The Detroit times., 1908-08-20
MRS. JACK GARDNER
GOES BACK On
FRIEND
iNFERs SHE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR 100000 WORTH OF ART Oh
JEcTS MRS. cHAD5oURNE
sMUeoLEp OVER FOR HER.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.--The story tell.
ing OF the attempt 10 smuggle $4,000
worth of art objects into America by
Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne for
Mrs. Jack" Gardner, Of Boston,
proved the sensation OF the day in
Chicago.
All day long Mrs. Chadbourne was
tept In seclusion by her brother-in-
,yswr E.-A.- Russell, in Lake Forest.
She was In the house most OF the day,
but in the afternoon took long auto
ride. She denied herself TO all call
ers, and her friends and relatives,
with the exception of her father. r.
T. Crane, declined absolutely TO COM
ment on the case in any way.
In Boston Mrs. lack" Gardner was
equally invisible until late at night,
when she consented TO talk for publ
cation. She denounced the customs
officials. declaring she did not know
Mrs. Chadoourne was going to bring
the things to America, and by infer.
ence declared that she was not In any
way responsible for the plight In
which Mrs. Chadbourne finds herself.
different view OF the matter IL
taken by the relatives OF Mrs Chad
bourne. The s70409.18 exacted by
the treasury department as duty and
penalty was produced by these rela-
tives. II is not at all likely, how
ever, that Mrs. Gardner will be per
mitted TO evade payment OF this sum,
and should the government impose
further possible penalty Of $4,000,
Mrs. Gardner also will be forced to
settle this little account.
"It is ridiculous to say that there
will be any proceedings against me,
said Mrs. Gardner last night. The
customs officer who was here had
list, but he took all his papers away
with him."
Say There's .Some Mistake"
Friends Of Mrs. Chadbourne said
there was some mistake; that the af-
fair will be Strengthened out soon.
Still affected by the surprise he re-
ceived from reading the account OF
his daughters ENHANCEMENT and over
whelmed with demands for an explain
alton as to who paid the $4,000 TO
the customs officers, r. T. Crane. at
his summer home at Lake Geneva,
dictated a statement that was tele-
DuOHcu 10 Hfb -thituSO OAASo oAAa ~A@~e
was given out by his secretary.
Later 1t was said that II had been
prepared In haste and that, as a mat
ter of fact, the manufacturer knew lit
tie about Mrs Gardeners arc treasur-
es and nothing about Mr.. Chad
bourne's part in bringing them to
this country until the story came out
yesterday morning.
Statement by Father.
The statement was as follows:
have paid very little attention
to this matter, but as l understand
1T the facts aFetAese-Some- years
ago, Mrs. Jack" Gardner bought
the goods named in the morning
paper account and with this lot
were other art treasures. II was
her intention evidently to present
the works OF art TO the Boston
museum, but she delayed bringing
them to the United States on ac-
count OF the large sum represent
ed blythe AHty -eAaEges-Id do not
know how II came about that Mrs.
Chadbourne undertook TO bring the
goods IN for Mrs. Gardner. but IT
may be stated positively that she
acted purely from motives of
friendship and benevolence. not
realizing how highly improper was
her course. II scarcely is necessary
l-for-nle to say that neither Mrs.
Chadbourne nor any other member
OF the Crane family has one bit OF
interest In this AFFAIR.
good thing. II you have a good
thing people want II. They want the
comforts as well as the necesssries OF
life. One OF these IL Strohs Bottled
Beer. Phone Main 316 for case.
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