The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-10
HAGAMAN CASE PUT OYER.
Arbitration TO BE MADE TO-
DAY FOR ORDER TO EXHCME.
One ef the F1ewer.Meloy sauabbles Before
the Police Court Discioses Flowers
AfIiucnce Of Drothers-in-law and sure
Eye for what Money There II Coins.

Assistant District Attorney Garvan wal
kept SO busy in the General Sessions yes
terday that he did not have time TO go 70
the Supreme Court for an order upon which
TO exhume the body Of Theodore Hagaman'
which is inferred at Poughkeepsie MI
Caravan said that he expected to make the
application this morning. :,
Hagaman Is the millionaire who gave al
his money to his wife. now Mrs. Walter T.
Delabarre, while he was Ill at the Waldorf
Astoria. She gave much Of It TO DIR. h. T.
Flower, widely known as mining com.
pany promoter. Hagaman's brother and
sisters are now trying to find out what
became OF his large personal estate and
Il Is to learn just what caused his death
that the disinterment Is to be MADE zorro
per's Physician Schultze In TO make an
autopsy. In his last illness Hagaman was
attended by DR.. Joseph Head, an EN-
ployee of Flower, and nursed by Maurice
Willis, one Of Flowers many brothers-h
law. Hagaman's body was embalmed ana
buried in an alright casket.
One Of the mining company squaboles
which are collateral to the case was up IN
Jefferson Market yesterday when Andrew
d. Meloy. formerly president OF A. d.
Melov 4 Co, was arraigned on the charge
made by John s. Manfull, formerly It's
treasurer that he feloniously stole and
carried away from A. d. Meloy Co.. on
or about March 20. 1902. certificates OF stock
OF the Imperial Dry. Goods Company.
xaed Mei at bW a'GDD M TaiSH Ger co gwen
According to the testimony OF Maniull.
who IL a brother law OF Flower. A. y.
Meloy 4 Co. was composed OF himself,
Mellow. DR.. Flower. Jewell Flower. son
Of the latter, and George Power. ano.het
Flower was interested 1t developed dur
ing the examination that each OF the prin;,
cipal members OF the concern received
81 900 a month. The bunch went out OF
business in January OF this year
Abram l. Elkus represented Meloy ana
A. II. KatTenburgh appeared for the Flower
outfit. The complainant charges that
Meloy. for the concern, exchanged a;ozo
shares Of stock OF the Old Terrible Min
Company OF Arizona for $50 shares OF stock
Of the Imperial p p,rs ocd tsu. iEm worth
s25 600. or this haul, the plaintiffs say IN
their complaint. they got only $1,000
and Meloy the rest. The testimony seemed
70 be so much at variance with the state
ments In the complaint that n lawyer Ei a,ss
trate Crane denied the motion.
Manfull testified that the Imperial Dry
Goods Company stock was sold by DR.. Flower
on April 7, 1902 for 900, OF which DR..
Flower received $500 as commission:
The witness admitted that the frm had
at various times drawn checks against the
remaining S22 800. A check for O2 500
was given to Mr. Meloy for Mr. Plank. as
owner OF one-half OF the stock. This check
was on the City Trust Company. which
held the stock under an underwriters
agreement. The examination will 60 on
on March 80.
NEW HAVEN, March e.-IAwyer A.
Heaton Robertson. OF the Probate Court
OF this district, had a conference yesterday
In New York with Mrs. Delabarre. for whom
he has been counsel for number Of years.
He said to-day that ne had before the death
of Hagaman transferred over $50 900 worth
Of real estate In this city and Derby TO
Mrs. Hagaman at the request Of her hus,
hand and also a large amount OF personal
property. He further stated that Mr.:
Hagaman had always said that he proposed
TO dispose OF his property before he died
10 that there would be no contest over
his will.
Mr.. Robertson said that Mrs. Delabarre.
or Mrs. 'Ha gaman, as he called her. was
very glad TO have the body exhumed. as
II would set at rest for ever all questions
about Mr.. Hagamans last sickness.