Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-09-17
.CHAnLER MAY
COMPROMISE
WITH HIS WIFE
The Wedding Agreement Civ
ing Singer Everthing Found
to Be Legal.
FAMILY TAKE ACTION
Offer Cavalieri $4,000 and
Annuity of $1,000 If She
Will Quit.
RETURN THE PROPERTY
Singer Is Expected to Come
to This Country Herself
and Take Charge.
RETURN THE PROPERTY
Special ~ United Press Wire.

SPcC'uf w CHNtu tTeSJ wire.
New York, Sept 17:-John Arms
strong Chanler may not have been
far out Of the way when he sent his
now famous telegram Who's
loony now?" to his brother, William
Astor Chanler, when the news that
Robert W. Chanler and CavaIieri
had disagreed, became public
Attorneys who have examined the
ante-nuptial agreement unite today
in asserting that 1t is seemingly le-
gal truth. That this is the opinion
of the Chanler family Is indicated
by intimation from them that they
would be willing to insure Cavalieri
lump sum of $4,000 and the
guarantee annuity OF $4,000 If she
would execute a quit claim to her
husbands possessions. AS told yesa
terday, the agreement is now record
ed in the registers office.
While the registration will show OBJ
servance by Cavalieri of all legal pre-
| cautions In the event that the parties
to the agreement Join issue in court, ID
has been learned that overtures have
been made to Cavalieri to settle the
case amicably. She would be expected
to relinQuish all claims to the Chanler
| property and to cancel the document
| dled yesterday. In return the family
would give her $4,000 outright and an
annuity Of $4,000 She intends to ham
die the case herself, and until her ar
rival no definite progress can be made
| toward a settlement.
No Lawsuit Is Expected
Attorneys for both sides expressed
the opinion that there will be no It'll
cation. The Chanlers want to shut ofc
publicity as soon as possible and ON
| that account dread the courts They
hope to convince Cavalierl that the
| prenuptial agreement is worthless and
| that she can gain nothing by fight.
| In view OF the widespread attention
that the affair has excited Cavaliert
can make a celebrated case of it in
court If disposed to carry it there. 1t
will be for her to take that course or
retire peacefully with cash and an as-
sured annuity.
Gives Farms and City Houses.
| The document proceeds In profusa
verbiage with the business in hand. In
consideration of the intended marriage
and of a formal dollar to him paid and
acknowledged. Chanler makes over to
Cavalieri the Cole, Chowell and Benna
| farms at Red Hook, of about $50 acres
subject to mortgage Of $4,000. Next
comes the COsine farm in this city,
comprising $50, S32, 1884, 1856, 1888 and
$40 Ninth avenue, 800, 362, 1854, 866,
1858, 80 and 372 West Fifty-ffth
street, SOB, 505 507 800 and 5f1 West
| Fifty-hfth street and II, 1S. 10, 20,
451a, 46A and 47l2 on the north side
of Fifty fifth street between Ninth and
Tenth avenues. In addition he trans
fers his share in the estate of Mrs.
Laura Delano, subject to a mortgage
of $4,000.
She Gets Power of Attorney
| The agreement then binds Chanler to
pay Cayalieri $4,000 year In quar-
terly instalments, first payment to be
within thirty days after the marriage.
All payments must be net and free
from income or other taxes imposed
by the state of New York. To secure
such payments Chanler gives to Cava-
lleh power Of attorney, irrevocable
by himself, so that she may collect
from the Chanler estate trust fund.
Should CaYalieri prove Obdurate or
eXtortionate in her demands aud force
the case TO court, the contention of the
family will be that the trusts which
the prenuptial agreement specified are
express trusts and that any action
by Chanler toward tieing them up was
void in law. While 1t is not disputed
he has Il right to give her what he
pleases out Of his income, bis right to
direct the trustees to pay the income
to another is denied
Aside from the trust funds the con
veyance, according to the family. doe
not transfer any substantial eqn1---a
The Red Hook property, valsoed at
$4,000, is mortgaged for $4,000, and
the city realty, while wor "a S345 600,
carries mortgages for Sl50000. His
combined equities are fEus reckoned
at not more than $2Oo,Q0o. and he Is
said to owe bills to that amount which
are running at per cenS lntGGest-