The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-29

oullivans t22b,O00 breach OF promise suit
against Arthur 1nGersoll Hoe, son Of the
late printing press manufacturer, came
late yesterday afternoon. whom the Jury
| before Supreme Court Justice GaveRan
heard AZ the flrst witness for the defence
Mrs. Dorothy Brannisan Csmpion, who
was Miss Sullivan's chum during tho time
the plaintiff claims her relations with Mr..
Hoe began.
Mrs. Carnpion not only denied the state
rnents OF her former friend as to the ma
| terial features Of her story concerning
| ful about unimportant matters. Miss
suliivan's attorney. Mirabeau Towns. had
| Just started 20 cross-examne Mrs. Cam
pion when Miss Sullivan disturbed the
trial by explosive means and Justice
| 0avesan promptly adjourned court for the
| day. Tho jury listened attentiveiy TO
Mrs. Canpions story on her direct ex-
animation.
William II. Hamilton. counsel for the
| defendant, moved to dismiss the suit on
| the ground that II was well known In
| the community that Hoe was a married
man at the time Miss Sullivan claims he
proposed to her and that Miss Sullivan
must have known IL. The court denied
the motion and Mrs. Camplon then took
the witness stand.
Miss Sullivan Her Gown Boss"
Mrs. Campion said she nrst met Miss
sullivan in July, 1910. when both were
employed as telephone operators by the
Sterling Debenturo Corporation. the con-
Germ whose officers we're recently found
| guilty OF using the mails 20 defraud. Miss
| Sullivan quit her job suddenly and went
| to Shelter Island. Mrs Campion said. and
| from there wrote the witness letter
| which has already been put IN evidence
In this letter she said she was nov my
| own boss" and that she was going 10
have swell time"
| A day or go later Mrs Camplon, who
was living with her sister. Loretta, In n
fiat In East Nineteenth street near Second
| avenue. received a letter saying that Miss
| sullivan WAS on the way to visit them.
and not long after the letter came Miss
Sullivan arrived with her baggage. She
announced that she intended TO find en-
| ployment the next day.
| Mrs. Campion said that on the night
after Miss sullivan's arrival thoy went
out together for a long walk. They went
| up Second avenue 20 Twenty-third street
and then over TO Broadway and IN Broad
way to Forty-seoond street. They were
not In Fifth avenue AZ any time, although
Miss Sullivan's testimony WAS that they
were approached by Hoo while walking
| In Fifty-ninth street and that he forced
| his attentions on them.
Mrs campion testified that she and
Miss Sullivan had Just reached Second
| avenue and Twenty third street on the
way back to the fiat when It began to
rain. They had no umbrella, and Hoe,
who CHANGED to be passing. offered them
his. They declined II because they were
near home. but made an appointment to
meet him the following night.
Miss Sullivan had testified that she saw
Hoe alone the next day ana went with
| him to the Hotel Aston tea room, where
he told her he loved her the moment he
saw her and gave her $500. Mrs Cam
| pion's story was that on the second day
she and Miss Sullivan together met Hoe
and ne took them TO the Cafe Boulevard
| lie gave them no money. she said Mrs
| Campion said she was sure II wasn't the
| Hotel Aston where she went with Hoe and
Miss Sullivan because she has never
| been In the hotel.
Hoe Told of Marriage.
while we were at the Cafe Boulevard
| Mr. Hoe told us his name. and said he
was married and had a baby IL weeks
-
oio, haa we 49, "'s
name' uuIess anu '''ep"o"o "u'''oe' y"
piece OF psp,r J.. -. 49,.
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INV !, here III coui. mi'n ny ys.
paper was then marked in evidence.
AT the 'ic boulevs,u w, ioe Ut
ranged 20 NEE, US as',', ssIu '.s, AN.
plon. a.i,, "a "a ~, 80 ~ s
nane was Hay ~. 49,, W. %, go
WORK. me mex. uas M''s Sui,,van men.
and said she mad been offered So a week
| while she was lea rning the millinery busi-
ness. She told me she had refused the
place because she couldn't live on So n
week. | told her So was better than moth
ing and that II she wanted TO stay with
mo and my sister she would have TO get
something to do.
1--WE met Mr. Hoe the next DAY and
told him that We wanted to get an apart
rent together, but that she had no money
a. On rAa %,