The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-12
She Thought Him Finest
and Noblest Man
Alive.
LOVED HIM FROM
FIRST M EE TING
Friends Knew That They Were
Engaged, Then Her Heart Was
Broken When She Heard of
Marriage to Another-Her
Suit Not Instigated
by His Enemies.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch !


New York. July l1.-Miss Mlgnon
hopkins. who. on July !, brought a
$4,000 suit for breach Of promise
against Governor William Sultzer. ana
whose rsclusion since then has been a
mystery OF national interest, was
round to-day in her home at
aO2 spruce street philadelphia The
woman. who claims 10 have been tho
youthful sweetheart OF the ,nan now
holding first power and position in
the Empiio state is still strikingly
hchutiful-a woman OF keen and cul-
tnred MIND but OF fragile scnsibility
who "cI' as she read the letters which
she wrote TO william Sulzcr, and which
VIII confront him as evidence There
are perhaps 100 lcttcrs-lcttcrs that
ne returned 20 her after the parting
OF tho ways
Miss Hopkins. whose statement was
made in the presence OF her attorney
Theodore Cuylcr Patterson. told the
story OF her romance:
II met MI Sulzcr in 1901" she said
'Vi'c We're introduced By Mr. Brinton
Miner. a friend OF mine and "A law
school classmatc OF his II was a
casual. natural meeting. loved him
almost from that day. thought him
the finest ana noblest man alive. /
Friends Knew of Engagement.
Every friend we had knew that
tho CONGRESSMAN was engaged to mar
~ me Many have come forward and
volunteered TO testify to this fact
Every letter that he wrote To me while
he vas out OF town told or his love
and devotion. some OF these letters
Will b" shown at the trial.
Il have a picture of MIR Sulzcr
taken II 1879. which he s,ar.
ter h" Inscribed IL used to love the
picture becaus" II showed him as /
thought he was-strong and manly
and determined in everything. even in
his lovomakirg 10 mo.
"All through his early political life
as h" gradually rose from obscuritv
! watched him and applaud"d him. and
h" used TO Civ" me the credit for his
victories. saving that inspired him 10
great things. And yet he was ONLY
playing With me, tricking me de-
c"iv!n" M for the lowest aim any
man on earth could have did not
understand such things then.
we went out frequently together
when he was in the country. trusted
him utterly. But In 1903 while he was
stopping AT tho stevens Hotel No. ~
hroadwaN. ana when / had met him
there for dinner At his invitation. the
nrst trouble came. He suddenly Offend
and dismayed me.
In my fright cried for aid and sew
e'al guests of thc hotel came Mr.
Sulzer sent them away. He told them
that / was his Wife We shall! have
some OF these guests as witnesses TO
prove In court the truth OF my state
ment.
Quarrel Passes Over.
But the quarrel passed over, and
IN the intervening years until 1905.
although ! suffered NAM: misrtvings
we were the closest of comrades We
met a places in Staten Island and else
where. He was my promised husband.
ana l loved him dearly. l was very
proud OF him. / wrote TO him continu-
ally. as he did to me. when he was
away.
The break came in 1905. One day
the news was brought to me that he
had married Miss Clara Rodelheim. a
trained nurse of Philadelphia. 1t was
on January S. Shocked. dismayed and
broken hearted. ! consulted lawyer.
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