The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-24
SEVEN SISTERS IN LAW HEAR
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Seyen women Who are studying law liz.
tened yesterday to The trial hafote City Court
Justice DrlehantT and n jury ~ the breach
Of promise suit brought 10y Jennie Abrams,
of the mystic age Of ~. against Elias tapin,
her uncle by marriage aud n builder by
trade. Jennie wants SO. 600 for her uncle's
failure 10 marry her She will learn this
morning. when the sealed verdict IL opened,
what the jury thinks about II.
Iapin had been two months a widower
when, according to Jennie, he began kris
ing her "a an uncle, to W ind up by engaging
her to marry him Then one fine day he
old her that he was too old TO marry ner.
that he had broken many a heart. but did
not want TO break hers and desired to
wean her gently of her affection for him
IMurmurs from the student corner-"The
brute."l
Uncle-by INA rriage was a great one at
love making, if Jennie's married sister,
Mrs. Baum, is a Judge. Az she said. he
was "a regular artist at that business
Mrs. Baum heard him telling Jennie that
she should consider the gold heart he had
given her as an engagement present, IStu-
dent No. 2, soto voce: And he knew all
along he didn't mean tit
Jennie told t~earfully Of an occasion when a
hard hearted park policeman interrupted
the holding of hands with the unfeeling
comment that it was time to close up"
tStudent No. 3-"They're beasts, aren't
they, those cops? | had the same thing
happen to me last week. y
II was at her sisters home that Jennie
first met Uncle Elias, four years ago. He
seemed about fifty to her mex perienoed
a,,a, l,,. III L.. L. l--- -. $1,000
keep a home than those young fellows Of
twenty or so. (Student No. 5--That's
the way with those old fellows that in
veig!e young girls. l remember reading
Lapln was accompanied to court by his
second wife, and as he testified in his de-
fence they beamed at one another. He
is deaf in one ear, i5 years old, and more,
and has a halt in his English. He denied
fatty ever having promised to marry Jennie
or having given her reason to think he
would marry her. He had never looked on
her as anything but a pretty young niece,
of whom he was just as fond as any good
uncle should be, (StuGent No. 4.-"Isn't
he Just the dearest old thing. | don't
believe a word that Jennie said about him.
ncle-by-rrarriage, as in duty bound,
his niece "by Coney vonce a While"
they always parted at the bridge, she
going north and he northwest. He never
thought Of seeing her home, he said, She
was well able TO take care Of herself. As
to the gold heart, he had never seen it until
he came to court. The chain it was on
belonged to his dead wife, and he bad given
it to Jenn lie "yust for a keep AXE" His
children are on a farm in Jersey, and one
Sunday he took Jennie with him to see
them. On the way back they stopped
astonishment, asked him if it was true that
was going to marry Jennie. He called
it foolishness and asked Jennie about it,
She said she had told that to auntie, TO see
what he would say. "My child " he old
her, that is all you could be- never my
wife"
tStudent No, 1-"There, | knew he never
promised her.
The builder said that it was true he had
sometimes given Jennie money, maybe a
like my niece should be-" Once she asked
him for five. Having no charge he gave
her a check. When it came back it had
been raised to SIS, He asked her about it
and she told him that she had needed the
morey and thought it no harm, He gave
her no more after that.
(Student No. q, meaningly-@Didn't
tell your | was sure there was money at
the bottom of it.")
The Blackstone students stayed right
through to hear the lawyers sum up and
the Judge charge the jury. As they filed
out No. /, she of the golden tresses, turned
to No. : and asked:
well, Virgy, you haven't said a word
all the time. What do you think about it2
Is she going to VIM
yes" chirruped the rest. "do tell, Vir-
ginia, you're 30 clever, and you just know
everything. Who's going to win?"
Il thirk,' answered No, Z seriously,
lust as the jury does