The evening world., 1909-02-23
Now the Wife of DR.. Savage Is
Suing Former Cotton King
for $4,000
WISHED TO BUY COTTON
Loss of the Money Broke the
Friendship of Mrs. Sully
and Mrs. Savage.

A story was told In trial before
Justice O'Gorman to-day OF the disrup-
ton Of social ties OF the closest and
dearest kind between the families Of
DR.. Thomas R. Savage, Of No. ISL West
One Hundred and Nineteenth street. and
Daniel F. sully, one time Cotton
King" who lived at No. 235 Fifth ave-
nue.. and to this was added the story OF
Q serious financial dispute between Mrs,
Grace W. Savage, beautiful wife Of DR..
Savage, and Dan" sully, over his man.
agement Of $1,000 which she entrusted
to him for investment In May, 1906, and
for which she now has only certificate
OF stock In defunct soap company
Mrs. Savage sued MIR. Sully, and she
told on the witness stand how she had
understood that her money was to be
invested In cotton. 1t was SO invested
at first, but presently she learned that
the investment had been changed to
stock in the Buchan Soaps Company.
which was going to make milionaires
OF everybody who engaged in It.
Never Liked Soaps.
Mrs. Savage declared that she never
liked soaps" and often asked Mr.. Suly
10 take her money out of soaps and re-
invest 1t In something that would earn
dividends, as she needed the income
which her little fortune ought to earn.
DR.. Savage testified In his wife's be-
half. He told OF visit with her to
sully's Office when sully showed them
how the sales Of soap had increased
from 5000 to 1900 cases.
but he showed nothing OF prohts,"
said DR.. Savage. He urged Mrs. Saw
age to leave her money In soaps. She
wanted It out. and told Mr., Sully to take
Il out, as 1t was not earning anything"
What reason had Mrs. Savage for
leaving her money In the stock for which
she held certificate for fourteen
months before she found any fault?'
asked Justice O'Gorman.
why, she and Mrs. sully were init.
mate" replied the doctor we visited
them at their apartments, but had al
ways understood that she had wanted
her money In cotton and that It was In |
cotton"
This brought Mrs. Savage hack 10 the
stand and then followed the reading Of
letters which formed the most marvel
ious mixture Of social courtesy and
business formality imaginable, Mrs
Savage said that when she called at
sully's office the employees reported to
her that Mr.. sully was out of town. so
she wrote to him.
There were several letters. She had
kept the certificate because It was the
only receipt she had for her money
In one letter-the first one-she told
"Dear Mr.. Sully" that she wanted to
leave 5000 in soaps. but must have the
rest OF her money.
seoIds Mr.. suI|y.
On April %, 1907, she wrote:
Il am amazed and hurt and can't
understand why you have treated me
20. Why do you not like man and
q thoroughbred return my money TO
me?"
Shortly after this the Buchan Soaps
Company went to the wall, and that
pretty certificate OF stock Is all that Mrs. |
Savage, the former friend OF Mrs. Sully, /.
has for her investment Of tl5.Wo
Mr.. sully declares that it was simply
one OF those cases in which Mrs. Savage,
INDUCING in one OF the choicest priv
ileges Of her sex, changed her mind, and
changed 1t again, and that she lost her
money as he lost mis-, and as others who
believed there was a great future for
Soaps" lost theirs.
Justice OGorman reserved decision. /