The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-21
SENSATIONAL.

t6 suns 1or Soo,ooo Eutereoi ~ oteu-
benville Thursday. 3
-Four suits of a Sensational character
each for $4,000 and aggresating $4,000,
were filed In common pleas court at
steubenville, yesterday, against Archi-
bald J.. Goodhue. Of wheeling. Two
suits for damages were brought by Sam
uel g. Hudler, on account of his daugh-
tiers, Mary I. Hudler and Emma L.
Hudler. n r. & ~ ~
The petitions, contain specific and SEN
sational allegations. The Hudler sis
tors, whose home, is In Wheeling. have
been at steubenville for some time, In
the millinery business. They lived in
style and almost daily were seen driving
in a fashionable livery trap. Not long
since they made an assignment, to w.
c. Taylor and shortly after A. J. Good
hue began suit In replevln. The reple-
vim suit was set for trial yesterday in
Justice Kithcart's office, to jury aud
Is quite lively legal sklrmlsh. w. c.
! Taylor and Ersklne and Erskine. Of
steubenville. represent the Hudler Sis
tiers. while I. H. Mckee and Col. w. W.
Arnett represented Goodhue.
Emma L. Hudler, who Is sixteen
years OF age, brings suit through her
guardian. H. p. MCGOWAN, who, was
appointed yesterday in probate court.
She alleges that prior to the time OF, the
grievance she was residing In Wheeling
with her parents and that the defendant
was and is q married man, aged about
sixty years, and possessed OF great
wealth, and was proprietor of stock
yards in Wheeling, where he resided q
number Of years, while her father was a
poor man, depending on his daily earn
ings TO support his family; that. defen-
dant was acquainted with her, fathers
family and their financial circumstances
theand has resided with her father in a
dwelling house located upon the stock
yards controlled by the defendant; that
on September LIST, 1899, defendant un-
lawfully and wrongfully, maliclously,
corruptly and wickedly oontriving to
injure, distress, degrade and wound
plaintiffs feelings and to bring disgrace
and 5!shonor upon her and the mem
bers OF her fathers family. by debauch-
ing and seducing her, did start her Sis
ter, Mary l. Hudler, in the millinery
business at Steubenville and persuaded
ner to accompany her sister to that
city. where she was employed to assist
in the business; that plaintiff was q
mere child and not knowing the evil In
tentlons, motives and designs Of defen-
dant, left her home and went to Steu-
benville and resided with her sister and
assisted in the millinery business Con-
tinuing, the petition recites the alleged
seduction in all its details.
Continuing, it Is alleged that she has
been greatly wounded In her feelings,
her physical health has been greatly
impaired, she has suffered great anguish
and grief. her peace Of mind has been
destroyed, she has been ostracised from
the society Of the chaste and virtuous
and has been degraded In reputation,
and her character ruined, and has. suf-
fered from her sense of shame caused
by defendants seduction.
The petition Of Samuel G. Hudler for
damages. on account of hts daughter
Emma, is practically the same, in its
verbiagc as the other daughters. He
alleges that defendant intended by his
act, to disgrace, injure, degrade. dis
tress and wound plaintiffs feelings and
to deprive him OF his daughters service
and assistance. OF her society and com
fort and to dishonor plaintiff and his
family. and to bring them into public
ridiculc and contempt. Because OF
the dishonor and disgrace brought on
him as father and his family, and be-
cause OF the dishonor brought on his
daughter he asks for $4,000 damages
the same as his daughter.
Mary I. Hudler, in her petition al
lescs that she is twenty years of age
and unmarried and resided with her
father when defendant importuned her
to accept 500 and go TO steubenville
and engage In the millinery business
: and employ her sister to, assist her, and
not knowing his evil designs and mo-
tivcs she accepted the money and open
ed UP u millinery store. Defendan,
sent her gold watch and chain and
practiced other seductive arts and de-
vices upon her and said he would give
her absolutely all properly advanced
and make many other gifts and prop
erty, II she would accede 10 his desires
and her failure to do SO would lead tc
her fathers discharge and to closing
up her business. and by reason Of his
threats aud seductive arts she consent.
ed. She alleges the same as her sister
and asks for $780, 900 damages.
Samuel G. Hudler. in his other peti.
don for 10000 damages, on his daugh,
ter Mary I. Hudlcr's account, sets
forth the same as his daughter in hi.
petition, the reason for the damage be-
ing the same as In his other daughters
petition.
Mr.. Goodhue went to Steubenville tc
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