The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
LOVE TO HATRED TURNED.
COLES SAYS Hrs 0NE-TIME BE-
TROTHED rs NOT FIT TO 1rARRr HIM.

NE Becarne EnFaEed 20 INer Last Summer, ana
Rade Her an Eternal Farewell In the PAIL
wherefore she Demand $50. 900. and Puts
In MS Love Lettors-Euis Charges Denied.
In the action brought by Blanche A. Burnell
TO recover S50. 900 damages from William +.
Coles for breach OF promise OF marriage, the de.
PENDANT asked Justice Olcott OF the City Court
yesterday to compel the plaintiff to disclose
certain particulars of her claim. Coles is a
nephew Of Mrs. w S. Coles. who gave q collec-
ton Of paintings to the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. and under whose will he inherited half
a million dollars. Hc lives in bachelor apart
ments at Fifth avenue and Thirticth street,
and Is about 20 years old.
Coles met the plaintiff at Lake George last
summer, and she says he was devoted In his
attentions to her through tho summer She
says their engagement to be married on Nov.
% was announced on Sept. . last, and that at
his request she inserted the advertisement In
several newspapers in this city. Boston, and
other cities. After the Lake George season
ended, she asserts, he induced her to come to
this city to 1.-Two with her mother instead OF re-
turning TO her home in Boston, as he wanted to
BIO near her until they were married. On Nov.
8, she says, she received the following note:
MISS Blanche Burnei:
that l have been greatly deceived BY you, and It Il
altogether best for both of us not 70 meet again;
WILLIAM +. COLES.
She subsequently got another letter from
him to the same effect, and she then began this
action. Coles does not deny the engagement
The II n' wa ans soie a Snp Unmarried %s az led at snG Ike time .n he
says no has no knowledge or sufi-
Client to form a belief. His answer says fur
A a separate and further defence. and as q
partial defence and in mitigation Of damages,
belief that at the time q the making Of the
and Immoral character, and that the defendant
immoral character OF said plaintiff"
Mr.. Coles asks for q bill Of particulars Of her
city, and the items Of the money she claims to
have expended for her trousseau. He wanted
further TIER the names and an dates OF the newspapers
ments of their engagement. He asks when and
where, according eco :. to her ali IagS ions he u, IN, In,
Injuries to. her. prospects and character, as
averred. through his failure to keep the en-.
In opposi ion to his motion she states that
the charges made in his answer against her are
false. She states that. he knows, as well as shc
the details he asks for. and that as to the
newspapers in which the engagement was an
nounced :she cannot recall at this time, but he
can look them up among the files. She says
yillify her character. and that he knows who
they were. She submits letters to show that
he wished the publication OF their engagement,
my LITTLE DARLING: 1t ralned very hard
dlll dS s6ottTuds, III llhuC RUlHB uUOlJ lONH
very disagreeable. 1 find that doing this makes
me very Tired when evening comes, that l retire
quite early, always. with the, happy thought Of
my, little one and thinking of the day that will
mako us both one"
BLANCHE, DEAR: Words cannot express my
feelings as l sit here writing to my dear girl
with her dear picture in front OF me, and It
seems l could almost hear you Speaking 10 me.
3! trust, dear, that Mr.. Newton will not feel TOO
deeply about our engagement and will come
around all right in a few days. OF course it
will take some time to forget. but when he feels
better about it why he will be as nice as ever to
you, dear. Speaking about this. dear, reminds
me about the announcements in the New York
papers. I will mention the names of the papers
again so that you will be sure of no mistake:
The New York Herald. the Tribune and the
Home Journal of New York. Just write to the
society editor and he will fix it. = = Now.
darling. with plenty of love for my'little one, 1
will say 'au revoir' for a little while. Your
own loving WILL"
my DARLING BLANcHE: I find 1t getting
very, very. very lonesome here without you and
/ will be glad when you are here SO that when 1
get so again i can run to you at most any time.
Last evening I vas awake half the night think
ing OF my darling. . = = The announcement
was only in the Tribune and not the other
papers. But that will suffice, as the Tribune Is
the best paper and no doubt will be seen by oil
our friends and acquaintance. With the deep
est love and feeling for my dear little girl / am,
as ever. yours lovingly, WILL"
Decision on the motion was reserved.