Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-11
park to next induce him to declare

park to neXt induce MIN TO declare
himself.
'She went after me hammer and
longs he said YEARLY. 1T was the
same old story. She said people were
all the time annoying her with ques-
tions about our engagement. ! asked
her why she did not leave Hampton
and go some place else. [ told her she
knew l did not want to marry her and
there was no use talking; about it. |
said l didn't want to hear any more
of it.
Il never wrote a letter to her pro-
posing marriage or intilnating h a l
would marry her said MI. Gray in
concluding the direct testimony. Dur
ing all those years l never considered
myself engaged to her. [ new had a
talk with her concerning marriage
but what she brought it up herself
Attorney to Divide.
The defendant made c, strong point
when William Berry of Hampton tes-
| titled that Miss Mckenzie told him
that she never had a marriage con
tract with Mr.. Gray. He said it was
from a deed filed in the county record
er's office in Hampton that Miss Nc
| Kenzie first learned of Mr.. Gray's mar
riage.
When she told me she intended to
bring suit for breach Of promise l
asked her when the marriage contract
was made" he testified. She said
they lever had a contract, and | told
her she could not secure damages for
breach OF promise. Then she said she
would sue Mr.. Gray for loss Of time.
A few days later Miss Mckenzie told
me that she had seen l.. Nj. Heming-
way and he had agreed to bring suit
for half of what was secured from
Mr.. Gray"
On cross-examination Mr.. Berry tes-
titled hat Miss Mckenzie asked him
not to say anything about the pro
posed suit because she said my schol-
ars would kid her to death of they
hear about it,"
Did you tell Miss. Mckenzie that
you could get more none out Of Mr.,
Gray than any other MANI asked Mr..
Hemingway.
Il told her hat If any living man
could get any money out of Mr.. Gray
l could"
Didn't T tell you that we did not
want to see Mr.. Gray as we had no
proposition to make to him."
Yes, sir"
In his testimony Mr.. Berry mentions
ed the fact that Miss Mckenzie and
her attorney are related.
How am l related to her, by mar
riage or otherwise"" ask Mr.. Heming-
way.
Didn't your sister marry her
cousin 2" returned the witness and Il
laugh went around the court room in
which the judge and jury joined.
Mrs. Florence Robinson, sister Of the
plaintiff overheard Gray and Wini-
fred making love thru the draperies Of
her home in Minneapolis, SO she testi-
fled in a deposition read to the jury
yesterday afternoon. She also testified
that Gray's letters to her sister We're
always lying around the house so that
anybody could read them. From these
things and what Winifred told her she
formed the conclusion that they were
engaged.
j. D. Johnson and Floyd Gilbert Of
Hampton testified for the plaintiff
that they had seen Gray and Miss Nc
Kenzie together frequently ait Hamp-
ION. IllDoIl Saul lIldI Willis HS Wd"o
working for Mr.. Gray he delivered a
letter to Miss Mckenzie for him.
Joshua Jester, J. B.. Reeve and a.
w. Guthrie, local real estate men, were
used by the plaintiff to prove the value
Of the fifty-seven acres of lane owned
by Mr.. Gray near Union park. Mr..
Jester said he thought it was worth
about $1,000 per acre. and the other
two estimated it's value at from $1,000
to $1,000 per acre.
Miss Fannie Mckenzie, a sister Of
the plaintiff, testified that Gray's let
tiers to Winifred all began my. dear
Winnie" and ended with love and
kisses, Billie" She said she knew be-
cause she had peeked over her sisters
shoulder when she was reading them.
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