Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
WANTS $4,000 DAMAGES
Champion Rider Declares Miss Nc
Murray Will Not See Him.
BECAME ENGAGED IN PARIS
Edward Starr States He Bought Elk
pensive Clothes and Spent
Money Travelling.

NEW YORK. November 11-Bdward
Starr. champion rider Of Austria"
formerly q second lieutenant In the
cavalry regiment of Vienna, today filed
In the supreme court an action for
$4,000 damages against Miss Helen
McMurray, daughter of c. +. McMur-
ray. wealthy retired manufacturer
OF Troy, n. Y. The former army Off
Ger charges that Miss McMurray won
MS heart promised to marry him and
then Tilted him without even an ex-
PLANTATION of er reasons for not keep
ing her promise
Starr Is twenty-seven years OF age
the son of wealthy Vienna banker
The girl whom he claims caused him to
sacrifice a promising career in the
army to win her love is twenty-five
She is described as beautiful society
favorite and an heiress to the for
tune her father accumulated q man
ufacturer of dress goods in Troy. They
spend most of their time travelling
abroad and in this country.
Starr came to New York last July in
search of his alleged fiancee. and he Is
still searching for her. He went i'm
mediately to the Gotham Hotel to see
Miss McMurray, but failed to see her,
he alleges, because her parents kept
her in their private apartment and
later went away with her without per-
hitting him to have an interview
Starr now is living here with friends.
Through his attorney, Hugo Ritter
busch. he today made this statement:
The breach of promise suit never
would have been started If / were nor
convinced that Miss McMurray has been
unduly influenced against me by her
parents. The action is brought as a
| last resort to get in communication
with her. / have tried my best to get
a talk with her or reach her by letter.
but have not succeeded II i could
hear from her directly, the court pro-
ceedings would be stopped 1t Is not a
question Of money.
Mr. Ritterbusch said: This Is no
| 'Ruzzielams' case. 1t is meritorlous
action, but 1 do not care to discuss II.
Mr. starr and Miss McMurray are both
| intelligent, conservative persons. He Is
very much in love with her and gave
up everything to marry her. Here are
| a package of her letters to him, ana
| In them are evidences Of her regard
for him. They will be exhibited at
the proper time"
| Net in Vienna.
It was in August, 1910. it appears from
Starts complaint, that he first made the
| acquaintance of the Troy girl. She then
| was travelling in Europe with her parents
and had gone to Vienna to see the Vienna
races. Starr as cavalry ofhcer, nad a
stable of five horses. His brilliant horse
manship caught the eye of the young
American heiress and she was later intro
| duced to Starr at the ball in Vienna
which ended the race meet.
In September Starr went to Paris at the
| request, he alleges, of Miss McMurray.
He first obtained a years furlough from
army work. sold his horses and equipped
| himself with all the necessaries OF gen
| tleman on a pleasure trip. lie stayed IN
Paris until the following January. and
during this time, he says, Miss McMur-
| raw promised several times to be his wife.
starr alleges that he forfeited year $
pay by leaving the army to win MISS NC
| Murray and that he also lost his promo
loss and expended a large sum Of money
by reason of Miss McMurrays promises to
him. He bought expensive clothes, went
to England to perfect his knowledge or
the English language. spent money travel
ing over land and sea and followed a
course that makes him ashamed to go
back to Vienna without his bride.
When Starr and Miss McMurray met
he could speak no English and she could
speak no German. Both Of them spoke
language Starr declares that he bought
Miss McMurray presents Of great value.
intrinsically and sentimentally. and that
she has retained them. He bought her
flowers, took her on pleasure trips and to
many entertainments.
Went to Sanatorium.
While in Paris, the Austrian ayers. he
went to a sanatorilIm at the request OF
Mr.. McMurray. The father of the girl
thought Starr was run down" and the
officer was willing to build himself up
under the advice of the American manu-
facturer. While in Paris, 1T appears. Mr.
McNurray was Of the opinion that his
daughter should have three months to
think the matter over in order to dis
cover if she was still willing to marry
Starr at the expiration of this time She
and her parents returned to New York
and Starr followed later on.
Attorney Thomas T. Pagan of Troy has
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