New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-25
QUEER TALE OF 4 MARRIAGE BOND
DRUGGED WHISKEY. GENIAL CONfIDhNCE
NAN AND AN UNSOPElSTlCATED He
RREW FIGURE IN 4 SUIT.


sni. brought by Lena Weinste!n. twenty years
aid and prctty TO recover from Leb Goldforb $500.
the amount Of a bond alleged to nave peeh posteo
to bind a marriage agreement between tle t"o'
WAS tried in the Supreme Court before justice
freedman yesterday and one OF the two versions
or the making o. the agreement greatly amused
the Court. ,
Plaintiffs and defendants stories dinered radicaI-
w. According the plaintiffs tale, she met COLO
forb two years ago and became engaged TO MIN. he
signing an agreement that II either refused 10 wed
the other on the last day OF the following January.
ne or she should forfeit $500 the other She liked
Godforb. the defendant admitted with coquet-
fish glance at the defendant, who didn't respond
but since he would not marry her she wanted ''e
money. ~, ,oo.
This was Goldforb's story re told 1t: In leFo
I lived in Germantown. Penn, and on october :
/ came TO New-York 10 buy goods Nhen got
here was hungry and went into restaurant o.'
the East Side. While l was eating strange man
' Hello What you doing here: ~, he t SAID Saa
Il told him DIDN'T Know nun od rae hi gaI hat lt my
name was Goldiorb, and that lived IN "ci 'ia'
He threw his arms around meek and o said t ne
was very glad 10 me- ana wanted 10 khS 6"d any
money. and told MN had few hundred d9 iarn
and vas in town buying drygoods io' NY S'''N'
m told him and ne said sbd Iye s Sia
told him was here 70 buy goods 100 - ae aet not gir
marry. lie said TO me. You've Eot 70 So NO "a a
some time why not now? Then he took ne r Io
house in Suvan-st, and We went mo d 1 MON
T Wesky lac sS wa5 Gown SnG and tod her
the country n and Tou SH 10 buy goods she
looked into my face and said: alWd!s W~ n.too
to &c, boy from - GGtn!Ty; o we vet Inarr,ed but
not in fifteen minutes. She said; II irhe Old
wife for you. Ny father had farm IL ine o,d
country. and know all about 'ehdihs od'"'' anu
.rfcn Winsky said: Why don't you MAKE !, a
date for the wedding with the gifII Sne nidA
good wife ana Keep yq Hrot iDr first and ask
him about Il. Then the woman put her ~ @ -,
my neck and asked: How often 90 you r Seie she
said: What's the matter with putting this thine
off? Look in this glass and see what chari"'i's
couple We make - ,...o 81 ,ood thing
WHY don't YOU marry her. said that ! could
buy dryaoods and sell Them. but this was sometnms
which II took. had 20 keep forever 80 WV
came into the room. Wnlinsky poured on, two
glasses Of wine Then the woman took the glasses
and said: Let us drink TITS Is NICE VINE s,,
1t tasted funny; After his Wilinsky, same nj IN
with paper. and she took it and handed II 10 me-
tSoldforb turned to Justice Freedman at this
ncint and in a solemn tone. said: And then,
Judge. got drunk Lena named me s, {ne paper aSn
again and vas so dGk mat Wa nd he 40
came in. and eft the house With Willinsky. out
side Godforb went on 10 tel WiiiinsRy goI =
and check out OF him. before ne ieit' ior proViu-
ing a girl for him.
The defendants statement was emphatically CON
tradicted by Willinsky. and Rabbi GuinZberg Who
performed the engagement; ceremony: denied that
Goldforb was drunk al that time: Several young
men also testified that Godforb called on the plain
tiff daily for a month and the case went TO the
A sealed verdict was returned. whlch VIII De
opened on Monday.