Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-05
QUALEY PROMISED PROFITS
Asbestos Company, She Declares,
Was Highly Recommended.
Story of Financial Transactions
With the Promoters AmpIified
in Magistrates Court.

| Bull, amplified her story of how she was
induced by John a. Qualey, the asbestos
! promoter, to make out checks for S3j.0iO,
payable to Harvey Wiley Corbett, ycster-
| day in a continuation of an examination
before Magistrate Krotel i'm his private
chambers in the Harlem court. The ac
tivities in behalf of Qualey by Mrs. Ellen
| Dunlap Hopkins, in whose School of APP
| piled Design for Women Corbctt was an
| instructor, were further described. Mrs.
| Bull testified that Mrs. Hopkins had told
| her that she expected to become rich
| out of the profits of the Quaey- Corbett
magnesia asbestos venture that she could
throw money out of her carriage Win
dows.
| Mrs. Bull declared the only time she had
ever had talk with Corbett was Il few
| days before his arrest, when he came to
me to offer me $1,000 Of my money
| back
You won't forget that conversation, will
you. Mr.. Corbett:" inquired Mrs. Bull.
Charles l.. Craig. her attorney, said that
| Corbett had made the visit to her to keep
| all appointment made by Qualey. His
proposition. Mr.. Craig said. was to give
-.rs. Bull note for S1J,OJu and to pay
her the other $2G,tUD ootalned from ner
| in four monthly installmentS of 5000
!
Trusted Lauterbach's Judgment.
! Mr.. Mcintyre opened Mrs. Bulls cross
examination by asking her whether she
had not on July ~ begun civil action to
recover her $4,000. and if she had read
the complaint in that action.
| Il left myself in Mr.. Lauterbach h S
hands, she replied. Il signed whatever
papers he asked me- Mr. Mcintyre in
sisted that Mrs. Bulls complaint cor
roborated what he intends to interpose as
a defense for his clients-that they had
| expended the money obtained from Mrs.
| Bun to make improvements in the New
| ark plant.
Did you ever ask Mr. Qualey to call
| on you at your apartments at the Hotel
| Warrington?''
| Yes, 1 did.
Did you call him up at the Hotel ST
Louis and say to him over the telephone
am Mary NevinS of Columbus ?"
| NO. What can you be thinking of :?
He said he knew me when 1 was Mary
! Nevins.'
| Weren't you and Mr.. Qualey children
i together:''
i why not at all. Nonsense. nonsense
Why. he is at least fifteen years older
! than L.
/ He's forty-two years old. and you say
! you are fifteen years younger than he is.
! Is that possible?'
well, he's older than my oldest
brother, Richard, and l am the youngest
| Of six children"
Mrs. Bull Indignant.
How long did You talk with him in
| your apartments in the Hotel Warning
| TONI
| about an hour and a half
| And at that time you got out bag
of papers concerning the estate of your
| late husband and showed them to him,
didn't your
Not at the Warrington"
And you mailed to him copy of YOUR
deceased husbands WILL didn't you?'
Mrs. Bull hesitated. Mr. MCINTYRE
reached in portfolio. Qualey edged for
ward and plucked out will from among
the mass of legal papers and handed it to
his lawyer. Mr.. Mcintyre held it up
This is the will. isn't it," he asked.
Mrs. Bull stccc up IN hel place a. lie
, table livI;- with 1age. She shouted at the
ICr of Fer vice.
You near to say you i>ept it. WeI:,
YOU re wtrsc man thai: | thought you
we're
You n ai'ed it to him, didn't you?'
p,rs,ieG MI. Mcintyre, referring to the
will.
No replied Mrs Bull. ~ am under
the impression that he tooh it with him."
Did ys:u tell him that OIL had grea:
dea. CT difficulty with the executors
you: husbands estate, and that you
wanted 10 resign as execu,rix," pressed
Mr.. Mcintyre.
DO 1 have to answer that question:
Mrs. Bull asked, turning to her counsel
with an expression of annoyance. After
shrug from Mr.. Craig, Mrs. Bull ad-
mitted that she had.
And didn't Mr.. Qualey tell you that it
would be unwise to resign as executrix?'
He did,
And did you say to Mr. Qualey that
you couldn't get along with Mr. Young,
your cO-eXecutOr?
Yes. l told him / had some difficulty"
Did you tell Mr.. Qualey Mr.. Young
was handling the funds of the estate i'm
properly and attempting to do you out of
what was properly yours?'' This ques-
ton enraged Mrs. Bull.
Mr.. Young's bOoks-you can have them
if you want to-show that everything is
all right
But didn't you make such an accu-
sation in letter to Mr.. Qualey?''
No"