The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-23
SOME RICHES ARE FOUND
BUT THE RICHARDSON MILLIONS
 ARE STYLE MISSING.

 Whereabouts-The Daughter Said to Have Resisted Service Court Insists She Shall Also Appear Before It.
 The New York World says that two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the missing millions of the Joseph Rich ardson estate have been paid over to Administrator Butler by George Rich ardson, son of the late millionaire.
 George Richardson was to appear be- fore Surrogate Fitzgerald Monday morning first to be questioned regard ing the whereabouts of the contents of tin box, which, it is claimed held the bulk of the estate left by his father When the latter died in June last, it was supposed he left fortune of thirty million dollars. More than twenty nine million dollars of this, or to be eX- act, $29,300,000, has not yet been turned over to J. Jaffred Butler, temporary ad- ministrator of the estate.
 The proceedings against George Rich ardson to be freely aired in the Surro- gates court are brought by MT. Butler through his attorneys, Davies, Auer- U. Ever since his appointment as admin istrator, Mr. Butler has been endeavor- ing to get the estate into his possession and hold it until the contest between the widow and children, now pending, is settled. This has been a difficult mat ter.
 Until a week ago only four hundred and fifty thousand dollars had been n TIa hI1l of ic. came from the firm of B. H. Bissell & Co.,, of No. 8 Broad street. Bissell & Go. were Joseph Richardson's bankers and brokers.
 On Tuesday last George Richardson, the son, through his lawyers, Miller, Peckham 6 Dixon, handed over to Ad- ministrator Butler two hundred and fif- ty thousand dollars in railroad bonds and shares. This makes seven hundred thousand dollars now in the hands of the administrator.
 MT, Hotchkiss, of the firm of Davies, Auerbach & Stone, said yesterday that there were at least nine to ten million dollars, and perhaps a good deal more, in bonds and other investment securi- ties which have not yet been accounted for. George Richardson was questioned to-day regarding this huge sum of mis- sing money.
 The payment of the two hundred and fifty thousand dollars by George Rich ardson was the result of energetic legal proceedings brought by the administra- tor.
 On December 10 last a motion was made before Surrogate Fitzgerald by Davies, Auerbach & Stone to compel the son George to disclose his knowledge of the contents of the famous tin box which belonged to his father. Through his attorney, Wheeler H. Pecllham, George Richardson submitted an affida- wit stating that he had no knowledge of the box.
 This was not satisfactory to the ad- ministrator and new proceedings were instituted to compel him to appear in person and submit to an examination concerning the contents of the box. This examination was set down for to- day. Nothing was expected to happen until the examination of George was made, and the transfer of the quarter of a million of securities to the admins trator on Tuesday last was a complete surprise.
 MT. Hotch1iss, of the legal firm rep resenting the administrator, said yester- day:
 Tt is believed that the late Mir. Rich ardson kept the bulk of his estate, which consisted of various investment securities, in box deposited with the Mercantile Safe Deposit Co.,, but when this box was examined after the mil lionaire's death, it was found to contain nothing but a few worthless papers.
 What the exact value of the estate is nobody has been able to discover, owing to the peculiarities of the late MT. Rich ardson. It has been estimated at above thirty million dollars. The 1dmristra- ton, from information which he has succeeded in gathering, believes that ten or eleven million dollars is very conservative estimate. No regular in- ventory of the belongings of the estate has been made up to date, because the properties have not yet been placed in his custody.
 ''This box in the Mercantile Safe De- posit Co was in the joint names oc Jo- seph and George Richardson and George had perfect right to go there and examine it.
 we are confident that George can furnish full information concerning the securities in the box, and the proceed
 
 for the purpose of compelling him to tell all he knows.
 "By these means we expect to discov- CT some trace of the nine or ten million dollars still unaccounted for. If any of this property is in the possession of George Richardson, we will take the necessary proceedings to force him to turn it over to the administrator"
 MT. Hotchkiss added that similar pro- ceedings have been instituted against Dellaripha Grace Richardson, the other heir, and the only daughter of the late millionaire who lives a secluded life in the old house at Mo- 110 East Houston street.
 After much difficulty Miss Richardson was served with papers in the latter part of November last, calling upon her to appear before Surrogate Fitzgerald on December ', and tell what she knew about the whereabouts of her fathers estate. Miss Richardson failed to ap- pear and other proceedings were at once begun to punish her for contempt of court.
 For more than two weeks small army of clerks in the employ of Davies Auerbach &5 Stone have been trying tc serve the aforesaid lady with the papers in the contempt DrOceadings