The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-22

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MNEoLA. l.. l.. Nov. 21.-William D..
veeder Of Brooklyn. counsel for Mary
l.. and Fannie N. Conklin. public school
teachers Of Brooklyn. and for Albert Davi-
son. also Of Brooklyn. lesatees under the
will Of the late Susan Jane WoolIey to the
extent Of about $4,000. applied to-day
to County Judge and Surrogate jackson
for a body warrant against Newburys ID.
Lawton, lawyer and y~achtsman. Of Man.
haitian and New Rochelle for contempt
in failing to appear under an order Of the
| Surrogate returnable to-day requiring him
to file a satisfactory accounting OF Miss
Woolley's estate and of his acts as execu-
tor. Surrogate jackson will decide to-
morrow whether or not he will issue the
warrant.
Lawton is residuary legatee under Miss
Woolley's estate. He is also executor and
a trustee Of two trusts in the will, n OF
which, amounting to $4,000, reverts to
Lawton in case the beneficiary Of the trust,
a negro servant, dies without issue. In
volved in the settlement OF the Woolley
estate is that of two other estates-those OF
Mrs. Mary Smith. late OF Washington. and
her daughter. the late Harriet Smith. Law
ton is one of the executors OF Mary Smiths
will. The other is d. Edgar Smith of 1882
Dean street., Brooklyn.
II is averred that Lawton has paid no
legacies Of the Woolley estate, although he
has admitted that he has $5l 900 OF it's funds
in some bank. Mr.. Veeder says that Law
ton has transferred some Of the securities
OF the woolley estate to A. W. Spear, counsel
for the Harriet Smith estate. A. W. Sea-
man. ford Edgar Smith, asserts hat Lawton
should account for sls,sS5 of the Mary
Smith estate as ~ooexecutor, the entire
estate amounting to about ssi 900. The
Surrogate issued an order to-day on Mr..
Seaman's request requiring Lawton TO
show cause on Saturday why Mr.. Seaman's
demand that Lawton should deposit with
the court securities worth 3ls,s5S should
not be granted.
vember'4, 1904. leaving an estate which the
appraisers, according TO Mr.. Veeder, have
valued at Sis 900 without seeing the assets
and upon the authority Of Mr.. Lswton
The Misses Conklin are cousins OF Miss
Woolley, and have been public school
teachers in Brooklyn for t~hirty-fve years.
They expected to retire soon and live on
their inheritance. They received nothing
from the estate, and in January engaged
Mr.. Veeder TO look after their interests.
Mr.. Veeder says he met Mr.. Lawton
frequently and asked for a settlement.
He says that no inventory of the assets
was filed and that the transfer tax had
not been paid and that some of the mort
cages on which W ton loaned the states
money had not been recorded, 80 he OBJ
tanned the order for an accounting, which
was signed on November Is and returnable
to-day. Neither Lawton nor his counsel
appearing. the body warrant was asked for.
Mr.. Veeder said that there were about
ten heirs to the Woolley estate and that
there was nothing to show that Mr.. Lawton
had paid any of the legacies, one Of which
is SIS, 200 to Benjamin Woolley. a brother
Of Miss Woolley. He asserted in court
that he had reason to believe that Lawton
had mortgaged his real estate in New
Rochelle and had transferred part of the
estate TO Mr.. Spear to settle some OF the
claims Of the Smith estate. He also said
that Henry W. Baird, counsel for Lawton,
had proposed a partial payment OF $40 1000
so as TO postpone action until December 10,
when the entire estate would be settled.
Mr.. Lawton has an Office at 90 Wall street
and has figured prominently in New
Rochelle, where he has his home. He is
a member OF the New York Yacht Club,
the Union and Metropolitan clubs and Ii
a director OF the National City Bank Of New
Rochelle.
Both Mr.. Lawton and Mr.. Baird. his
lawyer, were away from home last night,
and it was supposed tina they were in con-
sultation over the legal proceedings.