New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-07
MONEY FOR MISS MASON
Woman Who LOUed O.. II. Pullman
VII Consult Lazcyer.
FOUND IN EAST WILLIAMSBURG

MISS Lillian Mason, or Mrs George Pullman
for whom lawyers have been hunting. that the,
might give to her a small fortune, which, tssv.
say, she has Inherited from her father. the lara
DR.. Samuel A Mason, IS now in charge Of
branch of the Third order of St Francis On "a
Fresh Pond Road. in East WILLIAMSBURG L.
Island When seen last night she said that.
did not believe there was anything in the ss,-
that she had inherited a fortune. but that Il.
would communicate with lawyer TO-DAY.
This advertisement. which appeared in a mr.
ing paper yesterday. was shown 10 her a.
night.
, Property awaits Lillian Mason daughter Or n.
her husband" '0-9'y' as
There Is nothing in it she said ar ra,-. 49,
far rs can see. Where could any. money con-,
from in which I would be intereste32 nv, fs,t.-
had an income OF about 5000 year and saved
nothing out OF It, He was a sood liver. and
we lived extensively. When my father dies h.,
left his estate small as it was. to a vo-,ar,
Other than my mother or myself Rather tbaD
drag our family skeleton into the view Of RE
public, we left the matter as il was and allowed
the viii 20 be carried out"
When asked as TO whether the money or prop-
erty in question might not come through her
mother, she said:
That would not be so surprising I see e. IA
stated that the bonds or property or whatever
it is was purchased in 1871. That is a wear he
fore l was born. My mother was wealthy be-
fore she married my father and had wealthy
relatives 1t might have been that my father
made investments for my mother which nat
uraIly would not know anything about. and
that, as the story goes. these have lain dormant
all this time Of thing I am certain-rny
father left nothing"
Miss Mason remained thoughtful for a time
and seemed TO be thinking OF the possibilities
Of the money coming by way of her mother.
and then said: Il shall see a lawyer in the
morning and have him communicate with the
lawyer who inserted the advertisement and let
him look after my interests
MISS MAsoN's HISTORY.
Lillian Mason was born the daughter Of the
late Dr. Sumner A Mason. OF Harlem her
mother being the daughter of the late General
Heath, of Brooklyn. who came from Virginia.
Both were wealthy, but most of their money
was lost through unIueky speculation. After
her fathers death Miss Mason became a stem
ographer to Clara Barton, who had been
close friend of her mother 1t was at that time
that she met George H. Pullman. who was Hiss
Barton's secretary and the nephew of the late
George H Pullman. She fell in love with him.
and. she alleges, was married to him in this city
in 1898.
During the Spanish war she went 10 Cuba.
and there announced herself as PuIlman's wife
He denied that he had ever married her, and
she gave up her work with the Red Cross aad
served for some time in Spanish hospitals. She
was afterward sent back TO this country by
General Lee. On February Il, 1900, a child
was born 10 her, which she asserts was the legal
son of Pullman and which died about a year
later and was buried in the family plot at Wood
lawn The certificate which was deposited in
the records at Woodlawn was the first clew
which was found by the lawyer.
Shortly after the child's death, in Nay, 1901.
Pullman was married in Washington The next
day Miss Mason met him on the street with bis
wife, and a fight ensued, which caused the ar
rest of both the women and Pullman Later
she sued for divorce, but he successfully met
the suit on the ground that she had never been
married TO him. Since that time she had not
been heard Of. until it was learned yesterday
that she had obtained work through the Saliva
ton Army. The house of which she now has
charge is large one, and she is assisted by TWO
German women in caring for a large number OF
children at the home II IS said that the prop
erty coming to Miss Mason consists OF The pro
ceeds Of a small investment made by her father
in 1870. and not known at the time when his
estate was settled.