The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-05
Stylish Woman Wants $4,000
Damages From Clergyman.
SUED PASTORS OF CHURCH
s an 0rganlst aac Plays Queer Franks
ina West fauItsenlh Street Roman
Catholic Church.

New YORK, May b.-StylSnly dressed,
gloved and booted. Miss Kate Tedford
Hickie, who was one short week ago 1.-The
volunteer organist fainting from cxhaus-
tion and starvation" in the Spanish
American chapel OF our Lady Of Guda-
lupe. called today TO see District Attor-
ney Jerome, accompanied by her lawyer.
John Hahenfeld. She wanted 10 get
somebody indicted. Mr.. Jerome had left
his office and Miss Hckie and the law
yer went down TO the criminal courts
building. where the young woman told
her story TO the reporters.
She said that twelve years ago. when
she was teaching French in convent
n Cincinnati. she fell in love with young
priest. When their attachment was dis
covered both were sent away.
II know IL was against the laws OF the
church to love a priest" said Miss Hick-
ie. but he was beautiful man and I
loved him dearly. / have been perse-
cuted ever since"
Miss Hickie is now suing the Rev. Ber-
nard Logan. superior Of the Dominican
convent Lexington avenue and Sixty
fifth street for $4,000 damages. because
OF an alleged letter addressed to Mrs
Beaumont in Paris las July and writ
ten on stationery OF the Convent OF ST.
Vincent Ferrer.
OTHER SUITS DISMISSED.
The letter is full OF threats to ruin peo-
PIE. and closes as follows. according 10
the copy IN Miss HicKie's complaint:
This letter Is a dictated one. You can
never find the writer; e will never APP
pear: he knows no names here. de-
fy you TO go to law. our life viii be
ruined and exposed "a you give this to
Dent OF Hicke
BF. LOGAN, O. p.
Father Logan. in his answer. denies all
the allegations in the complaint. To a
reporter he said ne never heard OF Mrs.
Beaumont" and never wrote a letter .to
Paris in his life.
1T can't imagine what Miss hickie Is
suing me for-unless she wants money"
he said "The last time she called here
she said she had heard ! had called her
an adventures and blackmailer. She de-
manded that write and sign retraction
Y
know OF her is mat she has sued the
Rev. Father Enis and the Rev. Father
iartigarf,- who was here before me, and
that her cases were thrown out OF court.
Miss Hickie went to Louisville three
weeks ago and called for Father Dun. OF
The Church OF st. Louis Bertrand. and on
being told by the superior rather Fowl
er. that Father Dun was not there she
made scene. This was during n period
In which she said she was starving, and
had not had n full meal since Easter
Sunday. Four or five years ago when
she began her suit against Father Enis.
she made a scene In the church here like
her performance last Sunday. She fell
in a faint and had to be assisted nome."
swooNs AT ORGAN.
William II. Blain, OF No. Broad
way, Is the attorney for Mrs ]. Kullin-
gen, who keeps n large boarding house in
West Twenty first street. Miss Hickie
sued Mrs Kullingen, in the Eighth dis
trict court. recently, 10 recover 100 for
"work lauor and services" She pro-
duced a document. which she said was
signed In 1895 by the boarding house mis-
tress. agreeing to pay her 900 after six
years had elapsed. On the stand Mrs.
Kullingen testified that she had never
signed such document. Experts testi-
ned that the handwriting OF the signature
was not hers The case was dismissed.
Some years ago Miss Hickie sued Rob-
srt Ulna. a lawyer. and his father. Ed
ward, for slander and libel. These cases
also were dismissed.
Miss Hickie says she Is the daughter
of n Dublin lawyer and was educated in
a convent. She Is living In a furnished
room on the top floor OF Mrs. Cullens
house. No. lS4 West Thirty-seventh
street Ever since the first story Of
her alleged fainting at the organ from
starvation people have been sending her
food fruit and letters Of sympathy. She
told n reporter who saw her In her room
hst evening that the plot" to blacken
her reputation was widespread She has
been notified that somebody else will play
the organ in the West Fourteenth Street
church.