Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-04
SAYS MOTHER
HYPNO7REO BY
HIS BROTHER
Big st. Louis Estate
Involved
Richard H. Cole Declares He Will File
Suit Against Brother, Asking
for Guardian for the
Woman

Richard H. Cole son of the late Nathan
Cole, millionaire banker of st. Louis,
and brother of Nathan Cole, jr., promi-
nent citizen of LOS Angeles, left for st.
Louis last night. Immediately on his ar
rival there, Mr.. Cole says, he will file
suit in the probate court for the purpose
Of having a guardian appointed for his
mother, the widow of the late banking
king, and sole beneficiary during her
lifetime of his vast estate.
The charges with which Cole declares
he will back his demand for a guardian
are sensational in the extreme. Accord
ing to his statements, his mother, VINO
lives in st. Louis, is completely under
the influence of her son, and Cole
brother, Dr. Earnest Cole. DR.. Cole, ac-
cording to Richard Coles statements, is
deeply interested in hypnotism and the
occult, and has become talented in the
practice of the former art By hypnotic
means he is said by his brother Richard
to have gained the ascendency oyer his
mother, who, while under the hypnotic
influence, has permitted him to retain
the lions share OF the income from the
estate while his other brothers and sis
also declares that his mother is prac-
t!cally prisoner In DR.. Earnest Cole
st. Louis home, being kept in a second
story room, while he takes all the money
in sight.
Estate Worth Millions
When Natnan Cole, ST., died three years
ago, his estate was found to be worth
81, ,000, 900 or more. Mrs. Cole was also In
dependently wealthy. She is 81 years Oh
age.
In June, 1899, she and Nathan Cole, ST.,
formed the Nathan Cole Investment COM
an to Te %Gn saey
was decided through Frederick N. Jud-
son, the trustee, who was to hold the
title to the property as trustee for the
six children until both the parents died
L: was agreed that in case either sur
vived the other the income should go to
the, survivor during his or her lifetime
and after both were dead the estate was
to go to the children.
According to Richard Cole DR.. Earnest
Cole is president of the corporation. Las
| year the income was said to have beer
| $4,000. OF this three children received
| s110 a month, according to contrac
which they have. OF the remainder the.
| have received no accounting.
Says Mother Is Hypnotized
Richard Cole expresses indignation a
the treatment accorded him and his sis
| terS by his st. Louis brother. For thu
| past three weeks his attorneys have beer
| drawing up papers, securing more thar
q score of affidayits, and getting every ever
an attorney named Smith, who is as
sociated with one of the largest law firms
in st. Louis.
Richard Cole said last night: "There Is
no question about the success of the
suit. 1 have affdavits from twenty-five
or more people in ST. Louis, and 1 will
be able to subpoena as many more as
need. My brother Earnest Is a deer
student of hypnotism and has one of tht
finest libraries In the world on that sub.
ject. He has hypnotized my mother and
/ want TO find out about 1T.
"Is 1t serious? Well, he has hypno.
tized her out of $4,000 a year for the
last three years, and 1 guess that's bad
enough My two sisters and l have tc
live on paltry $110 month, while he
takes the rest of the big income. I have
everything where 1 want it, and al
though the fact that the story has got
out may cause me some trouble in keep
ing the witnesses in st. Louis, 1 can gel
them, and will certainly succeed in hav-
ing the guardian appointed"