The age-herald., 1901-06-30


 Trust Company the sum of s20OOO. By its provisions the Trust Company was to pay this sum over to her daughter, Georgiana Rogers, until she attained the age of twenty-one. and, In the interval, Mrs. Garrison was to receive the interest
 The young lady Georgiana came of age in February, 1899. At this time the Trust Company ceased paying the interest to her mother, Mrs. Garrison. Miss Georgi- ana Is now tho wife of H. V. Nixon, of England.
 Georgiana died before coming of age, CT without lawful issue. the principle would if Mrs. Garrison was not living be paid over to MT. Leicester Holme
 MT. Holme, at the time of executing the deed, was particular and affectionate friend of Mrs. Garrison, as well as her legal adviser.
 Mrs. Garrison now asserts that she nev- CT had any intention of losing the control of this money, and that she was ignorant of the provisions taking 1t away from her. She now brings suit to recover ab- solute possession of the s20.OO0
 And here 1t is the curtain lifts, reveal ing her as she was twenty years ago. when young, beautiful and much beloved. At her feet kneel George Lorillard, Clar- ence Andrews and Leicester Holme; and incidentally, Walter c. Garrison, her hus- band. The story of thrilling admirers and admirations outline a thrilling romance with millionaires and men prominent in circles of fashion and politics.
 The dispute, 1t would seem is in reality between the mother and daughter as to the $20000, which was the gift of George Lorillard. Mrs. Holme testified that her daughter is the child of MT. Holme, which MT. Holme denies, and that Georgette Is not the child of George Lorillard, and that she never claimed him so to be. And Mrs. Garrison. without hesitation or reservation, proceeds to reveal the se- crets of twenty years ago with appalling candor. It is a story worth repeating, since it reveals the substrata life of this great Christian city with remarkable vl- vidness.
 'I came from Philadelphia with a gen. tleman about 1s76," Mrs. Garrison testi- fled. At that time she was an exceeding beautiful and well educated young lady, and her name was Miss Annie A. Rogers. Nearly a year after I came here" she testified, ''I met Mir Lorillard while was with party of friends at dinner, and two days after we went west" Te friendship continued for years. but he "ceased to provide for me in 1885, Tn March. 1885, Mir Lorillard sent her two deeds of trust for $200OO each from Florida The deed of trust was executed March 10. 1885. MT. Leicester Holme attended to the legal end of this business
 During this period, which covered aa interval of some nine years, Miss Annie A. Rogers dipped in the sea of matrimonyt in or about 1880 she married Clarence An drews who was a man of independent for tune and quite a man about town. Mrs. Garrison says she did not consider this marriage seriously. It was a mere diver sion, social and brimful of good comrade- ship She put an end to it by petitioning the court through MT. Leicester Holme that at the time the ceremony uniting her to Andrews was performed she did not know she was being married. The court restored to her her original name of Rog- CTS. and in 1884 she married-in earnest this time-Walter c. Garrison, who dii not long survive the happy event.
 In 1878 Georgette or Gecrgiana Rogers. now Mrs. Nixon. was born at 320 West Forty-sixth street. For six months be- fore and six month after the child's birth, Mrs. Garrison testifies she had not seen MT. Holme. When she became Mrs Gar rison she found Mfr Garrison did not like to see the little child about the house,