The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31
CAPITAL SCANDAL.
Suit for $4,000 Damages Brought
Against United States Senator
VIM. v. Sullivan.

Washington, D. c., Oct ga suit for
$4,000 damages for breach of promise
against United States Senator William
V. Sullivan of Mississippi was filed in the
District Of Columbia Supreme court this
afternoon by Mai Lucy Lection Of Ok
ford, Miss. The plaintiff in her affidavit
alleges that she, IAN unmarried woman,
at the request Of the defendant under
took and promised to marry him and the
defendant undertook and promised to
marry the plaintiff, which he without
cause or right, has refused to do" The
plaintiff claims that she met Senator Sui
livan about October Z, 1895, in his law
office at Oxford, he being employed
to defend her brother-in-law. She
Claims that he made protestations of af-
lection for her land began by wiles and
pany him on journey to Chattanooga,
Tenn" Plaintiff claims she refused to
go with him, but allowed him to CORE
spond with her. She was at that time
married but not living with her husband.
Plaintiff claims that Senator Sullivan
promised to procure divorce for her,
land that he would keep her forever with
position as any lady in the land"
About December /, 1895, the plaintiff, at
the request Of defendant, went with him
to New Orleans. In January, 1896, &C
cording to the affidavit filed today, the
defendant placed plaintiff in Nelson's
business college at Memphis, Tenn, pay
ing her tuition and board. In May, 1897,
he secured divorce for her.
The affidavit then alleges that May 10
of that year plaintiff and defendant
lived together in Alexandria, Va, as Mr..
and Mrs. w. L. Sutton, he introducing
plaintiff as his wife. Later he placed
her in the Fauquier Female institute, in
Warrenton, Va, as his niece, where she
remained from January to June, 1898,
the defendant writing her every day and
promising her he would marry her in the
summer. During this time plaintiff
claims she had an offer Of marriage from
young man who lived near her home
and asked the defendant to consent to
break off their relations. The latter,
she claims. urged that she should not
marry the yor::S .nan, but wait and mar
ry him the following summer.
The affidavit also recites that the cou-
pie lived together in Washington and
that the defendant finally notified plain
tiff that he was not financially able to
marry her. Also that plaintiff hearing
defendant was i'll, in June, 1900, came to
Washington to see him and found him
rooming with a woman whom he had
brought from Hollis Springs, Miss. She
claims that the defendant offered her
$1,000 to go home and not expose him be-
lore SAID woman. Inc plaintiff refused
to do this and claims that the defendant
abused her and left her without money,
friends, or means to live on.
William Van Amburg Sullivan was ap-
pointed United States senator by the gov
ernor of Mississippi to fill out the unex-
pired term of the late Senator Walthall.
He had previously served a term in the
House Of Representatives,. Although
young in years and young in service he
front in the debates in the Senate over
the measures dealing with the Philip
pines and Porto Rico. and unhesitatingly
tackled the most important questions.
He graduated from Vanderbilt universe
ty in 1875 and delivered an essay at the
recent celebration of the twenty-6fth an