GIRL'S LOST BEAUTY.
MILLONAIRE PAYS FOR IT.
NEW YORK, May 7. A record price for a hottle of whlskv and for a girl's lost beauty was fixed to-day, when Helene Jesmer's suit'against Philip Morgan Plant, a voting millionaire, was settled few £20,000. Miss lesiner has 'been a prize beauty in the "Greenwich Follies." Her lace was scarred for life and terribly gashed when Plant, somewhat intoxicated, ran his automobile against a tree. . . ""
The testimony before a jury show- s lhat Plant, stopped ;>t a roadhouse and bought a bottle of \tfeislcy. M&ny drinks were taken by members of the party, and the car's speedometer later registered 55 miles an hour. The girl sued for £IOO,OOO, and much evidence was already before the jury, Nje lawyers, conferring at noon -recess mgreed on a settlement,
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Shannon News, 13 June 1924, Page 2
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133GIRL'S LOST BEAUTY. Shannon News, 13 June 1924, Page 2
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