The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

| Thursday ana lie was Arrested ana
Placed in Jail in Default of Bail.
what Miss Aten Has to Say About
the Case.-Alleges That She Be-
came Engaged to shorwin in May,
1896.
Miss Esther NJ. Aten, better known
| to her friends as Miss Hetty, and a
| daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Aten,
| of 2Oi5 Edna avenue, has begun
! breach of promise action against Rob-
| ert Sherwin, of Paterson, n. j., for
mery of this city She asks damages
in the sum of $1,000. Sherwin was ar
| rested on a capias and lodged in Jail
| in default of bail. He has secured an
attorney and will endeavor to get out
on a writ Of habeas corpus.
The young woman is a blonde and
! decidedly pretty. When seen yester-
| day by Tribune reporter she stated
| emphatically her intention of carrying
! the suit to its bitter end.
! She has retained Vosburg & Dawson.
| on Thursday, Nov. 4, the young man
| was arrested in Paterson and gave
security in the sum of $500 before
| Supreme court Commissioner Robert l.
| Hopper in that city. This was the
| preliminary step in the breach of
promise suit
Young Sherwin is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sherwin, of COZ East Mar
| k2t street. He was employed for sew
| eral years as drug clerk in Charles
| Henwood's pharmacy, North Scranton.
| The courtship of the young people was
| begun nearly four years ago and con-
| tinued up to June last. The course Of
| love, whether true or not, ran smoothly
| TIE young mans attention to their
| daughter was well known by Miss
Aten's parents and when in May 1896,
| it is alleged, he proposed marriage he
was accepted by the daughter and ap-
| proved of bv the parents.
WENT TO PHILADELPHIA.
Meanwhile, during the time succeed
| ing the proposal, Mr.. Sherwin went to
| Philadelphia and took a course in the
| University of Pennsylvania pharmacy
| department. Letters passed between
! them. Upon his return here, Mr.. Sher-
| win was engaged for a short time in a
| West Scranton pharmacy. Miss Aten
| at that time was a resident of Hyde
| Park
Some time last fall. a position was
| offered Mr. Sherwin at Loveland's
| pharmacy, in Paterson, N. j., which
he accepted In the latter part of June
| Miss Aten became ill. Her mother
went to Paterson in July and called
upon Mr.. Sherwin and spoke of her
| daughters mental condition, because
he did not keep his promise to
| marry her. Mr.. Sherwin reiterated
his desire of doing as he had prom
| ised and Immediately consented to
come on to Scranton with Mrs. Aten.
Mrs. Aten did not consider this nee
essary and he agreed to come later.
| On or about Sept. l he appeared and
| then, as Miss Aten states, demurred
of ever keeping his promise. 1t was a
promise given, which could not be
kept, is what Miss Aten says he told
her.
After he returned to Paterson no
word came from him and about Sept.
IA Mrs. Aten and her daughter went
there and saw him again. They claim
that Sherwin grossly insulted them.
He stated that he had not come up
before Sept. l, because after Mrs.
Aten was to see him the first time,
| he consulted Mrs. Loveland, his en-
| ployer's wife, and her mother, Mrs.
Goodhand, and they suggested delay.
He acted on this advice.
THEY BOTHERED HIM.
This" said Mrs. Aten, was Just
| what he said to us, and he also told
us he did not want us to come to the
| drug store and bother him."
The mother and daughter returned
home and after considering the mat
ter in all its phases, Miss Aten con-
suited Attorneys Vosburg & Dawson
| and suit was. commenced The
| young lady is well known and highly
| respected and her parents are much
| esteemed in the community in which
they reside. The young man bears an
excellent reputation.
We are simply seeking justice" was
the way Mrs. Aten put it yesterday.
we gave him every opportunity to
act according to his promise to my
daughter and he failed. This will prob
ably warn some other young lady of
his actions to my daughter"
Robert Sherwin's friends here say
| that Miss Ferguson, of Paterson, is
| now the object of his attentions,
The Paterson Daily Press says of
the case:
The probabilities are that the suit will
| never come to trial. The young man is
| Still fond of Miss Aten. He says the rea-
| son that he has not been able to keep his
| promise with her is simply that he is not
IN a financial position to assume the re-
| sponslbilities Of married life.
THINKS ACTION HASTY.
His salary is such that 1t would not en-
| able him to provide q home for q wife
| and, besides this, he is in debt five or
| six hundred dollars for money that he
| borrowed from relatives and friends to
enable him to pursue Fis studies in a col
| lege OF pharmacy, and has TO pay this
| money back. Under the circumstances
he thinks Miss Aten is rather hasty in
her action. He says that the young wo-
man and her mother came to Paterson
recently and tried to induce him to get
married, whercGpon he set forth his con-
diton fully to them
The affidavit made by Miss Aten, and
| upon which the capias was Issued, alleges
nothing improper in the relations of the
young people Young Sherwln is manly
and intelligent, and he feels keenly the
| disgrace of his arrest and incarceration.
| The summons and declaration in the suit
| have not as yet been issued, the capias
being a preliminary step to hold Sherwin
so that the papers can be served upon
him. He is wondering where he would
get 5000, or any part of IT, even If the
young woman got a judgment against
| him in court,