The sun., 1896-10-29
MRS. WERNER AS RECEIVER
urp or.KER FRIENDS INDIGNANT
'T UER TAKING THE POST.

,,-hod inst now over the appointment W thO
sooaiyership OF n saloon of Mrs. Melle Stanley
. ,r,,r,.Wcrner. the well-known woman
~ o''A Nrs Werner comes OF an old Quaker
la. hsen an attendant at tho Friends
i"'l,',' hor..i in Sluvyesant SQUARE for years.
enough An extremely up-to-dato
r b.rself has occupied prominent
',In omonv the Friends for long
time Tho rccelvership came 10 her as ~
h..h. have IN any lawyer and, although
IT. Warner regards IL as strictly in the line OF
h.r duty as A member OF tho bar to accept ana
.ur, ort the work intrusted to her by the Sue
.,,o Cour; the Friends think differently
shon, IL. They are greatly agitated over tho
matter for a connection in any way with
,bo uouor traffic by one OF their numoer Is
ro,ordcd ms n violation OF first princlpIee py
,be Ouakers 1t will be interesting to watch Tor
Tho result OF Mrs Wcrner's little controversy
.I,b tho Society of Friends for she has fully
,,od, nm her mind to go on with her work AS re-
..,vcr despitc the opinions of the Friends. She
bos mover wayered for n moment in this deter.
,nination she assured reporter FOR THE sun
last evening, although it grieved her very much
% bc unable to make her friends OF the Quaker
foith come around to her way of thinking.
The dismissal OF Mrs. Werner from the
Friends Church would create sensation. as
abe has been the most progressive woman or the
time among the Quakers. and has been very
much praised BY her relatives and friends for
her energy ana ability. Tho Quakers have been
immensely proud OF her ever since she was ad-
mi,ted to the bar They have never objected to
b.r law practice or TO the interest she has shown
IN things political. but they draw the line at the
l,ouor traffic, and are opposed to her having
ANYTHING TO do with it, either as receiver or in
any other capacity.
Their disapproval has come to Mrs. Werner
IN n way which there is no mstaking. Serera
Otthe most prominent onakers in the city have
spoken gently S"t hrrhiy 10 her aoou. the ina'.
ter, but they have not succeeded in shaking her
detcrm '"a''o" ~ ~ ."o ,ea .i,,noo 80 .,orx
CARDS the appointmehtas as cooa snnnee AM 70 'nuI
.,,a IN sticl toit
sne IN cans " s''.H W ", 49, s,,,
turs OF appointing women receivers in busl-
- ~ ,,.,.,t.. IL .,,o,,tod tb-.. .eyerol
ness h'iga''ohs iie nppo.u u 80 "
highly thought of by most of the Judges. Tho
case which Mrs. Werner was ordered to take
charge of was that of Louis Strauss. a
ssloon keeper at 22l East 121st street.
MIR. strauss lel INTO ueot eohe t'lhe SEo'
and one of his creditors. Julius Engel.
broppht suit against him for some money.
orousn' eu,' asA ~
Ehgel sos Juus mont iot so'.o'' Wv t " ton 10, ~
Sheriff attempted to execute the Judgment and
$50 ~, S.s.,.a, a,a.s I..,.,a ond 40
therein Mrs. strauss stepped forward anu oe-
clared that the saloon belonged to her. strauss
autn'tteu tha1 ,h's was 80 nnu sno"u y.
some time before for $3.50.
As receiver of Strauss's business and estate
NJ. w..n.u Iii, -. mi. - ,oL. ,soo, IN.
Mrs. " erner Will 10 aoie 10 mako iesai 'u
quiry into the facts. Mr.. Engel has declared
that the transfer of the property by Strauss to
,n". ,,1-,I ~ ,.n -, -. .so..,nr nir,
his vile was made with view 10 cheatlns nun
out of the amount of his judgment and to stall
off other creditors who might sue for the
amounts duo them. II Mrs. Werner finds this
to be the case she will bring suit to
set tho judgme Mt aside. Tho Job. is an
Improbable and laborious one and OF u
sort not coveted by lawyers. To do the thing
successfully requires much PATIENCE and con;
siderable technical skin. Mrs: Werner VII
liquor business in order, to make her work
Job was given to her. as well as the receiver
ships to the other two women lawyers. largely
as a test Of their ability in that branch of the
Naturally this new departure on the part OF a
Supreme Court Justice was much discussed at
the time. and Mrs. Werner's appointment
caused much comment when It became Known
The newspapers spoke OF 1t. ana IN that way the INC
Friends hoard that one OF their number had
been ordered BY the supreme court 10 lake
charge OF iEe business OF Il sa.9oh keeper. Inny @
felt confident that they would read the next
day that MIS- Werner hah aecllheu the IohoT;
They didn't read any such thing. however, anu
the days went 6y without any inaieati1n iron, from
impo' ed upon her by the ourt.
Then IT was that the matter came up ior us
cnssion at n meeting in the f. friehde Meet,nS
House in Stuyvcsant square. The unanimous
opinion was that Mrs. Werner ought TO decline
to serve rs receiver Tor strauss. Ihefe was
nothing formal about tho discussion. ana no
talk OF notifying Mrs. Werner OF the sentiment
OF the meeting. ~ was Simply an lhiorinai
eexpIessioh OF opinion; heTertneeie,s, Mps npd
Werner heard OF IL Almost lhlmeulhtely, anu
later when size met the Rev. Dr. Phuoe Hana-
ford the subject came up between them. MISS
Iianaiorc was Mt the meeting in the frlenas
Meeting Hohse when Mrs; Nerners appoint
ment was talked about, ana III response 20 Mrs.
Werner q questions she sad IN tue Gehtle tone
peculiar To the ouaKerS; ,.r
- lhce must 90 hs thy own conscience tells
thee. anu not pc waVeTed by the thoughts Oh
otner-, SAtrr thihk thee can reason lor my
sell. The art .awyer nnw,and In the business
OF reasoning for others. Thee should know the |
right pain.
Mrs. NtrneT toId MISS llhhaioru that sne "ns
SATISFIED a, 20 the hropr!tty OF her keeihnE 'ne
apo htih'ht.hu' sahiChnt she had hearu that no
Friends were opposed 10 it,
And what has thee thought OF the arRu-
mentt'
have decided to Keep the erecevership., re-
piteu Mr5. " erher. nave heetl appoIntsu oy
y le1rheu Judge 10 an eminent phcc, anu ~ ~
purely, u ieRIl prICce'IhE ana mas holhlhe u uo
Win the private ne OF any oody.