New-York tribune., 1910-09-20
BEGIN ATTACK ON cHANLER.
TaiIorS Expect TO Break "SherIH
Bob's" PrenuptiaI Contract.
MAY FORCE RECEIvERSHIP
Friends Say Chanler Objects to
Revoking Power of Attorney
He Gave Cavalieri.

Six DAYS from to-day. On Monday next
Matthias Radin. he lawyer for the Fifth
avenue railors 10 whom Sheriff Sob
Chsnier owes S9S7. expects 70 begin the at
tack on the Chanler-Cavalieri psenuptial
contract The groundwork for the attack
has been laid in the suit against Chanler
for the tailorsa bill. and the second step
viii he taken this morning by fling afh-
6avits showing service OF notice Of the
suit ~ Chanler
John E Martin. the restaurant man. has
furnished another amusing feature to the
case bv placing IN Radin's hands A bill for
two dinners Chanler gave to Cavalier The
first dinner was on MAY :. 1903. and the
hin was s. rs. the second cost s. L. and
WAS served on November l.. I9o9. Mr. Mar
sin would like his money out Of the estate
before Cavalier takes possession. and has
instructed Radin - throw Chanler into
bankruptcy and attack the prenuptial
agreement. If necessary, 10 get that 81 %.
The tailors are equally determined 10
have the money for Chanler's wedding gar
171ents. and the af1davits TO be filed to-day
showing service Of the notice Of their suit
on Chanler We're preliminary TO an attack
on the agreement by which Bob" gave
Lima everything he owned Chanler viii
Rave six days after the affidavits are fled
10 put in IN answer 10 the suit. but Radin
IS pretty Wei satisfied that there will be no
answer. and in that event judgment by de-
1aulJ VIII be entered against Chanler next
Monday
Radin is 50 well satisfied that there viii
he no answer 10 the suit that he has al
ready prepared the papers for an applica-
1ion for the examination OF Chanler in
supplementary proceedings AS soon as the
judgment sc fled he will ask for the ap-
pointment Of a receiver for Chanler's es-
tate in this county and for a separate re
ceiver in Dutchess County
The agreement Will be attacked on the
ground that there was insufficient consid-
GRAFTON for the power Of attorney Chanler
gave 10 Cavalier 10 collect his income for
him The reports that Cavalier made a
verbal agreement 10 pay Chanler's debts
are not considered by the lawyers, as a
verbal agreement would not hold against
written instrument. But they think that 81
and a marriage certificate are very small
returns for something like 81 $4,000
Sidney Harris, of 40. s Wall street Chan
1er's attorney. said at his office Yesterday
that ne would be looking after the tailOrs'
suit if anything were going 10 be done
about il But il was added that the suit
had never been taken up in the Office in
any way All of which lends color 10 the
theory that the Chanler family ara going
from Lima.
At the same time il is understood that
the brothers and sisters are trying 10 get
Bob to revoke the power Of attorney
himself Mr- Harris put in most Of yes
1erday in argument and pleading. hut
Bob" was hard TO convince. His friends
say that he objects seriously to putting
himself on record as a ''qutter." and they
say that he develops a determination in
certain eAleencies that would be called OBJ
Frinacy in any one else.
J.. s Morris who looks after the Chanler
real estate interests. has not Yet been able
10 assure himself that Bob owned every
thing ne gave away. He was busy all yes
7erdav with a mass Of books and papers
on his desk. Strengthening out the tanEle.
All the light he would throw on the sub
5eor was the cryptic sentence:
a man can't give away what he doesn't
own
". r Osborn. Of King & Osborn. Cava-
Iieri's attorneys. was not worried at all
ABOUT Cbanler's ownership OF what he gave
away.
We have done all We were retained to
90 he said. and that was to file the
5,renupt.al agreement We haven't any
further instructions. and we don't espe-
ciallv expect any. We haven't any instruc-
tions to bring "A suit and if Cavalieri is /
coming over here. she hasn't told us about
ii"
cable dispatches from Paris Yesterday
said that Cavalier was incensed by reports
that the Chanler family were going TO try
10 buy her off.
They talk OF offering M $1,000 down
and an annuity Of S5.eo0." she is reported
as saying. They might as well save them
selves the trouble. I don't think my hus-
hand had anything 10 do with the offe". and
s. ] have any rights under the agreement
J am going 70 insist on them"