The New York herald., 1920-01-07
C0URTED 8 YEARS.;
TILTED, SHE SAYS,
IN s250,000. SUIT
Miss E. E. Waldo Files Action
Against Frederick M. Brown,
Wed Since 1913.


and perennial engagement which con.
tinued year after year and eliminated
with dramatic sadness when she dis.
covered that the man who so often prom
ased to marry her had made another youna
woman his wife. was recounted in a be.
lated complaint filed in the Supreme
Court yesterday by Miss Elsie Eleanor
Waldo. The plaintiffs identity was not
revealed in the complaint
Ever SO often Miss Waldo sat beside hei
suitor taking instruction from him in
French and German languages. and she
Gays he so completely dominated her af.
fections that she readily agreed to yearly
ding drew nigh.
Miss Waldo is suing Frederick Melvin
Brown, noted admiralty lawyer, with
degrees from half dozen universities iI
this country and Europe, alleging that h'
failed to keep his promise to marry her
ginning of his courtship. Miss Waldo says
her opportunities to contract an advanta
geous, worthy and desirable marital re
lation" have been injured to the extent OF
s2so,OOO which is the amount she demands
from Mr. Brown.
Met When She Was Twenty.
They first became acquaip. sd in No
vember. 1906, when she was twenty. says
the young woman. After that they fire.
aueptly met socially. until finally the de-
fendant told her he wished to convince
her of his love and respect.
His suit was acceptab BILE. she admits, and
as result on December IS, 1908, she says
, he formally proposed marriage, but sug-
gested that the date of their wedding
be fixed for a year later.
Having great affection for the defend
ant" Miss Waldo says, she acquiesced in
the arrangement.
During that year the defendant paid
marked attention, wrote her many fond
and advisory letters" continues Miss
Waldo. who then AYERS that about a
month prior to the wedding day Mr.
Brown requested enother years postpone
,nent, giving reasons for delaying the
ceremony which she then believed.
Tho ensuing year found her suitor no
less attentive, she asserts. He gave her
Jewels, flowers and books. and assisted
her in her literary endeavors. He also
gave her lessons IN French and German
But about December 10 of that year, Miss
Waldo says. her fiancee again suggested
that the nuptial ceremonies be put over
for another 365 days.
Hated to Break the Charm.
'IIe said that the satisfaction of being
engaged TO the plaintiff was fraught with
( so much happiness and contentment that
he hateI to break the charm; that, be-
sides, he wished when he married the
plaintiff to take her to a country home
which he intended to buy and equip"
Having an abiding faith in the SINGER
fly OF the defendant, alleges the young
woman, she assented to his request and
tho wedding was again postponed. After
that he continued his calls of two and
three times a week, taking her TO places
of amusement. and not neglecting his lin
Guistic instructions.
But when the time approached in 19l.
for the marriage. Miss Waldo states,
her fiance demurred because he had not
bought his country estate. nor had his
programme turned out as he expected
He asked for another years adjournment
promising 1t would be the last as his
affairs would be Strengthened out so he
could marry and become the happiest
of men"
There was no hiatus in their relations
until August, 1918, when, Miss Waldo
says after he had given every assurance
! of his intention to make her his wife
and urged her to call upon him for finan-
cial assistance at any time should she re-
duire 1t, he stopped his visits and left
New York.
Learned OF His Marriage.
That was the last she saw of him, says
Miss Waldo. But In December, 1913, about
the time she expected to change her
name. she learned the defendant had
previously married Miss Mabel Heloise
stokes. in watertown. N. Y. 1t was a
complete surprise to Miss Waldo. accord
ing to her statement, as she continued
10 receive letters almost up to that time.
While courting her. Miss Waldo says.
Mr.. Brown represented himself as n man
Of wealth and high position in society.
representations whick she says. she
learned to be true. She also says she
had looked forward with satisfaction and
happiness to her intended marriage and
The social position she would assume, but
the denouement left her broken in health
by reason of the fact that during seven
Of the best years of her life she Glove
-,,nto him to the exclusion of other capable
and honest suitors of high social standing
and wealth.
Miss waldors attorney is Arthur Watson,
of Nyack n. Y. Last night the lawyer re-
fused TO discuss the case In any way or
'tell anything about the plaintiffs ante
cedents.
In "Who's Who in New York" Mr..
T3rown is described as a brother of Judge
Addison Brown. Of the United States Dis
trict Court. and associated with the law
firm of Butler Wyckoff & Campbell. Of
No "a wall street, where 1t was said yes
terday that he was In Washington appear
ing in AN admiralty case. He is a per1na-
nent member OF the Comite Internationale
dc Drolt Maritime and vice president of
tho international Maritime Law Confer
ence. Of Paris. Mr.. Brown married Miss
Mabel IIeloise Stokes on october TO- 1918.
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