Evening journal., 1896-10-14
70 RECOVER MILLIONS.
legal Action Begun to Regain
Lottimer's Lost Estate.
T HAD STRANGELY DEPRECATED.

Irs. Jones. Daughter of the Deceased MIL
ionaIre. Alleges That Her Brother. an
Executor. wrongfuiIy Transferred Prop
erty TO Defraud the Heirs.
NEW YoRR. Dot H. Tho first step
boxing 20 the recovery Of at least por.
on OF the 81, 500, 600 or So, 600, 600 which
as disappeared from the estate OF the Lad /
81 lillian Lottimer was takon yesterday b /
n 10 supreme court by some Of the heirs. |
# lt was announced on Aug 20 last tlrt |
3 r Lottimer' S estate had dwindled to H. |
s 4lost nothing from fortune of between /
n. 600, 600 and 80, 600, 900. and that amin
&estgation was then being made to asDer-
In tho exact amount Of the loss ThB in
Krmation made public at that time is now
N Eibstantiated by the proceedings in the
#ipreme court
n Mr. Lottimer died on Oct z, 1876. He
nassed his fortune In the dry goods com
n ission business. BY his will he appoint
Il his widow, Jane c. Lottimer; his son,
illiam A. Lottimer; his son-in-law.
#Dhn Bloodgoodi his former business part
4 pr, Jerome L. Hill, and John G. Davis,
AZ yeoutors and trustees of his fortune He
n ade several specific bequests. which have
81 been paid and gave all his real and
# rsonal property to his executors upon
rtain trusts during the life Of his widow
Nd provided that upon her death the es-
te should be divided into FIVE parts, one
4 + each of his five children-namely, Eli
@. Jones, William A. Lottimer, Jane
81 A. Pomeroy, Emily T. Bloodgood, the
5 ife of John Bloodgood, and Mary O. L.
:. omeroy Each child was to receive the
# come Of his OF her share for life. From
principal part, to be set aside for his
81 N, Mr.. Lottimer authorized certain pay
III ents to be made by the trustees in their
:X soretion.
Y Mr.. Hill in 1887 was charged with hav-
g taken securities belonging to the es-
H to Of the value of $500 600 from the safe
a posit vaults for the purpose Of covering
unfortunate speoulatons that he had
# zen personally engaged In. He was never
3 osecuted, however, but was removed as
ecutor and disappeared from view. One
III one the other executors died, until John
oodgood and William A. Lottimer were
ft to look after the trust estate.
IA Mr.. Lottlmer took little interest in the
# Management OF his fathers fortune and
It that almost exclusively TO his brother
law, Mr.. Bloodgood, who was prom
Z ent Wall street operator and member
~ the firm Of John Bloodgood & Co His
~ Irtner WAS John d. Slay back, who was
% board member of the firm.
Mr.. Bloodgood died at Great Barring
f bn, Mass, on Aug. 10 last.
The suit to recover some part Of the
& eney which has been lost TO the estate Is
bgun in the name OF Mrs. Eliza G. Jones,
M daughter Of Mr.. Lottimer, and her chill
ZEN, Frederick w. Jones, Jr. Emilie +.
Dnes Jessie NJ. Jones and Edythe p.
Dnes. The latter Is not Of age and Judge
acLean has appointed her brother, Fred
lex W., .Ir her guardian to protect her
n terests in the estate. Parsons, Shepard
M Ogden viii prosecute the action, which
brought against Mrs. Jones brother,
q illiam A. Lottimer, individually and as
xocutor and trustee under the will Of
cir father. His wife, Grace Q. Lottimer,
ieir children and Mr. Bloodgood's heirs
% also made parties to the suit Mrs.
ones resides with her family at 81 West
xty-eighth street.
The Charges Against BloodGood.
She charges that during 1893 Mr. Blood
God and her brother, William A. Lotti.
E Ter. converted to their own use stocks,
onds and other securities belonging to
or fathers estate valued at between ST.
loo 600 and 50, 900, 600, and that they COM
s. ined and conspired to keep the conversion
I secret from the heirs Some knowledge
Ii the facts came to the ears Of her sister,
ane K. A. Pomeroy, but only under a
ledge Of secrecy.
1t is alleged that Mr.. Lottimer will not
BIKE any proceedings against himself OF
galnst tho estate of the late John Blood
God for the recovery Of any part Of these
anI mt frtn
them, hut that, on the contrary, In or
or to defeat any claim-which she and hel
hildren may have against him and to de
raud the estate no has transferred all his
col and personal property to his wife
;raco c. LOttimer.
This incluSes his interest In the proper
v % East Twenty eighth street and Eas
'wenty-sixth street. Having stripped him
elf of all his possessions, Mrs. Jones anC
er children declare that her brother ans
heir uncle Is not insolyent The deeds o
enveyanco were executed on July 10
893
Mrs. .Ionos believes that her brother !
lso endeavoring to encumber this proper
y. 10 defraud her and the other heirs o
8 he estate, by a mortgage which his wife
trace G. Lottimer, is about TO execute, II
ollusion with him, so that they can oh
ain some money and remove it from th
tate and out of the jurisdiction OF tn
curt.
The purpose Of tho suit is to have tn
conveyance Of this property declared fraud
llent and for the appointment of II
,eiver Of not only this but all other prof.
,rty which he had at the time of or sine
be alleged conversion. His wife will als
be asked TO render an accounting Of a
property which she may have receive
S rom him by gift or otherwise.
All the sureties They Need.
< LONDON, Oct IL. - At Marlboroug
n troet police court Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
W ,astlo the wealthy residents of San Frai
lsco who were arrested at the Hotel 9
IL charged with stealing a quantity
Il