Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-17
HAS 3,OOOLETTERS
Miss Sarah Ham Niii Use Them
in Case Against George
Potter,
A MILLIONAIRE LUMBERMAN
Plaintiff Charges That He is Afraid
TO Face Breach of Prom
Use Suit.

Dubuque, May 17.-Nliss Sarah Ham
who is suing George Potter, million
aire lumberman of Duluth. Mimi. for
breach of promise. has saved all the
letters he wrote 10 her. The epistles
Will fill large sized market basket
and make very interesting reading.
Miss Ham intends to show that she de-
clined two offers for marriage. having
pledged her word to Potter.
Because he succeeded in getting a
continuance in the courts of Duluth
Miss Sarah Fam is Of the opinion that
George Potter. the millionaire lumber
man, whom she is suing for $lOO,C00
for breach of premise. is afraid to
meet the issues and j. making a play
for time. Miss Ham had her trunk all
packed. ready to go to Duluth last Sat
urday TO press her charges of infidel-
ity and duplicity. but was compelled
to change her plans when informed by
a telegram that the case had gone over
until another term. That she was dis
appointed it putting it mildly. for she
i anxious to show the millionairc's
perfidy to the world.
Hides Behind subterfuee
Miss Ham says that Potter secured
continuance on the ground that he
il i'll. This she AYERS is in line with
his other schemes to defeat the ends
of Justice. Having known him for
many ears, she says She can read him
like a boo;.s and is therefore confident
that he is afraid to meet her face to
face in the court room beneath the
statue of justice.
Potter submitted a certificate from
his physician stating that he was I'M
well and unable to appear in court.
1t seems he has left Duluth temporar-
lily and is now in Neceedah. Wis. Miss
Ham believes that he is hiding behind
Il subterfuge and that he has not cour-
age to defend the case and expects to
worrN her into the hope that she viii
either drop the suit or come to his
terms. The fair plaintiff says she will
die before she will Weld a point Of
course. she will settle. but for no pal
try amount such as Potter has already
offered.
OnIy Trunk Full.
When the case opens, Potter Will he
compelled to listen to the reading of
Ham. In these cp.stles he Is said to
have been ELUSIVE and the tender SEN
timents' he gave expression to. would
become more gallant lover. Miss
Ham says that she has kept every let
ter he wrote and that they extend over
a period beginning in the heyday of
her youth. until he declined to make
good his promise of marriage and toss
ed her on the roadside like a withered
rose. Some Of the letters. she says.
breathe the gentlest love; others TEEN
with terrible threats-threats against
her life if she continues to receive the
attentions of other admirers.
Had Many Proposals.
As a basis for her suit Miss Ham
viii show that she had Il number Of
proposals of matrimony in addition to
that mace by Potter. She will pro
duce love letters from young Mime
apoliS lawyer showing that he was in
love with her and that he was DESTROYS
of her hand in the holy bonds Of mar
rage. She will also produce love mis-
sivcs from a Dubuque travelling man.
the tenor of which she SAYS will con-
vince a jury of - men that she did
not have to wait day in order to for
sake the ranks of maidenhood. On
the other hand she will exhibit the
prOtcstatiCns Of love sent her by Pot
ter. which Influenced her to spurn the
honest friendship of those admirers.
Indeed. she will produce letters where
in, she says. Potter threatened her. il
she did not rebuke the holiness of the
Minneapolis man and the Dubuquer
In brief her story to the jury will
be:
Potter told me he loved me and
that one day he would lead me to the
altar. ] believed him. Wherever | went
it was according to his bidding. ] lent
him money and believed that l was his
fiancee. Subsequently events showed
that | was mistaken"
Miss Ham is game. She will not set
tie the case for paltry amount, as
she feels that grounds upon which she
bases her plea are well taken. She
knows that Potter will set up a de-
Tense that she was an immoral woman,
but she Is ready to meet this issue
Indeed. she has the assurances of a
Of Dubuque men TO the effect
that they viii go to Duluth to give
testimony Of her good character and
reputation in the city where she has
lived all her life.