The sun., 1904-11-03
SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.
DIED AFTER. SEEING THE GIRLS
ANSWER TO HIS SUIT

The Answer Said She Was Married Already.
and IL Left Elderly Mr. Brown Of the
Mills Hotel stupefied-He Sent for Her
on His Deathbed and She Buried Him.
A breach OF promise suit for 100000
damages instituted on Sept. Q by Isaac
NJ Brown against Agnes A. Young terni
mated suddenly by the death OF the plain
tih. in the Hudson street hospital on Oct.
29 Re was buried in Kensioo Cemetery
on Tuesday. the funeral being arranged
for by the defendant. She Is the cashier
of the Hotel Algonquin, at 50 West Forty
fourth street.
As Attorney George Robinson OF 90
Nassau street told the story yesterday
Brown, who was past middle age, went to
Mr.. Kobinson's Office on Sept. and said
that he Wanted to begin q breach OF prom
ise suit against q young woman upon
whom he had lavished presents to the value
Of more than 5000. She had frequently
promised to marry him In January, 1905,
he said, but had finally declined to carry
out her promise. .. &c. 4.
Mr. Brown gave the Mills Hotel in
Bleecker street as his residence, whereupon
Attorney Robinson expressed his doubts
as to Browns ability to pay counsel fees.
Brown promptly drew a roll of ten 500
bills from his pocket and rendered one Of
them as a retainer
he said. Il am q retired merchant and
have more than $1O0 900 on deposit In vaults
in this city. 1 have been living at the Mills
Hotel simply because ] was n lifelong
friend Of George Francis Train. and wanted
TO be near him"
He said further that he thought that
when the summons in the suit was served
on the young woman she would fulfil her
promise OF marriage, which was what he
wanted. -,..-..-..
In her answer to the suit tied by Mccarthy
Il Robinson, 50 Broadway, on Sept. 81, the
girl denied that she had ever received any
gifts from Brown or had promised TO marry
him. She declared, moreover, that she
was the wife Of William A. Young, whom
she married Aug 1, 1893, and therefore
could not marry Brown even if'she 80 de-
sired. 4 o.. --..- -.
When Attorney Robinson showed this
answer to his client dav later, Mr.. Bio vn
read it over carefully. Their he sat silent
in his attorneys Office for two hours. When
he did finally. rouse himself he said: Il
He was found leaning against the build
ing. apparently in stupor,, two hours
later Mr. Robinson aroused him and he
started for his hotel. Attorney Robinson
hee rd nothing more from MN till 1uesday,
when he was notified from the Hudso
Street Hospital that Mr.. Frown had walked
in there on Oct. Is i'll OF pneumonia.
On the day after he rec ched the hospital,
as Attorney Robinson le; r1ed later, Mrs. \
Young was summoned to his bedside at
his request. That night he died. and the
next day Mrs, Young claimed his body.
1t was sent to the undertaking rooms OF
A. Eickelberg. at 9s4 Eighth avenue, and
the funeral wes held from there.
James W. Mccarthy, attorney for Mrs
Young, expressed great surprise when he
learned last night of Browns death, and
that he had been buried by Miss or Mrs
Young. ~, =. '..s'
she came to me and explained the case
early in September, he said. She wanted
to allow the plaintiff to secure a judg-
ment against her, because she had no money
to fight the case. l sympathized with
her when she told me that Mr.. Brown al
ways knew she was married, and | offered
to defend her without fee. She told me
that she met Brown at the home OF a girl
friend last summer, and that he had fre-
quently begged her.to marry him. ~ %:
AT the Mills Hotel little could be learned 4
last night about Browns antecedents.
He was about so years old and had lived
there for several years, He always had
plenty Of money. and was regarded az
more miser than pauper. Many Of HIS
letters were postmarksd Bangor Me, 4
so the hotel people Thought that he might
have lived there. '.- ~