The sun., 1916-11-22
NIGHT RIDE
NOT WORTH $4,000
Violet Braham, Who Asked
Damages From Wealthy Man,
DiscOntinues Suit.
CAME TO IN BATH TUB
Got Check for $50, but Had to
Return Diamond
Ring.

Violet Braham, 10 years old. agreed
with a few million other persons that
there's no place like home yesterday
when Justice Phiibin Of the Supreme
Court discontinued her suit for $50, 900
damages for alleged assault against
Samuel g. Lone. wealthy varnish man.
ufacturer. and h decided to return to
her parents In Grand Forks, N. d.
Violet frst amt into notice this
spring by winning In her wi home town
q comfortable sum In an action for per-
sonal injuries. With her ambitions fred,
she babe sood-by 20 her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edmund Braham, and set GU
for New York.
Arriving here in June. she put up In
the Hotel McAlpin In q room costing u
a day. When she left the hotel or the
evening Of June 8 she said in her am
davit submitted In court she noticed
nm automobile Siding UP to her In
Thirty-fourth street, near Park avenue,
and abe received an Invitation to q free
ride from Its occupant. Mr.. Long. who
wal a stranger to her but who imme-
diately Impressed her as a gentleman
Miss Braham aid she accepted the
offer i~nnocently. In the limousine her
narrative continued. Mr.. Long took her
to various resorts in Central Park. the
Pelham section. and Broadway. the pur-
pose being mainly. It appeared. to sam.
pie certain quaint connections which Mr..
Long described to her a. soft drinks
At one inn, according TO violet's state
ment. Mr.. Long positively forced his
large diamond ring upon her In ex-
change for . smile.
About 2 A. NJ. Miss Braham. feeling
there was no place left to see except the
McAlpin. asked to be taken 10 the hotel
no she could sleep OF the evenings ex-
element. She say hat Mr.. Ions
agreed. but a. her brain was skiddina
strangely from ~sleepiness. or something
she declares she did not notice that he
carried her to a different hotel In Forty.
ninth street until she DOL a bath there.
The shock Of cold water aroused her
according to her statement. and going 10
the where MI. Long was she re-
peated her request to be taken to the
McAipin. Her afidavit relates that Mr.
Long refused to comply until she re.
turned his diamond ring. and an uproaI
ensued that attracted clerks and attend.
ants.
1t ended. her story runs. when Mr.
Long a her a check for $50 which
she demanded from him In order to learl
his name And not for the purpose o.
getting money. She stated she did no
cash the check after bringing sui
against him for $4,000. william A
Sweetser. III attorney who filed tn
action for her. sent her to the home o
a woman acquaintance in 81 IVES
Eighty-second street. and there. afte
some crisp correspondence from the oil
folks at home. she decided to drop boil
the action and New York.
Attorney Sweetser opposed her mo
ton for n dismissal OF her complain,
asserting that Violet had told him tina
. man had offered her $500 at Ftft
ven and Thirtieth street just 70
making a few little marks on q pape
and that she remarked. The none.
really looked very good to me-"
hut Miss Braham Insisted on a dis
missal In an affidavit in which she re
pud,ated her charges against Mr.. Lons
Including the accusation that he had In
duced her to drink anything which coul
upset her poise. h said she did drin
wine on the big nigh lbut he truth wa
she liked II. SO Justice Philbin granite
her motion.