The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-12
WIFE HAS G., A. MUIR PINCHED.
CHARGED WITH THEFT or DTA-
MOND RING AND MONEY.

IUTeH It1m 10 " ahN " ~
warrant Appcers-He Left Her Two
Years AgO-Why?-HAve You Seen Her
Yet, Says He--She Blames His Family.
George Allen Muir, son OF John Muir, .
member Of the Stock Exchange, with offices
at "a Broad street, was arraigned in the
West Side court yesterday morning charged
bv Edward Fuller, his stepson, with the
larceny of a valuable diamond ring in
February, 1904. He was arrested in the
carnegie Hall restaurant at 8 O'Clock Sat-
urday night after he had been decoyed
there by his wife, Elizabeth Fuller-MuirJ
with whom he has not been living for two
years.
Assistant District Attorney Kerno-
chan, who appeared for Fuller, and Attorney
NARROW of Osborne, Churchill d Hess, who
represented Muir, asked Magistrate Whit
man for an adjournment until tomorrow
morning, which was granted. Muir was
held in $1,000 bail. His mother, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Muir, furnished it, giving the
family residence, at II West Eighty-sixth
street, as security.
Muir said in court that the larceny charge
was simply another attempt OF his wife to
make trouble for him because he left her
two years ago. When asked why he had
left her Muir said:
Have you seen my wife yet? If you
have you ought to know why | left her"
The details Of the alleged ring theft
are stated in the complaint made by young
Fuller last Friday when Magistrate Whit
man granted him a warrant for Muir's
arrest.
Muir and his wife and stepson were living
at 231 West Ninety-seventh street. George
picked up the ring from the dresser, reads
Fuller's complaint. 81 said: Don't take
that ring, George and he replied, I'm
going to put it back again Then | left
the room, and when | retur ned fifteen
minutes later the ring had disa ppeared."
According to the story told to Court
Detectives Glennon and Trojan. who served
the warrant, Mrs. Fuller-Muir has been
looking for her husband for months. She
learned from her detectives that he was
living in White Plains temporarily with
his brother-in-law, Dudley w. Valentine, a
member Of the brokerage firm OF John
Muir Il Co. Young Fuller, who is a travel
ling salesman, came here from Chicago
to press the charge OF larceny.
Mrs. Muir, who has been living at the
Hotel Wellington. Seventh avenue and
Fitty-ffth street. wrote her husband a
note uItpT tHt WdTIdllI Dhu Dton leSueu
asking him to meet her Friday noon in
the Carnegie Hall restaurant, a block away.
He paid no attention to it and Mrs. Muir
and the court policemen had a long wait
for nothing.
Then Mrs. Muir wrote him a more urgent
note, telling him hat she was DESTROYS OF
settling their matrimonial difficulties and
asking him to meet her Saturday night at
tho OF mo plaoa to haar cprnpthiDu of oraaf
importance. He met her and the arrest
followed. Muir was in the West Forty
seventh street police station until nearly
midnight, when his attorney, Otto T.. Hess,
finally secured his release after his mother
had given bail.
Lawyer Hess, Muir and his father had a
consultation at the Bar Association rooms
yesterday afternoon, after which Mr., Hess
talked about the case.
He said that three years ago, while Muir
was in his fathers Office, he became ac-
uuainted with Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller, who
had opened an account with the firm.
While the elder Muir and his wife were
away on a trip to Europe, in June, 1898,
young Muir and Mrs. Fuller were married.
When they returned from Europe the elder
Muir and his wife would not recognize their
daughter -in-law. Muir lived with her until
January, 1904, shortly before the alleged
diamond ring larceny occurred.
Muir took steps to secure a divorce, but
employed five different private detective
agencies to aid him without success. Shortly
after the Disappearance of the ring, which
* estimated Ivy Mrs. Muir as worth $4,000
and by Mr.. Muir as not worth over $500.
she swore out a warrant for his arrest,
charging the theft of the ring and the
larceny of $1,000 which she said she had
given him to invest.
Il understand that Mrs. Fuller-Muir has
now raised the claim of stolen money to
about SOL, O0O.' said Mr.. Hess.
This warrant was never served. In
APRIL last year, after Muir had gone to
Sheffield, Mass. to take care OF his fathers
estate there. Mrs. Muir had him arrested
on the charge of abandonment. In her
statement at that time in the Great Bar
rington District Court she said that she
had been obliged to pawn her jewelry to
support herself. She alleged that her hus-
band had spent 5000 o which was left to
her when Mr.. Fuller died. She declared
that she was a graduate of the Cincinnati
School of Art.
Mrs. Muir also started n snit against her
mother-in-law. whom she blamed for all
her matrimonial difficulties. for 5000 0
damages for the alienation of her husbands
affections. Neither Of these suits has been
pressed.
Mrs. Muir is about 20 years old, while her
husband is s2. She told her husband that
abe was a sister Of John Markle, the wealthy
independent coal operator of Pennsylvania
She has been married three times, having
been divorced from her first husband.
Muir has had no share in his fathers
brokerage business for the past two years
cor SEES A STREET MURDER,