New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-07
PUT OUT OF THE ST. JAMES HOTEL.
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE FOR MRS. W. NJ. CONNER:
EJECTMENT7

EJECTNENTf
The efforts to get Mrs. Conner. the wife OF captain
william NJ. Conner away from her apartments al the
st. james Hotel have succeeded. She was forcibiy
elected from the hotel of which her husband was the
proprietor for many years, during the terrific rain
storm OF last Friday evening Captain Conner is at
ranch near Hot Springs, Ark, and is seriously ILL.,
When Mrs. ConnT turned into the street In Che
peng rain she sought shelter at the house Of friend
in LexingtOn-ave. Tribune reporter called there
yesterday but she too i'll from the effects OF her
recent troubles 10 receive callers. friend OF hers
who present saw the reporter and gave him the
following statement:
"Shorty after Captain Conner had started for Hot
Springs Mr. Taylor of the firm of De Graaf 8 Taylor,
accompanied by two lawyers called on Mrs. Conner
at her apartments In the St. james. Mr. Taylor said
TO her. we have sold the house and we have agreed
10 give immediate possession. You would better pack
up your household effects. will send OF my men
to assist you Mrs. Conner replied: This is rather
sudden. heard that the hotel had been sold some
days ago. You might at least have let me know the
fact. However, you need not send any man. can
remove my own effects Mrs. Conner Immediately
teegraphed TO her husband letting him know of the
state OF affairs. He replied at once, telling her to
hold possession by all means, and not make move
without consulting his lawyer, Charles f. CoddngtOn.
One week afterward she served with a dis
possess warrant. Her counsel advised her to re.
MAN. She had bolts put upon the doors Of her apart
ments she continually harassed by marshals
and Others One day her counsel, accompanied by
representatives of the creditors showed her paper
and asked her II that Captain COnners signature.
She gave them no definite Afterward The rep
rcsentatives Of the creditors claimed that Captain
Conner when he signed the paper delivering
the hotel and its furnishings, also rebnquished
the lease. This statement Captain Conner denies,
and claims that he stll retains the lease. and
that his creditors agreed that his family would be
cared for and have apartments and board at the
hotel, and when the lease had expired the hotel
would have made enough money TO pay his creditors
In full and leave margin for himself and family.
on these conditions he gave up the hotel. But he
had scarcely arrived at Hot Springs when the attack
was made on 9. defenceleSs woman, who held out
until the last. a board bill presented to her
for 800 Shortly after she had received this bill the
clerk sent up apology to her and said that 1t was
mistake Mr.. Hitchcock, the manager, called at her
rooms and apoogzed, and also said that it was a
mistake and that 1t should not have been sent.
Mrs. Conner did not say at any time that she would
not pay the BILL but intended to follow the advice
Of her counsel in the matter Last Friday evening
three went to Mrs. Corners apartments and told
her that she get out at and said we Will
give you fifteen minues to dress and get out Of here,
for out you must go tonight Mrs Conner dressed
as soon as possible. The marshal took her by the
arm and led her the door and put her in the street
in the midst OF the terrific storm that was raging
at the time. she secured cab and was driven TO
the house of friends in Lexington-ave. Mrs Conner
says she used in brutal manner, and that her
nerves have been strung 10 the utmost tension for
the last olyaYees She also said that the marshal and
the two who We're with him said she must US,
not wish fof any notoriety, that she and
her daughter had always held their heads up
and intended to do In the future Captain Conner
met with rcvcFses in business, and when he needed
help the most was betrayed by men who he had
thought were his best friends. The entire affair will
now be taken into the courts and thoroughly ventilated
when 1t will be found that Captain Corners conduct
in the matter has been bnesslke and honest through
out"
Mrs. Conner will bring heavy suit for damages
through her counsel. Her effects moved to the
houses of some Of her friends. None OF her property
was put in storage or sent the house in West Twenty
ffth-st MIS-. Conner Is sick from the effects OF her
iEtrcatmcnt and exposure In Fridays Storm The
firm OF Howell & Humme will be retained in the
with Mr.. Coddlngton. Captain Csnncr improving
until the present trouble began. 1t has caused
lapse There good ground for hope for his recovery
II he could remain at Hot Springs under treatment but
should he be forced TO return 1t might prove fatal.
Iii, daughter Mgnon Is with him and gives him every
attention and care. Captain Conner will make state
ment for publication at an early date.
Everett POW Wheeler and u w. Pearsa are the trustee
Mr.. Wheeler declares, 1t is said. that the trustees
lease he Is quoted as saying. expired on November
a. and Dorval, Of the Gaze savaIn In the Equitable
Building leased the hotel from November 10. Mrs.
Corners ejement is due TO the action Of the creditors.
We have nothing To DO with that
G.. Duva ir who Is the creditors counsel Is quoted
% saving that the eicctment not due 10 any action
OF the creditors lie denies that there an under
standing that Mrs. Conner to stay In the hotel
The ONLY authority for it, he said, Is her statement
that her husband had told her so. The creditors paid
her board bill OF $50 week merely to help her
out Finally, when Mr.. Dorval wanted the whole
house. Mrs. Conner had to go. have here Mrs.
Conner's Last bill. II Is dated December D. is for
1910 30 and Is receptcd by Leeds bookkeeper ut the
hotel"
Richard NJ LUSH who served the writ of ejectment
Is quoted saying that he was employed by sherman
a Sterling who agents for the trustees lie saws
the writ was served on Wednesday and that he gave
Mrs Conner two DAYS 10 get her things out On
Friday he again called and her out OF the house
Everything quiet" said he, "and conducted In
the most polite manner"