The sun., 1891-02-28
NOT MRS. HELEN ROBERTSON.
THE WOMAN WHO CLAXMED
DOVER OF MILLIONS


She Now Admits she 10 Not the widow OF
the Wealthy Leather Merchant Who
Died In the Hotel st. George.
Loring A. Robertson. the millionaire leather
merchant Of tho Swamp. died In october last
in the Hotel 81 George. Brooklyn. without
having made . will. He was worth S50000o0.
1t Is said. About t3,00o.0oo OF that amount was
invested in solid securities. The remainder
was In real estate In this city IN Brooklyn. and
in Pennsylvania, where he owned . tannery
and some woodland. He was supposed to be .
bachelor. but when Surrogate Abbott Of Kings
county was preparing to appoint an admins.
traitor to partition and properly distri-
butte the property, Byron W. Cohen.
lawyer. Of 291 Broadway. this city.
filed an at1davit made BY woman who
siRnod her name Helen Robertson In bold
characters and set up the claim that she was
the widow. The affidavit was simply an an.
nouncsment that she was prepared to estab
lish her claim. Accompanying tho document
was petition asking for her appointment rs
joint administrator with the Brooklyn Trust
Company. Secrecy was maintained BY her
LAWYERS about her residence and antecedents.
The settlement Of the estate was postponed.
and William B. Davenport. Public Admlnistra-
tor, ami four other disinterested persons
wero made temporary ADM illustrators pending
Yestsrday Surrogate k6bott struck the name
iSs ss aS@ ' she
Pot The widow e L9riIe A. h9bs5tson ,ss,, FG: ,S:
i. Helen Brewer Of Philadelphia. State o,
Pennssylyanis, being h the : ZANE am persSn Who un.
is yhsrsln claim !" b The WIDOW said Iorins
minis or upon his estote. which petition was
s Of &. ' S ay as s ses 1885, s sss
ollI 2 81 said surroEste on The sth dsy q %.
records Of said court. and hereby admit that
said sal AY Goras Sn Robsr!son a and do consent
that eH order b. made Without nT,ics e me
Ssss. $ ss.lss hHSRss BssTIs VIII
Dated NEW YoRk, Feb. 90. 1851" -
her a,sornsy Ths ne1. 1s step T ln X: DISPOSAL 81
the estste win BE- the issuance Of Anal letters
si, hs4s a4s sf nsbn 81 the
clio living ut Geneva, New York. james Robert
son fnGther uncle lyinE IN oS GonstantIa Y phi;
ElmiTs sisdPan q BrsttlebOso Their Iayysfs
city. The. were other counsel engaged BY The
natural heirs. and for time, i is said. they
ssss snf: Sssm dSesa b Sd
chant ever had, = wife: but Helen B5ewors
chanee to Investigate her Character. In fact.
nsSS tsss to
@e IL" ssd that lat Sosh Sides ee
tives. but apparently those Of tho natural heirs
d he as hsy ouna sSs hOsss ssssd
son" was pretty Sell known in this city, some.
H oa sbe1t shss fSs beass ts ss 81
TO 5ns tho
A meeting was finally arranged between = rep
resentative Of the lawyers Of the heirs, Helen
ceedines and her own counsel The formal
Withdrawal e the young woman and her re-
saUt nss sans ysssrdsg
Claimant ] ant. and nd fartber 't than The iact that she
semms Smsel sf "My'ib besma1 s1u q oosnss for
Rs sfa ason,.
but do not care to tell you" ~
when SUs repo ter saw lin last night. He
Ha REFUSED to a %hes he
at I PRESENT % ti in ts State. 'N N'' e.' wa NV
Mr.. Gshsn. and we sdvissa b her 70 shandon
enough IL tho case to s&pSstsMnsiate & M II; That e
.s Xs e q aa aa sSso e s
with this woman, but she could not produce
any witnesses to prove that he did. or to give
edged himself as her husband There Was no
.Sd &, asmsa I'M Sth ns
ter IL closed 80 far as am concerned"