Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-15


 day. but were prevented from taking any of their personal effects by the attachment served on thum by Dr. Wolles. They will consequently remain until the matter is settled Deputy sheriff Fitch occupying chair meantime in tho front entrance of tho house to sec that nothing is carried thorcfrom.
 Mrs. Martin positively refused to talk about tho affair She slid that tho case was in the hands of her attorney Tread well Cleveland, 52 Wall stroct and that anything concerning tho matter must como from him. Mir Cleveland said that he did not know whether the case was in his hands or not. He had hoard nothing about it.
 Sued by the wcllcseS.
 Dr. Wellcs was equally retioent. Ho said that he could not talk on tho subject much as he should like to do so. II havo been hurt enough now in my practice by being connected with this family" he said. II cannot allow myself to appear in print in this affair. Sec my attorney, MT. Henry Daly, Jr.
 From Mir. Daly 1t was learned that Dr. Welles had married a niece of Mrs Martin. In February, 1893, ho was engaged by Mrs. Martin to manage tho business end of Tho Humanitarian at salary of Sl@j a ccived only S375, and it Is for the balance of S2, zoo that he brings suit.
 According to Mir Daly. the Wellcses and Mrs. Martin and daughter took the house at 302 West seventy. second street last No vcmber. with tho intention of running a literary salon and first class boarding house
 Scarcely had they got settled there when Mrs. Martin decided that the furniture of the WeIleses did not harmunizo with the Interior tlnishings, and she ordered it talk en out and given away. Mrs, Welles meekly complied with the order on being promised that it would be replaced with furniture more suitable.
 Next Mrs Woodhull- Martin. MT. Daily says decided that the personal effects of Mrs. Welles, dresses, wraps hats, brio a brac, and even the doll babies and toys of the Wclles children, were surrounded by a curse
 She said that they must be burned. but Mrs. Welles objected on the ground that many of tho things were dear to her as kCepsakcs. being presents from her rela- tivos, some ot whom were dead. Mrs. Woodruff Martin carried the day, how ever, as wCll as several dozen armfuls of clothing. which she throw into the fur mace, while the janitOr and servants stood around and wept as they thought of the uSe they might make of tho articles If al lowed tu haVo q om.
 Burned Household Effects.
 When Mrs Martin had almost reached the end of the Welles household effects, 1t is alleged, she cspied a trunk in one cor her of the room and pruceeded to have that follow the other goods. Here, says Mir. Daly. Mrs. Welles entered a serious protest Sho said that 1t contained only somo photographs and small presents which could never he replaced, But Mrs Woodruff Martin was thoroughly warmed up 10 her work, and. breaking open the trunk. provt teded to examine its contents. Suddony she ceased her work and hold up a photograph.
 It was n likeness of Colonel Blood. her former husband, who is said to havo dicd in South AiI lea some time before she mar ried Banker Martin. She stopped Ter work and burned no more Mrs. Weiles says, because she had got what she sought. Mrs Welles also goes so far as to Say, through Mir. Daly, that the finding of that photograph was tho object Mrs Martin had in burning hor effects. and that the story of the curse on the goods was only an excuse In her petition she alleges that Mrs Martins promised restitution was never made and she asks for $9 sou to cCv- UT bnS Ndiuc Ol iHo SOuNS l Ao case will come up for hearing before Jus tice O'Gorman in the Eleventh district court Thursday next
 Dr Welles Is the son of Henry . Welles, a contractor. living in Eighty third street, who built the Brooklyn waterworkS Dr. Welles has been somewhat prominent in political life, having acted as secretary of legation in London.
 Mrs Victoria Woodruff Martin has ap- psared prominently before the public in this country and England for the past 80 years. Sho was born in central Ohio, but married early and came to New York with her sister, then Miss Tsnnie Clafiln, in the latter part of the sixties. In 1870, un- der the stylo of Woodruff. Claflin & Co, | they opened brokerage office in Wall | street and did a thriving business. Of late years the sisters have been spending most of their time abroad, where both found homes and husbands.
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