The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-27
FIGHTING FOR A FORTUNE
a FAMILY QUARREL TO M SETrLEn
IN THE courts or LAW
SON Accused of sharp Practice In Manars
trs bis Mothcr's F@tatr-Reat E-inte -
Newark aud In New York in Dispute.


ing his Mothers Fstatr-Reai E-inte -
Newark aud IN New York In Dispute.
In March Mrs. Maria Mullock of 40 Easa
Thirty eighth street Will busy the civil courts %
this city and Newark m her endcavors 10 re-
cover more than half million dOllirs worth %
property. Of which she says that She has boon
dcira idcd by her son, william G.. Muliick Mrs.
Mulock Is In her oixhticih year. Sse IL tho
relict Of William G.. Mulock. who was weaIthv
lawyer in this city thirty years ago. lie died 10
Brussels In 1851 leaving his willow n fortune IN
real estate In and near Newark and New York.
and other testators have increased her posses-
sions since.
William q. Mullock. Jr., Is aboutt8 years %
age, end is the eldest OF four children For many
years he has been intrustod with the entire
charge Of his mothers estate, and the afairn
pertaining to It, He has collected rents, paa
bills. sold property. and Invested mo news pre-
paring for her signature III the necessary deeds.
bonds. assignments, and checks. Her agent 10
Newark was subordinateito william Muilock. TO
whom he paid all bis collections. and referred
whatever was done with the Newark property
Mrs. Mull0ck reposed such entire conad 10
her son, as she says in her compl iut. that she
seldom closely inspected the papers he was
wont to bring to her for her endorsement. but
often wholly neglected to look az them. being
content with what he told her. Whatever prop-
erty or means OF support her son rghtfully has.
or his enjoyed In the past, she AYERS, was 70.
ceiyed from her.
now THINGS WE'RE WORKED.
Last summer the members OF Mr. Mullock'a
family found reason 10 suspect shat bis mode II
living was not what II should be, nnd Mss Mar
garet Breen. WHO had once been m bis mother'a
employ. visit stamford with one 81 Mr.. Muls
locks sisters and endeavort TO dis over whe I've
err he WIS providing home there Tor an already
married woman bullock m them q ere and,
Nm Apr Hp to a q
conversation that followed, and Mss llraen says
he ass uited her with violence. she ms ituted an
action against him for assault AMI battery. ana hs
He'd ~ Newark to Escape tho couspg neuces. To-
fore his flight his mother made the discovery
which led TO the iuil exdos.re VI the alleged
frauds.
A certain deed which she expected us tho
result OF real estate transaction In Newark,
was withheld from her so long that she priv teS
ly investigated the cause, and discovered THAI
the document In quest u was made ont to ies
son instead OF to her When Null ckihe ard u
this discovery he decided the property back 10
ms mother, put the suspicious Of her counsel
were aroused, and he investigated further. lie
four d that property in Newark to the value u
nearly $.JO.OOO, for which NJ. MullOck.h d been
receiving the rents, and whtch she alleges be-
long TO her, were transferred to her son; while
IN New York an interest IN buildings valued al
as much again had oeen similarly conveyed QUE
to the convevances by which these transfers had
been made were apparently genuine, and she
nrtiilce-the documents having been repre-
sented TO be papers she SHOULD properly
slgn III lno lldnSitilbn OF ntT nNSlflCSAs
The pieces Of rro0criy IN Newark recorded 40
herson's. but which.Mrs. Mull0ck aver she never
liz arSet street, $50 Broad street and ~ Gross
street. In New Y0r., both the mother aud son
dispute the owner me- 4 an Interest IN H. build
TN street. Their value is by some estimated 10
SJWOOO; uy others AT half million collars.
PAYMENT or RrNTS STOPPED.
Mrs. Mullocks counsel. fArnold. Elliott q
WDiie. Beehman sire I, nave notified the ten
ants Of these buildings not to pa their rent 10
Mu iock. and have: btnned Is pcq"cns rpon
these buildings and a house he owns IN Eightieih
street. In Newark, Ca .uCclOr RAMON has
granted a simil injunction as rcgar is the prop
cry there, ~ nding the settlcm nc of the snits
that have been begun. 10 further compile 10
matters. VIM NJ Hook re' inet law er IN Nv
York and another In New rk, AMI rnlclvored
through them to raise IN ney ON the house in
Inn some years ago. Although this was at.
York, alawycr.not now tained 10y A.uilock, suo-
cecded in raising $500 by mortgaeing IL. His
liver to Nlullock, and IT has since,bcen attach
n the lawyer hands by the counse or Mrs.
Mu'lock. Mulluch recently leased house in
losevie-ln uristO, ratio suburb OF Newark
and uccupied 1t with person who called her
SELF Mrs. " Hook. II Is all, ged that this woman
!, hits. Ellen kaas, the wife Of resident Of
New York, md IS tine person with whom lie
scent much OF Ills time In stamford. Both were
arrested on Thur'dv evening for adultery.
anu, as the con Ulant read, Living IN open
lewdness." and were held In $1,000 each for The
William q. Mullock explains that the difficulty
Is mere family quarrel. lie saws his D. otneris
very old. aud has been embittertd against him
t. that extent that, having gwen him the New
ark property she desired to revoke the act, aud
she attached MS only means OF supp1rt|ths
IN, returning the property to her.
lie SAYS he has witnesses to prove hts claim
upon the disputed Newark property. In regard
to the diricultv with Mrs. Brern. he explains
he liited the veil from his sisters face to iden-
ufy her, wnrTeupon Margaret Brecn struck him
several hard blows with her paraso and In self
nH tom tod ltaFl Al
II M. Inc complaint upon which he
rested was not preferred 10y Margaret liretn, but
bN LAWYER, once retained by MuilOck, but nov
on unpleasant terms with him.
THE CoUNsEL's EXPLANATION.
Mr.. d. H. Granniss, counsel for Mulock, eE-
plains the family difficulty as having originated
In JEALOUSY among Mr.. Mulock's children. Mrs.
Mulock decided to make no Will, but 20 distiib-
ute her property among her children. In no.
clrdance with her husbands desire she gave
william the larger shaic-thc Eichtipth street
housi IN New York, and the Maxi, /, Bond. and
that prompted Mullock's rel tiyes TO Inquire into
his priyate of 'irs In Connecticu' led them 10
poison his mothers mind with other stoiies
against MIN, 50 that she aticmpted To recover
planned. Toe defence a. regard the New York
properly Mr.. Cram IS puts rs follows: he Now
father, John H. Gubert, who give Mrs Mulluck
interest In IL until her death, when IL was To
be divided among her children aud heirs. The
Ann. Fulton, and Nassau streets q, ami one Lob
In Norfolk street. comprise this o. ate. A few
years ago MulluCk failed IN business, and his
MOI her, fearing that his interest In this property
might he a tached by his creditors, asked hun
To convey IL e. her. TINS was done, and when
Mullock settled with those whom he owed she
recOnveyed his INT crest back To him, leaving the
situation Just as II was origin lly. Mr.. GrannlSs
difficulties, which was trledlast week. Mrs. Null
lock &C mitted having given her son the bun lina