The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-14
65,
WINS OVER
!. D. c. GIRL
Miss Marie Hansen Asserts En-.
gagement Was Broken on.
Eve Of Wedding.

Frank has broken my heart.
He practically left me waiting at
the church when he secretly we'd
ded the rich, elderly Boston
widow--a woman, / understand,
old enough to be his grandmother"
Miss Marie Hansen, thirty-one
years old, accomplished pianist and
employe of the United States
Housing Corporation, who lives at
.2238 Decatur place northwest,
made this statement this morning
twhen-sdiscussing her plans to file
suit for damages for breach of
promise against Frank ]. Allen, an
advertising expert Of the Western
Electric Company of Boston.
Plans to. Sue Mrs. Allen.
Miss Hansen also plans, through
her, attorney, Mark Stearman. OF the
Columbian building. to file suit
against her rival. Mrs. Mary F..
Roughan, said to be sixty.five years
old, widow Of James Roughan. one
OF Boston's former best known bust
ness men, charging that she alienated
the affections Of Allen.
"It appears to me that Frank Tilted
me and my love for the wealth Of his
present wife, the rich Boston widow"
Miss Hansen continued. "They were
married last November at the Little
Church Around the Corner, in New
York city, and knew nothing of the
marriage until during the last Christ
mas holidays when I learned the
couple were at the Wardman Park
Inn.
"It was a great shock. But I am
getting over it. I always had believed
in Frank. He bestowed his affections
and love on me for more than eleven
years-we were always together until
he went to Boston TO work for the
electric company. 1t was while there
that he met the wealthy widow who
became my rival and stole Franks
love from me-" ~
Engagement Broken.
Allen, 1t is alleged, broke his en-
gagement to marry Miss Hansen last
March, a week before Easter Monday.
the day they were to be married. He
wrote her that he felt they would
never be happy IL they married be.
cause he had discovered her disposi-
ton was of IAN incompatible nature" I"
And just to think Of that! said
Miss Hansen. my incompatibility!
Well, 1t took him nearly twelve years
to find 1t out. AS a matter of fact,
this was a poor excuse. He had to
get out of the engagement In some
way so he could marry the rich
widow, who could bestow on him auto
mobiles, gifts and other things that
wealth alone can give. OF course, I
feel he will not be loved as / would
have loved him-the way I believed
loved him"
when learned during the Christ
mas holidays that Frank and Mrs.
Roughan had been married, i'm.
mediately consulted by lawyer, Mark
stearman. We sent for Frank to dis
cuss the matter. He made engage
ments which he never kept He final
ly d sappeared with his rich wife from
Washington. Then he sent his step
"a ther, Mr.. Gilbert, to see my lawyer.
Gilbert also came to see me. Frank
had given me a handsome diamond en-
gagement ring. He told Mr.. Gilbert
to get the ring from me, Gilbert ex.
plained when he called that in Bos-
ton recently the court had decided that
when a wedding engagement is broken,
| 7 resents which had been exchanged be-
tween the principals should be re.
turned.
Refuses To Return Ring.
Therefore, said Gilbert, you
should return Frank his ring to
him. I refused. Gilbert also told me
TO give him q shirt that Frank had
asked me 10 repair. ! refused this
request, also. real'zed what they
were after. They wanted me to re-
turn the wedding ring and other
things that Frank had given me, so
e.. they could insist that I had broIscn
! the engagement. or was In way
responsible for the breach"
The courtship of Miss Hansen and
Allen began when they both attended
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