Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-05
MISS MAcLI0RE's RING
Refuses to Return Louis CannlvoIne's
 Diamonds Case in Court
ITO the noble mind, Rich gifts wax poor when givers
 prove, unkind."

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 Rich gifts wax poor when givers
 prove unkind."
 Hamlet.
 Daniel Cupid need never expect to be members of the Legion of Honor on account of the trouble he made between Miss Frances Magliore of Meadow street and Louis Cannivellio, ~ diamond travelling salesman ol New York. All of yesterday afternoon Judge Peasley sat in the city court listening to Frances love letters to Louis and her explanations of them, and why she accepted diamond ear rings worth s70 from him when she was not engaged to him. Louis, through Attorney Russen, contended that as Frances. would not marry she should have returned to him his dia- mond earrings, while she, on the oth- CT hand, through Attorney Guilfoile, claims that the earrings were a re- turn gift for things she had given him in recognition of entertainment he and his brother received in her fathers house.
 It was December 24 and Louis and his brother had been invited to stay by Frances father for the week ani that evening after giving toys to the girls little brothers and sisters he said to her, handing her the ear- rings:
 And you, fair Frances, here is my i -cent present to you" In return for that, said Frances, "I gave him two shirts made to order, a necktie that costs 75 cents, stickpin with !. diamond chip, pair of stockings. No 12, pair of collars No 16 and a pair of armlets." The shirts were made to order, she said, without any measurements or directions, except that she told the dressmaker, yes, the dressmaker, that the man they were for was big man.
 II didn't like him when we went put together" she said. One day we went to the 10-cent store and he made fun of things"
 Louis, who was sitting right un- der the witness stand, blurted out: 'And what did you buy, eh?" Louis. having been squelched, Frances re- Bumed, that during the week Louis was in her fathers home he had "a Jag" almost every day.
 After some further testimony At Eorney Russell gave dissertation on he legal meaning of an engagement present and Christmas present The alter. he said, was absolute, the for mer conditional on the performance bf the marriage. He claimed that the earrings were conditional present, md he was willing to give Frances fhe box of shirts, ties. collars, cuffs md armlets If she would give back he earrings. But she was not giving nything back just then. on the ad- vice of her counsel. She did say, how ever, that she had offered Louis his tings if he would give her back the things she gave him. but he refused.
 The stockings and things in the box In evidence were not the things he had given him. she said. They were better than those present She knew that and Mir Russell could not Fool her, either, she said. The shirts, For instance. that she gave him were bpen In front, those in evidence open fd both in front and back. Then look { the material! An, there was where he mad the attorney, though Frances Is but IS.
 Attorney Russell thought to put he Democrat reporters shirt in evil ience to show that Frances did not know silk from satin. but the scribe Objected as his valet was not present. Returning to the attack. Frances |tated that only her little sister was vsl al a vtr hond, gold headed cane she gave Louis. It transpired later that this bold headed diamond cane was stick bin. Then Attorney Russell took up
 letter dated November 10, 1905. \ In this the fair defendant. who looks knything but the daughter of pros- Berous Italians. she being as fair as N lily. expressed solicitude for Louis old She hoped 1t would be twice ksll', when he wrote her again. He Ele then travelling through Vest khktter, x. r., and she hoped the bolts would fly quickly. Don't talk Sf Aparating." she wrote. "and don't korit about me. take care of all Fourl letters It seems he expressed nxieiy on this point in his previous eetter to her. Continuing the letter kent on:
 ''T was speaking to a French girl bout engagements and she said here is no engagement without an engagement ring. didn't know then what an engagement was" she said O Attorney Russell.
 rll suppose you didn't" he replied. llian girls don't get married till !
 are about 75. do they?"
 I'm no Italian" she retorted, her IT face flushed.
 Assuming her story she said that nf il parents told her 10 go around F. the diamond drummer as long
 c proved all right. She always 1 fssed Louis with her folks before
 vrote him. Taking up her letter I she said in answer to Attorney ! U Len that what she said in 1t about l Fling was said in fun.
 U Nother letter from her to him |
 Tread. In this she admitted the l
 pt of a bracelet from Louis. 1
 ]" she said smilingly. "it was !
 sent him the coupons for it."
 her on in the letter she referred
 e bracelet as a handcuff, but ad- Nd that it was all right. You | 1 'ys gay we are not engaged" the l
 went on. "that we are only t /Ying company. but I don't say \ VI; 1 say we are engaged. Now 1
 nt fo know what you mean" Explaining this she said that Louis