The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-31
LAlAGE, LETTERS, LOANS,
MR.. BRUcE'S HISTORY OF THE $500
HE CAN'T REOoTER.

nnl-sohwartz, Who mt Present Owns
ur. HoIcombe's House, Said to ne Her
nrother-in-Lnw - House Was Insured.
Mrs. Lalage G. worl. who was arrested at
the Ashland House on Thursday night charged
with the larceny OF 1880 from Edward c.
Bruce OF 4 Renwick street. was arraiRned In
the Centre Street Police Court yesterday for
examination. She lie frail and nervous and
below the medium height, .
According to the statement made by Bruce
TO Mr.. McClelland OF the District Attorneys
office. who has charge Of tho case, he has
known Mrs. Worl for moro than two years.
Both married unhapplly and both have Sc
cured divorces. Bruce has one daughter, II
years old. and Mrs. Worl has three children.
two girls and one boy. The Oldest girl lives
with Mira. worl's brother-in-law. James II.
worl. In West6eld. N. J.
Bruce says that he called upon Mrs. Worl
frequently when she lived at 922 Madison ave-
nue., and came to regard her as his closest
friend. About a year ago. when she told him
that she must borrow $50 from some one.
he says that he promptly gave her the money.
She continued to borrow from him at inter-
walls. he says, until she owed him $3.50. Then
she asked him to lend her $500. and gave him
as security a mortgage upon the furniture In
her apartments. All this time. Bruce says. he
was getting better acquainted with Mrs. Worl
and had begun to think OF q home for himself
and his daughter. Frequent letters passed be-
tween himself and Mrs. Worl In which both
used end lea, Mrs ez WorI KanYs and .nan B bs tbs ee mi..
dressed her as b Darling Il ddablaEe" and she
yis ats't 70. Mrs. VOL she, told him that she
S home a ab PiH Comfort NJ Ef for bo She' she SDst said St tSat she
needed only $500 besides the money which
che her herself Seno would wSiSb f Mas 10 Ieas shs an o sanTt%e6f
ments, In i fnil conndenee that the realiza-
a They went on. several tours Of inspection dur:
.Rs the 6Sa IS,lG az sf7 Ys snd a 80 hp %est ' fhiffz q !fifss
Itreet. owned by q man named skinner. Bruce
stSnd ins' that Ia ie she ne was s't to } iess eAS and furnish furnish
the house. She didn't, and he couldn't get his
money. He sued her for it. and later he got a
Mrs. Worl did not wish to gay anything to
reporters concerning the relations between
nnent, but that she thought he had made this
charge against her purely out Of spite on ae-
p poRas o. Hmm f1%''WSihn WAT Il this Wa Wss she she r REUSED to
am absolutely innocent q the charge"
dollar in tho world he would give it to me If 1
would marry him; He is crazy to NARY a
w wR%an reason wisn SG Dr. S II +. 'Hhtoleo%mRp sn had SsfI @s .Ge
over to her the house at 81 East Twenty :fitth
rooms at the Ashland House. where she has
been staying. Mrs. Worl said: \ one knows
combe "a and myself. He has been a father to
me and is the best friend | have in the world"
Mrs.; W { also also ref refused sed. to tell tell Why che h R bad
lamin SCHWARTZ. who also lives at the Ashland
House and who says the property IL worth
property to qualify.
led ESdi'G Gp. to his giving EfSh her the $780,. and said
that when he asked her subsequently, why she
s6e h tod 'f him that o one Of h her Oldest and S' best
street Worth $1,000 year which could DO
Who was that friendp" asked Mr.. McClel-
Col. Robert j, .Haire," answered Bruce.
Hare, who lie Mrs. Works lawyer. flushed.
evidence. The witness is DRAGGING in the
comnsel's name without warrant"
The testimony is lowed. said Magistrate
Bruce then stated that he visited the house
In Forty;lrst u street ! With Mrs. Worl; bit t.. wes
lease the Skinner house In Thirty-first street.
After another interval. having heard nothing
from her. he wrote a letter asking her to de-
Mr. McCieIIand INTRODUCED in. evidence a
writing, OF Mrs. Worl. in which she stated that
she had put the money in q bank In Twenty
tSqisn and 5aff found n mo- ace DUN 'e either er in fIi his own 1~a
name or hers. and then began a civil suit to
recover the money and put the matter IN the
,This i RTh 5 the direct examination. When
asked Bruce:
Did you ever say to, Mrs. worl. either orally
or In writing. that the money you had ad-
yanced was q loan and she could do with it as
she pleasedr',
Did you ever write her these words: The
loan Of the money is to prove to you my great
interest In your welfareT"
rs this your handwriting2" asked Mr.. Haire.
showing the letter from which he had read the
Yes" answered Bruce.
bic you not tell this woman again and again
what she pleased with the money?"
i may have" said Bruce; but there was
the house and open hachelors' apartments. l
probably said a great many an things to her Ehea :,
things to her which were f~alse?"
standing with her in regard to the money
said Bruce.
n boRa TqtS N Issi said that %. he hsd re s.tyeS
him to increase Mrs. Worl's bail. and he adj
isG sfenSan the Sn snse s HRttl SBB ni1, She eut sanid Ies
BENJAMIN r. Schwartz. who gave bail, for
Mrs, Worl originally. is small in stature like Mrs.
Worl. He has gray hair and wears a gray
mustache. Whom Mrs; Worl was arrested she
Immediately notified Schwartz. who lost no
time in notifying LAWYER Hare; Hare sent a
note by SchwartZt to Magistrate Wentworth ask
ing him to come down and take bail. The direc-
tory gives Schwart2's home address as 800 Mad
lson avenue. and his business address, as 1888
Broadway. Bruce. who charges Mrs. Worl with
grand larceny. testified that he frequently Wis
tied her at her former apartments at 1922 Madi-
son avepue; The directory board of the st.
James building at 1913 Broadway, whore
Schwartz has an Office on the tenth 1ioor. says
that lie is the head Of the Eureka Wire Lined
Lath and Fire PROBING Com
DR.. Holcombe said last night that Schwartz
was introduced to him by Mrs. Worl a. her
hrOther-in-law. When DIR. Holcombe trans
,t"rred his house to her Schwartz came there to
live, too.
In answer to a question Dir Holcombe said
there was no one in the house at % East
noon when it caught, fire but two
women servants, The house and con
tents were insured for $4,000 in the Cont
mental Fire Insurance Company. DR.. Hol-
combe told the firemen then that he was tho
owner of the house.