The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-17
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Tho lagai peins ~ 10 the admtsaihih'y ~ The
wife's Testimony.
Tewkshtrv testified that he was riding In
Central Park one day, when h. foil from ha
hprse anil was hurt Mr. and Mrs Orun-
hut were driving rh~y picked him mp
and took him to their hons That was thu
beginning ~ his acquaintance with Mira.
dninhut and I, ripened until after her hus.
hands death when thsy became engaged
and werc married.
He started "a % druggist in New Hump
shire, Tew ksbury said, came To this city.
made Oh 500 600 and invested about q mil
lion in Government bonds. Mr., Mcintyre
wanted 10 know when he married Mrs.
~Tewksbury.
'In the yea Of our lord 1897 said
Tewksbury. 20. excuse inc, II was In
Yonkcrs In $780,
After he became engaged 20 Mrs. Grunhut
he gavo her about t2S 100 In cash and jewelry
worth fully that. and I made her a
present Of siOO,OOo IN Government bonds"
said Tewksbury, laconically. After his
first failure he started up again on ga 1000
which, no said, Mrs. Grunhut gave him.
His partne or was Alexander Lowry n the
firm name Tewksbury 4 Co. Lowry was
to get 10 per cent. Of the profits and the
rest was to 60 10 ~Tewksbury. Although
no other capital was furnished, he said,
the understanding was that Mrs. Grunhut
was to get 10 per cent. Of what he got, III
there we're any profits, he added.
Tewksbury said he and Mrs. Grunhut
lived a. man and wife after their marriage
(she denies that, that he supported her
and that he gave her 5000 a year. The
conv e~rsation about the bonds was at dinner
at the Hotel Majestic, and she gave him
the bonds to do what he liked with after
he had told her he was in business trouble.
Were they part Of the bonds you gave
TO herr" he was asked.
sOh, I have no idea" he said YEARLY.
Il never kept track OF the numbers
After the second failure Tewksbury went
to Mexico to "~rehabilitate his finances
Then he went to London, where Mrs. Grun-
hut called on him many times and said that
her he was sorry, but he admit any. Then
he vent to Paris, and Mrs. Grunhut called
on him there after she had got a divorce
and he had remarked.
Questioned by Mr.. Caravan, Tewksbury
said that he had never received anything
in writing TO show that he had given Mrs.
Grunhut bonds, cash and jewelry before
their marriage.
Ever run a bucketshop?"
Never; n O, never" said Tewksbury in
dignantly.
He could tell by his books, he said, just
what money transactions he had had with
Mrs. Grunhut. Where were the books2
Oh, his way Of business was to destroy the
books Of his concern every year. The bonds
he got from Mrs. Tewksbury we're a gift
uIlo n q ~ Si+iNt sitoN hO OAN
Mrs. Grunhut that he lost money when
stocks were high and made money whom
stocks were low.
When he suddenly left this city after the
second failure Tewksbury couldn't remem-
Der whether or not he had looked UP the
extradition laws or whether he had had
somebody look them up for him. He de-
MED that he was told that Mexico was the
safest place to go. He was asked about
the troubles he and his second wife got
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check for $225 to sliquidate a little indebted
ness" and he couldn't remember how his
funds were at the time. His wife was ar
rested for that, but she was acquitted.
He changed his name in Paris to Green
because his wife wanted him to as she was
about to have a child and they didn't
wan to be disturbed
Mrs. Grunhut, dressed in brown, was the
last witness. She said that T~ewksbury
did not give her 500 900 in bonds and that
he never paid her bills and that she had
the checks to show he didn't.
But did you live together as man and
wife, Garvan asked her.
NO, nev-erre, nev-erre, she concluded
Mrs. Grunhut is the. widow of Louis
Grunhut, a wealthy real estate Spectator
who die suddenly of paralysis on April 10,
1896. He was a brother Of DR.. Bernard
Grunhut, who committed suicide in 1894
by jumping overheard from the steamer
Bothnia while returning from Europe.
Louis Grunhut and his sister contested DR..
Grunhut's will, but Louis died while the con-
test was on. Mrs. Grunhut was an actress
in BARLEY Campbell's Galley Slave" com
pany and was first married to King
Hedley, a theatrical manager. She got a
divorce from him to marry Louis Grunhut.
That was Just before the %latter's death.
Louis Grunhut left an estate valued at
SIPS 900. and three months after his death
his widow began a contest of his will, alleg-
ing undue influence, He left her $40. 600 In
lieu OF dover, and the residue to the widow
of DR.. Bernard Grunhut. The case was
finally compromised, Mrs. G%runhut, as