Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-31
SON SUED BY MOTHER
Mrs. Mailer Says Business
Belongs to Her.
HE DENIES HER CHARGES
Declares She Only Loaned Money and
Concern Is His.
HE IS CITED TO SHOW CAUSE
Must Answer Complaint - She
Wants to Be Decreed Owner
of Property.

Albert J. Mailer has been cited to show
cause August ) why receiver should not
be appointed for a mail order business OF
selling extracts which he is conducting
and which his mother, Mrs. Anna J. Nah.
Ter, claims to have financed
Justice Anderson issues the order and
the rule is based on a petition of Mrs
Mailer. who says that Albert requested
her to advance the money for the estab
lishment of the business. with the agree
ment that he was to work without com
pensation until the profits of the business
justified the repayment to her of the
money advanced.
Says Son Caused Her Arrest.
She says there was no friction unit
early this month, when Albert Mailer
the son, said that unless he received $10(
a month he would bring suit.
Mrs. Mailer asserts she was endeavor-
ing to adjust the matter when she was
arrested several days ago on a warrant
sworn to by her son, charging violence
She was taken to the police station and
there discovered her son had also charged
her with lunaty.
She was examined by police surgeon
who found her of sound mind. The
charges against her were dismissed.
Mrs. Mailer asserts her son has in va
rious ways. as by placing sign over the
store. endeavored to show that the bust
ness belonged to him. She says she has
advanced her son $1,7S9.22, besides leas'
ing the premises for two years.
She asks a decree declaring her the
owner of the property and that her son
be restrained from interfering in the ad-
ministration of the business.
Mailer Denies Mothers Claims.
Albert ]. Mailer made a statement to
The Star today in connection with the
suit brought by his mother. which, he
claims, presents his side of the story.
He said his attorney has a number of
letters written to him by his mother
asking him to buy a business of which
he was the manager in Chicago and
which was prosperous at the time. 1t
was known as the Johns Manufacturing
Company.
He claims his mother wanted to start
him in business and thought that was
a good way to do it. After some nego-
money to pay for the business. She
telegraphed him to come home at once,
and he did so.
After his return to Washington. he
claims, he started his present business
independently of his mother and paid
count He says he did ask the loan of
$1.7s9 of her, promising, to return it in
time to meet certain mortgage on her
home that would fall due about two
years hence.
He claims she loaned him the money,
and that in SO doing she occupied no
other position toward him or his busi-
ness than that of money lender for
the amount named.
He says his business has been brought
up to its present standing through his
own efforts and is now worth from $1O,-
OO9 to $4,000. He declares that his
books and papers, especially The bills
rendered and paid, will show the own
ership to be in his name. He says his
mother does not understand business
methods.
Sent for From Sick Bed.
At time when ne was under the
care of three doctors and trained nurse
and his life was despaired Of he says.
he sent for her to come to him that he
might tell her how to recover from his
business the money she had loaned him,
but she declined to come. Instead, he
says. she went to his office, discharged
his help and in other ways interfered
with his business.
In addition to the business of the
United States Extract Company. he
claims to own three other companies
which are soon to be Incorporated.
He charges that his mothers inter-
ference with his business caused him to
have a severe attack of nervous pros
tration. from which he has not yet re-
covered His sister, he says, helped
nurse him in this Illness