New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-06
THEY WANT MELcmER REMOVED.

MRS PiRAN STEVENS AND LADY MARY FISKE
FACET ASSERT THAT TIE TRUSTEE OF THE
ESTATE Is UNFIT FOR HIS OFFICE
Mrs Marietta r. Stevens. as the attorney in fact
~ her daughter Lady Mary Fiske Paget. has be
gun proceedings I'm the Surrogates Court through
her counsel. Hoadly. Iauterbach & Johnson. Tor
The removal 81 John l.. Meicher as one % the
executors Cd, the will ~ Paran stevens and
81 the trustees It was over twenty years ago that
paran stevens died. leaving a large estate. consist
INK Of valuable hotel property In this and other
cities \ large part Of the estate left In trust
for Mira Stevens and her daughter. Under the
terms OF the will John l.. Mecher Charles G.
Stevens ana Marietta T.. Stevens were made eXecu-
tors.
Lady Paget. who Is the beneficiary Of large
trust estate under the Will. seeks 10 have the letters
testamentary which were issued To Mr.. Melcher re-
vokeI because OF his improyiience. She now says
mat tor the asst sixteen years MT Mecher ha5 oeeE
hahitull gambler that he has frequented ana
still freQuents gambling houses in ths city. where
games are played FOR money. that he SIN engages
in these games. and stakes large sums Of money In
them. She also declares that he wagers large sums
improviience and Misconduct he IS unit for the
execution OF his trust executor and trustee Of
ne estate rms Application was not made before.
for The reason that until last March she was unable
to obtain proof a. 20 hts misconduct The informa-
ton now referred TO has been obtained from friends
" Mecher who know OF his dealings and doings.
II pror Who for WE'VE Years Ss ST eror to ss was
speca Sffcer ar me El,h Avenue HcteL ae has
MefNfr
1881 and 1891 he has seen Me,cher in a gambling
house In West Twcnty-fourth-st lie has seen
Neicher 10 into this house three or four times a
month during the winter months previous 10 1871,
ami has also seen him seated there With A pile o.
hue and red chius before him which represented
az least several hundred dollars. This at a
game OF faro. snort time after Mr.. Prior entered
On" game closed, and then Melcher went across the
room to the roulette table and started In to pay
there. He was playing when Mr. Prior left the
house.
Mechcr denies these charges and declares that
proceedings were taken against himself and Charles
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trustees. In September. 1887. when charges that he
was an habtual gambler. and was in the habit of
specuiatlng. and that he also owed money to
large amount. were taken In September 1881. with
the object OF removing him and the other trustees
from Office and appointing receiver. Lady Paget
joined In that proceeding. He then denied the
accusations; ana after fu.; argument the proceed
ings dismissed
Edward Lauterbach ls counsel for Mrs. Stevens
He Is az present attending the Constitutional Con-
ventlon. Burrill, Iabrske & Burrill represent the
executors.
4 STEAMSHIP COMPANY SUES \ DRUG FIRM
A suit is on trial I'm the Supreme Court
brought by the Ncw-York and Cuban Mail Steam
ship Company against the drug firm Of McKesson Il
Robbins 70 recover s767i. which the company was
obliged to pay in Cuba several years ago the
seizure OF OF lts vessels for conveying guam
THY Of opium there from this city, without having
II properly marked and recorded In the manifest of
the ycsse,. The trial Is before Judge Ingraham and
Jury.
McKesson & Robbins claim that when the goods
left their place tey were properly marked. and II
taken on board the vessel without being marked
II was done secretly without their knowledge and
with knowledge Of the officers of the vessel who
permitted II to be placed on board without enter
ing IT In the manifest, evidently as a result OF
conspiracy.