Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1907-10-03
$500 FOR A
WOUNDED HEART.

Court continued to be quite inter
4 esting Tuesday afternoon. U Many
n were especially interested in the
4 breach of promise suit, and there
was apparently some satisfaction when
the jury gave verdict for the plaintiff.
n The case was on when Court convened
after luncheon.
n Mrs. Johnson said that on December
9Th she and her daughter called on
Il William and Miss Hardesty said to
him, "Will, how is it you don't come
around?" His reply was. 81 am
done.' She asked him the cauae and
he replied, "You don't know, do
n you?"
i She testified that he had not visited
the house since before the wedding
n day ses In November. Reta never had
& any company but Hitohner in her life,
4 and after her desertion shs had never
q gone into society.
Samuel johnson gave similar testi
mony, and Mrs. Anna Galway was
called. She testified that she was at
the house two springs ago, and Hitch
ner was there and he said to Reta,
g Take Mrs. Galway upstairs and show
her the toilet set gave you. She
q did so and when she came down and
all three were standing together Reta
Y showed her ring and said, "This is
a my engagement ring"
n Other remarks brought out the re-
mark from Mrs. johnson that she
didn't want them to get married yet
# for Reta was too young. She would
" be Is in another year and in another
she would be better able to help her.
This ended the plaintiffs case.
III The defense outlined was very brief
It was simply that the defendant had
never made formal offer of marriage
10 the girl; that after going with her
awhile he knew that marriage with
her would be uncongenal to his fam
Fly and make unpleasantness for both.
Young Hitchner Was put on the
Stand and denied ever asking her TO
marry him ;,he denied ever asking her
#mother for her hand. He denied ever
II having talked marriage TO her only in
joke A letter written by him to Miss
8Hardesty while in Battle Greek last
January, introduced by the PLAINTIFFS
counsel. gave the young man much
worry under cross-examination. This
1etter gave as the reason of "quit-
ling" her that ''my folks are opposed
10 you, and IL we get married it will
be very unpleasant for you. ~
Mr.. Ware wanted to know if this
etter was carrying out the joke
he poor boy looked pitiful and was
Vidently relieved when the cross-in-
uisitor said, That's,aII."
Mrs. Lizzie Hitchner was called and
sked if the plaintiff, Miss Hardesty,
ad ever been to her house. Now
Frs. Hitchner showed that she was
pmething of a talker, and in reply
@he said Miss Hardesty came to he1
kouse February 9Th. 1905, an on Feb.
mary 9th she had "a case of genuine
asthma, and the doctor came there to
freat her he came down through the
storm and he wore pair of rubber
boots and ia storm coat. and she had
484 case of genuine asthma, and the
doctor has never got his pay for it yet,
q md she said she never intended for
VIII Hitehner to know she had it. and
Atf he didn's want her he needn't have
Ter, she said, and that's what she
aid, she did, and she had case of
enuine' asthma.
CONSTABLE Q. @. Hiiliard was the
ast witness called, and both sides
xested.
S After the summing up and the
dge's charge the jury retired. The
Fevaling feeling appeared to be that
verdict for the fair plaintiff would
apeedily be reached.
jury was impaneled to try the
2hse of Sarah B. Fell, a VlneIand
ohool teacher, against the West Jer-
10y N Seashore Railroad %.
Judge Carrow appeared for the
Maintiff and George Bourgeois for the
ilroad mpany.
This il a suit to recover damages.
Mrs. Thought her ticket at Vine.
2Snd for Cape May, where she was
Plng to attend teachers Institute.
nhis was Nov. 14th last. Arriving at
allville by tbe electric train she
<hrted across the platform to take the
pam train for Cape May. The con-
ceor was calling "All aboard, all
1|| Roard." There was deolivity in
platform of 10 or 10 inches, and
she hastened across the platform
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