$1,000 THE PRICE OF GIRL’S RUIN
Jury Awards Damages to John Eib in His Suit Against John Baierl, Whom He Accused of Betraying His Daughter.
For the betrayal of Miss Gertrude Eib, a Milltown factory girl, John Baierl, of this city, must pay $1,000, according to the verdict rendered by the jury which heard the case in Judge Lloyd’s court yesterday. The jury took something less than an hour to reach this conclusion.
The plaintiff in the case was John Eib, father of Gertrude. She was but twenty in February, 1911, when, she declares, she met Baierl at a party and her ruin was accomplished. Baierl, who is about the same age as the girl, was tried and acquitted on a criminal charge, but the girl’s father brought a civil suit against him for the distress the affair had caused his daughter, his family, and himself.
Freeman Woodbridge, counsel for Mr. Eib, laid stress on the resemblance he declared Miss Eib’s child bore to Baierl. The jurors inspected the little one closely. The defense in the case was a denial of parentage, which made the baby’s features an important factor in the case.
Baierl Charges Another.
Baierl on the stand admitted in part the girl’s charges against him, but denied that he was the cause of her trouble, or that the child was his. He admitted having taken Miss Eib home from the Stein party in February, 1911, and to the occurrences much as the girl testified.
Henry Naronosky, the next witness, declared that he had been at the Stein party. A game of forfeits was on and one of the penalties was that he and Miss Eib must leave the house. They went out at 1 a.m., he testified, and stayed out for three hours in the barn. He told very coolly about the occurrences then. Judge Woodbridge, counsel for the Eibs, asked him if he considered himself the father of the child, but the question was ruled out.
It was brought out that Naronosky also goes by the name of Smith.
George Bailey, George Roth, Michael Baierl, and Jacob Roder testified regarding the party and that Naronosky and Miss Eib were absent for the time stated. Thomas Revolinsky testified that Naronosky was known to him as Stanislaus Naronosky.
Freeman Woodbridge summed up for the plaintiff and John A. Coan for the defense, Assemblyman George L. Burton being associated with the latter. The jury retired shortly before four.