The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-07


| would cast aside the evidence of the
plaintiff and brand her as a liar which
he felt they could not, he would expect a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff
Judge Walls argument was completed
| at 4:40 o'clock and the case was then
| given to the jury.
| The morning session Of the court was
| taken up with the evidence Of the de-
! fendant, which was not completed until
shortly before O'Clock in the afternoon.
| During the morning the defendant intro
! duced thirtyone letters written by the
| plaintiff to him. in which there was no
mention of any promise of marriage. a
| number of the letters Were written after
he had told her that he never intended to
marry anyone.
The defendant denied that he kissed
the plaintiff when he returned TO Vich-
! ita on the first of May, 1903, after an
| absence of two months. Ell said that
| he only shook hands with the plaintiff
He denied that he stated to the plain
tiff on May that he would marry her
| or that he asked her to marry him. He
| said that he did not say that he had
property in Topeka and that they would
| live on the ten acres with a house in
i the center; in fact, there was no mention
| made at any time concerning his prop
| erty Or any other home.
| He denied that when he kissed her on
| the evening of May l he said anything
about his being sorry that it was not
his little wife instead of his girl that he
| was coming to see.
did you ever say anything TO her
about marrying her?'
mo. sir: | never at any time told her
that I would marry her or asked her
to marry me-
He said that on the night of May he
did not stay at Miss Woolley's any later
than 1870 o'clock. but on cross examfna-
ton admitted it might have been near
midnight
The following letter. written by Miss
Woolley, and dated May 6, 1858. three
days after the defendant left the city and
three days after the alleged promise of
marriage was made. was then read by
the attorney for the defense:
Wichita. Kan. May g. 1903.
My Dearest Harry: | was so lonely
for you tonight. | really must write to
you | hope that you got there safely.
1t has been raining here all day and l
have been sewing carpet rags. Tomor-
row I am going TO clean the upstairs.
Il am going to get a pair of shoes and
a white skirt with the money that you
gave me. and thank you SO much for it.
Well Harry, ! miss you more than pen
can tell. o. how I wish you were here
tonight! I would just kiss you to pieces
How / miss you, I wish that l was
boy, and | would walk clear to New
Mexico so 1 would You are so good to
me, and 10 one ever was before. and |
love you
Don't ever worry about me going with
anyone else as there is no man for me
but you. and l always will he true to
you while l live-always. Harry.
Write soon, and Q how I wish I was
where I could see you, l can't bear it,
Harry, not to see YOU as you are every
thing to me. Well. precious love. write
soon and don't forget your Dodie. as all
my thoughts all my love. is yours. Good
night, dearest boy goodnight. Your low
ing, DODIE.
The witness said that he answered with
only friendly letters and not once did he
express more than friendly regard for
her He said that she tried to follow
him around and introduced the following
letter which he received shortly after the
one previously introduced. in which she
wished TO go to Mexico where he was:
wichita. Kan, May %. 1903.
My Precious Friend: | am going to
tell you something and I won't do it
unless you say So Last Thursday I was
down to Mr.. Leases and I told him 1
At
and he told me your cook wanted some
one to help her and he could get me the
place, only in a different name He said
your cook was a perfect lady and il would
be all right for me to be there. But I
couldn't do it until l asked your advice
about IT, as | don't want you to get
angry with me- 7 really
can't live unless I see you. Just think!
I never had ony to love before-you are
everything to me-father. mother. sister.
brother. and my precious darling friend.
Ny love for you chokes me sometimes.
and ! can't. won't, live unless ] see
YOU. I wish YOU would only give up the
railroad. o. Harry. for my sake. don't
railroad. and come out Of that wild
country Isn't my love worth giving up
the railroad for? wish you knew what
You are To me- know YOU love mo- but
IT seems you like the railroad better.
Write soon. Your loving sweetheart.
"DODIE."
The defendant again stated that he
did not know that the plaintiff expected
70 marry him until he was notified that
she had brought suit against him for
$4,000 breach OF promise He said that
on May he suspected the plaintiff was
putting up a job on him and was put on
the lookout This was just after he had
given her the ring.
Although number Of breach Of prom
ise cases have been fled in the district
court this is the first one that has ever
come TO trial in the history OF the county
and il has attracted much attention.
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