The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-20
MRS. JACK GARDNER
GOES BACK ON
FRIEND
INFERs SHE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR $4,000 WORTH OF ART Oh.
JEcTs MRS. cHAD1oURNE
sMUooLED 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
kept in seclusion by her brother-in-
law. 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. Jack" 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. Chadbourne 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.
A different view OF the matter Is
taken by the relatives OF Mrs. Chad
bourne. The s70,409.18 exacted by
the treasury department 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 a
further possible penalty OF $4,000.
Mrs. Gardner also VIII be forced to
settle this little account
1t 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 on 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-
phoned to his Chicago Office and there
was given out by his secretary.
Later II was said that It. had been
prepared in haste and that, as a mat
ter of fact, the manufacturer knew lit.
tie about Mrs. Gardeners are treasur-
es and nothing about Mrs. 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:
I have paid very little attention
to this matter. but as / understand
IT, the facts are these Some years
ago, Mrs Jack" Gardner bought
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
cd by the duty charges. l do not
know how II came about that Mrs.
Chadbourne undertook TO bring the
goods in for Mrs. Gardner. but II
-rnuy- be-s started -pusttfvufy-tt that She
acted purely from motives OF
friendship and benevolence. not
realizing how highly improper was
her course II scarcely Is necessary
for me to say that neither Mrs.
Chadbourne nor any other member
OF the Crane family has one bit of
interest in this affair.