The sun., 1909-06-17
SEER SUES MRS. AL ADAMS
on 4 NOTE FOR $50, 900, STATED
LY FOR SERVICES.

Ghost stories We're the Services, Accord.
Ing to the Defence, and the Note Was
to Provide Fund to Fend or Evils
Predicted by the spook OF q Hindu.
Mrs. Albert j. Adams. widow OF the
policy king" who committed suicide
after he had served his term in Sing Sing.
is the defendant in a suit that has been
brought in the Supreme Court by Mrs.
Marguerite Gilbert, who was formerly a
"palmist and olairvoyant." to compel the
payment OF 1000 which she alleges is
due her on a promissory note. The
plaintiff contends that the note was given
by Mrs. Adams in consideration OF many
personal services extending over period
OF eight years. one Of them being the
persuading of AL Adams shortly before
his death to alter his will in his wife's
favor.
Mrs. Adams admits having given the
note, but denies that there was any con-
sideration other than a promise on the
mysterious powers to ward off dangers
that were impending over the Adams
family. After she had given the note
Mrs. Adams decided she could get along
without the Gilbert spiritual aid, but the
clairvoyant realized what a fatal mistake
this would be and refused to give up the
document
The case is being tried before Justice
Davis and jury. and Mrs. Adams herself
was the star witness yesterday.
The note which Mrs. Adams gave was
Il nno y,y fOO7 md raaIe.
/, Isabella V. Adams. hereby acknowledge
my indebtedness to Marguerite Gilbert
for services rendered by her for which /
promise to pay her the sum Of $4,000,
and in the event OF my death / hereby
authorize and direct the payment Of the
same out OF the funds Of my estate.
The plaintiff alleges that her services
included. besides the persuading Of the
policy king to alter his will. the nursing
OF one Of Mrs. Adams's daughters when
she was sick in private hospital in this
city. the reconciling OF AL with his wife
after they had been estranged, the atch-
ing Of the Adams sons and daughters for
the mother. the investigation OF divorce
suit in which one Of the daughters was
party and plenty OF general advice to
Mrs Adams as confidant. What she
oho 0oy was Pso"s 'A'Ay
service, nothing ethereal about it. and
according to her understanding that was
what Mrs. Adams was paying for when
she affixed her signature to the paper.
Furthermore she Is not now palmist
or a clairvoyant. She quit that business
years ago. in fact soon after she had taken
to giving Mrs. Adams advice on ordinary.
domestic affairs OF this sphere.
Counsel for the widow was inclined
to think that Mrs. Gilbert had been amply
paid for all her earthly services regard
less Of the note. He said that Mrs. Gill
bert had got $4,000 or $4,000 from the
defendant already.
Mrs. Adams met Mrs, Gilbert IN 1900
through a woman with whom Mrs. Adams
was living. This woman. 50 the Adams
lawyers gay used to call at Mrs. Gilberts
place in West Forty-second street to get
the right dope on the horses and advised
Mrs Adams to carry her domestic
troubles to the palmist. She did and
from that time on, according to the de,
fence, Mrs. Adams was duly impressed
with the dangers that were constantly
hanging over her head. There was a
dark, mysterious something-eo vague
that even Hega, Mrs. Gilbert's Hindu
control. couldn't make 1t out. That was
before AL Adams had gone up the river
and when the blow came Mrs. Adams
terrible things that Mrs. Gilbert had seen
indefinitely on the retina OF her inner
mind. After that. according to defen-
dant's counsel. other things such as the
divorce of the daughter and the suicide
OF the husband occurred TO make Mrs.
Adams an easy prey.
In the meantime Mrs. Gilbert, the de-
fence says. had through her capacity
as keeper OF an employment bureau
placed servant in the Adams house and
was able with marvellous accuracy to
tell Mrs. Adams things that had happened
in the house and had been revealed to
her by Hega. which was not the servants
name.
After AL Adams's death Mrs Gilbert.
il is alleged. filled the widow with doubts
Of the executors and their lawyers and
Frederick w. Shafer, q
young lawyer who had an Office at 81 Wall
street. Mrs. Adams says she met this
lawyer first in Mrs. Gilbert's house and
entrusted her affairs to him. giving him
4 power OF attorney. Charles ". Earring.
Mrs. Adams's counsel in the present suit.
las tried to subpoena Shafer as witness.
out he gave up his Office last November
md when last heard Of he was in Ger
many. Lawyer Earring wants to get
for payments that the lawyer
made in Mrs. Adams's behalf, but he
ant find them.
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