The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GRUBB
S1OO,OLN APIECE. PLEASE, SIR,
FOR THE LEACHES.
Mrs. Leach says the Rich Ice Cream Man
Promised to We'd Her and Mr. Leach
says Tie Weaned Away Mrs. Leach's
LOve-Nas the Lady Going IN Shoot:

PrOmIoe0 10 " "a Hef an0 VII. Leoc0
says Tie Weaned Away Mrs. LeachV
Love-Was the Lady CoinE II shoet'
For his failure to carry out al alleged
promise TO marry her. Mrs, Hattie G. Leach,
he divorced wife Of Merritt Leach. In suing
Henry Gruha. ons of the heaviest Il o .khold-
ers In the J NJ. Horton Ice Cream Com
pany for tlOOOO0. Al the same time Merritt
Leach has brought suit against CRUDE fer
another &iOO.oOO, alleging that CRUDE alien.
ated his wise's affections
There is much dispute over the venue
Of the breach of promise action. Mrs.
Leach. through her counsel. Hoffman, 4
wahle, has begun it in the City Court Of
this county. but CRUDE has obtained an
order In the Supreme Court for Mrs. Leach
to show cause why the suit should not be
transferred 10 Kings county All the
parties live in Brook Ign. Mrs. Leach at
297 Park place, and CRUDE at 2l9 Sterling
place. Mr.. CRUDE contends that all the
witnesses he intends TO produce TO dis
prove the alleged premise are in Brooklyn.
while Mrs. Leach says that all her wit
nesses are in New York, and moreover that
Grubes properly and business are In ills
county.
Mrs Leach in her complaint and afr
davi,s says that she has known CRUDE for
twenty years, and that she has love letters
galore written by him She says that in
October. 1901. while her divorce suit was
PENDING in Dakota, CRUDE agreed to marry
her soon as she got an absolute decree.
She says further that at the time she was
thinking Of disseminating her suit and con-
doning her husbands alleged offences.
hha
ahead and got her decree in March ~ this
year. She saws that CRUDE then pr, missed
again TO marry her last June. but faiicd to
keep the pr m %
GRUB, on his side, denies that he ever
made any promise or agreement, to- marry
Mrs, l. ach, and sets UP that their relations
have always been platonic He also at.
lacks the validity OF Mrs I<ach's Dakota
divorce, on the ground that neither Of the
parties was resident Of the Western State.
and that Leach neither appeared in the suit
nor was served with summons.
CRUDE who az a prominent German
American. WAS guest on board the Holen-
zollern when Prince Henry was here, and
was photographed by a snapshot fend az
he stood beside the Prince. says hr has al
ways been friend of the Leach family. and
even got Miss Grace Leach, daughter, a
position in the National Park Rank. BIT
he d"nies ever having b'-n TO intimate as
TO venture To offer to marry Mrs Leach.
He -ays Mrs. Leah hes grudge against
him. and in his affidavit NE declares that
she recently told DR. W j. Cr1likshank. Of
10? Fort Greene pace. Brooklyn. that she
knew she had 10 cause Of action against
Grub" She realized that, and she would
get aquare with him some day She would
shoot him
Nj HOFFMAN, her counsel. and Mrs. Leach
both say that GI1lbe's love letters to her
will prove the existence 81 more than
friendly relations and will show that he had
promised ~ marry hor. The letters will
be produced AZ the trial
Mr. Humme. who has charge of the $780,
opp aiirna,io suit begun by Merritt Leach
against CRUDE. refused yesterday to make
public The complaint or affidavits III the
action.