The sun., 1910-05-07
LGUTVUDACH FAMILY TROUBLE
ARGUMENT on THg S2JO,OOO
WIFE CLAIMS As HERS.

Lever CoaFt Appointed q Receiver and
EaJohed Fier From Spending the
Money-shs says NV Hers and mat
Huyband EstFaRged Her Children.
The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court heard argument yesterday on the
appeal Of Mrs.. Amanda y. LAuteEbach.
wife Of Edward LAuterbAch. from the
order Of Supreme Court Justice O'0orman
appointing the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company receiver Of q fund amounting
90 more than S7SO.OOO. for which Mrs.
IautsrbAch IL being sued by her daugh-
ters. Mrs. Edith McDavitt. Mrs. Florence
Hershhsld and Mas Alice lAuterbach.
who declare that their mother is merely
che trustee Of the fund for the bsnefit
Of tho family Mrs. IAuterbaoh contends
that the money all belongs TO her. Justice
OGormAns order restraints Mrs. lauter-
bach from transferring or diaposing 81 any
of the funds pending her daughters suit
for an accounting.
Mrs IAuterbach. who Was in court with
a number of women friends, listened IN
tently Wills William n. Cohen. counsel
for Mr.. I.auterhach. told how Mr.. Lauter-
bach hsd gwen his wife much valuable
iswelry. Including q diamond necklace.
and how Mrs. LAuterbach had been living
sxtravagantly. paying $500 a year for
her apartments on Fifth avenue and Si.zoo
a year for a box at tho Metropolitan
Opera HOUSE.
I'D IAuteFhach never bought that
necklace they're talking about. said Mrs.
LAuterbach a. shs left the court room.
A client who couldnt ray he ball gave
it 20 him and hs gave Il 10 me. He never
bought a jewel for me in HE hfe that cost
over So. A. for living extrayaGnntly.
| pay only 81. 500 year for my apartments
and guess can have a box at the opera
Il want L.
The complaint Of Mrs. Iautsrhach's =
daughters states that part Of the fund in
her hands s S5I.OOO. which vas their
fathers share Of the proceeds Of property
al sixth avenue and Twenty eighth street.
left by bis parents. About Soo.OOO more
il from the sale of house at East
Seventy y-eighth street. which Mr.. l-auter-
back built and which the daughters say
was 70 be q homestead Tor the family
The deeds Of the property we're in Mrs
IauteFbach's name, bat the daughters
declare the property was held by her Tor
their benefit The daughters say that o {
eli the money in Mrs lauterbach's con
troll. only saO.01 which came 10 her from
her sOn Alfred and t2.OOO from her
father. belongs 10 her.
Alrs. lhutsrhach declares that she
nortgaged the East Seventy-eighth street
house AZ her husbands request and gave
him the money. which he applied for
speculative purposes and large enter
psises.- She SAYS she also have him
AS 90 that she had saved. which he used
in the same manner. She gave him
s.. .OOO 20 ray his insurance and 0.S1o 10
nav his debts. she saws. She insists that
the present action IL inspired by Mr..
IauteTbach. and saws that her daughters
are not bringing Il willingly.
William n. Hamilton. counsel for Mrs.
Iautsrbaoh. told the court that Mr..
Lauterbach had deserted HE wife IN 1871
after thirty-eight wears Of married life,
and h now trying 70 sequestrate. before
anv trial. stocks aud bonds constituting
a halancs IN Mrs. Lauierbachs = name and
puNNesHluu, oi mNeHAmNuA uaue " uNI
from time to time over q period between
twenty and forty wears. during which
time, without the pretense Of q trust
Mrs, I.auterbach has freely used the
property in support Of the family, max ing
wedding gifts. helping her husband when
financially embarrassed. making various
loans. paying his personal debts. and
otherwise using u a. she aaw tt. eNerCis-
ing the rights Of an absolute owner
Mr. Cohen said that the afidavit of
Mrs. LauterDach plainly eyldences want
~ balance, inordinate selhshnees. an
exaggerated ego and OverweeninG social
ambition that would 90 far 10 explain
the unfortunate situation presented IN
this case. Unless the order % affirmed the
plaintiffs will b. wholly reinedyless. There
can b. nothing 10 prevent the defendant
from carrying her threatened pur-
chase Of an annuity into execution. and
the nlalntiHs would be practically with
out renedv In ever securing their interest
IN fund which a. least was wholly created
Nv their father
Iho Court reserved decision