The San Francisco call., 1905-04-26
Small Sum of Gold
Bought Release
for Him.
PART YET UNPAID
Sues His Father to
Collect What
Is Due.

The story of the colossal fizzle that
tell Sr. and Attorney Charles F. Han
Ion to keep secret the facts of the pur-
ported marriage of George Whittell Jr.
to Miss Florence NJ. Boyere and the
subsequent proceedings through which
they secured a separation of the young
couple is being told in detail in Judge
Hunts court Heretofore it has been
supposed that the young woman re-
ceived $4,000 for giving up the man
she says she joined in wedlock, but this
supposition was reached without due
regard for the thrift that enabled
Whittell Sr. to amass his millions
Yesterday it developed that the little
woman in the case received only $1,000
at the time young Whittell was taken
from her side and a promise that $500
more would be paid to her If no hint
of the romance reached the columns of
the public press.
Whitten Sr. was more than anxious
that his son should marry pretty So
ciety bud to whom he was engaged
when he yielded to the charms of Miss
Boyere and, she claims, welded her
This society bud, who, it is said, is
now betrothed to another, had not
heard of young Whittells escapade, as
his father called it. 1t was calculated
that If Miss Boyere, or, as she says she
was, Mrs. Whittell Jr., could be gotten
rid of a quiet explanation could be
made to the society bud, and a brilliant
wedding would set at rest any rumors
that might have gotten around regard
ing the less formal affair in which
Whittell Jr. was said to be principal.
ABANDONS HER CLAIMS.
Things progressed nicely and pretty
Mrs. Whittell Jr., as she called her
self, agreed, after stormy scene, to
family that held out no welcome for
her. Then Attorney Hanlon quietly
went to court and secured q decree de-
claring that the alleged marriage was
not, in fact, valid. Next he made his
first mistake. Thinking TO bury the
facts of the suit beyond resurrection,
he took the papers in the case and
carried them East with him. The pa
pers were missed from the files and the
storm began The search for the doc
uments laid bare the story of the al
legged marriage and Miss Boyere's suits
for seduction and breach of promise
The whole world was told the tale.
The society bud erased the memory of
Whittell Jr from her heart and mind
with wonderful alacrity and. it is said,
it was not long before her heart was
claimed by another.
Whittell Sr. and Hanlon were aghast
at the failure of their plans and when.
on May 10, 1904, six months to a day
after the original agreement was
signed, Miss Boyere demanded the $500
promised her, Hanlon refused to pay it,
for. he said. the contract had been
broken, the story of the marriage and
annulment had been printed and all the
cherished plans of Whittell Sr had fall
en- like a house of cards.
But explained Miss Boyere. 81
had nothing to do with the publica-
tion L Ierefused to see interviewers that
called upon me, even after the facts
had been made public
HANLON INTERPRETS PAPER.
THAT makes no difference" said
Hanlon. The agreement was that If
the matter became public you should
not receive this money.
Then Miss Boyere took her case to
Attorneys I. l. Brown and Gavin Nc
Nab and they filed suit against Ham
lon Yesterday it came to trial
Miss Boyere came to court with her