The Washington times., 1919-05-14
Jury LETS WOMAN
KEEP love" GIFTS

BALTIMORE. May IA verdict
for Mrs. Ethel V. Newton was render
ed yesterday by the city court jury in
the suit of Dr.. Cyrus c. Moore, OF
Philadelphia, to recover on eleven
promissOry notes, for an aggregate of
So, 800, signed by Mrs. Newton in DR..
MoOre's favor. By their verdict the
jury found that the notes represented
money which the aged physician gave
the young woman while he was in
love with her, as she said, and did not
represent money which he had loaned
her to finance her business and TO
improve her property. as the doctor
contended.
The jury deliberated on the case
about a half hour after arugment by
Jacob S. New. attorney for DR.. Moore,
and Harry Is. Wolf, attorney for Mrs.
New ton.
Business. and not love. caused him
to part with the money represented
by the notes, according to Mr.. MOore's
testimony. The doctor said he loaned
Mrs. Newton the money purely as a
matter of business. and he did not |
give her the money because Of his |
love for her and their intimacy, as /
she asserted. Love was not the basis, |
according to the doctor. of a number |
of letters Of an affectionate nature |
written by him and signed Your :
Boy" which were introduced as evil
dence.
Just An Old Mans Pleasantly.
81 was so much older than Mrs
Newton" the doctor explained. that
I signed myself Your Boy as a mere
The doctor is about
sixty years old and Mrs Newton is
twenty-six.
1T is true that I was not intimate
with Mrs. Newton" DR.. Moore said !
in answer to Mr.. VOLTS questions. Il
was never intimate with her. ] want
ed TO see her a successful merchant.
! never loved her or expressed love
for her. ! never went 10 hotels in
New York or elsewhere with her.
That's blackmail / came to BaIti-
delphia, but only 10 see the property
| was lending money on and not TO
see her"
COntradicting Mrs. Newton further
DR.. Moore denied that he gave her a
diamond brooch and he expressed ig-
norance OF the Philadelphia jeWeler
from whom she said he bought it.
Il don't know what a brooch is.
the doctor added. Il saw great deal
OF jewelry she inherited"
Claimed He Loaned S2I,58O.
Questioned as to the prOmissory
notes representing money he said he
lent Mrs. Newton. the doctor said he |
had lent her $2l 800 altogether. This
sum was represented by the eleven
notes in the case and nine
in Philadelphia. The doctor had no
books with him TO show when the
money was lent. He sued her in
on the notes there, be
said, but did not press that suit be
cause Mrs. Newton had moved to
Baltimore and she had no property in
TO attach. He denied
that he abandoned the Philadelphia
suit because OF an affidavit Mrs New
ton hled in il.
This affidavit. which Attorney Wolf
read TO the jury, was made April 4
1918. In it Mrs. Newton swOre that !
she never received a loan from Dr.
Moore, but all the money she got
from him was a gift because OF his
great love and affection for her for
more than three years The doctor
had made her many gifts. she also
swore. and they had visited various
places together, pursuant to an
agreement that she would separate
from her husband, Isaac A. Newton,
because Of his ill-tre8tment.
Then Attorney Wolf read TO the
jury the Your Boy" letters. 10 the
amusement Of the spectators. There
were seven OF them. the first dated
Iune lG 1916. and the last June Is.
1917. All were short and began Dear
Ethel" In one or them the doctor
;alled Mrs. Newton "sweatheart."
Paid Her store Bills.
Concluding his testimony Or Moore
;aid that his books. which he did not
Jring with him. would show the dates
= hen the money was lent. Mrs. New
Ons store books would also show
hat. he added. He paid her store
pills. he explained, and promissOry
notes were signed Tor her for the eX-
)enditure.
The last denial Of Dr. Moore was
hat he had paid SIS for a bathing .
Uit for Mrs Newton. When Attorney ,
Nolf suggested il was an Indoor
,athIng suit the doctor said he did
Tot know what kind that was
Il have been TO Atlantic city" he )
dded, but ! never went into the r
cean. ] was never there over night. /
Dr. Moore claimed he got no Sc q
urity for the money he said he lent +
er except an equity in the store and 3
ouses sEe owned. The doctor also
aid he was graduated an NJ d. on [
fay ]. 1889, and was not in any com il
1ercisl business. but he tries to keep T
~ money invested IL