The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-30
A Sensational Climax in the Hearing
Yesterday.
State Records Support
Those of Church.
Portland Mrs. Allen Not Allowed
TO Attend Funeral.

Boston, December 2o.-A climax of q
sensational nature was reached in today's
hearing ON the petition OF Mrs. Harriet
b. Allen of Portland, Me, TO be appoint
I'd Administrative of the estate of Super.
Intendent Elbridge q. Allen Of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford rail-
road, bsfore Judge Mckim In the Suffolk
,ounty probate court II was In effect
Tho intro1uction of testimony TO show
hat there Is no record of the marriage OF
he petitioner with MIR. Allen, MS was
at the Park street church In this
csts. The church records were apparently
supported by she state record Of mar
riages.
The petitioaer. re os .asssasiky h n
mia ,ar- =. -, occupied few minutes
y. - sssihing TO iutrolnoe further evil
.e3Sse Of bvr rslations with Allen.
Then the respondents continued thsil
remonstranoe to her appointment,
john A. Hall. treasurer of the South
bridge savings bank, was first called, and
told Of leaning Mr.. Allen money on mort.
gage. One occasion was IN February,
1898, and the other In January, 1899
witness said that when 'hs mortgage
wes negotiated he spoke to Mr.. Allen
about the dowsge clause in tho deed, and
Mr.. Allen said he was not married.
Albsrb W. Martin. secretary TO the gen.
eral manager OF the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad. ard the
special sdministra or of the estate, testi.
1e1 that he had known Mr.. Allen since
1884, and had worked under him In sew
sral capacities.
'tlhs first time l met Mrs. Allen was
In June. 1894, when a note had come to
the offiss for Mr.. Allen, who was ont of
town. The note was opened by MIR.
Aliens clerk. The note was signsd Hat
tie, aud WAS turned over to me because
l was 80 well acquainted with Mr.. Allen
would like some money for shopping. I
wired MIR. Allen, who was with special
train near New Bedford, believe, tell
ing him OF the note, and saying that /
was willing to furnish the money IL he
50 desired. Mr.. Allen replied to furnish
night; so he left the special aud returned
to Boston. In the Meantime we got tells
phone message from Mrs. Allen, and she
wanted the note returned to her. She
also called at the office and had long
with her.
"The next time saw Mrs. Allen was
in May OF this year, when she called at
my HOUSE, and asked me II / had heard
any rumors about MIR. Allen going to be
l told her had heard nothing
like that and would not believe 1t If /
did MIR. Allen generally referred to
Mrs Allen as Ellie's mother"
MIR. Martin told of a meeting with Mrs.
Allen the day before the funeral at q
house on Columbus avenue, and he was
obliged to tell her that the Allen family
did not care to have her 60 to the funeral,
and that it was alleged she had never
been married.
Mrs Allen remarked that that was
curious state of affairs. She did not
show any softness over the claim that she
was not the wife OF Mr.. Alien. In the
course of the conversation which fol-
lowed, / told her that she had all the
right to go there. or none at all, and she
said that she wolld show her right at
the proper time. She said she had no
certificate, and she did not re.
member by whom she was In arried.
The funeral took place at tine ouse of
William c. Allen. 271 Columbus avenue,
and the burial was at Sweden, Me. Mrs.
Allen No. was in the front room on
the secc nd floor, and Mrs. Allen No. 2
and the family were In the rear room on
the third floor. / told Mrs. A lien No. l
that she could not go to the funeral I'M
less ste agreed to observe certain things,
and one was that the two Mrs. Aliens
should not come together at the funeral,
that large number of New Haven offic-
ials would be present, ard was deter
mined thers should be no trouble there.
l had been asked by the family to take
charge of the funeral arrangements, and
thus it was that it became necessary for
me to say some pretty plain things to
Mrs. Allen. No. /. 1 told her I would
have an officer ut the house. and any at
tempt at a disturbance would be quickly
suppressed.
On oross-examination witness said he
first heard of Allen g marriage to Mrs.
Allen No. on September 5 of this year.
II received letter FROM Mrs. Allen No
on that date, and it WAS then that /
irst had knowledge of the marriage"
=. Witness admitted having made the
statement that for three or four weeks
previous to the death of Mr. Allen, Mrs.
Allen No. 2 had not known of his where
abouts.
Witness also admitted that after the
ieath he had learned that for eight or
nine uays MIR Allen had bsen stopping
1t the Grand Union hotel in New York
,nder the name of K. q. Anderson, and
or three or four weeks at the Crawford