Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-09
JlLTED, SHE
SAYS, ASKS
$4,000

Poughkeepsie, N. r.. Aprl 9.--Afary
Horner. who has been for thirty two
years hcrgekeeper In the Sutherland
family at Hunns Lakes, was the stal
witness for herself in the supreme
court in her suit for $4,000 damages
for breach of promise against Henry
Webendorfer. wealthy New York
manufacturer.
Miss Horner told Of Mr.. Weben-
dorfer's brief wooing Of her, his bust.
nesslike- proposition to undertake a
trial marriage and his abrupt break
Ing off the engagement because she
presented what he called sour face
and neglected to kiss him the second
time he saw her after they had be-
come engaged. Mr.. webendorfer is
sixty years old and Miss Horner is
forty eight.
Suitor Has Welded Another.
( Shortly after Mr.. Webendorfer's en-
gagement with Miss Horner was bro
ken last October he married Mrs
Elizabeth Barbre Of New York. Mr..
and Mrs. Webendorfer occupy a beau
tiful home on the Hyde Park road
Miss Horner made good impress
sion as witness, her account of her
brief romance when she was wooed,
won and rejected by rich mannfac-
turer, who shot in and shot out of her
life in an automobile, being given In
plain, straightforward way that was
impressive.
Miss Horner testified that she met
Mr.. Webendorfer six years ago, but
she only saw him at long intervals.
and there was no thought by her OF
his being IN love with her until Sept.
IL. 1909, when he proposed to her In
the presence of Louis Fischer, her
brother-in-law.
Told Him II Was 'Too Sudden"
Il told him it was too sudden OBJ
served Miss Horner "The matter end
ed there for that occasion"
The following day Mr. Webendorfer
made his trial marriage" proposition. I
He wrote offering to pay her $500
year and $500 at Christmas. and if she
was good to him in his lifetime he
declared that he would do better at
his death and deed to her his property,
adding that this would be void II they
didn't get along. in which case he
would pay $1,000 at the end of the
first year and if they lived together
three years would pay her $4,000 and
at the end of five years $4,000.
Must Not Be stingy With Charms.
In concluding his letter Mr. Weben-
dorfer wrote:
You must not be stingy with your
charms which your creator gave you to
charm men with. for the same creator
gave man a taste for thefn-some more,
some less. That Is o lottery for you, and
you have to content yourself with either
( you take me If / did not appreciate
his gift would not be a good Christian.
expect an answer by Sept Is or con-
sider the matter off,
On Sept. % she met Mr. Webendor-
fer at Louis Fisehers home, and he
asked her to tell him IL she would
marry him. He took her and her rela-
tives in his automobile to Red Hook
and OH his return again asked for an
answer, and Miss Horner said she
would marry him. Pie date was fixed
fRr r-Asov. As9ov. /. Mr.. Webendorfer planned
an auto trip through the Berkshires or
a trip to Washington for the honey
moon.
Kiss Refused. He Broke Pact.
IT
lays after the engagement Mr.. Weben-
lolfer visited her at Hunns Lake and
On Oct. 20 broke of the engagement
because she had presented on that oc-
,asion what he described as 'sour
lace" to him and rejected the kiss he
,ffered. He wrote her:
/ can only conclude that you either do
lot care tor me or don't know how. A
woman who welcomes a man she proposes
% trust only when It suits her and not at
~ times l don't want anything to do
With.
Miss Horner wrote In reply that she
lidn't greet him more warmly because
le had asked to have the engagement
Kept secret and there were strangers
present. She would have liked to take
lin all by herself. she declared, and
rave few loving words with him.
She added: ssIn the first place, you
nave been riding all over in your au-
omobile with other women, which
I'D not think was just right as an en-
saged man."
Mr.. Webendorfer will put in his de-
lcnse on Monday.