL
they we're not we would not know what
was going on. think 1t will be better
for me IL 1 get hear woman"
You may go" he said she replied. IT
can get another man. / danced with
that other fellow because / liked him
better. Anyway. you had better have a
hear woman
He admitted that he had told her on
several occasions that he liked her hut
he never made the motion with hand TO
heart and eyes aloft. which meant that
he loved her. Scharin tried to lay the