The Detroit times., 1909-07-30
EYRE STILL AWAY;
F|BBER, Says WIFE
Story of Visiting Sick Sister Declared
Untrue-Court Orders Personal
Property Turned Over.

George +. G. Eyre, the rotund pres
ident Of the defunct American Health
q Accident Co.. was not In court Fri
day morning when his name was CALI
ed In response TO an order issued by
Judge Murphy. requesting him to ap-
pear and explain the whereabouts of
about $4,000 worth OF furniture. jewels
and furs. the personal property Of his
wife. Ada B. Eyre. Mrs. Eyre was
there. prettily dressed and full of
fight.
The order was issued two weeks
ago. but Eyre went to Toronto. claim
Ing his sister was dying there. In
court. Friday. Mrs. Eyre. through her
attorney. Philip McHugh. claimed that
the sister was not dying, that she was
not In Toronto. and that her husband
was not at her bedside. She claimed
that the sister was In a sanitarium In
Guelph, Ont. where she had been for
more than year. suffering from dis.
ordered mind. Attorney McHugh
read from letter written by Eyre.
which fell into her hands. In which he
told OF the good times he was having
In Toronto. Guelph. Flora and other
Canadian towns. In this same letter
Mr.. Eyre tells OF meeting his dying
sister out walking.
McHugh also sprang surprise
when he read a letter written to Mr..
Eyre in Guelph by his attorneys, Alb
bott & Abbott. II came back to Mr..
Eyre's Detroit address and his wife
promptly grabbed It, The letter fol-
lows:
Yours received. Have written
you at Toronto. but for fear you
are still in Guelph will drop you
line there. Upon receipt Of this
wire Mr.. Abbott as follows: Can
not leave Guelph on account of the
serious condition of my sister"
Formulate II something like this
as Mr.. Abbott wishes TO show 1t in
court Monday Signed.
ABBOTT & ABBOTT.
We'll. now. that is funny; never
saw that letter." was Mr.. Abbott's
comment
Mr.. Abbott's explanation OF the
trouble developed a mage Of pawn
tickets. He admitted that his client
had much Of the property which 1t
was charged he had, but claimed Mrs.
Eyre also had as much of the hus-
bands property. and that she had
pawned most of 1t. He admitted that
he held a number of pawn tickets for
the stun the husband had hooked"
This complainant Is woman OF
fastidious taste and loves good
time" Mr.. Abbott said. she helped
my client go through legacy OF $40,-
900. and II these goods are turned
over to her she will pawn them and
blow in the proceeds. Why, what
property of ours she did get she pawn.
ed for" but there Judge Murphy
stopped the attorney with the state
ment that he wasn't hearing the mer-
its of the case.
The matter ended when the hus-
bands attorney was instructed to turn
over to Mrs. Eyre all the pawn tickets
and warehouse receipts Of the goods
in his possession, and the wife was
ordered to keep the property intact
during the tendency Of the suit
Then an application for alimony
was made by the wife. II was stated
that she spent her last cent paying
her husbands doctor bill, and that for
a year she had lived on money sup
piled by her relatives in Toronto. At
the present time she Is penniless. Mr..
McHugh said.
We'll, she cannot be any harder up
than IL my client" Mr.. Abbott stated.
HE Is simply down and out He
couldn't pay a cent II the court order
ed him to-"
The court, however, ordered him to
pay his wife $40 per week and $50 So
licitor's fees.