The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-24
MISS RUSSELES LETTERS.
LLOYD lsPINWALL WANTs TO GET
THEM BACK.

ne HAS the Present Keeper or the BOARDING.
House where ne Used 20 Rive
60 Court for Selling Them to the Actress
who Wrote Thorn to Him-sho IL let 60.
Lloyd Aspinwall says that letters written to
him by Lillian Russell have been taken from
n box belonging to him and sold to the actress,
and yesterday he had Mrs. Bornor, q boarding
house keeper at 122 West Twonty-lrst street,
to jefferson Market Court to explain
the alleged sale, and also to tell why she does
not return to Aspinwall a box OF bonds, mort
cages, and letters which no claims as his
property and which he says is in the possession
OF Mrs. Borner.
About two years ago Asplnwall boarded in
the Twenty-flrst street house with q Mrs. Nc
Neill. When he went away he left In the house
five deed boxes oiled with letters and papers. A
year ago last April Mrs. Borncr took tho house
and subsequently turned over four of the boxes
to Aspinwall. Tho fifth box, he says, no has
since vainly tried TO get possession OF, and so no
had Mrs. Dorner summoned to court,
Mr.. Aspinwall averred in his complaint that
when he left the boxes In the house they were
all locked, and when he got the four OF them
back they had been broken open and their con-
tents tempered with. In the boxes were letters
from a prominent actress to him. and these had
been distracted. Mr.. Aspinwall charged that
they had been sold to tho writer of them for
1875 by Mrs. Borner.
Who were these letters from = asked Magis-
trate Pool.
Mr.. Aspinwall hesitatcd. and finally admitted
that they were from Lillian Russell.
Mrs. Borner. In her own behalf, said that when
she took possession OF the house she found four
boxes which were not locked. She looked in
them and said sho saw what seemed to be mil
lions OF dollars worth of documents. or at least
she inferred their worth by figures on them.
She made efforts TO find Mr.. Aspinwall, and
fnally learned of his whereabouts through his
brother. William Aspinwall. Then the four boxes,
al she had found up to that time, were sent to
the owner. subsequently,. she snid, she found
another box containing letters and papers. and.
not at the time knowing where Mr.. Aspinwall
Wa5, she gave the box to n man named Rose, a
United states detective, because, she said, she
thought n detective would find Aspinwall and
turned over the box to William Aspinwail.
Mrs. Borner denied positively that she had
sold any letters to Lillian Russell, in spite OF
Mr.. Aspinwall's assertion that she had nd.
mitted to him and TO detectives that she had
given up the letters to an agent Of Miss Russell,
and had subsequently received a check from tho
actress for $25. Mrs. Borner said further that
some time ago.a man named Stuart, who said no
represented Mrs. Aspinwall. Lloyd Aspinwnll's
sion Of the letters in the boxes, and that she re-
NJ. ,Asfpinwaii said that all the talk of efforts
the Gerlach and could have been found at any
time: Several years ago; he said. he went for n
short trip to Europe. and this was the only timo
Magis rate Pool decided that Mrs. Borner
could not give up the box If IL was not in her
possession, and allowed her to go. Then he told
Mr.. Aspinwall that his proper course would be
for larceny. Mr.. Aspinwall said he had set forth
out a warrant should have been drawn. He
said before leaving the court that he intended
getting the warrant from another Magistrate.