The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
MHIRMONY MUCH Mixed
SENSATIONAL SUIT OF MRS ANNIE
GARRISON FOR SOME LORI
ILLARD MONEY
SHE WANTS TO GET $4,000
All Parties to the Action Have Had
Varied Experiences in the Mat
ter of Love, Marriage
and Divorce

NEW YORK, June S.-The very COM
plicated matrimonial and maternal af
fairs Of Mrs. Annie A. Garrison, widow
of Walter c. Garrison, a man of con-
siderable wealth, were in measure re-
vealed before Justice Leaventritt in the
supreme court in a suit in which Mrs.
Garrison asks that 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 $2O,0O0
as SAID to be part of a sum of $4,000
which George Lorillard gave Mrs. Gar
Tison when she was Miss Annie A. Rog-
ers. In the suit, Leicester Holme, who
was at one time excise commissioner
and at another justice of the city court
is made a co-defendant with the trust
company, Mr.. Holme coming into the case
through having at one time taken an
affectionate interest in Mrs. Garrisons
affairs, just as Mr.. Lorillard had done
before him.
During the trial yesterday an attempt
was made to introduce evidence to show
that Mr.. Holme is the father of Mrs Gar
rison's twenty-two-year-ol daughter,
Georgette, but the evidence bearing upon
this point was ruled out. Georgette mar
ried Harry Vidal Nixon, and is now liv-
ing with hiE1 in England.
The story of Mrs. Garrison, as brought
out in the evidence, is that in 1876, when
BIC DIS BILL III AtI lGCIlS, she CStil0
here from Philadelphia and made the
acquaintance of George LorilIard, under
whose protection she lived for a num-
Der of years. Leicester Holme was an
acquaintance Of hers during most of the
time Of her relations with Mr.. Lorillard,
and when in March, 1885, Mr.. Lorillard
gave her $4,000 Holme according to the
testimony of Mrs. Garrison, was acting
as her confidential adviser and lawyer.
That same March half of the $4,000
given by Mr.. Lorilard to the then Miss
Rogers, now Mrs. Garrison, was placed
in the custody of the United States Trust
company, under a deed of trust drawn
by Mr.. Holme, which provided that Miss
Rogers was to have the income of the
fund for the support of her daughter
until the latter came of age. The daugh-
ter, on coming Of age, was to have the
fund. She now demands it. Mrs. Gar
rison has brought suit to prevent it's pay
ment to her daughter, setting up that
she did not understand the trust agree
ment
1t appears that the daughter, Ceorgette,
who heretofore had born the name Of
Rogers, was adopted by Mr. Holme by
legal proceedings before Justice Beach
in October, 1887. The girl then took the
name of Holme and was educated bv the
former justice in converts in Montreal,
London, Florence and Vienna Hclmc
himself in the meantime had been hav-
ing his matrimonial adventures. He was
divorced from his first wife and soon
after married the widow of DIR. Frazier
c. Fuller, an alliance which brought
him large increase in property, Mrs
Fuller having a fortune Of something
like $1,0O0,0G0. He is now living i'll Paris,
hut was here about a year ago with his
wife and gave evidence in the present
case
In his evidence Mr. Holme states that
Mrs. Garrison was fully informed of the
contents Of the trust deed which was
read to her before she signed it. The
evidence CT Mrs. Garrison's daughter
Georgette, now Mrs Nixon. has been