The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-13
MARRIED ANOTHER; $4,000.
MADE LOVE TO MISS THOMASMEYER
AND BORROWRD HER MONEY.

This Was While hi Lehnor Was Out of Work
When lie Got Job He Married Mary
Helwege-Whereupon Miss Thomasmey yer
Gets Damages for Breach of Promise.
Alphonse Di Lehner was not In the Supreme
Court yesterday to observe the manner in
which the jury disposed OF Miss Minnie
Thomasmeyer's suit against him for breach OF
promise to marry. The jury found that Miss
Thomasmeyer. a good-looking German woman
OF thirty. was entitled to 5000 damages. Mr..
Di Lehner. who. Miss Thomasmeyer said. was
employed by the Prudential Life Insurance
Company as an agent. made no defence except a
general denial Miss Thomasmcyer was the
only witness.
She said that Dl Lehner had courtei her
twelve years She met him at the home OF her
cousin, a Mrs. Amann. who lived near them in
Long Island City. He never camc under her
fathers roof. because. to quote the language OF
tho complaint. defendant had borrowed
money Of the plaintiff. which fact plaintiffs
father ascertained through some letters, and
plaintiff was warned by her father not to have
anything to do with the defendant"
Notwithstanding the paternal warning. she
met D Lehner frequently. at her cousins. and
at Grassy Point. n. Y. and in Washington
Square Park In this city. As the meetings went
on. the borrowing OF (which Mr. Thomas
meyer thought he had reason to suspect. seems
to have continued. Mics Thomnsmeyer testi-
Ned that by the end Of the year 1895 Di Lehper
father had died. Miss Thomasmeyer had 10
her hand NUM- Der OF letters she said she had
received from Di Lehner. showing how he had
begged her to lend him money. The letters
were not allowed in evidence because they
were written before the alleged engagement
to marry, but Miss Thomasmeyer'slawy
the letters to the Jury outside the courtroom
door after they had brought in their verdict.
Here IL an extract from one OF them:
| mysplf
believe what Mr. A. intimated. that you are 10
ing TO leave me in my helpless situation. On
way nave used your money SO far; When
stlll in q. /. informed you how dihcult Il was
to get work in IA hurry and that IT sometimes
takes q well-lined purse to accomplish some-
You know" he said in another. dear Min
Wifi You also profess ,2 love me- why then e
meS '''' Now nv dear sirI. II there is any
love for me IL your s5psGt y0a 70 Te
was signed II" "Your affectionate Hphonso b. L.
45S West Fiftieth street"
duly set forth that Defendant never gave
that Defendant never took plaintiff to the
Miss Thomasmeyer testified that she met
Mr.. Di Lehner frequently without the En9wl-
the Prudential Insurance Company; Then; she
said. he told her he had TO spend all OF his Bun.
days at his office and that II she wanted to see
him on SUNDAY she must 60 to his office. He
lived at 476 Willis avenue and sometimes she
had to 60 to his home to see him:
~ went to see my, cousin. Mrs. Amann. In
in st. Msry's Park with a young lady named
Mary He!wege. went to see her and she told
me She didn't believe was engaged to be
| married to him and that she loved him herself
and intended to marry him"
Miss Thomasmeyer said that Miss Helwegt
proceeded to do Just exactly what she had sad
she would do. The Jury was about twenty
minutes iu reaching the conclusion that MIR