The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-02
ACCUSED OF BMBEZZLEMENT
BOSTON LAWYER CHARGED
 WITH ROBBING AN ESTATE.

Alleged to be an Embezzier to the Ex-
 tent of $500, ,OOO-The Estate of the
 Late George B. Emerson, Once she Proprietor of a Fashionable Ladies,
 School in Boston, Believed to Have
 Been Wiped Out.
 Boston, August 1.-Willard c. Van derlfp, lawyer of this city. was az rested this afternoon on a specific charge of the larceny of Sour bonds of the Northern Pacific and Great North ern railroads valued at S4,00o from John Lowell. He appeared in court soon af- ter and through counsel had the hear ing delayed until August ', his bail be- ing placed at 5000. Vanderlip's arrest follows an investigation of this trustee ship of the estate of George B. Elmer son and it is alleged that he is an en- bezzler to the extent of about s200. .O0O. the accusation being made by Colonel William D. Sohier and John Lowell, son of the late Judge Lowell, but they fur ther add that it will be impossible to charge him with a large part of that 1 in court because it was committed years ago. the statute law limiting the prosecution for any offense except mur- der after six years having expired. By the alleged embezzlement it is be- lieved the Emerson estate has been wip- ed out. It is further alleged that the | details of the embezzlement include the allegation of forgery of the name of one of the sureties on Vanderlip's bond
 which he gave as a. trustee sixteen years ago. Owing to the legal limita- tion no prosecution can be made on that allegation.
 Vanderlip has served as confidential man for various law firms, in the care of estates, collection of moneys, pur- chase and sale of securities and dis posal of real estate. When the late Judge Lowell left the bench he invited Vanderlip to take desk room in his of- | flee. In such esteem was he held that upon the death O. Judge Lowell, John | Lowell, who succeeded to his fathers l business, and William D. Sohier, Judge 1 LowelPs nephew. retained him in the 1 office.
 Judge Lowell's widow, now nearly ninety years of age, was the daughter of ! George B. Emerson, well known in the last generation as the proprietor of the most fashionable ladies' school in Bos- l ton.
 Upon Emersons death sixteen years ago Vanderlip was made trustee of the estate with Mrs. Lowell Cestui Que
 trust. He gave bond before the pro-
 bate court in the sum of $100.O00 The
 names of the sureties to this bond are
 John Lyons. a licuor dealer and w. James Starbuck, dentist. MT. Lyons | declares he never signed tLe bond and
 MT. Starbuck says he never knew any,
 thing about the Emerson estate. l u was NdIluGiAlp 5 CuSLOlll to pay to 1 Mrs. Lowell the revenue from the es- | tate every three months. At the same time he furnished detailed statements of his alleged investments, showing the
 sources of the income, together with a
 properly drawn trial balance. Every security was named with great minute ness in the statements submitted to Mrs. Lowell.
 | A short time ago certain bonds in Mir. ! Lowells office were missed and inquiry now leads to an arrest. The accused ] tells pathetic story of moneys taken
 to pay for medical treatment of a
 daughter. Of these expenses he kept no record, even his check books being l destroyed. He has admitted that the
 estate has gone and that his reports
 were fictitious. He has stood high so- cially ill this city.