| Show T th 0 may bonnott bennett quarrel well known in lit ht era club circles in new york anda warm personal friend of mr bennett gave a rimes times reporter the following explanation of the affair he said that there kasnot was wag not dot and never had been any doubt whatever in regard to the fact that there was an engagement of marriage between mr bennett and miss may the former having wooed the lady and won her affections about a ye year arago ago ngo the day for the marriage ria g D however had never been f nixed fixed ad all reports to the contrary notwithstanding it had been rumored that they were to be married in june la stand mr bennetts friends believed there had some such intention but the actual day was not named it was finally by mutual consent postponed until the fall or winter mr bennett fully intended to marry the lady because he was really fond of her and she fully reciprocated the sentiment but it had been fully agreed between them that the wedding din a was to be a strictly private only guests should be mr bennett bennetts sister the mem bers of miss mays family arad and a very few of the most intimate personal friends of tho parties the week before last mr hin bennett went off on one of his which fact in due dua course of lime e got to the ears of miss mays father whereupon on kisiday of last week that gentleman wrote mr bennett withdrawing his consent to the union mcbennett Mr Bennett was considerably surprised at this and at first hardly knew what to do his first impulse was to elope with the girl anamar and marry her despite the want of the consent se nt of her father but he ant aft afterward reconsidered that determination er and concluded to wait until the affair had blown over boeing toeing how howl i ever still determined tc marry her in older olden to prove that amicable relations had existed between tho the family of miss may and the rami family jy of mr Bennet benneth bennett tj the reporters in in form formant ant stated that mr bennett 14 sister wits was at miss mays house ais als 0 on tuesday and that sho she was aiso also there yeste yesterday iday at the very time when the tho assault wad committed by young mr may upon mr ben beni i nett tile the latter had no idea whatever that any trouble was brewing he was out riding yesterday in hla hia sleigh and paid a visit to the uni union f op club after remaining there a short time timy he called for his sleigh and prepared to leave As he came out of the tho clubhouse club house ho he noticed mr may walking on the sl dewalk sidewalk that gentleman approached mr bennett and without saying tl a word struck him across the temple with the butt end of a heavy rawhide hides knocking him down he struck him again after ho he wah was down hitting him this time timea across crosa themore the nose mose there was then a short and sharp scuffle and then friend 4 stepped in and separated them after this mr bennett Bennet was driven home the marks left by the en counter are a slight ab abrasion raglon of the temple and a slight scratch atch on tho I 1 I 1 nose ex irv |
