New-York tribune., 1885-07-10
HONEY LEFT BY AN ACTRESS.
HER HUSBANDS EFFORTS TO GET 1T.

,poIBLg WITH LAwYERs-A SUIT FOR AN Ac-
COUNTING.
.no,ber hearing in the suit of William w. Richards
.r,nst LAWYER Petcr Is vermilya. took place before
ps,s,ee William II. Hamilton at No. 100 Broadway.
yesterday. Mr. Richards is young man whose liking
r the stage eliminated several years ago in his mar
...s 10 Mrs Emma Cook, divorced actress. who was
-sil known to California thcatre-goers as Emma
s..a.ohurrer. In 1888 Mrs Richards to New
york alone and OH starting tor Havana asked her
friend. Mrs. Gclterman whose husband does business
=, No. 691 Broadway to take care OF q small box and
..ckare while she was absent. Mrs. Richards never
roturned and the subsequent investigations of Mrs.
c,t.rman revealed the existence of securities and
,,ahle articles to the amount of 100000 in the tin
.o LAWYER Vermya was called in. and after satisfy
; himself of Mrs Richardss DEATH went III pursuit OF
the bereaved husband. lie found him at the Dunlap
House in jacksonville, ILL.,. and returned to New-iork
With his prize after agreeing to get the witcs money
tr him and divide it after expenses had been deducted
The Coltcrmans now declined to give up the booty un-
les. 81 ,2O5 was paid to them This concession was
made and the generosity of Messrs. Vermllya ana
Richards was repaid by Mrs. Goltermans taking the tine
hecE for that amount and referring thoin to her
Saaver Albert L. Cohn. for the rest. That gentleman
mildly demanded $4,000 for tho services OF himself
and his client in holding the Richards property Tor
rnth or two but he testified under oath at one Oh the
nrevious hearings that be only received Sl,ooo Inc
Eoltcrmans finally forced to give up t1e money,
exsr bn 10 the dsnay of the confding Richards.
he learned from his lawyer that the expenses Vi nc
forcing process and OF his support IN tnc meantime
had swallowed up the entire amount que nn ~ 'ned nd
brougbt suit against Vermya Tor an accounting ana
settlement ,., :; .h hoo. of
Referee Hamiltons office, he gave history OF the
settlement and an temized statement the expenses
incurred and money paid cut On MT Kichardss a ac-
Denoaons with Cohn That person before stated
wanted So 600. Mr. Vermilya was naturally averse 70
paying that amount, but his client wanted money
with Which 10 90 to New-Oreans and urged him TO
make some bargain. d. w. Bain lawyer retained by
Mr.. Vermiya also exhorted Richards not to go ana
make blank fool OF himself by paying wnat os tnose
neope wanted but the latter deal to good ADVICE
tnder pressure Mr. Vermilya finally compromised win
Cohn for $1,000. That gentleman was particular ar
h;% Aeeordns to Mr. Vsrmyas testimony he SAID
There part OF 1t abont which ! don want ny ~
clients to know. l want that intact" On MSrch
Vermya and Cohn went to the ofhce OF broker
Edward Morrison, at No. 30 Wall at, who paid them
s6O56 25 for ivs-$1 900 United States bonds when
they found in the tin box AT Donn ad 70 him
while the remaining $3.50 of the 50, 500 agreed upon
was not given to him until the next day:
Did Cohp tell you what he wanted 1t IN tha shape
for p asked Mr. Mcfarland, the counsel TOR Richards
Mr. Vermilya-rd rather not answer. ,
Mr. McFarland.l demand an answer 10 inc question
Mr. Vermllya-He said he wanted to pay something
TO parties who brought him the business ana dioh'
want the Gotermans TO know anything about IT.
Mr. McFarland-Has he since asked you TO suppress
snv mart of YOUR testimony relating to this matter
Mr Vermilya-He asked me what wanted him to
testify to- tod him to testify TO whatever he chose
Mr. McFarland-Was that since these proceedings
were beguni . co,., ..,,o
Mr. vermilya-Friday after the hearing Cohn came
TO nv office and asked me II he should TESTIFY 10
81 50O as the amount received by him. told him TO
testify to whatever he pleased.
The rest of the testimony related to the amount oo,
tanned from the box and package The latter contained
bank books and the former jewelry and bonds;
long cmzed account of the money forwarded to hich-
ards while he seeing life in the southern states
cd nv
ont for the interests of his client. also given Two
items retainer fee OF $1,000 to ID. w. Bain aud
S22 80 teegraphing and postage were the subject
IF many sharp questions from the counsel ior the