Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-03
AGED MILLIONAIRE
TELLS HIS STORY
John 5ryson Sr. Declares He Is COM
petent and Has Never Been In
fueneed in Any Way by
Mrs. Lamberton

whose wife is trying to gain control OF
his estate on the grounds that he is IN
competent, arrived at the Alexandra
| yesterday from San Francisco to en-
gage a lawyer to assist Attorney
Charles F. Hanlon in fighting the case
The relatives of Bryson charge con-
spiracy on the part of II. S. Rollins
Gladys S. Lamberton and f. d. Nc,
Dowell to gain the Bryson estate, and
in the suit brought by Mrs. Evaline
Bryson Attorney Hanlon's motion to
dismiss the case and dissolve the in
junction will be made.
The motion is based on the grounds
that the court has no jurisdiction TO
appoint a guardian over John Bryson
and the estate without notice to him
and without trying the case as to
whether he is incompetent unless ne Is
declared to be incompetent by anotnef I
court or by a lunacy commission, and
1t is not pretended that any such prior
adjudication took place.
Bryson Is Sarcastic
The millionaire, who is Sc years of
age has some very definite ideas about
the whole case.
II don't look much as if was dying
as they say l am do you think SoF ne
questioned with laugh ttnctured with
He was sitting in his room at the
Alexandria in consultation with his at
aThey say I was spirited away from
Los Angeles and all that sort of thing
left Los Angeles to go to the not
springs at Pasa Robles and when ieft
l had not the slightest intimatlon thaI
there was to be any suit.
81 do not think my wife is to blame
for starting this suit. 1 think 1t is my
son, Isaac Bryson Before I went north
/ saw him and told him I was going. L
did not intend going to San Francisco
but 1 had to go there because the train
did not go any other way on account
"I Vent 70 four different hotels in
San Francisco before l could find ac-
commodations. My wife says l regis
tered as Major Bryson at the Ma1estio,
was one made by the clerk which reao
ex- Mayor Bryson.' I never tried TO
claim the title of major, as has been
charged"
Charges Conspiracy
Asked concerning the object of his
son in wanting to bring such suit MI
Bryson said:
that's what he wants.
"He told me that he had bought d
dirk knife and would kill her If he, got
a chance. I told him he would pc
hanged if he did it, and he said ne
would be cleared without any trouoILe, trouble
He declared he would have sunstroKe
and get eff on the grounds OF emotlonal
Mrs. Bryson's first charge is thai. Il
S. Rollins, Gladys. L. Lamberton anu m cot e
T., Icha NlcPuw Prvson,s estate into the hands of
Mrs T,oTberton. and that already some
of them have unrecorded deeds " pi
SONS real estate which they threaten 70
n,it IN record the minute breath leaves
his body ,,,. 1,-,,son
said last night: s.o5s No
nronoissorv notes nor paper OF any
kind from me- and neither have eltner
of the others whom my wife names. NJ
woman. has ever had any any ind,uend 1,,opse eed nv
business affairs. MY wife never nau H1
brains enough to manage them NY
son never made cent except "ha' l
gave him.
Lost Money in Mines
.1 ,r,,,a him half interest in lum-
her Company and this / bought from
him for $4,000 because l saw ne was
tired of it and would not make aoe sue G.,
cess of it. He lost $1,000 % or wSicb SSTJV he he
rot from his mother, and he also iosC
the s25, 900 which came from the iun3s
ber interest. He has run ms hothei
affairs into the grounddi oborge alleges
that the three conspirators nave IN m
duced Bryson by fraud to make VIII VIII
giving Mrs. Lamberton al ms pIIiHp W
and appointing F. d. McDo"eii
eoTiIi This Mr.. Bryson declares to be false
saying: 20 made no will making Mrs;
Tamberton the heir to my IoTtuhS ou
have not even mentioned Mrs hain-
berton for a dollar in my VIII. .,,,o, of
a third charge made by the reiatlEeS VI
Bryson is that Mrs II n7a LampertB fbe Bonnie Brae
street home for $4,000 and put 1t IN ner
i'''-i Woman Paid for Services
"I did not buy Mrs. Lambertons housG i
on Bonnie Brae street. l maue tmG snid u he
when Mrs. Lamberton was divorced
che received a ranch worth $4,000, ana II
was with money from this ana stIaI1 n1dad
house on Bonnie Brae rae stTees nertW wor1 made SSi
the trade for her myself and know every
detail of the transaction. 1 did not pay
for it. The only money Mrs. Lampertol
has ever received from me mas peen money
for services which she rendered me. |
lived in her house for twelve years s-ann ana l
gave her on an average Of from $1,000 to
5000 ,+ o,,o,..,
stitch of clothes 1 wore from the top OF
nv head to the soles of my feet. Sne
bought my medicines and L recelveo my
board and my nome from ner: l Nt nau -, ~
use of her entire house and was not con
fined to one room as has been said, me
money which I paid for my home at Mrs.
Lamberton's was very much less than tne
money | spent while / lived in my mouse
on Tenth and Flower streets. When
left that home left it with nothing but q
grip / gave my wife the house and all
the furnishings, horses, carriages and
everything else that went with It; l
gave her a half interest in the Bry-,
Son Son block, valued at $500, 900, and other real
estate. That was in 1894 when she sued
me for divorce. 1t was costing me at
least $1,000 a month to live at that time
MRS Lamberton is a good woman-one
of the finest women God ever made-and
she has done everything to make my old
age comfortable. She has gone away
now and | do not know where she has
gone. 1 told her to go because want to
prove that can manage my afalrs with.
out her assistance or the assistance OF
anv one She knows this, but the world
does not seem to know 1t.
"They talk about my being incompe-
tent. know just as well what / am
doing now as 1 ever did. / came down
last night on the train and could only get
an upper berth to sleep in / had no din
ner because we expected to get dinner on
the train and there was no diner at
tached
Hearing Today
"The gas escaped on the car and several
of the people on board were made very
iii. but it had no effect on me at all. /
do not look much like dying man or a
man who needed a guardian
Asked concerning his choice of attor-
news and whether or not Mrs. Lamberton
Influenced him in this choice, as has been