The Washington times., 1910-07-13

Mrs Laura P Crauer IS again AZ
liberty 20 draw upon whatever funds
she may have deposited IN the Washing
ton Loan and Trust COMPANY
The restraining order asked By al
torneys FOR Dr. Lee n Hurd. as con
servato- Of the Fenton J. Hurd estate.
eujoiuing Mrs. Cramer from removing
any deposits from me. washirEtoa Loan
and Trust Company, and enjoininE that
company from permitting these deposits
20 be removed. was this morning dis
missed by Justice stafford gpou hearing
Mrs Crauef-s answer to the cha-zeS.
brought against her by young DR.. Hurd.
Of having IraudaIentIy obtained large
SUMS of money from his grandfather.
Fento1 J. Hurd-
Whatever amounts Mrs Cramer has
been given by 1Ir- Hurd have been de-
posted elsewhere or invested. and are
not. as young Dr- Hu-d supposed. on
deposit iH the Washington Loan and
Trust company. II having been brought
out az the hearing this morning that
she has only 500 TO her credit in that
bank
Received for Ki1dnesses.
Acknowledging thar she received a
small fortune in voluntary gifts cf
money from the millionaire octoEenz-
ria1. Feuton J. Hurd. who was too ne
nurioUs TO buy sufficient clothing fer
himself. but denying that she employed
any fraudulent methods. OF that the
sum OF SS.010 is fncommensurate with
the affection the Old man owed her 20
the care and kindness she has shown
him. the answer OF Mrs Laura r
CFauer 10 charges Of fraud made
against her by DIT. Lee n Hurd. a.
Conservator Of his Erandfather's estate.
constitutes a remarkable document
Tafs answer. in which Mrs Cramer
and the wa shirston loan and Trust
Company ere named as defendants IN a
suit brought by FoIu- Dr. HuUd- CT
,Freeuzich Conn. 20 recover The s5.m
OF SHoll. which he claims 3ITs- Cramer
obtained fraUduIsntiy from old Fent0u
T. Hurd. vas fled today by Mrs. era
meI-s attorney, A A Birney-
Iryerwoven with the techuicaiities OF
the document, there is a story stranger
than fiction, and Of compelling interest.
IL teIIs Of the unique friendship which
Cramer and her 9odgsr. Fcnt5n 7. Hurd.
which sup1la1te5 IN the old mans life
the ties of kinshiD ard Of blood. and e1-
tented without a break until March
last Then, AIfs- Cramer asserts. he was
decoyeC from Washington 10 Greenwich.
conn 10y a faIsehOCd manufactured BY
bis grandson Dr. Lee HuUu- 20 the effect
that she had Sone 10 New York and
that her hore- which had also been his
for many yes was no I0n5er open 10
him.
COuntercharges Made
After the sudden departure Of Mr.
Hurd and DR. Lee Hurd for Green
wiCh last March, Mrs Cramer pursued
the even tenor of her duties at the state
Department where she has been en-
pIoyed for the last twenty wears and
heard nothing from her sEed friend un-
I'll the sensational suit was instituted
against her by young DR. Hurd. She
now claims TO believe that old lIr. Hurd
has been unlaWTully deprived Of his
liberty by his grandson. and that Il he
has been adJuGged incapable bv the
probate court at Greenwich, it -
through false representations made by
DR. Lee Hurd-
According TO Mrs Cramer's answer
10 DT- Hurd's charges she remarkable
friendship between cid FeuroD T F4r-~G
and herself beEan shortly after fhs
death Of his wife in 1891. when he be-
came ar MS request q member Of ne-
houSehoio- ana found in her home
kindness anG consideration which de
had never received from his own son
ard grandson In the Crauer home. Il
Is asserted his hobbies and little pe-
c.sIiarIties. such as certain miSerIv and
pct. economies weakness for the cr-Is
Of Sp-rltIlalisr}r and a persistent desire
90 communicate with the spirit OF bis
dead wife, were not treated with scorri
and ifnpatienCe, and for this the 0IG
man became intensely grateful. Like
wise u Is understood from Mrs Cram
er S answer the fear %hich old Mr.
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