Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-06
PATTERSON STEWART SUED.
HEAVY DAMAGES ASKED OF THE
WELL KNOWN CAPITALIST.
Mrs. Mary Freidell Charges Pntter-
sons Son, Thomas, With Being
the Cause of Her Youngest
Daughters Downfall.

There was filed in the circuit court yes
terday the deposition of Mrs Mary Frei-
dell. who is suing Patterson Stewart, the
capitalist, for $4,000. alleging that his
young son, Thomas, ruined her daugher.
Lena. and did it with Patterson Stewards
knowledge. Mrs. Freidell tells this story
in her deposition:
Father Kelly comes to our house. Faith
er Kelly says that one of my girls set out
there and talk with two man. Father KEEL
ly say he saw her and Mr.. Stewards Tom
mic. And SO l look out and l see her talk
ing with Tommie Stewart, and l called her
in, and she said yes, and I talked to Father
Kelly. and she comes in. 1 says: Who
is that, Lena?' and she says: oh. some
body Father Kelly says that is Tommis
Stewart. 1 scold her and 1 says: Don't talk
to big boys And Father Kelly GAYS: No.
Lena, don't talk to biz boys lie says:
How old are your She says: Fourteen
So Father Kelly talked for awhile, and
didn't say ANYTHING else about stewart.
lots OF times in the afternoon. between z
and 3 and 3 and /; sometimes on a wheel,
sometimes on horseback, and sometimes ne
walked. So L forbid Lena and told her she
should not talk any more to him because
he was rich and she was poor girl, and he
couldn't want no good of seeing her: l tod
her father. too. So Tommie Stewart met
her many times after that on Fifteenth and
Park at the drug store. The 9Th day OF
March in the afternoon. so Lena l
the grocery store II get groceries
and meat. And so she gone. between
2 and 3, and come home between 3
eyes were b~loodshot, and l asked her what
was the matter. and she didn't tell me
right, away, and said nothing. And l
the matter with you She said she fell.
And after then she said she fell and hurt
herself. And SO she cried all evening. And
1 n In tph chm c1nanG With ma and Sha
began crying and said: Don't kill me,
Tommy And 1 woke her and says: What
is the matter with you, Lena" So she
art was going to kill me- So all through
the night she cried. So in the morning, L
asked her what was the matter and she
| says: Lena, tell me what is the matter
So she leave the house and gone over to
Mrs. Hogan's. She comes home from Mrs.
Hogan's. | ask her, and she would not
tell me. And the next day the same ques-
ton. and SO she come paler and paler, and
soon lost all Of her red cheeks. And I
the matter. 1 say: Lena, you are getting
paler and paler.' She says: You will find
out soon. 1 will have a reason to tell it
the whole truth. She says not before June.
1 says what Is the matter in June. and she
says says o. on, l going Em1 sh to get get marT rice 81 say
works three weeks at Armour's. and she
comes home once and cries very hard. and
l says: What is the matter with you.
Lena?' So she says: Somebody died and
don't like it very we'll So 1 ask her who,
and she says she will tell me in a few
days; So one day, she goes upstairs and
sit down in her bedroom and cried for
about two hours. and l went upstairs and
asked her. says I: Lena, YOU tell me the
truth. She says: Somebody died that 1
don't like to see die And Sunday after
noon she dressed herself and went out and
went to Elmwood cemetery. so she come
home. I asked her where she had been.
She says Well. I see a funeral to-day,
and that is ALL and she began to cry. too.
! washed the neNt morning and says for
Lena to go upstairs and make the beds. So
she stayed VI there about three hours.
and / thought I must go up: so when l got
there she was OH the washstand. crying.
l says: Lena. what for you crying?' She
says: No. mama, l can't tell you.' I says:
Tell me. Lena: I won't hurt YOU So then
she gets on her knees and puts her face in
my apron and tells me ALL"
Patterson Stewart lives in a mansion at
Fifteenth and MCGEE streets. Mrs. Freidell
lives in a cottage at iii Agnes avenue.
The suit will be tried at the present term
of court.