The sun., 1902-05-29
HIS CREDITOR FOR ONE HEART
Mss DTcKER ~ RsuEs stNk-
M PT,i TItIM ON SROs MIN.
>he wui ~, rrI' Iis~ NeunE she D.. hat
she rtouEh, ,r-ckrr Was . saint
tie Told ~ '.- SNc W.. the uui, one.
Ar Iandlau. .nrc,rd = Ns,i,fing


ue Ioid q, SNc Nas the ,fui> one,
Ar I.andiuu ,n-r,rd , wedding.
Ml,. Evclyu l. ~.ricck"r. ..,s! So or
thsT.abuuts. who - -uing Alvin b. Crocker
agcd NJ. for br,ach pi promise Of marriage
IA 4 another inning yesterday, When ~"
49, WAS called before Referee In Bank
ruItcy Morris WISE at ~ william street
Mr. Irocker had already, applied to bo
adJudgri a bankrupt. when Mis- S,esieckcr
brought her suit. And 80 the court ordered
her claim filed with the other claims agains,
the applicant. which accounts for the te-,i-
mony being heard before a referee IA hank
r,lytcy Mr. ,rocker j. the heir tn $4,000
left to him bv n brother Miss Stedecker
wants IL all for the damage don" to her
heart. ard %. beside. foT breakfasts,
luuChcuus aud dinners supplied. aud for
money lnau.d
Miss ~tsdccker Is small but lively She
has all tho facts IN the case al The tp Of
her tungur and At II difficult To- pcrsuid"
her to tell them CaiegoricaIly She is gray
haired and ptim. and she doesn't like either
NJ Cruck,r or ais lawyc. Charles " Earring
MIR Earring came into the case only yest"T-
day The lawyer WHO pr,sccc.ed him re-
tired at the end of the last hearing Re
uriAg IN" Oi " siuk tOulls'i N Ns-e o'ci-
eCkcr's sIsr!atN
Miss S,oI.,kc. went on the witness stand
In her own I.lalt yesterday ~" pro
duced a memorandum book Containing
entries of a.! % the money sh" had ever
lent Cracker SEa had every item down
In black and wiutc, including seNei as
low A. ten o,.it. Sho produced receipts
for Registered lettcr, trut 20 Iru'ACr, Nilcn
Crock,r = lawyer d't'. That Tue client hHd
ever rc,pived such letters, aid sh. told VA
l...sa glnss NJ Tg0aN
Crocser from OctD urr, lSy0 "a NoNcmu"r,
1900. ON ouc oC,asinn handing hrn wet
cloth every ten minutes al 1sy long
Miss S,"j"cG"r rotated that she had met
Croker uucr after his iuv" had b'Sun 20
grow cold. and had asked iim " hon D" Wa
going 10 marry her. All he would reply,
che paid. was that he really didnt thiLA
he ought to marty
Miss Adeiine + Reed. who is very deaf
and elderly and who KEEP, n uTnished-room
house A. i.l f1st Fifteenth street. wh"rr
Miss SteIe- ksr lived. vas called Sh"
said that while Miss S'ei-cher lived NJ
her hou-c Mr. Croker called almost every
day A. first Hiss H"eu Oh! !ected 20 trocKer
going alone tn Miss Siederasr's room.
but he replied hat hc was sopn going 20
marry Miss S:cdecher Frequently, III"
sAd. when Mis- Stcdcckcr was out.
Crvcker would g. to her room and 60 To
sleep on tho lnung. On another Occasion
abe said q Ca. Glover called o sc" Mi--
Stederker ON business. As sOon a. Croker
heard that Glovor had c1llet Ae grabbed
L.s hat and ran out of th" house
You know YOU ran, YOU know YOU ran,
cried Ms Reed, pointing a. hr trockcr.
and chuckhng with gl"c
Miss Reed SAID that Miss Sedecker
cooked meals for CTocker Ia her room.
and freQu"utly went on, and bought meals
for him at nearby restaurant Asked
Ia give date- she replied
'Oh. | never paid any attention 20 that
really thought Il was going 20 H. a vel
why didn't YOU object 20 ,hoso two
going 10 the room slon" after they -aid
'hev were going to 10 married."
'Dcary me rcplied Miss Rccd. 'he
said he'd marry her and that wRs enough
for me. They WASH, chickens | gucsa
thcv both knew their business
Miss S,edeckcr was called hack to the
stand for Cruss-"Namiuatiun Mr. PAIRING
prbc,-rdrd 10 find OUT what HE prci..,S~-or
had struggled f'r Ia vain Mis> St"dcckrrs
AZ"
Q How oId are YOU was over =.
= iiow Old ara your i / really doo't
q pid YOU Ike W. Crockcr liked
lI~ looks, really thought he was lovely.
rca' r7' lson". saint
Ny aid MIR Earring, clancrg at his
client you're "asv'
y When nd he -p"nk 80 YOU 90 marriage
About -iN weeks after our ruertius
o pId YOU accept llm' 4 N1t then.
y pii b" tell YOU that b" loved y0u'
Yc~
q Vas b" drmonstrntivr' \ No; IN ~.
park
. Was no later on Yes IN hi, talk
- G.F" w. sample. Will you' Ne
said Nls fur t'.~t Woman hc ever -aw that
n. really wanted to marry
q when I'D h~ rene a hi- propo-aP
Oh hc rene v"d It thre" different times after
that
q Did vog acycr' him no n"N' 'tm"'
We'll no, not ,Natty Noy SEQ I lust sad
to him that | thought II would b" all rish'.
but that ! vi't"d I" think It over little
longer
q pid ycu accrp' him tho third tlmc'
Tho acccp'arcr wps dated July :? iSns
On Aug ! i-gS irocker borrowed s. from
her, tn fr-t Il 'h' Ing string - loans ~"
sys -lc mad" to lin 81" savs that h"
told her y" had b'cn rohbnl IN \ ferry
boat of lis Tock"'hnok containing $3.50 ard
"a kew TO safo deposit box In thicago
IN" box b. said, vn~ full Il diamonds which
he would give 90 h'r
Sh" wa'rd him 10 get the diamonds NJ
once, but hc would have to ~ himself and
use s.c7.t ras-v vord ~" rralv went
AWAY saving %" would 60 TO Chicago and
e., the diamonds H. returned without
ihsm and toll i.r hc had l-.cn too busy v ith
lil zif ga matters 20 bother with diamonds
Then D. borrowed W vents
The hearing Was a.! !purrcd until Monday
afternoon ucNt AZ ] O'Clock
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