The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-12
CLAIMS WILSON TOLD
HER OF Ills LOVE
Miss Laura Johnson, Plaintiff in $4,000
Breach of Promise Suit Against Rev.
c. c. Wilson, Tells Story of
Their Relations.

Their Relations.
Boston, May l2~Trial by jury of the
$4,000 breach of promise suit OF Miss
Laura Louise johnson of Minnesota
against Rev. Charles Chsse Wilson, rec
tor of the Church of Our Saviour of Ros-
lindale, was begun yesterday in the fed
eral district court before Judge James
M. Morton, jr. This is the first breach
of promise suit that has ever been tried
in the federal courts in Massachusetts.
The court room was crowded with wit
nesses and spectators, e-large number
of the latter being made up of Rev. Mr..
Wilson's parishioners. The suit arose
out OF an alleged promise to marry, said
to have been made by Rev. Mr.. Wilson
] in July, 1912, when he was assistant
rector of st. Paul's church at Burlington,
VT, and when Miss Johnson was in Bur
lington prior to hes leaving for York
Beach after having ieft the University
of Vermont.
| In his opening remarks to the jury,
Attorney Willard told how Miss John
son of Minneapolis came to Burlington
! in 1912 and entered the University OF
Vermont as a special student. She took
rooms with a Miss AIabie at Mrs. Lanes
on College street, owing 10 the crowded
conditions in the dormito-tes. She first
met the defendant alta New Years party
at Fort Ethan Allen on December 81,
1912. Mr.. Willard said the defendant
had invited Miss Johnson's room mate
TO the party, but became quite atten
tive to Miss johnson during the course
of the evening.
Mr.. Wilson made frequent calls on |
Miss johnson and in January declared |
his affections for her, the attorney added. |
Later in the same year, when Mr.. Wilson |
was in Arlington, Miss johnson called !
on him and he again called told her of |
his love. Mr.. Willard went on to tell |
how Miss johnson could not understand |
why the defendant did not write to her.
Then she wrot her mother who came
Then she wrote her mother who came
Mr.. Wilson in Arlington. Miss johnson
was left "alone with fhe defendant who,
on bended knees" again declared his love
for her But Mr. WiIson added that he
had a higher call, thai OF celibacy. She
left him and next heard OF him when
she received a newspaper clipping from
a friend. announcing the defendants en-
gagement to another woman.
Miss johnson was the first witness.
she said she first met the defendant at
Fort Ethan Allen at dance, having nine
or ten dances with him.
"We sat together on the way home.
On our arrival, he picked me right up
in his arms, and carried me to the door"
He asked permission to call and she
finally consented, the witness further 9
stated He also tried to embrace her, J
1ut she would not permit him to doNso.
Zone evening we had long converse
ion and he deelaredS - love for me-
aid the witness.
Miss johnson then told Of frequent !
isits and of Mr.. Wilson's dining with /.
Ter and her mother often at the Van /.
Sess house.
In June Miss Johnson moved TO Mr.. and
Hrs. Guy b. Horizons on Buell. street. :
The defendant called on her there and !
uring the call she said, she allowed n
ir. Wilson 10 kiss her. Asked what
hey talked about, Miss johnson said, a
urning to the jury; o
IL felt I loved him so that, as per- +,
APPS some Of YOU know, We did not need h
o talk. We were so happy just to be Il
ogether. We sat on the couch When "
e first came in he used to kiss me and (,
mbrace me and then we would have 81
ca Then we would sit together" 81
One day when Mr.. Wilson called she Il
appened to be in a japanese kimono. II
or which she excused herself. But, she I'll
sid, the defendant said it was all right. l.
nat she "looked sweet Because of pl
er appearance he called her "his little Sc
ap." b.
About the first of July. 1913, he rati al
ed his love for her on an afternoon "
hen he called at her room in Mrs. o.
orton's house. Miss johnson said: pa
"He took me in his arms and kissed SC
e and kissed me. bl
Counsel for the defendant objected 10
tiers between her and her parents and nc
ese were all excluded by Judge Nor ar
n. -
Miss Johnson said she went to York ~
zach later in the summer and stayed III ~
n davs, seeing MFR. Wilson in Boston ~
hen she returned. She further test-
d that after she returned West, not -,
airing from him. she wrote to him, but ~
evaded her questions. Because of =,
is. she testified. she lost weight and -
uld not eat or sleep.
She returned to Burlington in 1915 to
{ spiritual consolation from DR. Bliss
the latter part of October she re-
ived letter from Miss Mabie in which To
Is enclosed a newspaper clipping an
uncing Mr.. Wilson's engagement 30
other woman
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