The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-11-01
UNsAvORY BREACH of PROMISE
SUIT IN WASHINGTON.
Sullivan of Mississippf Sued
for $4,000 for Breach
Of PrOmIse-Lady Makes some
Sensational Charges Against the
Senntor-He Procured for Her q
Divorce From Her Former a
band - Accomplished Her seduc-
ftion by Promise of Marriage and
Protestations Of Affection.

Washington, Oct. ga suit for $780,
600 damages for breach of promise
against United states Senator William
v. Sullivan of Mississippi was filed In
the District of Columbia supreme
court by Mai Lucy Lection of Oxford.
Miss. The plaintiff in her affidavit al
leges that she, AN unmarried woman,
at the request OF the defendant I'M
dertook and promised to marry the
plaintiff. which he, without cause or
right has refused to do" The plain
tiff claims that she met Senator Sui
livan about Oct. Z, 1895, In his law Of
flee at Oxford, he being employed to
defend her brother-in-law. She claims
that he made protestations of affection
for her "and began
BY WiIes and Articles
to induce the plaintiff to accompany
him on a journey to Chattanooga,
Tenn Plaintiff claims she refused
to go with him but allowed him to
correspond with her. She was at that
time married, but not living with her
husband. Plaintiff claims that Sena-
tor Sullivan promised to procure a
divorce for her "and hat he would
keep her forever with him, and that
she should occupy as high a position
as any lady in the land" About Dec.
/, 1895. the plaintiff at the request of
the defendant went with him to New
Orleans. Concerning this visit Miss
Lection in her affidavit says: After
spending a day in the city plaintiff
and defendant went to the city of
Bay st. Louis. and there said de-
PENDANT, by promise of marriage and
professed affection, accomplished his
Seduction of Her.
After hat time the plaintiff so lived
with the defendant. submitting herself
wholly to his WILL The plaintiff
claims that on numerous occasions she
desired and proposed to terminate her
Illicit relations with defendant. to
which the latter always objected. In
January. 1896, according to the af1-
davit. the defendant placed plaintiff in
Nelson's business college at Memphis,
Tenn. paying her tuition and board.
In May, 1897. he secured a divorce for
her. The affidavit then alleges that
May 10. of hat year, plaintiff and de-
PENDANT lived together in Alexandria.
Va, as Mr.. and Mrs w. l.. Sutton, he
introducing the 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 a young man who lived
neal her home, and asked the de-
PENDANT to consent to break off their
relations. The latter, she claims,
urged that she should not marry the
young a but wait and marry him
the following summer. The affidavit
also recites that the couple lived to-
gether in Washington and that the
defendant finally notified plaintiff that
he was not financially able to marry
her. Also that plaintiff, hearing de-
PENDANT was Ill in June, 1900, came to
Washington to see him, and found
him rocming with a woman whom he
brought from Hollis Springs, Miss.
She claims that the defendant offered
her $1,000 to go home and not expose
him before said woman. The plaintiff
refused to do this, and claims that the
defendant abused her and left her
without money, friends or means to
live on.