The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-18
LOVES FEVER COOLED
sWEETHEARTS WHO FELL IN, FELL
OUT AND FELL In AND OUT AGAIN.
Plaintiff and Defendant i'm Breach of
Promise Suit Long Past Lies Me-
ridian-The Court GriSt.

There is a story of "sweethearts of long
ago. in the breach of promise suit that is
on trial in Room 3. Superior Court. The
plaintiff is Mary A. Young. who is suing
Corydon r. Sinner. a prominent Lawrence
township citizen, for $1,000 for trifiing with
her affections. Neither party to the suit is
young. The plaintiff is ffty-eght and Shi-
mer is about sixty-four. Both gray
and the defendants hair almost white.
The story dates back to the days when
both were young and the plaintiff was sin
gle and heart-free and lived with her par
ents on the old Sandusky farm. now a part
of Irvington. Sinner was a young fellow
then and came accounting. Mrs. Young was
then about eighteen. They were promised
but the wedding never took place, and the
young woman's parents moved out OF the
State. She and Sinner became separated
and both married. Nine or ten years ago
Mrs. Youngs husband died and year ago
last March Sinner was divorced from
his wife in the same courtroom
where he is now a defendant. Prior
to his divorce he had seen Mrs.
Young, who was then a widow and
comedy, and after he was freed from his
wife he bethought him Of his old sweet
heart and wondered where she was. He
learned from her relatives that she was
living in Texas, and In due time he opened
a correspondence.
In the short courtship that followed a
great many tender missives passed between
these old sweethearts and many of them
are being read in court. Young Lawyer
Hallett was on the witness stand nearly
all day yesterday reading these letters.
NO LONGER YOUNG.
1t is the claim of the plaintiffs lawyers
that Sinner wrote to her and induced her
to come to Indianapolis. He told her that,
according to the law, she would have to
remain in Indiana thirty days before they
could be married. She came on as request
ed, after dsposing of her property in
Texas. 1t is claimed that when she ar
rived she didn't look young enough for
Sinner and he threw her over.
Some OF the letters read yesterday were
filed with soft and tender sentiment that
would put to shame the missive of the ordi-
nary lover. Sinner called ner darling
and sweetheart many, many times I'm his
correspondence. Good morning, my darl-
ing" was one of his CHEEKY salutations in
addressing her in one of his letters. In an
other he referred to her as MY darling old
sweetheart"
Inc correspondence shows that Sinner
was an ardent lover while the fever lasted.
Il have read your last little bit of letter
about twenty tines he wrote, longing to
find one more word. 1t wasn't there. /
have a notion to cut the envelope open to
see IL there isn't something inside, or tear
the stamp off to see If there isn't some
little word or two underneath
The most Of the letters Attorney Hallett
read yesterday were filled with love and
kisses that the young lawyer could scarcely
refrain from blushing himself. On one oc-
casion the defendant appears to have been
in a softly sentimental mood, when he
wrote: 'This makes me think of that song
entitled Sparkling Sunday Night A part
of it runs as follows: One, two three sweet
kisses; four, five. six-you look; and, think
ing you have robbed her, give her back
those you took L think" the writer added,
that the fellow that wrote that song was
about like me-
The defense is that Mr.. Sinner did not
make an absolute contract OF marriage
when he sent for Mrs. Young to come to
Indiana. 1t is the contention that he wrote
to her to come and they would talk the
matter over.