Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-17
CLUBMAN, RUINED,
SAYS STEPFATHER
LOOTED ESTATE
Newark Lawyer Retained to
Save Railway Property for
Former Rich Man.

RAILWAY. June 17.-Through action
taken here today by attorneys for
Frank de Journe Hayward. scion of one
of New York's oldest families. and re-
Gently an active member in fashionable
clubdom. with an inherited fortune of
$500. 900. there was brought to light the
remarkable allegation by the young
man himself that he Is today impover-
ished to such an extent that, although
but lately married, he is unable to OBJ
tain enough to go to housekeeping. He
blames his s~tepfather n h latter's
brother.
Mr.. Heyward's attorneys today COM
pleted the legal steps necessary to
securing from his mother. who 10 now
Mrs. Robert M. Mcdonald. an assign
ment Of a Judgment obtained against
what Is known as the Buddcnsiek
farm at Railway, which is really the
property of her son, who purchased 1t
from the estate of the man who made
a certain fimsy construction OF build
ings In New York city an
by-word twenty years ago.
The legal entanglements n which MT.
Rewards affairs are now involved
would seem to require a regiment OF
Philadelphia lawyers to ~straighten out.
His attorneys, Henry E. Heistad, OF
Brooklyn. and Edward @. Keasbey, OF
Newark. have now in progress, how
ever. a hearing before a referee IN New
Brunswick upon a notion Haue py
their clients s%tepfather, to open a 1uog-
ment obtained by Mr.. Hayward 10 re-
cover SIS, 900 which, he alleges, he
| loaned upon promissory notes. ROBBERY
M. Macdonald, the stepfather, moves
to open the judgment on the GROUND
hat the amount Is offset by moneys
advanced by him. The next session
of the hearing is set for the fall.
Mr.. Hayward talked freely about his
difficulties today. He declared he was
anxious to tell "how two scoundreis
had ruined the best part OF his lire.
Mr.. Hayward explained hat his pres
ent wife. was his second one. and that
she in no way figured In the story he
had to tell.
when 1 came of age, on MAY 10,
1898, / was the cole heir of my grand
father, who left an estate OF about
$500. 900, consisting mostly of gilt
| edged stocks and bonds. There was
very little real estate. The money was
left me a few years before this really,
but I came into full possession OF 1t at
that time. My mother. who was then
Mrs. Georgia Anna Hayward, had an
estate Of her own of about $4,000.
1.-THE MacDonalds went to the Fifth
Avenue Trust Company, which mad
my principal account. to inquire, they
said, about the status of 1t, In re-
turned to inform me that the company
was dissatisfied with my Withdrawals
and would like the account transferred.
| This, I believe, was not true. but l ar
| ranged to take the account elsewhere.
A lawyer named Maynard. about this
| time. claimed that he had a Dill OF
81, 900 against me. which l denied. He
| claimed a lien upon my stocks and
went to the trust company and op-
tanned possession of the certificates.
"Why, only q short time ago., prior
IN one of my actions against them, l
found in a trunk in the Railway house
pawn tickets representing between ten
| and twelve thousand dollars. I once
gave them 1ewelry belonging to my
| first wife and myself, valued at $4,000.
| Scion Macdonald said he would put 1t
In the safe. in the store. He was asked
| abe ut this while on the witness stand
ut one Of our hearings in New Bruins
wick, and he denied eve having seen
any such property.
Recently, my mother borrowed 5000
| from a man in Montclair for her hus-
band. They could not pay It back. n
actually took three Of my horses and
carriages to satisfy the debt Yet
neither she nor I ever saw a penny OF
the money.
I'm April last my mother left her
husband. charging him with brutality
and financial troubles. She remained
a away from him and was with me until
September, when she returned to him
again.
''She still has her original trust fund
Of 8 $1,000. but the income from It Is
very small. The MacDonalds cannot
touch that. but they have got nearly
! everything else"