The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18


then directed her 10 meet him at No. 10
Prince street The result of this was her
suit for $4,000 damages brought against
him by Bridget Todden. The suit was
settled. When he was asked about il
Rouss said:
Why, she is a nice girl and a good
domestic i considered her a pretty girl
with q nice disposition She would never
have brought suit had not some one put
Ter up to it
! In the letter which Rouss wrote to Liz
zie Slattery breaking OF his relations
with her he says in the beginning that
il isc perhaps best that they should part
and then he dweIls at length upon the
reform that she has wrought in him.
Never was there such a change" he
says. He blames her friends for separat-
/ ing them and ne goes on.
Il viii give YOU up. the same pure,
chaste and lovely maiden that / found
you. I viii never. never forget You. 1
will always he at your command. and
Will never permit you TO turn that burn
ing eye full upon me and say that
deserted you. nor cared not for you
Rather would have you say that love
and love again and love you still IL you
leave me. Lizzie tah, God. how | love TO
write that nameD your people would not
+ core 10 buy from ne nor would l care
10 sell TO them. and so the little that is
due me is yours. and more. too only for
the asking. What long day OF agony.
of sorrow, yesterday. All through the
livelong day / bent over the ledger az
81. Forever and forever. CHARLES.
Lizzie SIattery married a lawyer named
Cowen. whom Ross employed in making
collections In her complaint Mrs. Cow
en- says that Rouss made an agreement
to give her $4,000 if she would waive all
claims against him, on condition that
$500 was to be paid down, $500 more in
three monthly installments and the ball
ance in monthly installments of $50 each.
She says that these payments were made
until about the time of Rouss' death on
March 10 last. when they ceased. The
estate has repudiated the claim She says
she has received thus far Slo.T5o. and she
sues for the balance of the $4,000 which
she says that Rouss agreed to give her.
the amount be sgin, 93gr.called Dswo0S
the amount being $3.50
Just before this suit was filed another
young woman came forth with a claim
against the estate. She is Miss Edna
Weller Mcclellan. who lives with her
father, j. Welyler Mcclellan. manager of
a Seventh avenue store. and her mother.
at No. 1O5 West Seventy eighth street.
Miss Mcclellan is a very handsome young
woman of twenty-five who hopes some
Gay to be a great singer She sprang
into prominence about three years ago by
starting an endless chain scheme TO buy
a loving cup for Admiral Schiey. The
money poured in so fast that ii was de
cided to increase the amount and buy him
d house.
Miss Mcclellan called upon many men
of prominence and she obtained contribu-
tons for large amounts. Bourke Cock
ran, Senator Foraker, Levi p. Morton,
w p Emo and w. C. Whitney were
among those who subscribed to the fund.
COMMITTEE of ladies. including Mrs
Donald Mclean Mrs. Roger a. Pryor.
Mrs John G.. Carlisle and Mrs. W. H.
Emo, was appointed TO administer the
fund.
Among other persons Miss Mcclellan
called upon Charles Broadway Rouss.
so she says in cher deposition upon which
the suit against the estate is based. He
was then almost totIly blind He invited
her to his Fifth avenue home to sing in
the Sunday evening entertainments. 1t
was not long after this that she con-
suited Howe & Hummel and a demand
was made upon Rouss for a financial set
Element. He Immediately offered a set
Element. promising to pay on the INSTALL
ment plan. 4 formal agreement was
drawn up. which reads as follows:
New York. June 10. 1899.
Il. Charles Broadway Rouss. agree with
Edna Weller Mcclellan that if she viii
not bring suit against me for any claim
that she has against me i agree to pay
her S35 each and every week during her
lifetime. CHARLES H. ROCSS-
Rouss signed this in his own handwrit-
ing and il was witnessed by Miss Nc
CIeIIans mother. Shortly after obtain
ing this Miss Mcclellan went 10 Paris
TO study music. and the money was paid
to her regularly until R0uss's last illness
made him helpless Now through Howe
&, Hummel. she is suing his estate. which
Is worth. il is ii we'd. about so o. 900
the amount she claims is du under her
contract. II this is cded in her favor
she will bring another suit to 70 &c the
estate 10 continue paying her the money
The third woman who has a SUIT
against the Rouss estate is Mrs James
Wilson She is young and ccmciy' an =
she sues for wages as housckeeper she
was employed by ROuss TO look after 4
one or two Of his tenement house apart f
ments She makes no claim except FOR
wages. but she says that a-5ca IS due ner-
This suit is brought through Mr.. katz.
of the law firm OF Stern. Singer & Barr.
No 800 Broadway.