The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-01
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WILL
SiyD TO HiJE BEEN MiDE IN THIS
CITY BY ID. EDGIR CROtSE

| WINS the Woman who Called Herself Dotue
| Grouse, and Who Disappeared from the
| Tcndcrio,n Precinct - Few Days Ago. the
| Legal wife OF the syracuse Miiiion"ires
There Is reason to believe that ID. Edgar
| Grouse. tho Syracuse millionaire about whose
| property heirs and alleged hoirs are wrnn-
Cling made will in this city In August last.
| A pers onal friend OF Mr.. Crousc's said ycster-
| day to u SuN reporter:
I'm August last ID. Edgar Grouse said tome
| That he had Just made his will and signed 1t
| that no had employed the best legal talent in
New York at an expense OF Sll.OOo 10 pro-
nounce expert opinion on its form. and that
he was assured 1t could not be broken. In 1t
he said no had remembered, among others OF
his intimate friends. c. c. Bradley. head OF the
Bradley Manufacturing Company ofsyracuse.
with whom he was on very friendly terms. In
fnct 1t was to Mr.. Bradley that he gave the
handsome sandal.wood finishings of ono OF the
rooms in his magnificent stablebuilding when.
anEerc'l at tho premature description OF the
room published in the Syracuse Standard. ho
ordered tho costly iinishings torn down and
had tho room decorated anew.
This August will. there is every reason to
bclisvc. is cxtant. and ii lawyers who are now
looking into the matter are successful in their
quest it will DO brought into court. Tho will
with whom he never associated and against
whom he has been known to express feelings
other than those Of affection. was made twenty
five days before his death, and during those
twenty-iiv days he was sick. part OF the time
unconscious. lie left this city on Oct II. after
having been Ill at the Victoria Hotel for two
weeks. l saw him ut the Victoria on the 10th
and had talk with him.
"The woman who. it is alleged. was his wife.
and by whom 1t is said he had IA child is living
here in 10 house Of her own in splendid style.
She goes to church regularly and is saluted
respectfully by the deacons and ushers. She
is not an actress. ind there is little likelihood
of reporters running her down. unless she
makes contest of her FREQ will and that she
will take such n course doubt. She has been
something OF a charner in the gay world. and
is we'll of. well;known Chicago man before
child. whose father. IT is now asserted. was MIR.
Grouse; | do not believe that MIR. Grouse ever
x high municipal officeholder Of Syracuse.
a Federal otlicoholder. and merchant Of the
same place nre here looking into the Grouse
The itizens CLUB Of syracuse wants to Luy
the Grouse stable for its club house If the
close relation to the three lust mentioned
want TO buy the Grouse mansion or Fayetto
the ma al and sod li for song They GeIevs
no one will offer more thnn S25.0UO for it, for
the general public even the upper ten. know
next to nothing of its interior. A few OF US
know that S2OU.uUO was put into til" house
tive years ago: when 1t was ,rctnished The
individuals before mentioned hope to get 1t |
for 10 per cent. of its value.
1t may be. ~ this friend OF Mr.. Croufes
essd Widow Wi Of the mon"te '1 grocer hut
woman who has long profess ID to be Mrs.
sscertained. this woman first came TO New |
York about three years ago. She was then not |
Of medium height with pretty face and iet |
black eyes and short. curly black hair. No.
to by sSa Wat
with The spider and the Fly" Company. and
when, sho returned to New York several
Dottig Grouse. and thereafter protested to
DO the wife OF the Syracuse millionaire.
street. near EGhth avenue. Kept two servants:
and lived in luxurious style She was hard |
dripker. and snent her entire time after dark
money freely. sometimes hundreds Of dollars !
IL a night. and became very, popuiar. she |
wife of Edgar Grouse: She once told II man. |
who in turn repeated it to the reporter.. that
ne @d an nit the shS Ya
to this city with him. HP, furnished her Hat
formnnt. married her. He was with her good |
deal at first. she said. but gradually his visits
he said that her right name was Whalen and
that her father had at one time been Mayor OF |
Troy. She had got into trouble and had run
away to New York.
About year and half ago. her friends say.
she gave up her fiat and went 10 live In Il
house in Fifteenth street. Then she dropped
pearcd among her old companions in tho
+ enderlo DIN precinct she was less liberal than
she had been. Several months ago it was
rumored around the Tenderloin precinct that
sonlcUody had left Dottie Grouse a fortune.
The woman herself said that n relative had
died leaving her $4,000. She left New York
saying she was going To get the money She
was gone about two weeks. When she came
Inck she took a furnished room at &, West
rwenty-nnth street and started OF on
spree. She told everybody that She had her
fortune all right and was, going to, double it.
sometime a.tcrward She leased and furnished
, big three story brownstone house in West
fifty second street. Owing TO her drinking
habit. she did not prosper. and she was soon
back in the Tenderloin precinct. p to few
Jaws ago she was among her old friends every
night. hut she has not been seen since tho
lewS OF the death of Mr.. Grouse
TIE YCENGLING EREUERY'S AFFAIRS.