The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
SHE'D STAY HERE UNDER BOND
WOULD La KLTPPENBUR re, AND
SUE MILLER, IF THEY'D LET HER.
And Then Go Back 60 Austria Like . Good
Girl -Deesn't see why Tie Comes In N
she's Barred Makes a Journey iR state
TO Recover Her Baggage seeks q writ.

she's Barred MAKES n Journey ip state
. o Recovcr Her Baggage Seeks q writ.
Paula Klippenburg. Austrian by birth.
but since that event twenty-five years q
a resident Of several European capitals.
was taken from Ellis Island yesterday to
the Hotel Imperial. where she had been
stopping more Than a week before she was
arrested on complaint Of Horace E. Miller,
a wealthy resident OF Newark. who charged
her with being an undesirable alien
She went almost in state aboard the inn
migration tug Immigrant accompanied
by an immigration inspector and q repre-
sentative Of the Austrian Consul In this
city. The object Of her visit was to get
her trunks. After she had seen that they
were all right and nae paid her hotel bill
she returned to the Immigrant with all her
belongings and sailed back to Ellis Island.
Commissioner Watchorn said that he
had received from Washington no notifica-
ton that Mile. Klippenburg was to be de-
ported; but the transportation OF her bag
gage to Ellis Island seems to be pretty good
evidence that the decision Of the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor has been
against her. William Solomon. the law
yer representing Nile. Klippenburg and
who was barred from Ellis Island. made
another effort to get there. but was held
up at the Barge Office landing. He had
anticipated this action and had another
lawyer. Edwin L.. Merrill. ready to take bis
place.
Mr.. Merrill was received politely by
COMMISSIONS Watchorn and was permitted
to confer with the young oma The
result Of their talk. Mr.. Merrill announced
later. was that il had been decided to sue
Mr.. Miller for breach Of promise. Mile.
Klippenburg declared that Mr.. Miller. while
he was living with her in Paris. had prom
ised her to make her his wife and had led
her to believe that he was a bachelor. She
declared that he had offered her money
10 return to Europe. but hat she had re-
fused IL and that he had then informed on
her and caused her arrest. She said she
had many love letters from him, which she
found had not been taken from her trunk.
Her lawyer says that these letters will be
used in the breach Of promise suit.
Mr.. Merrill said that il IL was foundi i'm
possible TO obtain freedom for Mile. Klippen-
burg. who. he says, is an actress OF talent
and can make her W living anywhere.
she will furnish a substantial bond guaran-
teeing that she will return to Europe after
the trial Of her case against Mr.. Miller.
While Mr.. Merrill was at Ellis Island
looking after Mile. ~Klippenburg's interests,
Lawyer Solomon made application to the
United States Circuit Court for a writ OF
habeas corpus TO get the young woman
out Of the jurisdiction Of the immigration
authorities.
In petitioning for the writ Lawyer Solo
mon, her counsel, contends hat the deten-
ton Of his client is illegal m that she has
not violated the immigration laws. He
says further that as her counsel access to
his client has been denied him n that
there has been no hearing OF the case.
Counsel for the petitioner Jailed to get
the writ signed owing to the fact that none
Of the Judges OF the Circuit Court is in town.
An effort is being made to find one OF the
Judges to get the desired signature.
In q talk to reporters at Ellis Island Mile.
Klippenburg said she had more friends in
Paris and Vienna than Mr.. Miller had either
here OF there; that she was not an immi-
grant, but a visitor; that she had no inten-
ton Of settling here. and she wondered
why other women no more moral than she
who arrived every week were not also turned
back. h said she had no desire to stay
here. but hat she did not want to be branded
and sent back. She had the money to pay
her fare. She did not understand. she said.
why 50 great a country as the United States
should take up the cause of a man who
had acted toward her as Mr.. Miller had.
Why. she asked, should she be treated as a
criminal and Miller allowed to go free and
perseoute her?