The sun., 1910-06-02
GOT A WRIT FOR LADY COOK
CONGRATULATIONS SAID
SHE WAS Old AND FEEBLE
And Separated Prem IIer Relatives ~
Iohh FIsyd IIulns-Iady Cosh says
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sister d Older and There's Nothing
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Mrs Mary Spar sister Of Lady Cook
CTennessso Clafin) got a writ Of habeas
corpus yesterday from supreme Court
Justice Mccall rsturnAble to-day direct
ing John Floyd Hume and his wife. Mabel
Hume Of 10 West Sixty-arst street. 10
produce Lady Cook In court. Mrs. Spar
alleged that they had separated Lady
Cook from her relatives and friends.
and that Lady Cook is 'advanoeed In
years and feeble. and posSss~os large
means.
Mrs spar alleged thA, the Humes Are
keeping lady Cook confined AZ their
home under their influences and power
because she 10 not Of sufficiently strong
mind 70 Withstand the same, and asserted
her bsiisf that they had acquired con-
siderable property from Lady Cook al
ready. ia addition 10 obtaining her sig-
nature 10 documents and papers. the con-
tents Of which were unknown TO the
petitioner. Shs declared that her sister
does not know OF realize the consequence.
and said she feared the Hunss would
remove Lady Cook from the jurisdiction.
Lady Cook said last night in the Hume
apartments In the Pasadena. a. 10 West
sixty-nrst street. that her sisters action
In suing out the writ Of habSas corpus
was all a great mistake and was due 70
her advancing ySars.
she IL over 30 years old. said Lady
Cook. and imaginea because my autOmO-
bile broke down aud couldn't get over 10
BROOKLYN 20 sss her that am not able
TO 20 Il 10 all very ridiculous to any one
Who knows me. / receive all my friends
here. and Of course ! come and 20 a.
please. never 20 out In my car unless
Millard Spar. my sisters sou. 10 along
and he IL my business adviser
Mr.. Hume said that through the inter
cession Of Mrs spars son. MillArd. Mrs
spar decided late yesterday afternoon
no, to proceed with the habeAs corpus
case. and had signed a stipulation re-
lIsVinR the Humes from appearing IN
court He said that Lady Cook for sOms
time has madO her home with himself
and his wife while she IL in this country
and that her sister has always been able
90 zee her when she chose Millard hpar
the son. 10 at the house almost daily. he
said Lady Cook came here from England
week ago on this last visit
Mr. Hume said that Mrs. Spar's sou
attends 10 most Of I.Ady Cooks business
matters for her and that he 10 conversan'
with everything she does with respect
20 her propeFty. When her husband,
Sir Francis Cook. died. IN 1901 he leit hei
M7s O0O outright and the lie iRoosae 40
ROOoo. IN addition TO the use of hous'
in England.
Mrs Hume vas an actress and Wrs Al
one time in Richard Mansfeld's com
many. She has accompanied Lady COot
freaueatly on her trips abroad.
whils Lady Cook and her sister. Vic
toria woodruff. now Mrs John Biddulpt
Martin of London. have been befOr'
the public for many years. Mrs. Spar hal
not been in the limelight The sisters
were an bonn in Homer. Ohio. the oldest
being - years old Victoria IL y and
LADY Cook is SEVERAL years younger
Their parents were poor and Victoria wal
married a. ~ 10 DT. Canning Woodruff
Who was twics her age. They did not
get on we'll and Victoria went into spirit
ialism. got a divorce and married Col
James II. Blood
In isgp Victoria. Tennessee and Col
Blood formed the Wall street firm OF
woOdhull Clahin A Co. and publishes
WoodhuH and ClaHiHs Weekly. The sis
tsrs started out on q woman sihragt
campaign az about that time and in 1915
Mrs. woodruff ran for the Presidency
The sisters went 70 England In is7o and
IN 1891 started WOodhuH and Cldain's
Jouraal there The sisters both married
there in lsss. Victoria becoming the wife
Of banker. and Sir Francis Cook. Ten
nesaee q husband. being q merchant. Vic
toria seldom cnmes 10 this country, bui
Lady Cook Il here several times . year
and usually has something TO say about
woman suffrage.