The evening world. Newspaper, October 5, 1900, Page 1

ye _ EDITION SSS PRICE ONE CEN —_——_ HEIRESS HELD PRIS GUARDED BY ARMED MEN Rich Miss Wendel, Ac- cording to Her Lawyer, Watched by Men Who Have Pistols and Threaten to Use Them. Surrounded by armed guards who would not hesitate to fire upon in- truders, shut off from her friends, her every movement watched day and night, Georglanna Wendel, heir @@s to a million, is held prisoner, This in the story that was told this after- noon {n the Supreme Court when the question of her sanity was heard be- fore Justice Lawrence, Miss Wendel i# confined at the real @enve of her brother, John G. Wendel at Irvingtonon-the-Hudeon, under the charge of Miss Mary 1B. A. Wendel, who was appointed committer of her pernon by Justice Bivchoff on Sept. 4 last William L. Snyder, counsel for Mire Georgicnna Wendel, appiled to Juptice Lawrence to make an order that he could mo Mine V at any ream able time and with d phystotans he might deem Ait; or, unteas counsel On the other side would consent to thie. to modify the order of Justice Hisehoft by removing Mise Mary B.A. Wendel a8 committes e person of the aly Jeaed Incompetent and placing the lat- ter i an {netitution wher she could be vised by her counsel and pny siclans, and where she woud, if he thought fit, be permitied to write let- ters and rend telegrams and her friends, under the restrictions usually enforced for the due comfort of much establishments, MUST PRODUCE HEIRESS. ‘The motion was opposed by Bartow 6. ‘Weeks, who denied he appeared aa coun: wel for Miss Mary BE, A, Wendel, to whom the order to show opuse why the Application of Mr. @nyder should not be ranted, was directed, but asked to oppore it on behalf of John G. Wendel, & brother, and the petitioner in the lunacy proceedings, Juaticn Lawrence, after hearing argu- ment on beth sides, made an order di- rooting that when. Mina Wendel whould be produced before the commiesion de Junatico Jugy, which was aitting tits afternoon, ahe consult with her counsel and her phybiclans and'aventsts without any Interference on the part of Mina Wen- del's committee or (he counsel and alten. fats employed by John Wendel, Mr. Weoka asked that any ouch ex- amination take place in the presence of Dr, Carlos F, MacDonald, the medtoal mmomber of the Comustedion. Justice Lawrence aid he had nothing do with any direction which might he made by the Commission, and would allow ita members to decide that quea- ten for themselves, SISTER DIDN'T COMPLY, At the hearing as to Mise Wende' gantty vetore the Commission and Bher-| 4 i's Jury on Tueslay taet Lawyer Bny- der demanded the production of his cient by her sister, but her prodpetion| . Was denied, Mr. Weeks aubsequently createda ven- by cal Mise Wendel, who had been brolight to court, and placing her on the witness stand, Bhe teatifed f two hours, and denied she was insane, Mr, Gnyder recited the himory of the ase from ite beginning, and declared that It was Impossible for any of Minn Wendel's friends to see hor since her Sister had been appointed as the com: mittee of her person, friends to call 1 admit that 1 am afraid to go to the houne.! Mr, Snyder eaid that a threat had that if Maurice J. @ul:ivan, ‘Who {9 Miss Wendel's ren! estate agent, Mtempted to enter the house where the Wan confined he would be shot, SEEN ONLY ON ORDER, "It Is impossible for me or any of Mina Wendot's friends to see her unless they firat appeal to the courte and get An order directing such a course, 1 frequently re to consult with her It te im) ble for me to come to Mite court and get an order each time.” Mr, Anyder then awked that an order be made ting that Mivs Wendel be placed In alr inintitytion where her cetin. fel could yee hen ¢ “dewtred, ' "You cin vee her whenever you get on order of tha Court,” Lawyer Weeks. Tt wae contended by Mr. anyder that oven when be did gvt orders trom the Inqutrendo amt the Sheriff's |} ie i HHO HISTORY OF THE CASE, Mies Georgiana Wende! wan taken from the Vark Avenue Hotel to the Ballevue Hosplial Aneane Pavilion on Jan. 24, 18%, At the time her home was in White Plains, Dr, Robertson, of Bellevue, decided on Jan. % that she was hopelessly insane, @tate lunacy examiners agreed with him, Bhe was rent to a private santtarium at Goshen the same day, Bhe was inter put in charge of personal attendants, In Auguat, friends of Mins Wendel aMrmed that she wan perfectly sane, but was forcibly detained in the home of other friende at Irvington, A Jong lewal Nght followed and it waa agein decided by the Court that she was inaane. * Her delusion wan sald to be that her brother, John G, Wen- del, wan trying to get her rich properties, Mins Wendel was again in the Supreme Court on Tuesday She testified that she was treated brutally while in dur- ance, She said she wae tied to beds, half-etarved and beaten Bhe in forty-five years old. ) Court he was unable to see his olient except In the presence of nuri nd Dr, Fiteh, He sald that he did not think he was asking anything unfair in de manding that Mins Wendel be confined where she would be free from the In- fluence of those who were not working for her best Interests, WEEKS’S STATEMENT. swer to questions by Justice e, Mr, Weeks wald that Miss Wendel had been confined in various in- stitutions, On one occasion, he asd, whe was committed upon the applicn+ n of her then counsel, John B. Pare sons. Mr, Weeks further said that Miss Wen- del would be produced in court this af- ternoon before the Sheriff's jury. “Then I will make an order,” said Justice Lawrence, “that she be allowed jto see and consult with her lawyer and yelclans free from the interference of | the phynictans on the other stde.”’ | BEFORE SHERIFF'S JURY, The Commissioners, ex-dustice Henry W. Hookstaver, Dr. Charles F. Maw Donald and Samuel Truesdell, appointed by the Supreme Court to tnquire into | Mins Wendel’ sanity, together with a Sheriffs jury, held thetr third semeton in > County CourteHo al thie “afternoon, ‘Miles "Wendel weg oe | present: when whe proceedings com. | anon | » POLICE RAID. BUNCO GAME at ARMED MEN GUARD HEIRESS. Misa Wendel in constantly surrounded by nurses and guards. Theee giards have pistols and have threatened to wre them, dangerous for any of Mins Wendel’s friends to call on her, A throat was made that if Maurice J, Sullivan, her real-estate agent, attempted to } enter the house he would’ he shot.—Testimony of WILLIAM L, SNYDER, counsel for the millionaire heiress. Two MenTalked “Bonds” ONER It lo ponitively ooo to Sea Captain While Another Watched. . Three men, supposed to be bunco sharps, were arrested to-day at 62 Put- ham avenue, Brooklyn, while they were engoging John Trecartin, a retired sea captain, # peeullar tr One of old man some blocks away from the house and walked with him wowly to the place, In & room on the frat floor, furnished as an offce, William Muther sat at a lable on which was a square plece of Dinck ith, with wilt was numb from 10) to 1,009, the words eventy-four years old, in @ ‘ansaction them, Henry Jung, met th marked into emailer equal Nin Fach of the squa bored, the faures ‘Mutual Hook Com pany," In gilt letters, appeared On the | be marked "8 Trevartin into mot Another apparent! tody on t (i ei, Trecartin was» that he could not tell a coherent story of what happened #} wel any of his money, he is sure of The men claimed to be bookmakers. ¥. Jones, attorney and private secretary : 4 " ‘The police think they might connect bleep rae aa , tom.| respectively to William Marsh Rice, the! Sept. 28 —Patrick surrendered checks and documenta to Cagt, yan ayy the ewinding of “Hone The Grand Jury thia afternoon made | taleey, of the Traders’ Insurance Com- | Haker cha Pret 4 Year ago, » | pany, slaned the report of that concern,| dead millionaire, were this afternoon ; a return to Judge Newburger in th ae q tted to handwritin The ino he room they wsed| criminal Court on the fraudulent re: srtnee the thane dete euualent, wan} held in $10.0" ball each in the Centre ret his Lantayrtdhas ect eset Pthagsn pany tod i y ‘ore the n for an hour t ", 5 Sept. 30.—Vale mad feav- bu cpurka baad On hares of urancy| port of the Traders’ Ineurance (om: | jy, a dury N HOUF 10'l Breet Court for examination on charges ing an aha! Wit Peay e FALR: In the Adams Street Court pany, Mr. Butro offered his explanation for]! formery THE Knots by I+¢ ov PHILADELPHIA, Oot. b—The Russinn cruiser Varing ‘Delaware Breakwater, after ful trial trip of oug man atralieh! Bhe exceeded by 1-4 of a knot her con- peed traos two bundles we street in front of the of the bundles of the supposed fable were what of greenbac i", emeh 1,000," had hardly teen the ob ame when Pollee Capt w Kalb avenue station the the (wo of hin nergeants, ran into the and placed Huver ant Jung under man, ohn D, Doyle, who wa 4 Jookous, wae (aken in eur. ontatned § and the other The men a SWIFT VARIAG. to-day arrt twelve hours’ continu out {0 sea of 2 knote an hour, <a A LINER DISA&LED. running Acrons the top of the peared to seated when Ju hogan talking wbout buyky Pe Were Jun drain H 4 by the raid 1a not “NEW YORK, FRIDA. 0 po Y, OCTOBER 5, 1900, BOSTON. 00008 $1,000 ROUSS WIT coe | . GAME CALLED, ry WINNERS AT HAWTHORNE, R) ' 1 2 Heng ’ YIRTH RACE ‘ “a { AT ST TRIED TO K HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW HDRAWS 000 OFFER. The Blind Millionaire Gives Up All Hope of|® Ever Recovering His Eyesight. Charles Broadway Rours has with drawn his offer of $1,000,00 for the rew toration of hin eyesight. He says fur- ther experiments wht be futile, and tha he will remain content to abide by the decision of a Hirher Power, which has decreed that he shall remain blind to the end of hin days. | “No further teats whall be made,” «ald Mr. Rouas, ae he wat tn hin oMce yer terday afternoon, "I withdraw my offer of $1,00,00 for a cure, I shall dispense With the services of my substitute. and submit myself to a Meher power “It Is decreed 1 hall remain forever blind, All teats have proved futile and pot one han given me the slightest re Hef, The experiments on the eyes of my wubetitute, Jamen J, Martin, have proven equally useless 1 will pass the remainder of my days in pattence All the world is familiar with the story of the offer made by the million r GrandvJury Dismisses The jurors reported that they dif net have auMfcient evidence on which to base an Indictment Foreman Charles W. Trench, of ‘hat body, handed the report to the Cuurt {Tt contained nothing but a mere dismia- sal of the charges, With the repor: were all the papers that have been in the hands of the Grand Jury, consisting of the correspondence between the District * Attorney's office and the insurance de partment; the report of the special ex- amiiers of the latter department on (he | aftaten of the company; the communica: tion diregiing the investigation, ant a communteation from Siate Superinten: Ident Hendricks. Judge Newburger merey 1) from this Port ly directed the Grand Jury to continue | Er tohe, Mine Wende: in Tow ite work, and the body retired, . Weel en Wendel’ "1 1 his ‘attorney, Thor@on fe gber and at fea, | Ae ant Dhsiriet Attorney Unger White Plains, were in attendance, VINEYARD HAVEN, Moon, Oot, 6 ald this afternoon: Digney, of Counsel for Mins hin MD ag 1: “This Is by no means the end of the Maurice J, Sullivan, The steamer 0) Dominion, Capt matter, The Grand Jury made certajo 1 ol of her triends were! Durkee. from New York for Boston, ndations which the [etree id vind with the medical experts panned here a ; today in tow recommendations fe on 4 (gf the tug D, Arnold, apparently Attorney will follow, There is evid abled, ne that crime has been committed and the ‘Te Care a Cold in One Day ee. bOll ond facts will be presented to the Grand Toke ve, rome Uvinioe Att ow tne veal ie ite UY” Sena es ae te Clagett He Wnten rite, t. b aire merchant, Specialists from all parte of the earth teed in vain to re tore his eyesight, He hired a man med Maritn, who was afficted ay he was, and experts experimented upon vim Tt was all in vain, Mr. Roun i wixty-four years He wos born in Prederickh County, Md | When five years old his parents removed to Winchester, Va, and when fifteen years old Charles went into a mercan Ile estabiiahment there, receiving a eal lary of Ha week He, served In a Virginia regiment with the Confederacy during the civil war and after the war came to New York with $2 in hin pocket, In a few yours he wos wt the heal of a meroan tle houwe and Was A man of wealth Ti wan he who orlginated the phrase Quick salem and small profits To Jay he t8 worth many millions, His eyesight began to fall in 1m TRADERS’ INSURANCE | “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ # RACING| PRICK ONE CENT, LAWYER PATRICK AND V HELD IN $10,000 ON FORGERY CHARGE. Experts Are at Work Searching for Poison in Millionaire Rice’s Body--Blacker Crimes Hinted At. 19 DDD OAD AOA 6 HOE CO SITS Vey es <e SieFowsieess) FIN TOI SK » ’ ' ’ D ' LAWYER PATRICK AND VALET JONES, (Sketehed in Centre Street Court This Morning for The Evening World.) OO OOOO OOM COOL NOOO CUO UC OO UUO LL FORGED SIGNATURES, THE PLOT 10 ’ . Sept. 18—Milllonatre William M. Rico signs an alleged resign- y: | ment of all his property to Lawyer A. T. Patrick in exchange for re os $10,000 annuity and a $5,000 tombstone. Sept. £2.—Rice algned checks for $25,000 and $66,000 on Swensom } & Co, and for $26,000 and $165,000 on the Fifth Avenue Trust Com- | pany, in Patrick's favor. ‘ Sept, 23.-Willlam Marsh Rice died in his spartameut without medical attendance, Sept, 24—-Body eaturated with embalming fluid in violation of OFFICIALS ESCAPE. o4e Charges, but District- Attorney Still at Work. & (he report, holding that he was n culpable State Bxaminer Vanderpool, of the ine surance department, was recaked apd wave evidence concerning the company. le D, Garrett, who purchased the company’s risks, and HL. Smith, clerk in the oMce of the receiver, were also before the Grand Jury ae wit | nesses, ’ ———— TO QUIT CANTON. | President MeKiniey and Party | Wil Heach Washington Next ‘Tuesday, WABHINOTON, Ov! 5A telegram trom Beoretary Cortelyou, received ntl {the White House, slates thar the Pr ‘dent, Mrs, MeKiniey and the entire part will leave Canton neat Monday after yam about | o'elook They are due ty arrive in Washing |1on Tuesday morning Sutro, who, with President! jd Ws ue Wee se Wvanle Ball) Lawyer House objected strenuounly to that later he might reduce the bali Rice's written orders, Sept 24.—-Patriek tried to cash Rice's checks, Valet Jones aa sisted him by telephone, concealing Rice's death from the banks, Sept. 26.—Police stopped Patrick's attempts to have the embalm- | ed body rushed to a crematory Sept 26--Coroner’s phyalelan asked why body was embalmed t {t was to be cremated wame was slened to the 2H,000; the middle one cheek for 615,000, The nature in Kenmine, cheek fi the lower # | Lawyer Albert T. Patrick and Charles! Oct. 4.—Handwriting experts reported that signetores on chasing are palpable forgeries, Oct. 4--Capt. Baker, in Patrick's presence, opened Rico's strong ‘They are accused by the police of hav Ing formed the dead million alre’s name to cheeks and assignments (n an effort shia | tla " box in the safe deposit vaults and found over $1,000,000 in secur 10 get hold of his estate ithes. The pollee say that & conspiracy was Oct. 4—Patrick and Jones arrested on charges of forgery, Bp dear ie ees a eg od Sl Oct, 5.—-Patrick and Jones held in $10,000 bail, Rice waar Oct. 5. Capt. Baker declared to The Evening World that more The prisoners were represented before stratiing disclosures are yet Wo come. Magistrate Mott by Frederick B. Houne Apeimtant District Attorney Osborne ap-| wared for the : P this amount, saying It was profibitive, | bonds to $7,000 each, Valen Serarwres i MP ised t Magis # Mot! overruled him and! Dr Hagan, the Randwriting expert hriet aM@davit charging Pasrick ana |!" id : from Troy, sald ot the hearing that Jon Mealy with forging Rive's| et Dall at that Agure lhe had examined in all seven @oous name to checks for 945,000 and gaan, He sdourned the hearing Unt MOS manis purporting to have been signed 44 ¥ | stonday at 2 PM. when Magistrate |Dy Rice, These included two esslgn+ Fe) 170, ARE Ober ONS AB ARS | with hokd Ue Asa rHIBAtIAe! | ments to Patrik, four checks and ene torney and the other as secretary ¥ wocation of power of attorney, © col on se crowded and tho | revocs $10,000 BAIL. aoe ee een ae timeulty in forcing, “TNE slinatures on all these papers mt of the case was asked way through to get the prisoners to, are forwertes,"” sald Dr. Hagan, "TU Admurneye OMe ee to the “Hieldge of Highs.” Pat-|atake my reputation on it. 1 decided for by the prosecution, and Mr, Oaborne) ‘ive toon te the UHFliKe of Bates Balt viiou: connultation with other exe asked that (he ball bonds be fixed at) io. pombe and put in separate cells, | parts and 1) agreed ag @ the 10,0 each, It was admitted by Magtetrate Mott (Coutinued on Seoem@ Page) =) s