New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-03
ACTRESS GETS S25O,0OO
IN LIEU OF A CORONET
Record Damages Paid by Mar
quis of Northampton to
Miss Daisy Markham.
LETTER READ IN COURT
Dying Peer Made Eldest Son
Promise Not to Wed Won
an He Loved-Judge
Approves Settlement.
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London, July 1.-The enormous sum
Of a quarter of million dollars was
awarded by agreement to-day in JUS
! tice Bucknill's court to Daisy Mark
ham, the actress. who had sued the
rich young peer. the Marquis Of North
ampton, for breach Of promise of mar
riage. There was a great crowd In the
courtroom, composed mostly Of women
who had pushed their way in expect
| ing 10 hear all the sensational details
! promised They were dumfounded
when Sir Edward Carson. the PLAINTIFFS
| brilliant counsel, calmly announced that
q settlement for such a huge amount
had been made.
A pathetic letter from the defendant
| in which he swore the fondest love Tor
the actress produced a tremendous SEN
sation, especially when coupled with the
fact that the father just few days
preceding his death recently had iald
on his son q solemn injunction not 70
marry the actress Daisy Moss, known
on the stage as Daisy Markham
Every inch Of the courtroom was
| packed to the limit with fashiohaDS
dressed women and men. and the gang
WAYS were filled, too. with standees'
until the Judge, taking his seat III al
the splendor of his robes and w'g' or
dered the PASSAGES to be cleared.
Plaintiff in Black.
Miss Markham. dressed in black silk
with a simple White collar and black
velvet hat massed with black tulle' sat
in the front row. while in the same
ro,v only four places removed was
Young Lord Northampton. one oil Ehs
lands proudest peers. nice looAins
young fellow. with a small mustache
and black hair. 4 very Formidable ar
ray % counsel entered and took their
| places.
with but little delay Sir Edward Car
son arose and said that LORD Nor'h-
anpton. then Earl Compton mace
,ronnise Of marriage last year ana laler
hroLa off the enlargement. writing
letter. which he and Henry H. Duke,
Miss Markham's counsel. had agreeu
! should be read in court
The letter. signed BIN was poi8-
nant in its feeling and manliesuy was
written straight from the heart OF the
I Young marquis. He said that ne io'eu
and respected her more thah any
.,or,an In the whole world. and hat
he thought her his ideal Of womannoou'
In one place he sadly argued the APP
parcnt impossibillty Of their marriage
NV saving: Daisy. you don't know
how these so-called ladies would treat
Won. and | really could not bear TO see
Won suffering it. With your sweet
sensitive nature it would be torture
10 YOU. oh, IL could but escape from
nv nosItion, You will always be my
ideal. my beautiful dream.
Sir Edward Carson then announces
the acknowledgment and the COSTS
., tho case. Miss Markham's counsel
said Lord Compton thought when he
promised marriage that there was no
chance OF his succeeding so soon TO the
marouisate, but at the same time ne
considered It only right to consult his
father, who put his foot down hat'y'
saving the alliance was Impossible
Given in Generous Spirit.
Mr. Justice Bucknill said there was
absolutely no question that the de-
fendant had a deep. warm and sincere
o1ection for the plaintiff. and added.
"The money has been given III gen
erous spirit and the settlement mas my
fullest approval
seen outside the courtroom after the
termination OF the hearing, Miss Mark
ham said: =,
eft was not money wanted. l
didn't require it. l wanted to marry
the marquis.
The damages obtained are easily the
record exceeding the highest sum paid
nv Earl Cowley. then Viscount Dangan'
20 PHYLLIS Broughton in 1889. and the
$4,000 paid by Lord Garmoyle' later
Earl Cairns. TO Miss Fortesque' OF the
Gaiety Theatre, In 1851
Miss Markham. who Is not quite
twenty-seven years old, will continue
her nine years career on the stage
where she is we'll known through her
interpreting leading parts in Lean
Kleschna," Love Watches" the CLAD
Eye" paid in Full and flames,
She was once in America with Sir
Charles Wyndham's company.
Lord Northampton is known to MS
intimates by a diminutive of Compton,
G.. "Cummy." He is almost twenty
eight and, like most Of his fellow OIL
GERS in the Royal Horse Guards. polo
nlaver. He was one Of the young
chaps who wore armor and tilted at
| ut orlia Court la ct