The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-17
Jessie Carter, Former Emporia
Woman, Is Plaintiff.
Claims That James n. Rinker
Trified With Her Affections.
THOUGHT HIM SINGLE
Defendant Is Wealthy TregO
County Stock Man.
Love Letters Are Made Part of
the Court Records.

Kansas City, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE $685.
600 breach of promise suit Of Miss Jessie
Carter, q years old, a pretty milliner
Of 1901 Olive street, Kansas City, Mo-,
against James NJ. Rinker a wealthy
stock raiser Of Trego county, Kan, is
on trial in the federal court here before
Judge John C. Pollock. After q jury
was selected the remainder Of Satur
day afternoon was spent in hearing
Miss Carriers testimony. which consist
ed chiefly in her reading OF a number of
love letters, which she alleges passed
between the two.
Miss Carriers petition alleges that she
met Rinker first in January 1907, While
she was running a millinery store on
Broadway, near the Coates house in
Kansas City. Mo. She alleges that fol-
lowing their first meeting their rela-
lions became more and more cordial,
until a genuine courtship began, and
that finally, in February Of 1907, he
proposed to marry her. She accepted,
she says, and an almost daily CORE
spondence followed.
Claims RinIker Was Gay Deceiver.
Rinker, she alleges, represented TO
her that he was unmarried, but later
told her that he was a widower and had
grown children. Miss Carter at that
time lived with her sister, Miss Anna
Carter, a dressmaker at 1912 East
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Mo. Through several hints that Rinker
let drop, Miss Jessie Carter alleges that
her sister became doubtful of Rinker
and finally confronted him with the
fact that he was a married man and
lived with his family. Rinker, the
petition alleges, admitted this, and in
order to sooth Miss Carriers injured
feelings paid $3.50 on a house at 2601
Olive street and later made several
monthly payments Of $37 each on the
property.
Miss Carter alleges that Rinker is
worth $250,000, and she asks $4,000
for the injuries which she alleged re-
suited from the outcome of her I'M
happy romance. She alleges that
through her belief that she and Rink
er were to be married, she allowed
him unusual privileges and that she
has become recluSe, and no longer
enjoys the company of her friends.
Has Paid $1,000 Hush Money.
In a cross petition filed by Rinker
December 80, 1903. he alleges that he
is a married man living with his wife
and family in Trego, Kan. He says
that he met Miss Carter in Kansas
City, Mo-, but all the time maintained
to her that he was a married man. He
alleges that he paid $3.50 on home
for her at 1901 Olive street, and after
wards made several monthly payments
on it. He further alleges that he
spent more than $1,000 in paying the
necessary and Incidental household
expenses at Miss Carriers home.
Miss Anna Carter, the sister with
whom Miss Jessie Carter makes her
home, is a dressmaker. She has con-
Quoted a parlor dressmaking estab-
lishment in her home since she and
her sister came to Kansas City from
Emporia several years ago.
Miss Jessie Carter lived in Emporia
several years, and received her edu-
cation there. Her attorney, T. A,
Milton of Kansas City, Kan, said that
she has borne an excellent reputation