The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
$4,000 BONDS ASKED
IN A LOVE TANGLE.
Doctor Called False by Maiden
Whose Suit Reveals Board
ing House Romance.
POSED AS A HYPNOTIST

A romance OF n Manhattan boarding
house that promised sunshine, flowers
and eternal love for a maide OF 80. but
which ended instead In a suit 10 re-
cover $4,000 worth of bonds entrusted
10 the alleged faithless sweetheart, was
disclosed In the Supreme Court yester-
day when Miss AM Perkins filed a
complaint against Robert L. Clarke.
Miss Perkins. who lives at 40 East
Thirtieth street. Is an Englishwoman
who has an income from an estate
abroad. She has studied music at the
Boston Conservatory and has devoted
some of her time to writing. At the
East Thirtieth street boarding house she
met Clarke, who she alleges represented
himself to be n wealthy physician. al
though he is declared to be a patent medi-
cine manufacturer. The papers were
served on Clarke at the Morgan House.
| oughkeepsie.
The complaint. filed by James p. Dill
lon of 80 Church street. sets forth that
prior TO October 80 last Miss Perkins
owned $1,000 of United States Rubber
bonds, and alleges that prior TO that
date she was weak. sick and infirm
and .'uuder the care of the defendant
ms her physician" In order to get pos
session OF the bonds and sell the ZANE
| for his own benefit Miss Perkins says
that Clarke "f~raudulently and deceit
fully stated to the plaintiff that ne was
a single man. free to marry mat ne
had no entangling alliances with women
that he had no love affair. and was as
free as the air"
The plaintiff say he represented mat
he was a physician with a large ana
extensive practice that he had spent
- $780,. a., ,htatpinD N medical euu-
cation I'm the, schools and hospitais oi
France. Germany and England. and was
licensed to practice in New YORK. She
| a,,epes that he also stated tina he was
ga specialist in curing the Ills OF 'he
human body. directing ana dissectins
The preconceived thoughts OF others ana
controlling their minds in obedience 10
his will and applying an inial'io'e
remedy to each sickness and DISEASE
Miss Perkins alleges that clarke rep
resented that he was a man OF larse
means. with rich and o~lstiheulsneu
family connections; with a beautiiui
home and estate at P~oughkeepsie over
| looking the famous Morgan estate tnat
4, was n haven of rest, with balmy ar
tho fragrance OF trees, plants. MOWERS
beautiful lawns and shrubbery. the scene
enchanting" She says he told her she
was "a sweet. beautiful woman ana
an authoress with a great future II
nronerly directed, an intelligent woman
of a%ristocratic tendencies.
Miss Perkins says that on OCTOBER ~
last at the boarding house she ana
Clarke agreed to marry each other' the
d~efendan stating that II was iminaterlai
| 10 him whether they settled down for life
in Chicago or Pasadena. his immediate
n~ractice as a physician was assured. his
income and wealth being limited only to
the ~hnancia standing of the society. the
elite and best OF which lie would culti-
vate for patients. she says ne also
| told her that diamonds, "A sealskin coat.
an auto. a luxurious home and a retinue
Of servants rpidst flowers and the daily
sunshine of Pasadena would be her part
as "A h~elpmate." .
Miss Perkins says il was arranged
that the wedding woul take place IN
Pasadena. and she gave him the bonds
with the understanding That he would
go on ahead and buy "A home there. and
would meet her at the depot with five
patients and they would get married
Immediately on her arrival" She says
, he confirmed his protestations OF
love" by giving her a promissory note
for s2.50O and making a will giving her
all his property.
The plaintiff says that in accordance
with the defendants promise she started
for Pasadena on November IA last and
arrived there on December 2. The de-
PENDANT failed 10 meet her and thereafter
he refused to marry her in Pasadena or
anywhere else. She a he declined to
return the bonds land assigned the plain
tiff to a home where all hope abandon
ye who enter here"
Miss Perkins alleges hat all the state
ments made by Clarke were false that
ne is not a physician and has no estate
AZ Po~ughkeepsie. and that his note and
will are worthless, made as a cloak to
conceal the fraud and imposition prac-
tiscd upon the plaintiff" She alleges
that Clarke has sold the bonds 10 others
and names as defendants the S~eaboard
National Bank, the Kings County Trust
Company and Lee. Higginson a Co.