New-York tribune., 1900-10-25

good society and his children attended the Metho-
dist Sunday School Frank Tichenor, lawyer.
who fought Alvord in the courts when he secured
an injunction against the building OF a small
Methodist chapel for temporary use in front OF his
house, said:
''Mr AIvord was bitterly opposed to the erection
of the temporary edihce The only reason / can
Soing hP ge csrrIed u r the ease to the Appellate p
vision and I beat him. He contended that the
tSo sIng Of @ cottages gaSsd and
and the church would not cost that sum"
Benedict daughter Of Harlem banker.
NOT A CHEAP GAMBLER.
The reports printed yesterday to the effect that
Alvord a frequenter Of the Tenderioin district
and expended large sums of money there seem to
have been exaggerated. One of these stories was
to the effect that Alvord often spent $500 night
for wine. At uptown restaurant yesterday the
proprietor said that Alvord in there from
time to time. ordered expensive meals and drank
expensive wines, but never became intoxicated,
and left idea of lavish expenditures. He was
always attended by his wife, so it said, and
usually went TO theatre afterward. and remained
over night at hotel At this hotel it said
remained night, but that he took an ordinary
suite OF rooms, and there nothing in his be-
havor or expenditures to attract afternoon. So far
as is known Alvord did not patronize any of the
gam sampbdng b houses S in the Tenderloin and no one
While Aiverd was a member of the NewYorlS
tlmately to comparatively few Of the members He
drove with his family from Mount Vernon to
casionally on Sundays during the spring and fan
but he was intimate with few of the members
Several of the officials of the club who were seen
yesterday said they knew that Alvord a
member of the club, but that was about all. John
X. Van WOrmer, the president of the club, said
that Alvord had been a member of the club since
an active interest, "Alvord lived out of town.
said President Van Wormer, land seldom visited
the cub"
WATCHING THE ALVORD HOUSE.
Mrs. Alvord late last night sent for DR.. A. NJ.
Campbell a Mount Vernon physician. He went to
the house and remained about hour. When DR..
Campbell went away he refused to talk TO report
ers. but from another source it was learned that
Mrs. Alvords brother. Charles Benedict, of this
city, arrived at o'clock and was to remain in the
house all night. Mrs. Alvord declares that she
knows nothing of her husbands hiding place
system OF signals is evidently in operation
between some one in the house and persons in the
street. The house is lighted by electricity and at
short Intervals the lights at the windows are extin-
guished and then suddenly reappear again. At
one OF these has been accounted for as being Mrs.
AlVords brother. The other two dressed
IN black and appeared to be anxious TO conceal
their identity. They walked rapidly by reporters
stationed near the premises and We're admitted by
the eS SeaGhman 9aI1 who is on guard at the door
close friend of the family called last night with
his aunt. They were admitted and remained near
~ two hours. Mr.. Murphy when he came out said
There are various theories being advanced in
mount vernon as to what has become of Alvord
some of his friends believe that he is a prisoner
makes restitution of the vanished funds. There is
another theory that Alvord may have committed
suicide. II was rumoTed to-day that Alvord did
ing. Mrs: S. Levine the wife of a newsdeaier who
knows Alvord well, and George Peterson. a drug
to the railroad station in his wagonette on Satlir7
oay morning to take the 6;2S train for NewYork.