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$4,000 DAMAGES.
Bar Harbor's Big Suit for SANDER.

Bar Harbor's Big Suit for SANDER.
Mrs. Culpepper VS.. Mrs. Borie, both
of Philade1phia.-Latest Sensational
Episode Which Has Set Society all
Agog.
Bangor Commeroial.)
Bar Harbor, Sept 20.
A deposition of witness in an interest,"
ing suit for SANDER in which damages are
claimed at $40, 600. was taken Monday
afternoon before Trial Just1cel B. f..
Clark.
The attorneys representing the plaintiff
and respondent were l.. B. Deasy, ESQ.,,
of Bar Harbor, and Hannibal Hamlin,
ESQ.,, of Ellsworth. respectively.
The plaintiff is Mrs. Josephine Culpep-
per. of Philadelphia, and the respondent
Mrs CIementine Borie, also of Philadel-
phia. and till recent date cottager at
fashionable Grindstone Neck and one of
the wealthiest and most aristocratic of
the old families Of Pennsylvania.
The plaintiff is well bred, highly edu-
GATED wife of man who till financial
troubles befell him sustained the position
which the famous Culpepper family main
tanned for century in the south. The
Culpeppers we're few years ago welcomed
in Philadelphia S most exclu siye circles.
Mrs Culpepper AYERS in the declaration
that she has been grossly and injuriously
slandered within the hearing of others;
that she was called by Mrs. Borie thief,
an adventures, getter of money under
false pretences and other vile names which
have injured her character, her prospects
of obtaining q livelihood, and cast refec-
tions upon her which are false, damaging,
and mentally disturbing. She asks the
law to do her justice and the sum of &c.,
600 is claimed.
Seldom If ever has there been an affair
which has set the social tongue a-wagg1ng
among the big Philadelphia colony here
and at Birthstone.
Here is the story as far as obtainable at
present:
Mrs. Josephine Culpepper. ths plaintiff,
once was the happy and beautiful wife
of James Culpepper, the head OF large
financial institution and representative
of family of wealth and social position
in Philadelphia. She is highly ednoated
and refined and in the days of the wealth
and social position of her husband fam :
lily, was welcomed everywhere. That was
but few years ago.
One day came financial rsverses to her
husbands fortunes. Disaster after disasa
ter came till at last Culpspper's mind be-
came unbalanced and he Was sent to an
asylum where he now Is. Then her
daughter was taken Ill and is still an in
valid.
With money gone and despair staring
her in the face the heroic wife and mother
threw aside all social pride and set out to
earn a living for her family. She gave
talks and sang and made society in Phila-
delphia and neighboring places laugh and
applaud her while the smiles on her face
concealed the pain In her heart.
Her friends praised and encouraged her
and among her admirers was Mrs. Borie
who was wealthy and influential in the
City of Brotherly Love.
Early this summer Mrs. Borie, who
has swell cottage at Grindstone, asked
Mrs. Culpepper if she would not be
pleased to accompany her as companion to
Grindstone. There was a compensation
StlDulhuou Ill Aluuiy way
transportation to and from Philadelphia.
1t was apparently a kindly offer and
Mrs. Culpepper readily accepted. There
was nothing of the mental or sersile
nature in the position and Mrs Culpepper
went to Grindstone.
According to Mrs. Culpepper's story the
trip was delightful and the reception and
treatment at the Boire house charming
and s1sterly for day or two.
Than the coaua chanOp4 SU100nlV She
was asked, requested, commanded to per-
form more serviie and mental labors.
In short, she found that she was to be a
mere servant girl. She revolted.
But twelve days could she stand the
servile work which she was called upon to
do and the taunts and insults hurled at
her decided her to go away, she says.
Mrs. Borie gave her the fare to Phila-
delphia and Mrs. Culpepper went across
ths bay to Bar Harbor with an aching
heart, almost y moneyless, without
thought of what she should do or where
to GO. There was nothing for her down In
Philadelphia in July. All whom she
knew were at their summer homes. She
would seek work in Bar Harbor.
She took small room in the modest
home of Livingston Hodgkins on Ken ne
bec Avenue Then she searched for a
means of livelihood
Along the gay boulevards passed many
who Ii she recognized as old friends She
passed unnotioed among them in her
plain attire. At last she got position as
tutor to the children of Mrs. Wright sister
of Mrs. W. c. Whitney, on Strawberry
Hill. =
Then life looked brighter and she was
happy in the thoughts OF the ones at home
being cared for. !,
One day there appeared at the door Of
the Hodgkins' house woman who pulled
the bell as if she were on business of
rushing Importance. 1t was Mrs. Borie.
She was pale and agitated and asked if
Mrs Culpepper was in. Mrs. Culpepper
came down stairs from her room with
an expectant look on her face Then
bringing of this SANDER suit for $40, GOO.
Mrs. Borie is reported to have made a
rush at Mrs. Culpepper and mildly
waving her UNI brella at her and swishing
it close to Mrs Culpepper's head began
to abuse her viloenlty. She charged her
with being thief, with having obtained
money under false pretenses and called
her hundred and one other names. She
charged her with having taken the money
for her fare to Philadelphia when she did