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- SAYS M. GUGGENHEIM PROMISED TO WED HER
Miss McNamara Sues Smelting Trust’s Aged Head for $100,000
EMPHATIC DENIAL ENTERED
Woman, Who is 45, Says She Has Known Mr. Guggenheim for More Than 25 Years.
Meyer Guggenheim, the head of the “Smelting Trust,” has been made defendant in an action for breach of promise of marriage brought against him by Miss Hannah McNamara. Mr. Guggenheim is seventy-six years old. Miss McNamara is described as a Philadelphian, forty-five years old.
In her complaint on file in the County Clerk’s office she alleges that he promised to marry her on or about March 20, 1900. This was soon after the death of Mr. Guggenheim’s wife. It was mutually agreed, she says, that they were to be married within a reasonable time, and then on Feb. 1, 1901, she alleges, they entered into a special agreement by which they were to be married on the first of April, 1901. The plaintiff alleges that on April 1, 1901, Mr. Guggenheim was ill, and suffered from various ailments which confined him to his home for a long period thereafter, that he again promised to marry her on April 1, 1903, and that finally, on April 2, 1904, when she last saw Mr. Guggenheim, he then complained that he was in feeble health, and gave this as a reason why he did not marry her.
She further alleges that she has known him and has seen him often for more than twenty-five years, and had looked forward to no means of support or maintenance except such as he would and should provide for her, and which, she says, he promised to provide. As Mr. Guggenheim refuses to marry her, she claims damages to the extent of $100,000.
Mr. Guggenheim has filed an answer, declaring that he never promised or intended to marry the woman, and denying all of her allegations.
Levy & Unger, counsel for the plaintiff, made an effort on Thursday last to have the case put on the preferred calendar for trial, but this was opposed by Mr. Guggenhiem’s counsel, Nathan, Leventritt & Perham. Justice Clark in the Supreme Court denied the motion of counsel for the plaintiff, and the case may not now be brought to trial for some time, as in all probability it will not be reached on the regular calendar for a year or two.
Lawyer Unger said yesterday that there were circumstances of the case that would not be made public until the trial. The action, he said, was begun on April 21, and on May 9, he said, Mr. Guggenheim’s counsel asked for an extension of time to file an answer. The answer was filed on May 16.
Mr. Guggenheim, in his answering affidavit, denies flatly each and every allegation made by the woman. He also denies that he is in poor health, as was alleged when counsel for the woman asked the court to place the case on the preferred calendar. His physician, Dr. Edward Sternberger, also submitted an affidavit to the court, in which he declared that Mr. Guggenheim was in sound health, and in no danger of dying for the next five years at least.
Mr. Guggenheim is the father of eight children, who, with the exception of one, are married. He has many grandchildren. Five of his sons are Directors in the American Smelting and Refining Company, known as the “smelting trust.” One of the sons, Daniel Guggenheim, said yesterday, when told of the suit brought against his father, that he had never heard of the woman until now, and that no other member of the family had ever heard of her.
Meyer Guggenheim has contributed many thousands of dollars to charity, and only a few years ago presented a hospital to the City of Philadelphia.
source: “SAYS M. GUGGENHEIM PROMISED TO WED HER.” New York, NY: The New York Times, 14 Jun 1904, p. 7.
- FUNERAL OF MEYER GUGGENHEIM.
The funeral of Meyer Guggenheim was held yesterday morning at 10 o’clock at the Temple Emanu-El, 5th-ave. and 43d-st. The interment was in the family plot in Salem Fields. Mr. Guggenheim died last Wednesday at Palm Beach, Fla., and his body was brought to this city Saturday. Besides the seven sons and two daughters who survive Mr. Guggenheim, there were present at the temple fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Representatives of the various enterprises with which he was connected were also present.
With the entrance of the funeral cortege the choir intoned the “Kol Nidre.” The anthems were “Oh, for the Wings of the Dove” and “Rest Thy Burden on the Lord.” The recessional was Chopin’s “Funeral March.” The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverman conducted the service and pronounced the eulogy. Mourning services were held at Mr. Guggenheim’s home, No. 36 West 77th-st., last night at 6 o’clock.
source: “Funeral of Meyer Guggenheim.” New York, NY: New York Tribune, 20 Mar 1905, p. 16.
- AGED COPPER MAGNATE DEAD
Millionaire Meyer Guggenheim, Who Went to Palm Beach, Fla., for a Rest, a Victim of Pleurisy.
Meyer Guggenheim, the aged financier and copper magnate, died at Palm Beach, Fla., early this morning. Mr. Guggenheim went South only four weeks ago in perfect health for a month’s rest. He was attacked with pleurisy last Sunday. In spite of the efforts of several physicians pneumonia developed and Mr. Guggenheim sank rapidly, until the end came at 2:30 o’clock to-day.
As head of the firm of M. Guggenheim’s Sons, Mr. Guggenheim was one of the best known copper men in the world. He was seventy-eight years old, but still took an active interest in business. Born a poor boy at Langnau, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 1828, he learned a trade in his boyhood days and as a journeyman travelled through Europe.
He came to this country in 1848. On the way over he met Miss Barbara Myers, whom he afterward married. His father and Miss Myer’s mother met at the same time, and they, too, were married.
Mr. Guggenheim became a vender upon his arrival in this country, but he soon tired of that modest enterprise and started a stove polish manufactory in Philadelphia. The business was successful from the beginning. A few years later Mr. Guggenheim became interested in a mining venture in Leadville out of which developed millions of profits. In 1890 he built an enormous ore smelter at Pueblo and sent his sons to attend to the business. About five years ago he purchased all the available mining properties in Mexico, and the deal astounded the business world.
Mr. Guggenheim was greatly interested in hospitals. He have $200,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital in the city.
source: “AGED COPPER MAGNATE DEAD.” New York, NY: The Evening World, 16 Mar 1905, p. 13.
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