Show be lived and asked Mr Burbank for a loan of 5000 Mr Burbank refused to loan the money but said it is alleged that on one condition ho would give Offord iO000 Burbank it Is alleged then bluntly proposed if Offord could make Lillie marry I him he would give Offord 10000 Offord was staggered for a moment but in a gfew days told Burbank Lillie i was willlnp to marry him on condition condi-tion the 510000 was forthcoming Mr Burbank then formally proposed to the young lady herself and was aCcDted The wedding was set for Monday last and came off according to programme but Lillio refused point blank to go home with her husband He returned alone without his wifo and without tho 10000 Next day he brought suit before Judge Pratt of tho superior su-perior court charging Mr Offord and his daughter with conspiracy to rob him of 10000 and also commenced habeas corpus proceedings requesting him to produce his daughter in court Judge Pratt made the writ returnable next Monday The affair promises to become interesting and has caused a sensation in Brooklyn and Hem stead society circles |