The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
HER EA1UAB1E HANDBAG
The Failure OF an Attempt to Mako q Rail-
road Pay Excessive Damages.

Prom De RoeAester Democrat and CATontetG.
A good story Is told Of q woman who
through her own negligence. lost her valise
and then sought to make the Rochester Rail-
way Company pay for the grip and It's con-
tents. at the same time valuing the articles
therein and the valise greatly In excess Of
what they were really worth.
The woman boarded one OF the cars from the
Central Hudson Railway station one rainy day
and. placing her valise in the vestibule. took q
seat within the car. When Main street was
reached another woman left her seat. and.
either by mistake or intention. took the valise
that the first woman had left. in the meantime
leaving an old satchel In the place OF the bet
ter one. The mistake was soon noticed, and
the rightful owner OF the valise sought to have
the eondpetoF leave MS car and oyertake the
rents and the car could not stand there on the
street for 9 great length Of time. for the wo-
lance from the car by. this time. There was
nothing to do but, for the owner, OF the better
which she preceded to do. But she IL did I not
reach her. and next day she came to the rail-
road offices and demanded, that the value OF
th N.Y. yal Nieb Saf ina taS f Ser that e sSss ( comp asT; wa.
IN nosway to blame. but IN order to give ~satisfac-
W %SSSsF he diiRdS. and "a two {, d ies siSa@ % Sels'S Der:
the woman who had taken the wrong vsiise
from the oar was found. and on demand gave It
When the valise was found the railroad off,
eials Immediately opened It so that there should
be no mistake In identifying II when the right
full owner came. Detectives were sent around
to the different stores to find out the valuation
OF the different articles therein. and discov-
cred that the whole outfit was worth about
500. The woman had agreed to settle with
the company for $50. She said that In the
satchel was a gold watch. a pocketbook and
the Wntch was OF little value.
next day Mr.. Nicholl told her tina he had his
doubts of the valise being hers. and that to
prove that H. was hers she would have to name
all the articles In her. own. She then began to
name them. stating their value. There was a
gold watch that had been given to her. and she
had heen told that 1t cost $40. The pockethook
cost So. q pair OF soiled stockings valued at 81:
~corsets. IS; the valise itself cost 500. and when
everything had been named the entire cost
was found to have been more than 800, or
over 40 more than the real value OF the out
at. She was then told that the valise could not
be hers. but that II was singular that while
every article she had named was In the valise.
men had, been sent to find out the valuation OF
lady's gripand articles therein were much more
valuable than these.
After some little parley the woman admitted
that this was her valise. and the articles hers.
She said that the watch had been given to her
by an old lover. who had said that he gave $40
for 1t The woman was greatly embarrassed
to have to name the articles In the valise, hut
Mr.. Nicholl took this mode OF Furnishing her
for her attempt to defraud the company.