New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-29
SAYS MAN 70 Tilted HER.
"UncIe Harry" Horton, Broker,
Is Sued for $4,000.
WOMAN OF IS PLAINTIFF
Charges Wall Street Veteran
Refused to Wed Her After
Two Promises.

Harry l.. Morton, sevcnty-nine years oiu,
who is well known as Uncle Harry in the
financial district, where he has operated
for many years as senior member of the
brokerage firm Of II. L. Horton & Co.. at
No. 60 Broadway, Is the defendant in a
breach Of promise suit The plaintiff against
the venerable stock broker is Miss Elisa
BETH y. Bergh. who demands $4,000 dam
ages for the failure Of Mr.. Horton to make
good his alleged promise TO marry her, and
the consequent anguish of mind that she
has suffered.
Miss Bergh said in her complaint that IL
had been agreed between her and the de-
PENDANT that the wedding was to take place
in January. 1910 Just about the time that
Miss Bergh was waiting expectanuy Tor
Mr.. Horton to take her to the altar he was
the guest of honor at a novel dinner gwen
al the Hotel Plaza by the Bradford County
PENNSYLVANIA Society. Mr.. Horton is
native of Bradford County. Some three
hundred members and their friends were
present at the dinner held on January ),
1910. and they sang and drank the health
Of their townsman. whose career in the big
city had reflected such renown on the old
county.
The diners sang verses about Uncle
Harry" written specially for the OCCASION
and told in speeches of his being In wall
Street since the early COS and Of his being
a survivor of the old school Of financiers
that included Jay Gould and Daniel Drew
And probably not one man in that gay com
pany knew that the laughing, jolly guest
Of honor. whose years he so easily carried
with a face as unwrinked as a boys, and
yet the father OF two grown daughters, was
engaged TO be married few days later.
In her complaint Miss Bergh said that
Mr. Horton first promised on July q, 1909,
to marry her. lie fixed no date at that
time the plaintiff alleged. but said that
the marriage should take place as soon 'as
certain humliatng conditions, which would
soon be conquered by him. were removed.
Then. on December %, 1853. according to
the plaintiff. NIrQ Horton requested her TO
promise that she would marry him, which
she did the date for the marriage being set
for the following month. But after the two
promises, Miss Bergh complained, the
broker refused to marry her.
The answer Of Mr.. Horton was a denial
of the allegation made by the plai2tift
Also, he made a motion in the Supreme
Court to strike out as Irrelevant 10 the ac-
ton the alleged statement Of Mr. Horton
about the certain humiiatinG conditions
that he expected 10 overcome. This mo-
ton was granted and Miss Bersh filed her
new complaint yesterday with the remark
omitted. Counsel for Miss Bereh was not
inclined yesterday to discuss the case, but
il was intimated that negotiations were
afcot for a settlement Of the case out Of
court. Just on what basis he did not say
Miss Bergh the plaintiff is forty-hve
years old. and has been spending the sum-
mer at Monticello, ~ Y. 1t was said that
she had known Mr.. Horton and his family
for more than twenty years. The condition
that Mr.. Horton hoTed 10 overcome before
he married Miss Bergh was the objection
TO the marriage made by his daughter, Mrs
Tlanche Hutton, wife of Edward +. Hut
ton, also broker and senior member Of
the firm Of +. F. Hutton & Co.
Mr. Horton is a member Of the New York
Stock Exchange, the Produce Exchange,
the Chicago Board of Trade and of several
prominent clubs.