Evening journal., 1889-05-21
THREE AWFUL CHARGES
Made Against Banker James
9 M. Seymour. j
FRAUD, POISON AND FORGERY.

Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Aver Says She Is
the Victim of Conspiracy, and the De-
fenso Puts in General Denial-A RE-
markable Story.
NEW YoRx, May 21.-ln the court Of com
mon pleas, before Judge Daily, there was
begun what can scarcely fail TO become a
cause celebre." II is story, it is said by
the counsel for the plaintiff, which "out-
Gaborieaus's Gaborieau,n and it does not
Lack the allegation Of attempted murder or
imprisonment
These startling accusations made their APP
pearnnce in the small sleepy court room,
hidden beneath a simple motion to render an
injunction permanent Tho plaintiff was
Mrs Harriet Hubbard Aver woman we'll
known in this city as we'll as in Chicago her
former home, and the defendant was James
N Seymour, Wall street man, of the bank
ing house Of Seymour, Baker & Co. Mrs,
Ayers motion was one to make permanent
temporary injunction restra ming Seymour
from exercising any rights TO ownership in
the Reoamier company stock, while Mr.. Sey-
rnours was TO set aside the complaint in the
action brought by Mrs. Aver for an account
ing.
A Tremendous Sensation.
A trining stay Of proceedings granted by
Judge Daly last week brought the case up,
and il had not been expected. The defend
ants surprised every one by appearing ready
for the presentation Of their argument The
reading Of Mrs Ayers collection Of afIidavits
as presented by her lawyers, Stephen II. Olin
I n f.H d,,ttu
sensation
Mrs. Ayers counsel claimed that, in pursu-
Ance OF a conspiracy to rob Mrs. Aver Of her
stock, 20 destroy her reason place her in an
asylum for the insane and ultimately secure
her entire property, her life had been en-
dangered, her health permanently wrecked
and her business irreparably injured
Irresponsible, Immoral and Dlssipated.
In answer to this James NJ. Seymour, as
sistant treasurer OF the Recamier Manufac-
turing company, Of whi h Mrs. Aver is presi-
dent, and A. Louis Seymour, treasurer Of
the company, entered through their counsel,
Roger A. Pryor and Edward r. Cahill, a
general denial They ignored al most exclu-
sively the accusation as TO the illegal holding
Of the stock, but asserted In answer that Mrs.
Aver was an irresponsible, immoral and dis
sipated person. After vainly attempting TO
hold the defendants 70 the question Of the
stock, Mr. Ohm read portion OK the testl-
mony gwen by James NJ Seymour in the case
! Of hthographing company in October, in
which he swore that he owned no stock in the
Recarnier company The plight Of Gen.
. Pryor at this point was ludicrous
Forger, liar, a Thief
"Your honor,n be said, II never heard 8
i No. ]. ~ .
I plainedn And with that be left the cour
: room
! At this ro,nt Mr.. Olin with his uplifte,
Il hand in tie face Of the younger Seymour, re
: ferred to him as a forger, a liar, a thief an,
s a conspirator, and as an answer the young
4 man, who turned a shade whittier than before
hastily left the room without a word.
! Upon the conclusion Of the reading Of thu
y affidavits Roger A. Pryor entered upon
e long discoursive argument on The technical
8 issues involved in the two motions.
= Mrs. Ayers Complaint.
: In her complaint, AIRS. Aver says that A.
Lewis Seymour was married to her daughter
= Harriet r. Aver, Nov H. 1883, and that hs
now claims 70 be and acts as trustee and
T treasurer of the Recamier Manufacturing
company, Of which she is president, while his
: father. James M. Seymour, also claims TO b.
2 and is acting as as istant treasurer Prior tC
= the month Of April 1887, the complaint goe.
on 10 say Mrs. Aver was engaged in the
manufacture Of certain proprietary articles
l. IN accordance with certain recipes Of which
l. she was the sole owner The business wa,
e promising and profitable, and at the sug
h eestion Of James NJ Seymour, who is Of ii,
d Wall street firm OF Seymour, Baker a. Co.
# the Recamier Manufacturing company wa
formed. The whole caI ital stock Of the com
a pany, consisting Of 1000 shares Of the pal
n value OF $50 each, was issued 70 her for tht
Fl purchase Of her recipes trade marks and for
T. the manufacturing business
It Specializing in Wall Street.
u To use as a working capital Mrs. Aye
If advanced 1900 to the company, whili
4 James NJ Seymour loaned her S50, 900, which
she also put into the company, the agreemen
G being that she would repay Seymour, sh
giving him as a security 495 shares Of ths
capital stock. About this time Seymour
speculated in Wall street for Mrs. Aver, anG
from time % time he reported 10 her tina
large sums were placed to her credit, the re
" suits OF the stock transactions, and also tina
y Y these profits were being applied in the re
y duction Of the loan Of $4,000,
q In May, 1855, Mrs Aver was taken sick a
u her residence in this city No. l20 Wes
lnupeenln sLetl anu III lue ihttci part y
y June OF the same year she was removed L
II her summer residence at Montclair n
e Last December, shortly after the marriage
er of her daughter Harriet TO A. Lewis Sey
8 mour, she sailed for Europe for the purpos
OF visiting her younger daughter Margaret
a. who was living 9t Stuttgart under the car
. Of Miss Blanche Howard.
I'd This part Of the complaint is very sever
e. and reads as follows
= Entered Into a Conspiracy.
During or about the month Of May, 1883, as th
plaintiff is informed and believes, the defendant
James NJ and A. Lewis Seymour, conspired L
II gether with other persons 90 obtains the posse
le sion OF the plaintiffs stock in the said corpor
ne ton and 70 exclude the plaintiff wholly ther
al from. and for this purpose tue said defendap
sy endeavored to exclude the plaintiff from the e
y ercise OF her functions president Of the sa
corporation, and conspired TO destroy tie plai
= tiffs health and reason. and to have the plant
- rendered or considered insane and unfit 70 ma
Us age her own affairs; and in pursuance Of Ii
II conspiracy James NJ. and A. Lewis Seymour a
he ministered and caused to be administered ia q
nv city OF New York and at Stuttgart dangero
a. drugs in excessive quantities, 10 wit: bromide
lthia and sulfonal; and the same defendant
/. James NJ. and A. Lewis Seymour, endeavored
persuade the plaintiffs said daughter. harri
pl Seymour, that the plaintiff was insane. and th
er after the plaintiff had arrived in Europe IN .
he cember, 1883, the said defendants, James NJ al
he A. Lewis Seymour, caused themselves 20 be /
formed by cable from time 10 time Of the NOV
80 ments Of the plaintiff
AZ TsSubdivision "a OF the complaint says thu
the defendants sent false tel gram 9 u