The sun., 1907-12-25
SUES HIS ETFE'S AGFFNTTT"
SEA CAPTAIN WANTS $50 900
FROM REAL ESTATE MAN.


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tae Defendant. Says IAN Tommyret''-
she KNOWS Folks wont UndorstAnd.
George J. Hermann. n wealthy builder
and real estate speculatOr of 5lO8 Four
h0enth avenue. Borough Park. Brooklyn.
was served yesterday with a summons
and complaint In a suit to recover $4,000
damages for alienation. This plaintiff il
Capt. Charles B. Stoddard OF the Ward
Line Steamship Company. who lives at
ASH Fifteenth avenue. Borough Park.
The StOddards were married In June.
1902. and two years later Mrs. Stoddard
became the mother OF a baby. which SUBJ
sequently died. The death Of the child
preyed upon her and she did not regain
her health until some time later. The
expenses Of an operation caused a big
hole in StOddard's 3 bank account, and as
Capt. Stoddard was away from home a
great deal on his trips south Mrs. StOd-
dard decided TO earn something toward
paying the household expenses. Then
she got employment a. stenOgrapher.
typewriter and assistant bookkeeper for
Mr.. Hermann at his real estate Office at
Sixty-ff street and Fifteenth avenue,
Borough Park. Mr.. Hermann has wife
and four children. the eldest being Walter
who is 2l years old.
Mr. Hermann X moving that Mrs. Stoddard
was weak following her long illness. paid
her many attentions which did not escape
the notice Of the neighbors Mrs. Stod-
dard says that then some one who was
jealous began sending her clippings from
the newspapers referring TO the Ferdinand
Pniney Earle affinity case and this began
to annoy her
At times Mr. Hermann visited the Stod-
dard home. which was near his Office but
he says he simply called on business. Then
Mrs. Stoddard was summoned to the Flat
threats against Mrs. Hermann As Mrs.
Hermann failed to appear 20 press the
complaint IL was dismissed Then Mrs.
Stoddard says she told her husband about
Mr.. Hermann's actions and the way she
had been treated by Mrs. Hermann and
then Lawyer A. W. Burlingame was retained
to bring the alienation suit In his affidavit
Capt. Stoddard says:
That the defendant cOntrivinR and wilfully
intending to injure the plaintiff, and to de-
prive him or the love, affection. comfort
society and aid OF said wife Of the plaintiff,
and to ALLEVIATE and destroy her love for and
affection for him heretofore ON or about the
9Th day Of November 1900. and on divers other
days and times after that day. and before the
commencement OF this action. said defendant.
at his place Of business andat divers other
places. made love to plaintiffs wife. worked
upon her sympathies. tried by false state
ments TO induce her to leave plaintiff and 20
away and live with said defendant. and held
other communications with her. whereas
the love. affection. comfort and society OF
said Ella StOddard for plaintiff was impaired.
alienated and destroyed. and by reason OF
the premises the plaintif has been deprived
of and has lost the love- affection. comfort
and society OF his said wife
Mrs. Stoddard says that she received
many letters from MIR Hermann. all Of which
were signed "Cosmoa" She says that he
was her affinity and that she loved him.
Our love was AZ pure and holy as the
hottest thing could be. The world viii not
believe IL and will not understand il, but
We loved without thought Of heshly things.
We recOgnizedin each other affinities Sci
entists would understand me If told them.
II was not a love OF this earth. We were
in tune with each other. He kissed me and
l kissed him. hut the kisses were pure and
holy. He never suggested anything wrong.
We read TO each other and discussed the
wanderings OF our souls through space as
We sought each other"
Mrs. StOddard says that Capt. Stoddard,
after hearing the gossip, called on Mrs.
Hermann and told her he had no objection
to Mr.. Hermann calling upon his wife 30
long as she was treated with respect. She
said that she did not want to injure Mr..
Hermann. who had been 40 kind to her, but
in making the case public she would
have 20 suffer much more than he did
She said she would never have consented
TO any action being brought against MIR.
Hermann il there had not been a con-
spiracy 20 sander her character.
Mr.. Hermann was at home last evening
He Acknowledged that the paper had been
served upon him. He did not deny writing
letters signed Cosmos" to Mrs. Stoddard,
hut said he couldn't tell whether he had
written the letters Mrs. Stoddard had turned
over to her counsel. He said that he had
never tried 70 do anything that was not
absolutely proper. and that Capt. Stoddard
was aware of his visits TO his wife's home
He intimated that certain demands had been
made upon him. but that he refused to
consider them and was not at all surprised
later when the summons and complaint
we're served upon him. In fact, he heard
they were looking for him and he had re-
mained at home purpOsely to receive the
papers.
When he was asked what he thought Of
he raNlSaI.