The Brewer and the Widow

Mrs. Dorothea Romer, a widow, has brought suit against Hans D. K. Hadenfeldt, a well-known businessman of this city, to recover $50,000 for breach of promise of marriage. According to the plaintiff’s allegations, Hadenfeldt had been paying his attentions to her for about a year. Last January she agreed at his request to marry him. Afterward, at his request, the ceremony was postponed. Later, the defendant asked her to move into a house which he deemed well fitted for housekeeping and promised, when she had done so, to make her his wife. Mrs. Romer did as requested, but her betrothed still asked for delays. Finally, on November 14, Hadenfeldt announced to Mrs. Romer that he did not intend to marry her. She at once sought the aid of the courts. Hans D. K. Hadenfeldt is a member of the brewing establishment of Hadenfeldt & Claussen and is a stockholder in the Claussen-Sweeney Brewing Company. He is about 50 years of age and is reputed to be worth $100,000. Mrs. Dorothea Romer is about 30 years of age and is the widow of Ernest Romer, who was owner of the Seattle brewery prior to his death about three years ago.