Evening star., 1896-09-12
FILED HIS ANSWER.
Mr.. Whites Denial In the HareyyoOd
- PRrk Suit.

suit.
The answer of Robert f. L. White one of
the defendants in the suit recently insti-
tuted by Lusannah A. Crandall, Emily F.
Hort and others of the Harewood Park
Land Syndicate, has just been filed. In
this answer Mr.. White, who appears as his
own attorney, sets forth at length the cir
cumstances Of the organization Of this syn
dicate, through the purchase of about 135,
:;0S square feet Of land from John H. Click.
He denies that Mrs. Crandall is the owner
of more than two shares of the stock of the
syndicate, whereas she claims in her COM
piaint that she owns six shares. He goes
on to assert that complainants Crandall
and Hort have undertaken, with their
small holdings, namely, three or four shares
to dictate and control the action of the
syndicate, without regard to the officers or
any member or members thereof, and fail
ing therein in the cooperation of the other
stockholders, have brought this suit" He
declares that two of the shares held by
Mrs. Crandall were bought in the open
market, If at all, and not by subscription
to the syndicate.
Mr. White in his answer asserts that the
complainants had full knowledge of all the
transactions of the syndicate, and of the
reasons which operated to make it impos-
sibie to realize on the investment by sale,
and he sets forth in detail the unsuccessful
efforts to dispose of lots.
Answering further the various items OF
the complaint, defendant White declares
that Mrs. Crandall on one occasion pre-
sented to him written paper purportlnS
to be a call for meeting of the syndicate
signed by the members, which developed
upon a close and Scrutintzing examination
of the said complainant Crandall, to be a
forgery of certain names. as was shown
by the admission of the said Crandall in
the office of the defendant, and upon the
examination and statements of the persons
whose names were written upon said paper
at that time" The answer continues: AT
the time when said paper was presented tc
this defendant by said complainant Gran
dali, the complainant, upon being exposed,
stated to the defendant that if she were a
man she would thrash the defendant. and
the complainant threatened then and there
to 'get even with the defendant"
Mr. White therefore believes, and So
states in his answer, that the filing of the
suits and the utterance OF what he charac-
terizes as numerous false statements
therein known to be false at the time of
the filing of the bill," are in conformity
with this threat to get even" He further
believes. SO he states, that Mrs Crandall
brings the suit because the dull times ard
ciated the property of the syndicate, and
she now desires by this method to induce
the defendant to buy from her the shares
of stock she now pretends to own To this
effect he cites language used by the COM
p1ainant since the fling of the suit to the
effect that all she wished to gain by the
suit was to make White take the shares off
her hands,
The defendant therefore submits tha. If
would be unjust to continue a restraining
order issued on the basis of this suit and
he prays that the order which now stands
be dissolved, and the suit dismissed ,vifb
costs assessed on the complainants