The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20
DEATH OF ARCHIBALD WATT.
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A.. 'ls rncmoon without having emefR"d
r. pop bic condition ~ cotna Apoplesy IL
u.rd ~ havr been tho cau@r ~ death,
,urHild Watt wa about "a years otd
t.I I..r tho hntne ~ hia father, who died
r....' 'rrntv ycnfa ago He raves y
....Itr nd u brother, Thomas H. Watt, who
.... 100 ri fnh avenue, and who is known
D. r lover " nne HORSES, being one 81 the
n... prominent and succesgful exhibitors
a., .N. Nnti0nal tIorac show,
'rf Mary q Pinkney, aunt ~ Archibald
,.rt. probably owns more valuable rial
,s.,'n than any woman In Now York. Her
'n....n ia Conr'rvatively estimated at
8, ""ouo Almost all her holdings arr IN
ua-Iom and much Of the hand that lies be-
'yrrr 10Th street and the Harlem River
~. .sa 20 hor, In spite Of the dcludcd per-
,... Who call themselves Harlem heira.-
4 Vrkrcy. who II now ~ years old and
l,.. ~ tho Hotel Buckingham. WAS the
daughter IL Col. John n. Pinkney OF Mary
land After his death her mother married
the original Archibald Watt, who, with his
brother James. owned u Harlem farm con-
ialrU z about 800 acres. The Watt broth
~ disagreed in business matters and were
hard pressed for ready money. To keep
tho hind safe a large part OF 1t was trans
ferrod in 1919 to Miss Pinkney In return for
shout $4,000 she had inherited from her
father.
No New York property owner has kept
tho Bureau for the Collection Of Assessments
and Arrears so busy as has Miss Pinkney.
She has for years made II a custom to decline
to ray taxes and assessments until driven to
that step by every resourc at the COM
lnand Of the city. Hundreds Of times her
real estate has been advertised for sale TO
nay taxes, but at the last moment her attor-
ney always appears with q check, large or
small. as the case may be-. She has at times
owed the city hundreds Of thouands OF dol
n = bll'i NV 80 D~~hA
compromises without end. :,
Not long ago she gave her nephews and
nieces a block each OF Harlem. real estate.
Part Of the land now called st. Nicholas Park
belonged to her. The city paid her N,l2S,-
600 for it.
Archibald Watt himself led a somewhat
turbulent life. In 1895 he married Mrs.
Charles Mclaughlin, the Rev. DR.. George
r. Van De Water, rector OF st. Andrews
Protestant Episcopal Church, performing
49, oorop,opu Tata In tho DOS the 6nnaa-
tic affairs Of the Watts became stormy and
three years ago Watt brought suit against
his vile for divorce, alleging that she had
been unduly intimate with DR.. Van De Water
and with Major W. Il. Truma OF the Old
Guard on board Watts steam yacht Ameri-
can and elsewhere.
The charges created much excitement
In st. Andrews Church, but the vestrymen
and most Of the church members stood by
their rector and declared their belief IN
denied the charges. Every one knew Of
his acquaintance with Mr.. and Mrs. Watt,
he said. He had several times been on
their yacht and might even have been
husband. But he addedi 'the crew
was always there
With the papers In the Watt suit was
filed an affidavit by the stewardess Of the
yacht who swore that Mrs. Watt frequently
attended church festivals with DR.. Van De
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and further that she visited saloons near
the yachts moorings in the %rector's COM
pany. Dr.. Van De Water, she said, drank
highballs and other alcoholic drinks.
Before Watts suit could be brought to
trial and 80 give DR.. Van De Water the
legal v~indioation he planned for, Mrs. Watt
instituted a divorce suit on her own &C
count, in Orange county, naming one Irene
Rice as correspondent. Justice Gaynor
signed her decree, Watt to pay her sSs 900
in lieu of alimony.
The yacht American; which figured 80
prominently in the troubles OF Watt, Is a
barkentine rugged steam craft, which Watt
designed himself. She vi magni6cently
fitted up, but had no speed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Watt both entertained lavishly aboard her.
Mrs. Watt, in her suit, charged that her
husband brought women of low character
aboard the vessel and excluded her from 1t
when it was practically their home.
Mechanics was one Of Archibald Watts
fads. He personally helped build the yacht
while working on her. At one time he
started a big chicken farm and actually
made money out of it. He was one Of the
first members Of the American Yacht Club
and later became its commodore.