The Detroit times., 1910-07-23
HER NOTES PLEDGE
UNDYIMG LOVE TO
HER ROMEO
Youpg New Yorker Who Is Suing
wealthy Widow for $4,000 for
Breach of Promise, Gives
Out More Letters.
Nasty Little Migrate" She Calls
Him and Plans To Halt Publica-
ton of Letters.

y NEW YORK. July 22.--Following a
conference with her attorney, William
A. McQuaid, Miss Helen Woodruff
Is Smith, of Stamford, Conn, who is be-
ing sued by Russell Griswold for $780,
600 for breach OF promise, announced
today that she would seek 20 prevent
further publication of letters written
by her to Griswold She stated that
she would ask the court to enJoin the
young man from giving any more OF
;1he letters to the newspapers.
"Th stop the little scamp's dirty
work IL there is any redress in law,
said Miss Smith. There must be some
protection for me against him and his
advisers publishing my letters
Miss Smith was accompanied 10 her
lawyers by William Harper, young
Brooklyn engineer, VINO has been a
guest of Miss Smith on her yacht, the
Viking, Griswold's mother alleges
that II was because OF the attentions
of Harper that Miss Smith threw
over" her son.
Before taking TO the yacht the pre-
possessing defendant expressed ner-
self vigorously regarding her one-time
admirer. "Turncoat." Nasty Little
Ingrate,p kid" "Boy-foolish, illad-
yised. presumptuous little cad" Beg
gar "Bounder," "Blackmail-schem-
err were a few OF the epithets she
applied TO ner former admirer. whom
she would make pay dearly for ex
posing their corrSsDondence.
There is nothing in my letters but
ioshing,s she said IF | mentioned
love IL was plain puppy love. They
are letters from a patroness TO her
prOtege--to kiG-a mere boy.
never thought OF marrying him ana
never Dromised to- I'm through mar
rying. l wouldn't marry the finest
\ man In the world and this nasty little
4 turncoat is hardly man, is h?
In his LoteI here young Griswoia,
when told about a few OF the terms
his former love had applied to hint'
xrinned and said:
1T was TO, be expected she wouidn
like the whole thing to come out ana
OF course she's mad. But how aDont
my feelings? She didn't think or
them when she turned me away with
fiat refusal TO marry me after she
had kept me dangling along. adoring
4 her since was boy-befofe i
learned to use a razor without cutting
half my face on She's made me sur
fer; now let her suffer"
Another bunch of Miss Smiths let
tiers was made public by the young
man today, a few extracts OF which
follow:
eBe sure to destroy the evidence OF
my whereabouts and do not say am
here. or anywhere, unless in a vagrant
way: Out westl' Best 10 say as Eve
Ign Thaw did: I don't know"
Il think I'll take Golden late, one
Of the high-priced drinks, and maybe
IL will open the way to the Sweet
presence of a good diffused,' but
thoughts affectionate SO often occasion
that presence that there will be moth
ing about 1t, except the drink. meiner
sgd sgd"
"Ye gods. kid. have just finished
the job. 1t might have been the other
way, but thanks TO your help 1t didn't
finish me. II is hard to kiss your
sweetheart when the last kiss means
goodbye"
with this goes two handkerchiefs;
not for tears. but TO wave when we
: heave in sight--not to fiirt with. But
TO repose in Ruzzie's pocket upper
left) to be used after soda and the
like"
Miss Smith Is about 40 years old,
handsome, well preserved woman.
II is said In Stamford that her father.
the commodore, left an estate OF about
81 800. 900. OF which Miss Smith re-
cefved the greater part Up there il
is generally understood that she Ia
worth In the neighborhood OF $1,000,
600. She is a leader OF Stamford
society. She was formerly the wife
OF Homer Cummings, twice mayor of
Stamford and a Democratic politician
OF national prominence. Her father,
the late James ID. Smith, was presi-
dent OF the New York stock exchange.
commodore OF the New York Yacht
club aud head OF the banking Arm OF
lanes ID Smith a Co of No &c