Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-04
MAI. ARMIES SUED.

Miss Ella VI. Plat brought suit in be
District OF Columbia Supreme Court
yesterday against Maj. George A. Armes
for damages in the sum Of $50 600
chsrg ng breach OF pro Mise to marry
the practice of deception in connection
with an alleged marriage agreement
violation OF business contract, and per.
sonal violence. The plaintiff to The
suit is an artist, and the defendant is q
retired army officer.
Miss Platt alleges 10 her petition that
on July 20 aud August 4, 1897, the de.
f.ndani promised to marry her, and
hat ehe 10 turn promised to become bi,
bride C)Dtiding 10 his promises ano
lndertak ngs. she says, she has since
remained single, and is ready now, and
mas at all times been ready, to carry
out her agreement, OF which the defend
ant has had notice. Although she has
eq1ested him to marry her, she alleges
the defendant, ignoring his promises,
has refused, and still does refuse, to
make her his wife. For ali OF which
me claims she is entitled to damages in
the sum OF $4,000.
TIE second cause of action set forth
10 Miss Plait's petition is the practice
of deception. She states that as Maj
Armes bad twice promised TO marry her,
lie confided in his honor aud integrity,
AMI belle ed him to be an honorable
and upright man. When he made rep
resentation, she says, that be was fam
liar with the laws of the d strict of
Columbia, and that all that was Deces.
sary to constitute legal marriage was
for the contracting parties to sign sD
agreement setting forth the n intentions,
she accepted the statement az true. Ac-
cordingly, she alleges, the following
agreement was drawn up and signed by
10th herself aud the defendant: 1--WE
do hereby agree that We will and do
hereby become man and wife, and agree
to love, honor, and obey each other
aud to live together as such for the
mutual benefit Of each other"
When this agreement was signed,
Miss Plat states, the defendant as
sured her that they were legally mar.
red, and conidiDg in this statement
she commenced, on August 4, to live
with him as his wife. 1t was four
months, she says, before she discover
ed the deception she alleged had been
prscticed upon her, and she claims thai
she then demanded that Major Armes
make her his legal wife, but that be
continued to fraudulently, deceitful
ly, and craftily decisive, wrong, ADD in
jure the plaintiff in this respect" She
claims that as a result of this fraud she
mas been put to much mental and ply
sical suffering, and that her good name
has been injured, and she therefore
asks damages in the sum OF $4,000.
The business contract which the
plaintiff claims was violated, she al
leges, was made on October 8, 1897.
The defendant agreed, she asserts.
that he would furnish and equip and
maintsin HE property near Chevy
Chase, known as Fairfield" and that
10 consideration OF her services in con-
Quoting a hotel thsre he would give
her 20 per cent. of the profits.
She says that she entered on
the discharge OF her duties and
that there was every prospect that the
business would yield her a large
profit, bat that after one month the de-
fendsnt refused aud failed to carry out
his agreement, greatly to her financial
loss. Upon this cause of action she
asks that she be awarded damages iD
the sum OF $4,000.
The allegation in the fourth cause Of
action is that on January 20, 1898, the
defendant struck and beat her, besides
shaking and pulling her and tearing
her clothing. AS a result of his treat
ment, she says she suffered great pain
and agony. Ga this count another
$40, 900 is ask ed, making $50, 900 in all.
On April %, 1897, few months be.
fore the alleged marriage agreement
referred to in Miss Platt's suit was en-
tered into, Lucy II. Armes was granted
a divorce from Maj. Armes. The de-
cree of divorce gave Mrs. Armes the
of the children OF the couple.
She had previously entered suit for d.
vorce and Withdrawn it.
MAJ. Armes last night said he would
not pay IS to compromise with the de-
PENDANT. He denied that any contract
such as referred to 10 Miss Plstt's suit
had ever been made or signed by him.