The herald., 1898-10-19
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The city has only one youth who keeps a
valet and hansoR cab, and yet this nota-
couple of hundred dollars for board and
lodging. It is further .rumored that the
young gilt-edged mans lawyer, no less per-
son than that eminent attorney and states
man, Frank Flint, will file cross complaint
as night watchman. The defendant, the
pseudo night Waterman, is G. Wilson Por-
ter and the complainant is Mrs. Mary Ban
ming.
Some time ago Mr.. Porter, the hanson cab
young man, and Mrs. Banning and her fam
world knows Mrs. Banning. All the world
may not know Mr.. Porter, but he is said to
be a New York importation who comes from
Q high family and has fortune. How
much? All! just try to figure the cost of
. hanson cab, Japanese valet, yacht at
Catalina, New York clubs, drugs on the mar
don'cher know! And then to be sued for fr.,
board bill, and to talk of bringing q cross
complaint as services as night watchman!
No wonder that today the affair will be
the talk of the town, and that society will be
arrayed into two forces, the Banningites and
bs tbs Ses sas os II is f1s ser little , %
heart-burnings, and envy, malice and all un-
charitableness will result from them. Then,
when the witnesses take their stand in the
police court and Mr.. Porter drives up in
his hanson and is assisted upstairs by his
japanese ss,, valet .S and and. MFs Mis- M banning froa,
and boxes-beg pardon, the benches--are
filled and the usually pleasing letters, s. r.
O., are on the doors, what charming func-
tion, as the society editor would term it,
the scene will present.
Mrs. Banning's Story
Mrs. Banning was seen last evening and
was much surprised to find that her little
complaint, was causing such Q commotion.
She thought that if a young millionaire owed
foy . his lodging and breakfasts, not only for
Of a friend, which she thinks he unwarrant-
ably took possession of, if an attempt
was made to make him pay it ought not to
stir up the town. '"There is nothing about
the affair to interest people as far as can
see, she said. For various reasons, one of
which was the feeling have that Mr.. Porter
has acted in q very reprehensible manner
and has taken inexcusable liberties with my
house and servants, l have brought the suit.
It was back on the 10th of last November,
when had prepared to be away for some
time, and was to be for week in my house
asked % he e could stay Suppose for
company. told him it would not be worth
bis while to. go to that trouble, as was
going away in week. He insisted, how
ever, and let him come. At the end of
the week, when was about to leave, he
asked me if he could not stay longer. did
not care for any one to remain in the house,
a. there. were the servants, but he said that
q friend was coming on the 18th and he
would like to stay till then; he said he was
tired OF hotels where he had to pay $3 day,
and so told him he could stay until that
time az my guest, and went away with that
understanding. It appears, however. that
wnen tne 18th of November and his friend
arrived, whose name, believe, is Won Spie-
gel or something like that, and who was a
perfect stranger to me, he brought him
without hesitation to my house and had a
room prepared for this man. and the two
stayed there until the day L waa expected
home, January 2Sd
Won spiegel's Signs
"Now, I do not sue for any board or lodo.
Ing for the time gave him pern1ission to
stay--that ie, up to December fl2th~hmt
from that time till January 23d. do MT
keep boarding house, but was 10 annoved
at the gross liberties he had taken. in nat
only remaining himself, but in aiso foist;nc
into my house stranger and makino fraee
with my, belongings, that decided that this
was the best course to pursue" '-''-
This was all that Mrs. Banning would sav
about the matter. She felt that she Ma
had her home abused and had a0ucht ~
femedy Of the courts to have theT Il proocedMre e
Of Porter adjudicated upon. 3. ,'S'>- >'''-' =
From other sources It was learned that