Evening journal., 1898-01-07


that she is worth between 81 1900 and
5000, every cent of which was earned
by hard work and accumulated by the
most rigid economy. Mrs Schaefer ro-
sentcd the statement that Henry Clay
Turner died "A pauper She declared
that had he been of sound mind his mo-
ther would have occupied one OF the
houses which she owned and applied
the rents from the other four houses
to the support of herself and son. buk
his mental condition was such that n
was impossible for her TO make such
an arrangement. especially when h~
advanced years are considered.
Harry came to see her clear up to
the time that he was taken over TO the
asylum" continued Mrs Schaefer.
His children also came to see her. and
she thinks the world of them. Harry
was brought here on the night of the
18th Of June, just passed, in cab 1t
was II o'clock at night. That was
Saturday night He was here until the
following Thursday. He was examined
by Or. Pierce and DR.. Palmer, and she
accompanied him to Farnhurst in q
cab. / also went with them. He loved
his wife dearly, and on the last day be-
fore he was taken to Farnhurst he
asked his mother II he could not take
his wife with him, and seemed much
disappointed when she told him that
he could not After he became an in
mate Of the asylum his mother went
over there once week to see him.
Sometimes / went with her and some-
times my daughter Lizzie, was heI
companion. That article in the Phila-
delphia paper said that he died a
pauper. He could never be a paupel
while his mother had her thousands
and nothing but his mental condition
constrained her TO permit him TO h'
placed In a public institution. Wher
he died she paid his funeral expenses
and saw that he was buried in prope
style An old woman like her cOul'
not have done anything with a de
mented man.
"Harry's father never came to Amer
lea. He lived and died in Ireland. Hi
mother was a Presbyterian, but he wa
a Catholic. When al boy he went Z
Mrs. Monks pay school. and after
ward to Father Reiley's college. The
he went to Clarkson TaylOr's schoo
His mother paid for all this. All tina
Mrs. Brooks Turner paid for was hi
law course at college. He first regis
tered under John O'Byne. but after
wards studied under the present Chi'
Justice Lore. Harry Sharpley an
{, Clarence Silver were fellow-studen'
and fast friends.
Harry Turner has three childre
Joseph. the eldest, will be IA to-mo
row; Natalie is and Henry Clay, il
is 4. They are all bright children al
htheir grandmother thinks the world
: them. Their mother always pc
] mitted them to visit her while she w
here.
Gle got the name of Turner, but M
: and Mrs. Turner never adopted hin
He was always a liberal fellow. al
gave hundreds and hundreds Of dOlla
to the Church Of the Sacred Heart, al
Il also to St. Pauls Church. He al
Bishop Becker were fast friends.
was also Of great help to the po'
= When he had money everybody had
= His mother never bothers anybot
She is cheerful and attends to /
n own business, and by so doing has Z
!. cumulated a small fortune in real Z
tate.
"This Philadelphia paper says tf
= Harry Turner was at one time wof
: $4,000 There never was a time VIII
= he was worth the half Of IT, Wh
= Mrs. Brooks Turner died she left h
" IS. 900. and that was all the money
" ever inherited. Whatever addition
4 means he had he made.
a "As for Henry Clay, Miss Elli'
never laid eye on him, for all that NJ
y Brooks Turner had the house draped
= black for year after his death. 7 ha
!. heard her say that hundreds and HI
dreds of times in the years she
4, been with me- Not only that, but
"a [ Henry was born five weeks after
Il mother arrived in this country. it v
I. matter of impossibiity for Her
~ Clay to be his father"