Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-11-02
BREACH OF PROMISE
SUIT FILED AGAINST SENATOR WILL
LIAM v. SULLIVAN

LIAM v. SULLIVAN
The Plaintiff Claiming $50, 900 90. Dam.
ages---The Senator says at IL BLACK mail
Pure ard Simple" An effort to extort
Money From Him.
Washington. "A suit for $50. 900
damages for breach Of promise against
United States Senator William ".
Sullivan. of Mississippi, WAS filed In
the District OF Columbia supreme
court by Mai Lucy ! e.ton, of OK
ford, Miss. The plaintiff in her All.
davit alleges that she is IAN unmar
yied woman, at the request of 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 Sullivan about October 2,
1895, in his law ofice ct Oxford, he
being employed to defend her brother
in-law. She claims that he made pro-
testatIons Of affection to her, "and
began by wilss and artlnces to induce
the plaintiff to.acoompany him on .
journey to Chattanooga, Tenn"
Plaintiff claims she refused TO 90
with him, but allowed him to cor
respond with her. She was at that
time married. but not living with her
husband.
Plaintiff claims that Sena tor Sulli-
van promised to procure . divorce for
her "and that she would keep her for
ever with him, and that she should oc-
oupy as high . position as any lady IN
the land. I"
About December /, 1895, the plain
tiff at the request of the defendant
went with him to New Orleans. In
January 1895. according to the sfti-
davit fled, the defendant placed
plaintI6 In Nelson's business college
ct Memphis. Tenn, paying her tui-
tion and board. In May. 1897, he
secured divorce for her.
The afHdavit- then alleges that May
10th, Of that year. plaintiff and de-
fsndant lived together in Alsxandria,
Va, as Mr. and Mrs. W. L Sutton.
be introducing plaintiff as his wife.
Later he placed her In the Fuaquier
Female Institute. In Warrenton, Va.
as bis niece, where she renamed from
January to June. 1898, the defendant
writing her every day promising he
would marry her in the summer.
During this time plaintiff claims
that she had an offer Of marriage from
young man who lived ne,r her home
end asked the defendant to conssnt to
break of their relations. The latter
she claims urged that she should not
marry the young man, but wait and
marry him the following summer.
The affidavit also recites that tho
couple lived together In Washington
and that the defendant finally notified
plaintiff that he was not financially
able to marry her; also that plaintiff
hearing defendant was Ill In june, ),
1900. she came to Washington to see
him and found him rooming with
woman whom he had brought from
Holly 6prlngs, Mise. She claims
that The defendant offered her 81, 900
to 60 home and mot expose him be-
fore said woman. The plaintin re-
fused ~ do this and claims that the
defendant sbusei her and left her
without money, friends or means to
1.-Two on.
Tho court Issued the usual writ
for service on the defendant to show
cause within twenty days OF service
why Judgment should not be had.
The writ lie in the hands OF the
marshal for this district for service.
Senator Sullivan is ont Of the city.
The case cannot reach trial for some
months in tho present condition OF the
docket.
SULLIVAN SAYS "BLACKMAIL."
Memphis. "A special from Oxford,
Miss. says; Lucy Lection. who brought |
breach Of promise suit against senator
W. Y. Sullivan, in Washington. D. e..
Was married fifteen years ago to
Thomas hyde, . carpsnter Of this
county. Shortly after her marriage
she and her husband moved to Temple.
Texas, remaining there until about
four years ago, whom Mrs. Hyde re-
turned 70 Oxford. Hyde sued for a
divorce In the chancsry court OF this
county In 1895 and alleged desertlon |