The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-06
AN ESTATE WIPED OUT.
An Executor Accused of
Having Stolen $500, 900
from the Heirs.
ROBBERS USE CHLOROFORM
They Get Over $1,OOO---A Candi-
date Against Senator Werts---
Other State News.
Special to the SANDAL MORNING Ne,us.

NEWARK Oct. 5, 1885, George w.
Lawton, resident of Orange, was ar
rested this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Moe on civil suit brought by Jennie
Null Allaire, who lays her damages at
S4T, 053.97. He is now held in the Sheriff's
Office awaiting bail in double thatamount.
The suit grows out of the settlement of
an estate of which the defendant is execu-
tor.
The affidavit OF the plaintiff, who is a
resident of the city of New York, sets
forth that she is the daughter of Jane
Null, deceased, who died in New York
April ~. 1879, leaving a Will by which she
devised her whole estate to her surviving
children, and appointed George B. Law
ton her executor. This will was duly adj
mitted to probate by the Surrogate of the
county of New York and Lawton began
to act as executor. The said Jane Null
left four children:-Jennie Null Allaire,
Celinda Becker, Elizabeth A. Howe and
Charles E. Null, all of full age. The
plaintiff also sets forth that on March 3,
1888, proceedings were begun in the Sur
ro2ate's Court in New York to compel
an accounting by Lawton; that 1T
was chargeable with 500, 4Ol.77, and
that within twenty days he should
pay to the plaintiff 81, 09i and a further
sum of 500 030.07, the balance due her I'M
der the will, and the further sum of $685.
502. 04, the balance due her as assignee of
Charles E. Null, and the further sums of
1920 costs. She says that Lawton has
never paid to her these sums, and that
there is due to her 5,54S. IL with inter
est. and she is informed and believes that
he has not paid to Celinda Becker, or
Elizabeth A. Howe, the sums due them.
She also sets out that she has obtained a
judgment against Lawton for S45, 543. II,
that execution on this Judgment has
been returned unsatisfied, that Lawton
left New York and went to New Jersey to
evade the payment Of the money.
The plaintiff also says that Lawton has
fraudulently disposed of his property
with intent to defraud his creditors, that
he transferred his business to his sons
with this intent, and after his departure
he was reported to be in California, but
that in August last she learned he was in
East Orange, and he was personally
sesved with copy of the decree of the
Surrogates Court of New York; that he
has property which he fraudulently con-
ceals. On these affidavits and on tran
script of the proceedings in the New
York courts, Supreme Court Commits
sioner of New Jersey granted an order for
Lawton's arrest.
A Family Chioroformed and Robbed.
Special to the Sunday Morning NeiOs.
ELIZABETH, Oct. 5, 1s89.--One of the
boldest burglaries ever committed in this
city took place this morning. The resi-
dence of Mrs. James Ross, widow, liv-
ing at the corner of Niles street and
Second avenue. was entered by burglars,
who chloroformed Mrs. Ross, her daugh-
ter May and Worthington Meade, a
boarder, and then ransacked the house
from top TO bottom, carrying off all the
silver ware, young Miss Ross jewelry,
many rare curios and two fine clocks.
Everything was found scattered about
when the family returned to conscious
ness this morning, and burned matches
were strewed over the carpets.
1t was some hours before the stupef1ed
people recovered from the effects of the
drug administered them.
The value of the goods taken is about
81 600, but Mrs. Ross says she would not
take three times that much for them, as
there were several antique relics stolen
which money could not replace.
Chief Austin said this afternoon that
he had just captured one of the burglars,
whose name is John Jennings, and his
place of residence New York. The chief
said the robbery was performed by three
men and that he expected before tomor-
row to have Jennings accomplices in
custody. Some of the stolen valuables
We're found on the prisoner.