Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-27

TRIAL EXPECTED
TALE OF MAD INFATUATI0N
THAT WILL STARTLE NEW
YORK SOCIETY IN DETAILS
PROMISING RICH SCANDAL

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-One of tn,
most sensational trials in the histor!
of New York is expected shortly
when the suit for 100000 damages
brought by H. Frank Drugan agains
Mrs, Emily F. Dunphy comes up ir
court. Drugan alleges that Mrs
Dunphy, who is his cousin, commit
ted an assault upon him in one Of
New York's fashionable hotels Be.
cause of the prominence of the par.
ties and the remarkable charges
mentioned in the bill, the case has
attracted widespread interest.
: Young Drugan, who is but p
years old, was until last year a mem
Der of the Jesuit brotherhood The
defendant Is the wife of John J
Dunphy, wealthy lumber merchant
of Yonkers, N. Y, and is noted for
her beauty.
Until December I of last year, the
date on which he alleges the assault
was committed, Drugan was a teach
err in st. Francis Xavier college OF
this city, where he was preparing to
become Jesuit priest, but as a re-
suit Of the affair he was expelled
from the school and is now out of
the order altogether.
Drugan boldly charges that the
assault made upon him at the Hotel
Ansonia was the result of his cou-
sins mad infatuation for him, and
that by reason thereof he had suffer-
ed great physical and mental pain,
distress and anguish, has been de-
prived Of his vocation, has suffered
great humiliation and loss OF friends,
that his reputation has been injured
and that he has been otherwise dam
aged.
The young man charges that his
cousin, who was then Emily Barrett,
loved him madly and that she used
to travel from New York to Balti-
more, where he then lived, in order
to see him. He asserts that the girl
expressed regret at his entering the
religious order, and often declared
her intention of marrying him.
Among other things, he says that
while he pursued his studies at
Woodstock college the girl attempt
ed to pay frequent visits, but was
prevented from doing so, and that
when he came to New York his. pref
ty cousin again became persistent
and often visited Xavier college in
this city.
In the sworn statement filed by
the plaintiff are other details relat-
ing to visits and meetings between
the couple, and many times refer
ence is made to midnight surpers at
restaurants where members Of a re-
ligious order were seldom seen. For
some time, the bill states, these sup
pers continued, and the relations
between the two finally eliminated
in an episode at the fashionable ITo-
tel Ansonia, which the nlaintiff
swears made him unfit to pursue his
studies for the priesthood longer.
Drugan further asserts that short
ly after the incident at the hotel he
was tortured so by his conscience
that he became desperately i'll and
was compelled to go to a hospital
for treatment, getting leave Of abb
sence by notifying the Jesuit faith
ers that he was unable to pursue his
studies. At the hospital, he said, his
cousin lavished her attentions upon
him, and later he was removed to
the girls home, where he remained
until the young woman's father or
dered him out of the house. In the
meantime, 1t is said, the Jesuit
fathers heard of Drugan's relations
with the girl and served a notice of
dismissal upon him. Later, he de-
clares, he became estranged from
Mrs. Dunphy, and all efforts to re-
new friendship with her failed. The
suit followed.
In her answer to the suit Mrs
Dupphy makes an absolute denial OF
all the allegations mentioned In the
complaint. Among other things, she
states that she now has in her pos.
session more than 200 letters writ.
ten by the plaintiff. Reference /:
also made in the answer to severa
incidents that took place in a board
ing house on Broadway, early 'thil
year. which to some extent showed
| plainly, according to the defendant