The evening times., 1899-06-13
sT1ERHaRAHAr WAS TICKLE.
Slight Damages Recovered for q
Counts Breach OF. Promise.

Slight Damages Recovered for q
Counts Breach of Promise.
New York. June 13.-Count Malte Lie
| wen Stierngranat. whose father was for
merly chamberlain to the King Of Sweden.
and whose family Is wealthy and influen-
tial in that country, hopes soon to be lib
Grated from Ludlow Street Jail where he
| was confined several weeks ago as a result
of his first effort to get an American wife.
His love experience was told yesterday in
the supreme court before Judge McAdam
and a jury during the trial of the suit
brought by Miss Lesbia NJ. Bostwick to
recover $4,000 damages for breach OF
promise of marriage.
Miss Bostwick is twenty-five years old
and handsome brunette, Of fine figure. In
court she was richly dressed in black silk
and wore white straw hat with white
trimmings and white bird.
Count Stierngranat is about the woman s
age. fair haired, and wears a mustache like
that of the Emperor Of Germany.
Miss Bostwick's story of how she was
Tilted was corroborated by her mother.
Mrs. Alice G. Bostwick. The count told
his own narrative in broken English, and
in three-Quarters of an hour the Jury
awarded the young woman a verdict OF
$45.S7.
One of the jurors said his associates had
favored verdicts ranging from $3.50 to s
cents. therefore they had added up the diff
ferent sums and divided the amount by
twelve. thus reaching the verdict. The
count said he possessed no property except
the clothes he wore but it was said
that several Swedish-Americans would
raise the money for him and see that he
was released from jail.
Miss Bostwick testified that on January
% last she was introduced to the count.
In three days he told her of his love, and
said that he would write to her on the sub
ject. He did SO Immediately. and the epis-
tie told his undying love, and said he
would call on her February 1, and make a
formal proposal of marriage.
He kept this promise. eld asked her to
be his wife. She replied:
Yes: with the consent of my mother."
He told her his family was one Of the
most prominent in the Swedish nobility;
that his father had a large estate; that he
himself would soon inherit fortune. and
would be able to support her in magnificent
style. and that her position in Sweden
would be equal to that of Lady Curzon in
India.
Count Stierngranat told Miss Bcstw.cx
later that he was in trouble, as his brother
had lost all his money on his way to this
country. and that had left him almost pen
niless, until he could hear from Sweden.
Miss Bostwick offered to lend him $50.
He accepted the offer. but did not return
the money. notwithstanding the fact that
he broke the engagement in April. He
gave back her photographs. though.
Mrs. Bostwick testified that the counts
love for her daughter was so sudden that it
astonished her. She told him her daughter
had never been in love before. When he
said his wife would have to rule over pt as
ants Mrs. Bostwick told him her daughter
could do that as few American girls could.
The count testified that IL was while he
was staying at the Waldorf Astoria tfat
he met Miss Bostwick. Il liked her more
and more he said. While admitting that
he had borrowed money from her. he said
she had refused the repayment of it.
Asked to explain why he had ceased his
attentions TO the young woman. he said he
was told that in this country any young
man who wished to marry was Obliged to
sign a paper agreeing to give S20.000 to
the woman. He denied that he had asked
Miss Bostwick to marry him, but admitted
that an engagement had been spoken Of.