El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-01-13
Mainly Courted Fortune,
Not Self. Declares
Margaret Waddsll
DER THE
WIRE By CODE
Peddled Worthless Paint
ing All Over Country,
Ayers

H kHNi4"N ~ N'tR
that re desired fifteen minutes to
seqregate a series Of letters from
defendant, A. r. Mandy, 20 plain
tlH, Miss Margaret a. &. Waddell,
ITO show that It was NOT the I'M
teptiou Of Mr.. Manly to get plain
tiff to marry him, but. the engage
ment was for the purpose Of In
ducing plaintiff and her family to
invest some St25.ooO, and failing
to do this, broke off the engage
ment.G
Just what the prosecution Intends
to prove by its one witness, the plain
tit, and certain letters, In the $780,
600 breach or promise suit Of Miss
Margaret A. 2 WaddeIl, Of Los Ans
gales, VS.. Arthur r. MANLY, Of Taos,
was outlined late Yesterday afternoon
III tine opening statement to the jury.
ny Attorney A. B. Renehan, Of Rene
aan & Wright, counsel for plaintiff.
The suit Is being tried in the fed
erai court before u. S. District Judge
William H. Pope, and promises to be
quite interesting.
Summarized, Mr.. Renehan's alIega-
tions. which he will strive to prove,
are the following
That plaintiff came over from Eng
land i'll 1911 to take q fine position in
New York City. later visiting Taos,
New Mexico, where she met A. r..
Manly, defendant,
That defendant discovered that
plaintiff had a small fortune not ok
ceeding 1900 to 1900 pounds sterl
ing and correspondence with her en-
sued.
That the correspondence became
warmer ais the days passed, result
ing in an engagement on October 10,
1912, but all through the correspond
ence ran a question Of money, money,
and again money; that defendant sug
gested plaintiff sell her property and
invest in his ranch in Taos where he
would present her his house and fur
nitUre.
THAT defendant, however exacted
from plaintiff promisspry notes Of
$4,000 and $50.000 and compelled
acknowledgement before a notary
public and later demanded back the
deeds.
That the defendants object in
counting plaintiff was not marriage
but money.
That defendant induced plaintiff to
gather from England '%'silyer. ancient
and antique, which was packed and
made ready by an English firm at
considerable expense.
That defendant caused plaintiff tol
expeud from $500 to $500 for a trou-
sseau which she purchased in Cali
forpia: that he wrote to her to pur-
chase $685. worth Of linens, pillow
caaos, leather pillows known as
couch cushions, and to transfer all
Of these things to his, defendants, /
house in Taos.
That defendant even had plaintiff
emhroider linens in the English ems
tom with the initials Of the man she
was expected to wed, said initials
beipg "a. r. MI SO that, when the
engagement was broken, an OF these
linens and things thus marked be-
came almost worthless 10 the plain
tin.
That plaintiff, yielding to the in
.fatuation Of this correspondence and
to the belief in the integrity OF the
man there Attorney 3. II. Crist. for
defendant, objected to the oratorical
tone Of the statement, which objection
was sustained BY Judge Pope. Mr..
Renehan, employing no additional adj
jectives, continued where he had
been interrBpted) plaintiff also
transferred at her own expense to
Taos furnishings for the house at an
additional expense Of several hun
bred dollars"
That in the correspondence be-
tween defendant and plaintiff there
areA ~insinuations Of possibilities del
PENDANT could not marry; then be
would ~obliterate this form Of sug-
gestion; that a code of signals was
devised for use in telegraphing sol
that single word meant: y am
coming, Lowell and another word sig
Come to me. DarIinglF
That the marriage was to be sol
emnized at Albuquerque November "a,
1912, and that plaintiff arrived IN All
buQuerQne for The event, having been
;advised forthwith to spread her
wings and ny 10 the defendant +"
she came, but a change had come
over defendants dream and no we'd
ding occurred; that defendant pre-.
lack Of nancy but not until
plaintiff, supposedly brlde-to-be. had
travelled a long distance from Los
Angeles.
That defendant advised plaintiff to
carry TO New York a certain picture
Of ST. Agnes supposedly worth $3.50
O09 which defendant had purchased
in Santa Fe for the sum OF 5000. and
to try to sell 1t to art dealers, after
plaintiff had failed to sell It to such
dealers in California despite the ar
pendllhre OF much hard work and al
good deal Of time.
That having received these instfuc-
regarding the sale OF the oil
painting plaintiff was informed that
the wedding should be delayed and
instead OF hearing the merry tipkle
Of silvery wedding bells in AlbuQuer
que. plalntlf listened 10 the sharp
Ioot-toot Of the railroad locomotive
That further, defendant told plain
tiff in Albuquerque that he had toll