The San Francisco call., 1904-02-24

OAKLAND. Feb. 23-William Lucien
Drinkwater Carey of Beach House,
Castleton, Isle of Man, which lies near
the coast of England, has travelled sew
eral times around the world lived in
every cline to be found on the globe
and has established temporary abode
in half of the lands upon this earth
only to be served with a 800 900 breach
Of promise suit in the quiet and peace
full city of Oakland. The suit was filed
in the Superior Court of this county
late this afternoon, it being brought in
the name of Leona Bonne, who does a
flying trapeze" act in Chicago theaters
that need that particular kind of at
traction.
1t is true that 100000 is rather
fancy figure to place upon broken
promises and injured affections, but
Leona BOnne insists that damages
should be awarded in proportion to the
amount possessed by the defendant,
and so she specifies in her complaint
that William Lucien Drinkwater Carey
is possessed of large estates and is
worth at least $3.50 900. with further
prospects, including a part if not the
whole of the Isle of Man.
In this high-priced document Leona
Bonne further declares that Mr.. Carey
is the son of Colonel Henry Carey of
the British army, who served with
honor and distinction through the
Crimean war and that the coloners es-
tate is large and valuable.
The alleged broken promise of mar
riage was given in 1901 in the windy
city of Chicago, where the trapeze
artist still resides, and after fearful,
broken hearted, but mature and math-
ematical consideration she has come to
the conclusion that a 100000 slice out
of that Isle of Man estate would be
about the proper balm for all the agony
she has suffered from the fact that Mr..
Carey now has another wife, who is
living peacefully with him in his Oak
land home.
SUED ONCE BEFORE.
Miss Leona Bonne neglects to men
ton in her complaint that she once be-
fore sued Mr.. Carey for breach OF
promise. at that time putting the sum
of her damage at $4,000, and Mr.. Carey
saws that he wonders if the price OF her
affections will increase with the years
a that ratio and upset the theory that
time heals all wounds.
Miss Leona Bonne is still in Chicago
doing her trapeze act in order to keep
warm amid the blizzards of the Windy
C,i+v so that she. is not able to tell her
own story. but between the complaint
he at f j. RuS-
coll of this city, a little of her elevated
romance can be secured.
According to her complaint, MISS
Ronne met Mr.. Carey in Chicago IN
1900. She was performing before count
less thousands at a Chicago theater'
and out of those thousands came VIII
liam Lucien Drinkwater Carey TO tell
her of a love that burned fiercer ana
more deeply than the usual Chlcago'
nracticaI. workaday love. They were
much together, she says, during which
times he told her of the island that
he owned or was going TO own ana
wanted her to share the sea-kissed lana
with him and take all of his love. She
thought the combination a good one
and accented. and then, she claims,
Carey went to the island to prepare
II for her coming. Somehow the love
got tangled on the way, for Carey
married. and drifting back to Oakland,
settled down.
1t is true that the Carey story only
agrees with this torrid Chicago state
ment in the mere dates. Carey an
nounces that he met Miss Bonne in
Chicago when she was broke" that
he helped her out of her trouble out
of mere sympathy, and then left her
to continue his journey to his old home,
where he was married.
PRODUCES LETTERS.
Miss Bonne would support her state
ments by copies of number of letters
sent to her attorney which she claims
were written by Carey to her. One
was written on board ship and appar-
entity was mailed at Queenstown. 1t
begins with My Dear Leona," and tells
of the writer's sickness and how lonely
he had been at leaving her. He and
a friend had been singing Bring Back
Ny 'Bonne' to Me'-a touching play
upon her name. The letter was writ
ten in February and the writer said
that he would see her again in July
The next letter was a business let