The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-27
SUES WOMEN THAT TILTED HIM.
n. w. Brandt Wants $4,000 From
Mrs. Eugene 3. Hughes.

II. w. Brandt Wants $4,000 From
Mrs. Eugene q. Hughes.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Eugenia
Berry Hughes. of No. 1921 Forest Park
Boulevard. was sued in the circuit
court yesterday by Howard w. Brandt
of the Republic of Mexico for. So, 900
damages for alleged breach of contract
to marry him.
! Brandt states that he met her in
February 1902. at his brothers house
, in Montgomery City, Mo-, and that she
was then Miss Eugenia Berry.
He was invited by her parents, with
her consent, to visit her at their home
in st. Louis, and he did so, he states.
Before he departed from st. Louis
it was agreed between her and him
that they would correspond. which they
did until the alleged breach of contract.
In September, 1902, she advised the
plaintiff of the death of her father.
In December he received, he states,
from her letter stating that her
mother and herself and some friends
contemplated a trip to Mexico in the
latter part of the following January
and that she hoped to meet him during
the visit.
He met her with her party at their
hotel in Mexico City on the third day
after their arrival, about February l.
the three following weeks, he states.
Changed Their Residence.
On his suggestion she and her par
ty changed their residence from Mexi-
co to Puebla, where his headquarters
are. She and her party took rooms in
Puebla DIT the Hotel National, a short
distance from his Office.
While the party remained in Puebla
he and she We're much in each others
IS, 1908, he proposed marriage to her,
he states. The proposition was held
open. and on March 20 she accepted, it
is alleged.
He claims that he took her and her
party, consisting of her mother and
aunt, through the country for several
weeks, paying their railroad fare and
other expenses, visiting different towns.
Meantime they took numerous coach
rides and attended theatres and other
places Of amusement
When the day of her departure came,
about May, 1908, when she was to
leave Mexico for her home in st. Louis,
she assured him of her undying love
for him. and that she would remain
true to him forever he alleges.
They correspondent until about jan
uary last he states.
Gave Valuable Presents.
From the time of their engagement
until about January 20. 1904, Brandt
says he gave her presents consisting
of a solitaire diamond ring worth $500,
a gold heart worth s25, a fligree neck
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graph and crayon drawing of herself
which cost 500.
He lost three or four months from
his business, which paid him $500 a
month and 81 a day expenses. visiting
and entertaining her, amounting to
total cash loss and damage to him of
$4,000, according to his bill.
Miss Berry refused to carry out her
contract to marry him and rendered
herself incapable of doing so by mar
rying in the summer of 1904, Samuel
W. Hughes. of which fact she notified
him by letter, which was received by
him September 20, 1904.
She owns in her own right property
to the value of $125,00O, and has always
had for her associates persons of
wealth, education and refinement, and
he, though working upon a salary, has
had for his social and business associ-
ates people of education and refine
ment and the leading business men of
the Republic of Mexico, he states.
$4,000 for Heart Balm.
Brandt asks $4,000 actual damages
and alleges that he has been Inundated
among his friends and associates and
made to suffer great mental anguish
and physical and mental distress to his
further alleged damage in the sum OF
$4,000.
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