The sun., 1897-12-22
SHY DELLA RICHARDSON.
WON'T LEAVE HER BoUsToN sTEEEr
Castle TO CONF 10 COURT.


Ir Hsr Lawyer Cant Persuade EEer the sheriff
VIII Nc sent AFTER Her. FOR the Court wants
to Know whore Her Fathers suppressed
Millions Are Gone, ~ Millions There Are.
Della Richardson. the spinster daughter of the
late Joseph Richardson, was declared by Sur.
roRatc Fitzgerald yesterday to bo in contempt
OF court for ignoring court process, and ex-
cept for the consideration of Davies, Stone &
Auerbach, counsel for ]. Jaffred Butler. tom
porary administrator Of the estate Of hor father.
sho would have becn in tho custody OF the
Sheriff yesterday, that is IL the Sheriff could
have stormod the place in which she 10 in
trenched at ITO East Houston street. Accord
ing to affldavits filed with the Surrogate Miss
Richardson has 80 arranged her affairs that sho
Is almost secure against process.
In the effort OF Mr.. Butler to discover some
of tho millions of dollars' worth Of securities
which It is understood her father held. and
little of which Mr.. Butler has been able to dis
cover, he procured an order for the examina-
tion OF Miss Richardson. The order was re-
turnablo on Dec. z. Miss Richardson was
finally served ono morning before she was
aware that process was out, but che did not ap-
pear for examination as required by the order.
1t has appeared In the contest of Richardson 3
last will (which Della and George. his two chill.
dren by his first wife. brought because tho will
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that these two children handled securities for
him: MIR. Butler thought that Miss Richardson
securities. As no excuse for her non.appear-
ance was forthcoming, Davies. Stone & Aaer-
bach obtained an order from Surrogate Fitz-
gerald requiring her to show cause why she
SHOULD not be punished for contempt
1t was easy to get the order. but quite another
was watched without success Miss Richardson
occupies the three floors Of tho premises above
that about A. Nj. she usually sweeps the side.
walk and gets some provisions for the day. md
that she does not leave the house again. The
only way to draw her attention is to hammer on
the door. and it is said that no attention is paid
appointment for the timo the knocking occurs.
Miss Miss Ric ardson lives with Miss Emily EN-
be elderly women like herself.
After watching the house for several days the
process servers were rewarded by seeing Miss
preached her she refused to take the paper. He
H r Ss s
to the street, whore he left it. As she did not
was an order for her to show cause yesterday
why she should not be punished for contempt
When the motion came up yesterday she did
not appear and one present in her be-
half. In moving for her commitment, counsel
II dislil1ed very much to take this STEP but
was forced to In order to protect my client, Mr..
buLier. AS aumlnlBtratOr ne 1B determined to
find out what became of all of Mr.. Richardson 5
millions"
Surrogate Fitzgerald adjudged Miss Richard.
son in contempt. and said he would issue an at
4 representative Of the firm said later in the
day that instead of taking out the writ they
had decided to write to Miss Richardson's coun-
sci, Wheeler H. Peckham and see IL he could
not bring his client to reason.
MIR. Butler has also procured an order for the
examination OF the son, George Richardson.
Homer w. Nichols of the firm of r.. II. Bissell s;
Enr h0n oh hour rt,t
and sold securities. was examined yesterday.
About eight years ago Richardson had told the
witness that all his securities belonged to his
children. George and Della, and that his opera
tions were in their interest The witness knew
that Richardson held securities in other names
than his own and had some in the name OF
Emily Emmitt. The securities in the name OF
Miss Emmitt the witness had turned over to the
administrator at the last hearing and he did not
believe there were any others In her name. The
witness had had called on Miss Richardson at her
How did you get in With a crowbarf'
After incessant knocking, said the witness
The hearing was adjourned until $3.50 this
afternoon.