Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-02

as her feet were upon the ground. He
never, however, according to Mr.. Lovatt
gave her any groceries, except by the
order of Mrs. Morse. incidentally Mr.
Lovatt confirmed all the stories l had
heard about the Morse family. and init.
mated that Mrs. Morse is victim Of
the opium habit.
The case goes on before Referee Bren-
nan at Leyatt's Office at Tarrytown a
week from next Tuesday, at 10 O'Clock.
DIR. KEENEY's DENIAL.
DIR. B. NJ. Keeney has an office at No.
2l5 West Fourteenth street and lives at
No. 206 Edgecombe avenue, where | saw
him IN the afternoon. He is apparently
about 55 years old, well preserved, and
looks like man who still gets a good
deal of enjoyment out of life.
He denied very emphatically that he
had ever exercised any restraint or con-
troll over Mrs. Morse. "Why," said he,
'she is the true granddaughter of old
Commodore Vanderbilt, and with his
blood inherited SO much of his DISPOSE
ton that l couldn't control her if l
wanted to. am her friend and physi-
clan. [ have known her for several
years and l have done what [ could by
means of temporary loans and advice to
enable her to pay off her creditors.
-Four years ago she owed $4,000. To-
dry she owes 1915 to Engelke & Co. and
not cent to anybody else.
Later in the evening 1 saw Mrs. Morse
at her present home, No. 81 Convent
avenue, just five minutes walk from DR..
Keeney's. DR.. Keeney was present, too /;
in fact, he very kindly called on Mrs.
Morse first, to prepare her for the inter
view, and so well was she prepared for
it that she had a written statement
ready. 1t was as follows:
MRS. MORSE WRITES IT OUT.
Il am no prisoner. l go and come
whenever and wherever | choose. Nv
naughter Grace is living in retirement
for reasons best known to herself, and
seldom ever sees DIR. Keeney, unless
they occasionally meet at my house for
business purposes. DIR. Keeney does
not now nor did he ever hold my power
of attorney. Of 5000 which l owed
Engelke & Co. when my husband died
| have paid all but 1915, and that has
been rendered them, but they would not
receive it.
''The balance of Engelke's claim is for
groceries furnished my daughter Grace
while in Tarrytown, which she would be
amply able to pay herself were it not
for the Cross VS.. Morse suit, now pend
ing, which ties up her money for the
present. Since my fathers death nv
brother,s C. Vanderbilt Cross and Nor
man F. Cross, and my sister, Mrs.
Horton, have conspired to take the bread
and butter out of my children's mouths.
But they have only suffered defeat I'D
to this time. The affidavits are state
ments made by Engelke & Co. are I'M
qualifiedly false in every particular with
respect to my family, DIR. Keeney and
myself. When my husband died some
thing over four years ago l was left with
a large amount of Indebtedness unknown
to myself at that time, and with the ex-
eeption of Engelke & Co. have been
treated kindly and CONSIDERABLY by all
my creditors, and have paid them off as
my limited means would allow. l am
now living under reduced expenses, but
not as low as IS a week.
Mrs. Morse explained her charge that
her brothers and sisters had conspired
to take the bread out of her children's
mouth, by saying that they were con-
testing Mrs, Cross will, which would
give her (Mr,,. Morse's) three children
an income of 81, 800 year to start with,
besides lot of accumulated interest and
an ultimate inheritance of 81 900 900 to
share between them. But the money
all being tied up by litigation they had
not been able to get cent of it, and she
had to support them all out Of her $15,-
900, which had caused her some pecuni-
airy embarrassment Y. Herald.