The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
MRS. DELABARRE'S own STORY
SAYS SHE GAVE MONEY TO
TLOU Err AT HAGAMAN'S WISH.
Usraman was Going Into the Hue Ridre
Minr Himself n He Had Ii,cd-Wouid
Not Make VIII Lest Lawyers
should Break It--So Gave Her Al.

Mr. Frances Freeland Ha gaman Della
barre. whose second husband was the late
Theodore Hagaman, rave out last night
a tyfcwrltten statement concerning her.
elf Mr Hagaman and others. 1t was
given uut At the Office Of l.. W. Squire Co.
on tire & tn floor OF the Bowling Green
Building DR.. X. c. Flower, who says Mr.
Haganlaa was his great and good friend,
seems o be- the head man in this Office.
He was present wlel the statement was
given uut and Mrs.. Delebarre wasn't. The
la,t sheet Of the statement however, bore
her Signature.
Mrs D,labarre begins by saying in sub
staucr, that her first marriage to William
A Snith-was happy. Il was married.
saw Mrs. Delabarre, when ! was a girl
in my teens My husband never supported
me-. r,vcr furnished either food or clothing
for myself or child, and, after suffering
for years, | secured divorce. The divorce
proceedings werc never resisted by Mr..
smith
Mrs Dclabarre avs that she did not leave
Smith FOR llaXGman: that her father
ADOPTED her son, and that she has supported
tho 10y
Mr.. Dclabarrc is not quite sure. but she
thinks she married Mr.. Hagaman in 1884,
two or three years after her divorce. She
SAYS She knew the relation, between her
husband and his brother. Isaac Hagaman,
were not friendly. but she always did every
thing she could to keep the brothers on
good terms.
-Mr Hagaman would frequently say he
wished hn would never see him Isaac
again ald that I've could not bear to have
him come about him Isaac Hagamans
sIateTnc nt that he was not allowed to sec
his brother is false in every respect. and he
knows il 10 be false. He was never refused
admission and he well knows that ! did
everything ! could 10 make my husband
toeftt HIM.
Hagaman was taken i'll in July, 1900, and
that she nursed him day and night through
the illness, assisted by Maurice Willis,
DR. Flowers brother-in-law, of whom, Mrs.
Deabarre says, Hagaman vas very fond.
She says that Hagaman's mind was quite
few days. For the last four or five days
OF his life he had difficulty with his speech.
He died on Sept II, 1900.
Il would .>ay," the statement continues.
that my husband had always been in the
habit OF giving me his earnings and giving
me large purchases 81 investment scouri-
ties AZ a time. A few years befor" Mr..
Haganans death he came near meeting
with fatal financial rcverses. His house
Purnell 4 Hagamanl was on the wrong
side Of the market He put up al hl- money
10 save his stock. his PARTNERS did tho same.
Still the market wen, against him He
asked me IL would H. willing TO turn over
70 him my stocks and other invest ments
10 I'VE bis housc.
Il told him hr could take all that |
IL a l. xxy..n
I,uru~si ovcr 10 min u good many hundreds
Of thousands Of collars Of securities that
could TIE Immediately turned into cash.
The house was saved. When II got well
on it, feet. my husband began buying
stocks and giving them to M. putting the
stocks in my name as he bought them.
About two months before his death hr
purchased SlOO. 900 81 stocks for mc.
when Mr. Hssaman began 10 realize
,ha, he chances had increased against
HE recovery be saii he wanted 10 give me
what ha had, that there could he no oliest ion
ahou' II after he died. He said he did not
want Ia make a will. AZ no lawyer seemed
ah" To- make 2 win which arotter lawyer
could upi hreaL moi even Samuel j. Tilden.
II" had his partner come 10 sec him and
told hiHi hp wished to liquidatc his bust
hes IN tho course Of a few days Mr.
HaCtmau's share VI tho business was taken
oui
+ c.7,. i, tho form ~ a check for s57?.-
60 "'ic' Nj. IiaganEln turned over 10
M. -"NlIC he was sorrv II vas not more
! "a" check {" Dr Flower for 10000
after ,lvisi~~ with Nj iiagnman and AZ
Nj. va tat mo"ov Dr. Flower
~. ir o. nia ct 'ha Blue Ridge Iron Com
pa IN 'hn ARREST bordholGrr in tho
oo'"r y. ring hall tn bonds that have
> 'rar~' -dy. Tag inan wac going
~ ... P.u" P''C. c'upaav largely |.
b. a4H U".d Sh' saws that HaRaman
Brd 3D.. .al every confidence IN DR. Haald
S.. ..". D., .rtilrd with the HsgeInans.
60 .' .' fI.o uoli, we'd wa valid rci'a'
a.. .,'f : . ir.p,v th,v asked for. So
aud- 'rf ~ Flower I'D 70, doctor Mr.
HI nI' r.'. ~ tho HAgsmnrs' request,
bI. .... y. -a'rpu scma e the Flower