New-York tribune., 1905-01-06
SEEK MRS. GELSHENEN.
TAINTED IN DODGE C4SE.
Subpoena Bearers Fail at Her Fifth
aUe. Home-Son Serued.

lelleT written 10 MIS- william n. CHelShenHn
of No. zoos Fifth-ave-. whose testimony before
the grand jury is wanted to-day in the Dodge
case. The servants and her son. William r.
Gelshenen. refused to acknowledge Mrs Gel
shenen's present whereabouts number of
witnesses from her household will to-day ap-
pear before the grand jury.
1t was said that Abraham HumrneI late yes
terday afternoon had received a subpoena to
appear at the District Attorneys office at /
O'Clock. number of exhibits now in the Dis
trict Attorneys hands include checks drawn by
Charles w. Morse
For several days District Attorney Jerome
has been making unsuccessful efforts to reach
Mrs. Gelshenen through letters and in other
ways to get her to meet a representative of his
office and to appear before the grand Jury
A letter under date of December 80 was sent
to her at her home. and another to her address
at Atlantic City. This apprised her that if she
did not appear at the District Attorneys office
before yesterday that official would take means
through the public press to inform her that she
las necessary witness in an investigation of
great Importance TO the people of this COM
munity. No reply was received TO any of these
communications. and last night a body OF sub
poena servers were sent to her home to reach her
If possible and If not to serve every other person
therein
AT IL o'clock last night Assistant District At
torney Garvan, who has had the matter in
charge, made the following statement:
No response having been made to the REQUESTS
or this letter. and because the District At
torney's office has been unable to reach Mrs
Gelshenen by its process to ascertain her where
aboutS, and because we are informed that she
intends to sail for Europe Saturday the Dis
tict Attorney has directed me to give this letter
to the press for the reasons explained in it,
Since the return of Charles r. Dodge MANY
eff fOTfS hax-a haov, d.
but, although representatives have followed her
to Atlantic City and other places, she has. the
District Attorney says evaded them 1t is
known that two weeks ago last Wednesday
night Mrs. Gelshenen occupied a box at the
opera which is known the C. w. Morse box
Mr.. Morse was an executor of the large estate
left by Mrs. Gelshenen's husband
The letter which Mr.. Jerome gave out. and
which was addressed to Mrs Gelshenen, read as
follows:
Mrs, William R. Gelshenen. No. 1.OO6 Fifth-ave..
New-York City.
Dear Madam: There is pending in this Office
an investigation into the commission of crime
of very great Importance to the people of this
community In my opinion. your testimony is
of Importance. How or in what manner NAV
not be apparent to you your advisers. but as
District Attorney of this county charged with
Ice d frnn G qay anSIe o OF ." th f5efs ut IN
volved in the investigation | am better Judge
of the need Uf s,nnr testimony than any one else
feel constrained to request that you attend
in this county and appear a witness before
the January Q90O grand jury. Prior TO giving
y0ur TESTIMONY there desire to have personal
interview with you that you may be apprlsed
tify to- The grand jury meets upon Tuesday,
January 5, 1903, and as 1 understand that you
desire 10 go abroad very shortly / will examine
you before that body on either Tuesday. the
Sd; Wednesday. the 4th, or Thursday. the 9th
of January next. whichever date may be most
n0T nVTnr to re-frra -
trouble. but feel assured from your position in
the community that you will not place yourself
in the light of one either endeavorng to obstruct
the administration or Justice or as Fugitive, 10
the end that you may not give testimony which
the chief prosecutor of the county deems to be
highly important to the public interests.
1 beg. madame. that you will Immediately.
upon the receipt of this, communicate with me
in this city. l shall be at my office tomorrow
and every day next week. and OF Sunday will
be in this city at No. 3 Rutgers-st. during the
greater part of the day, and should you be within
reach will place myself at your service and
come to you should you prefer it,
As am Informed that that you are about to
sail for Europe on January 1t Is Of course i'm
Portant that L should be Immediately apprised
of your determination. have addressed this
letter to you at your house in Fffth-ave. and
have also sent copy OF 1t by mail addressed
to you at Atlantic City, n. ].
1t hardly seems possible that you could have
left your home in the city here without leaving
with your servants or the custodian OF your
house with the postal authorities directions
where to forward your mail. will therefore
assume that one Of these letters will reach you
by Monday afternoon, but 1t seems to me the re-
quests that have made Of you in this letter are
manlfeStly my duty to make and plainly your
duty to comply with. Should L not hear from
you on Monday afternoon, shall be forced to
the inference that you have not received this
letter, and inasmuch the papers published in
New York City are so widely circulated through
out all the States east Of the Mississippi River
that anything published in them is almost sure
to come to the eye Of any intelligent person. I
may take the liberty Of communicating to the
press my desire TO have interview with you
in order that 1 may be assured that the request
embodied in this letter shall be brought to your
WILLIAM TRAvERs JEROME.
District Attorney.
The grand jury meets at 1870 O'Clock this
morning and. there a number of sub
poenas exclusive of those served last night 1t Is
expected that most of the day will be taken up
in the investigation of the Dodge case.
At the home of Mrs. Gelshenen last night her
son would neither deny nor confirm that he and
the servants had been served with subpenas.
One of the servants declared that Mrs. Gel
shenen was out of the city. but refused TO say
where she had gone how long she had been
away.
William H. Gelshenen during his life one
of the most prominent men in the financial
world. He was for eleven years connected with
the Garfield National Bank as an officer. and for
nine years president OF the bank. the office he
held at his death March 21. 1902.
Mr. GeIshenen married Miss Katherine Dunne,
and had four childTen-William H. jT.. Walter
b. and the Misses Gelshenen- He lived with his
family in a magnificent home at No. 1,O06 Fifth
ave.
The banker at his death left fortune of al
most So 600 600. IL was all In personal property.
consisting OF stocks and securities. The gross
value of his estate was fixed at s2.72700O. The
deductions from this sum for debts due by the
estate and expenses of administration and other
disbursements aggregated S27O.000. leaving a
clear fortune Of s2.4570OO to his widow and
children.
Summoned to testify regarding their connection
with the much entangled Dodge Morse divorce and
marriage case, A. II. Humnel and A. II. Kaffen-
burgh Mr. HummeFs partner. presented themselves