The sun., 1901-06-08
RAKES UP SEVERAL PASTS.
TRIAL or MRS oARRIs0N'S SUIT Y01
HER DAU0HTER'g TRUST FUND.

Mother Aiissss That vsrnsr Jssties LslosstR
Ho,ms b the Father Of Her ChiiA-Ths
$4,000 Involved = Part ef ~
nsnsy Given Her By Gsssss LsrflfarA.
The vsry complicated matrimonial and
maternal Affairs Of Mrs ARnis A. Garrison.
widow Of the late Walter O. Garrison. who
was q man OF considerable wealth. were
ina measure revealed yesterday before jus
tioe Lsavsntritt In the Supreme Court In q
suit In which Mrs. Garrison asks that S2o, 900
which has been held In trust for her by the
United States Trust Company. be turned
over TO her for her own personal use This
,9o 900 IL said TO be part Of sum Of $4,000
which George Lorillard gave Mrs. Garrison
when she was Miss Annie A. Rogers In
the suit Leosster Holme. who was ct one
time Excise Commissioner and at another
a Justice Of he City Court. 10 made . oode-
fendant with me trust company. kr. Holme
coming into the oase through having ~ one
time taken an ansotionate interest In M5s.
Garrison's affairs Just - Mr.. Lorfllard had
done before him.
During the progress of the trial yssssrday
an attempt was made TO Introduce evidence
70 show thst Mr.. Holme 10 the father Of Mrs..
0arrson's twsnty~two-year-old daughter.
Georrctte, but the evidence bearing upon
this point wa ruled OUT aeorgstts married
Harry Vidal Nixon and Is now living with
him In England.
Tho story Of Mn. Carbon. - brought
out in the evidence, is that In 1874 when she
was still in her teens she came hero from
Philadelphia and made the acquaintance Of
George Lortllsrd. under whose protection
she lived for Q number Of years. Leicester
Holme was an acquaintance OF hers during
most Of the time Of her relations with MIR.
Lortlard, and when In March, 1885, Mr. Loril-
lard gave hsr $4,000 Holme. according TO
the testimony Of Mrs Garrison. was acting
~ hsr confidential adviser and lawyer.
That same March half Of the $4,000 just
given by Mr.. Lortilard to the then Miss Rogers,
now Mrs Garrison. was placed In the custody
Of the United States Trust Company. under
deed OF trust drawn BY Mr. Holme. which
provided that Miss Rogers was 70 have the
income OF the fund for the support OF her
daughter Until the latter came Of age Tho
daushoer on coming Of age was TO have the
fund shs now demands It. Mrs Holme
has brought suit TO prove { It's payment to
her daughter. sseeing up that she did not
understand the trust asresuneut and that
Holne had informed her shat the fund would
remain In her control.
II appears Mat the dsuGheer ocorgesta who
hsresofors had borne the name Of Rogers.
vas adopsed By Mr.. Holme by legal proceed
ings bsfore Justice Beaoh in October 1857.
The girl then took the name Of Holms and
was educated by tn former Justice In oon-
vents in Montreal. London. Florence and
Vienna Holme himself In the meantime
had besn having his own matrimonial ad-
ventures He was divorced from his first
wife and soon afser married the widow Of
DR. Fraser O. Fuller. an alliance whioh brought
him a large increase In prosperity. Mrs,
Fuller having a fortune Of something like
si.oO, 0
Dr. Fullsr, her ats hlsbsnd, was ssrgsant
Of Troop A and IN July, iso2. he died as the
result Of a fall from his horse. Mr.. Holme
took charge OF Mrs. Fraser's legal al airs.
and, within year after the husbands death,
married her. He Il now living in Paris but
was here about = year ago with nj, wife and
gave evidence In the present case.
In his evidence Mr.. Home states that
Mrs Garrison Was fully Informed Of the
contents Of the trust deed which was read
to her before she signed II, The evidence
Of Mrs. Garrison's daughter George,te. now
Mrs Nixon. has been taken IN England and
Mrs oarrison's bons-hde matrimonial
expepssnoes began about 1880. when she
married Clarence Andrews. then a man OF
ever, Mrs Garrison says, she never regarded
as serious and so she had " annulIed by
legal procssdinss, taken on her behalf by
leicester Holme. the SUIT being brought on
the ground that Mrs. Garrison did not know
oh hUdn0 In "A
y the court restored to Ser her orig pal mans
q Ro!ersamaTTTisd & Walter G: Garrison
though @ Mr. Ssrrison did not long survive survive Il.
Pretty nearly everybody In ali this In
soslsi nss sEd and among NOR them them wa. va .RS RSdrs%.
declared officially 70 have been not the real
tss ss ma4rsd Miss 70 rs, sSn IN sHsGd p
dau shter OF Dick Connolly OF Tweed ring
fame, Mr., and Mrs. Andrews entertained
sait that large PORTION of th.ir oon,olnsd
Andrews. money which was rot used W
ments Of .Franoi, A, Weeks. who. served
terp In Sing Sing Prison. Then Mr.. And
rs.ws hsqred eds. as a pr9moteT Of musioal events
se s msG Ht sa Tsn sn A
OF the hst late sstmSnt lrs;idsnt Arss ss,.,a.v Mn
son--who, by tho way, was the only party
said that she had received two checks from
Mr.. Lorillard ir March. 1855. as the result OF
an Arrangement which was not explained.
She did not wish 30 take the checks, she said.
best thing. she COULD do; The checks were
sent by Mr.. Lorillard from Florida. The
witness continued
Il told Mr. Holme l wanted to take half
Of the money and put II In some secure place
IN case became III or in want Of H. and also
that might have something TO leave nv
child ip case q my death. out q the other
amounted TO thousands Of dollars, and would
keep the remainder for present use Mr.
Holme suggested that he should invest tho
money, but suggested that the whole $4,000
should be invested, half In trust. and that
! SHOULD draw the income Of all except that
used TO pay my debts. and see II I could man
age 10 1--we on my income He advised me
Mrs Garrison said t1at she received the
income sometimes through the trust COM
panv and sometimes from Holmo There was
time when II was stopped at the request
ui ucr dan ghter The income CeaSed when
."r daughter became OF age in 1880. Her
daughter was born at 800 West Forty-siNth
street She had not seen Holme for siI months
.I' She said that they had quarrelled.
y DID Mr. Holme contribute 10 the support
10, cid' A, Not until she was or 10 years
=, Mrs Garrison said she had not asked
upiWe e. contribute 10 the support OF the
l.l dlritg that time The negotiations
u '"' 't"S $4,000 from Mr., Lorillard. she statnd.
,'"7 . A"r support were made while she was
80 "l.' " ft.rri. but Ie did not know