The sun., 1904-06-03
EIlAS HOUSE IS DESEGED.
,ov,> OFFERS TO TELL JEROME
,>JJHING SHE KNOWS.
u.o,Ie, In Process servers In the S1SS..
ON, suit aged John n. Plau Remains
a, Home ana IA Described ~ In .
,ond,t,ou That Worries Ilis Family.

condition That WOfr'es ISIS rhWIIy'
tt.,r,b Elias. the negress whom John II.
,.,, - .ulus Ia recover tho f8s5 600 he
-bc has extorted from him. would not
.n,o. the order Of arrest to be served upon
"or ,os,erdav. and kept the process servers
49,, If her home at 23e Central Park West
ucr LAWYER Washington Brauns. a man
,bo rode M in red automobile and was
','4 ,o he her doctor and one other man
,,aro ali who got in. The crowd stared at
,fc house.
50 far none of the papers in Mr.. Platt's
,r,t has been served. Mr.. Brauns says
,ha, be j. not authorized to accept service
for the defendant. The lawyers for MIR.
pl,tt have refused to have any negotiations
with her lawyer. They say that the lis
rendens filed i'll the County Clerks office
lies W all the woman's property and that
,bev can wait as long as she can.
Nlr. Bratns said last night, after visiting
the house, that matters were just as they
had been left the night before. AT that
time said Mr.. Brauns, Il had conversa-
non with Mr.. Lyman Warren, Mr.. Platt's
counsel. over the telephone. Mr.. Warren
said that so and SO must be done, which
WAS out of the question. We are the pur-
sued. not the pursuers. you must remember.
If we're the pursuer l might be able to tell
what was going to be done.
There will be no arrangements made with
INV lawyers" said Mr.. Warren, very en-
rhaically. This woman has got to ap-
rear at the Sheriff's Office and give bail,
if she wants to be unmolested and remain
At liberty. That is the only thing to do.
We shall make no arrangements allowing
her 10 do anything else
Every attempt was made yesterday by the
process servers to get in. At half hour
intervals they rang the bell. Kato. the
Japanese servant. opened the door Non the
chain put out his head, and then with
drew it and shut the door. A special de-
livery letter was sent in with the papers.
such letter has to be receipted for by
the person addressed. Kato wouldn't re-
ceiye the letter. No delivery wagons
called with food supplies for the beleaguered
garrison
The house occupied by the negress is
in the middle of one OF the finest blocks
of Central Park West. At one time yes
,erday crowd of boys, hooting and yelling.
charged the stoop and rang the bell for
five minutes Late in the afternoon
mounted policeman was sent to disperse
the crowd and after that policeman kept
order in front of the house. Mr.. Brauns
laid Yesterday that the Elias woman was
ILL.,
One of the things Mr.. Brauns did yes
rerdav was to call at the District Attorneys
office. He wanted to know if any criminal
complaint had been lodged against the
negro woman. Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. Rand
are away and acting District Attorney
TAYLOR couldn't tell him. Then Mr.. Brauns
wanted to know if the Grand Jury was
In session and was told it wouldn't be con-
vened until Monday. He said that he had
called to tell the District Attorney that Mrs.
Elias would remain in town and that any
thing she knew that the District Attorney
voted To know she would gladly tell him.
ssr Jerome won't he back from Lakeville
until Monday, and has given orders that
his assistants are not to talk about the
eSse.
The relatives of Mr.. Platt say that they
are orried over his condition and about
his ability. when the suit comes to trial,
IN GO on the stand. Mr.. Lyman Warren,
E,s counsel, gave October, yesterday as the
earliest date for trial of the suit, even in
Ee event of a preference granted on ao-
tplnt of his age, or for other reasons. Mr..
Platt. it was learned yesterday from MEM
her Of his family, insisted on going out OF
tho house on Wednesday, although warned
not to do 30. He went downtown, and
promised them that he would not talk about
hs case. He did talk as soon as he was
Ieit alone and he told a story which both
surprised his family, it can be said, and
distressed his lawyers Yesterday Mr..
r,att did not go out Of the house 1t was
sa,t that he wouldn't be out for several
Gays
Nr Platt said a member Of the family,
- IN state somewhat bordering on COL
lapse, mentally as well as physically The
strain of such thing as this, with all the
notoriety that it has brought, would be
severe upon Young person. Upon man
o' 81 it is worse, and Mr., Platt is beginning
10 show that strain. His condition, OF
course, is such as TO cause some worry.
He is in bed good deal of the time We
think it better that he should remain in
the house, and he does himself, He is not
under restraint, however and that cannot
he said too plainly"
The person who was sent as an emissary
TO Isaac Platt, Mr.. Platts brother by the
fllas woman, to remonstrate against his
'''''tl = SlO" pay lIltil'S, 10 hilo"u W lIs
LAWYERS. She is a woman who is said to
have been A confidential companion of the
n@gress An attempt will he made to find
her
Three Of the banks named by Mr.. Platt
as co-defendants in his suit have obtained
d>continuance orders, presumably on the
ground that the negress has no account
WITH them. The banks are the Liberty
Nn..
the Commonwealth Trust Company.