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Show SULZER IN SENSATION Philadelphia. July 2 Miss Mlgnon Hopkins, the daughter of a well-to-do Brooklyn attorney, now dead, entered en-tered suit In this city yesterday against Governor William Sulzer of New York for breach of promise. Miss Hopkins, who Is one of three attractive sisters, stipulates the date of her engagement to the governor and In her claims says she has endear Ing letters from him to show that ho Intended to make her his bride and 'that he jilted her and married a Phlln delfibla woman in Atlantic City on January 8. 1908. Miss Hopkins is a beautiful blonde' of about 28 The suit against the governor was filed yesterday after-i after-i noon and her residence In one of the most fashionable sections of the city was Instantly besieged In the hope' that the principal In this unusual case might make a statement othf-r than that which her counsel had given at his office This slip of a woman shrank from publicity with terror. Two male servants, both Japanese, guarded her apartment as she entr. d and to all requests declined to enter Into a discussion of her suit, simply saying that her counsel would do all that for her. Of her former history It was learned that sh- ua.s the daughter of a Brook-hn Brook-hn lawyer and that before he entered en-tered congress William Sulzer used to call at her father's home. When the father died tne three girls I camo to Philadelphia and Mlgnon secured se-cured a position in the basement of Wanamaker's. w hile Bessie had a re-1 sponsible position In the book department, depart-ment, and Gladys obtained a p ttion In a lawyer's office In this way the! three girls made their living. Asks for Sulztr's Arrest Monday her counsel applied for a capias writ which would allow the ar-! rest of Sulzer If he appeared In this i slate, but the Judge refused this Mr Patterson demurred to the ml- i " Ing of the court and Judge Ferguson - aoivfu mm to come 0'iore mm todav and cite authorities to show why such a capias should be issued and told the attorney that he would listen to argument upon this point. Instead Miss Hopkins's counsel took another and shorter method of serving the governor, and today he prepared a summons in trespass and the protho-notary protho-notary of the court issued It and attached at-tached the signature of Judge Pergu sen :ur,T Mr Patterson had taken in-affidavit in-affidavit of Miss Hopkins and sworn to it that It was true to the best of her knowledge and belief. In the affidaxlt which Miss Hopkins Hop-kins made and which Mr Patterson took oath to, the charges recite tin-one tin-one William Sulzer of New York broke a contract of engagement with Minon Hopkins made lu New York on September 15 1903 "At this time the deponent swears that the aforesaid William Sulzer became be-came engaged to her and that he asked her to keep it secret until he was to marry her, as for him to do so at that time would have Injured his political career "Prom time to time, the aforesaid deponent swears, she lived with the uorema William Sulzer lor a brlf period In various hotels In New York city and other places and that the aforesaid William Sulzer Introduced her as his wife, to his acquaintances "The aforesaid deponent. Mlgnor Hopkins, further swears that she continued con-tinued th-se relations with William Sulzer until November when by reason of the Illness of her sister who was In Boston, she left him to visit that city." Tammany Back of It. New York. July 2 - Information reached New York a fortnight ago that the next attack upon Governor Sulzer by his Tammanv foe8 would be an attack upon his moral character charac-ter A Tammany delegate was collecting col-lecting evidence proving Governor hulzer associated with women Illicitly prior to his marriage and this sun Is the direct result. Sulzer Interviewed Albany N. Y July 2 - Nothing to It Merely another story started bv 3y enemies " This w as Governor Sulzer s roDlv icsterday when questioned concern PuJ lu SUlt rou8nt "Ea'nst him Dy Miss Mlgnon Hopkins of Philadelphia Th. governor refused further to dls ! uss the case |