Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-17
SAYS THAT SHE GAVE
 HIM A DIAMOND RING Love Letters Read in Breach of Prom ise Suit Against Woman.

New York. Oct 16-A batch Of the .'ruzzieiamb'' love letters were read in the superior court records today with | the calling of the s50.0 900 breach of | promise suit brought by Russell A. 1 GrisWold of Rowayton, Conn, against 1 Miss Helen Woodruff-Smith of Stam- lord, ssonE. Gf-iswold received the let ters and he alleges that Miss Smith | wrote them. Miss Smith $ the veal l thy divorced wife of ex- Mayor Homer | Cummins Of Stamford, and a daughter l of a one time president of the New York stock exchange Griswold is 2s | years old the defendant 40. Loved Her to Distraction. Griswold consumed the greater part of the day giving his story to the jury In outlining the case. his law yer ssid that it was a case wherein a young man loved to distraction a Wo- man who had promised to marry him ] and that she broke her promise and l thus nearly yrecked his life For nine years, counsel said. GriswoId's heart had been on fire with love for the de- 1 fendant. The defense outlined a gen. ] eral denial that there mad been a prom 1 ise of marriage
 l Nervous on the Stand. l Griswold was nervous. He told his l story to a running fire of smiles by tie 1 jury ard titters by the defen liant. Miss Smiths merriment vanished. ho Uever, tow ard the end of the session.
 Sure Do, Honey
 On the stand Griswold said that he had met Miss Smith in 1901, when he was high school boy. He first spoke of love to her, he said, after her di yorce.
 ..Sne said to me- said Griswold,
 Ruzzie, do you love me? and I said, Sure. I dc, honey, and I want to mar ry you.
 Gave Him Diamond Ring
 On. Ruzzie.' said she. do you real ly love ma tlatN1nucl?' I said that l did, and she said, As soen as father dies We will get married. Ruzzie ''
 She gave him a diamond ring on Christmas, 1903, and told him to con- sidee it q token of their engagement GrisH-oid continued. Besides she sent him many little engagement pres ents.. after that diamond pins a pearl pin, tl2s and hosiery. When he was i'll but when he got well and went to call, he fodnd that she was entertaining William Harper.
 Wouldn't Stand for Nagene. l T told Helen that I wouldn't stand for that, Griswold continued, and she told me she would invite whom she pleased. 4 few days later l told her the same thing, and she said she wouldn't stand for the nagging. She wanted her letters back, but l wouldn't consent to let her have them. I up- braided her again about MT. Harper, telling her once more that l wouldn't stand for it, as we were going to be married.
 Said She Never Loved Him.
 Why Ruzzie." she said. T never loved you. For heavens sake, have you taken what I said serlously?"
 What have the past nine years meant to us 2" I asked her.
 ..WilV Vou foolish boy" she an swered, that was only a pastime
 tThen I became very indignant and started away. She ran after me, cry ing, 'Ruzzie, Ruzzie, come back; you know I love you dearly but I did not stop She went back into the house and appeared at the door a moment later with a broken vase.
 Reading of "Lamb'' Letters. Cant we fix our love like this vase could be fixed?' she asked. But 1 was too angry for anything. I was so ar gIy that I just went home. ; Amid giggles from jurymen, specta- tors and the defendant, Griswold' S lawyer read extracts from the so-called "Ruzzie lamb letters Miss Smith made notes as the reading proceeded. Some of the missiNes were addressed i to .Seigfried' and were signed Bfun- hide Gfriswoid explained that Miss smith selected these names for hin nlm 
 The Eye Kiss.
 One letter closed with and re l main on and on and on and on your love, Helen.'' Another was signed -'E. K
 What does that mean?' asked the lawyer.
 .:That means kiss my eyes or eye kiss," answered iriswold Helen would say 'Ruzzie and his little eyes, 2 for we had a secret code by which we z would kiss each other through the mails. And. when we met, if third person were along. we would tell each other now much we would like to kiss by winking our eyes in different ways
 A Great Blue Ocean of Love.
 Another letter described the writer as being with Ruzzie in spirit and searching fer him bodily The writer awaited him breathlesslyl the letter said In another the writer confided that "a great blue ocean of love floods my heart which finds it's source in thee
 Griswold was still on direct cross ex- animation when adjournment Wa talk en until tomorrow.