The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-16
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.CHANLER HAUNTED
BY HIS CREDITORS.
Wanted cavalieri to Mortgage
Property and Give Him
Money. -
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"HE's NOT CRAZY, BUT DEEP"
Brother oreste Continues His
Story OF How Singer Was
Deceived.
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Especial to The Times ID Dispatch.
New York, September 15.-Many
have thought that the fact thar Mile.
Cavalieri waited for months t. give
Robert Chanler an answer to hts pro-
posal of marriage revealed the element
OF calculation. How did she employ
this time? Was it by Investigating
are being asked by Chanler's family
and friends To them her brother and
defender Oreste Cavalieri, to-day made
this indignant reply:
MY poor sister look up his finan-
cial standing? How l wish she had!
But she knew that he was Of this Astof
family and took his financial stacding
and his character for granted. She
thought he was as manly as he 'oked
and as straightforward as he talked. .
NO, my sisters hesitation was be-
cause she did not know whether or
not she wanted to be married ro any
one. She wondered how it1would seem
not to be free. That was the one
thought.
"My sister was willing to give Chan :
ier her money. She had no thought OF
dcpriving him of the spending money
he needed. But she said to him: am
not rich ] cannot afford to give you
more at present I9have had no money
from you except the little "eeo'hs
gift and what Is that?'
Has Family to Support.
"She told the exact truth. She IS not
rich She has home and enough to
live on, but she has also family to
support-her mother, her brother ana
sister. another brother, not myself
and her son. And here let me en-
plain about Alexander. He is a good
boy and will be a consolation to my
sister, but he Is now at the age when
a boy is care and expense,
about Chunler there is one thing
have not yet told you. When the
bills kept coming to him in Paris he
tried to Get my 81 -er to do what ne
himself did-mortgage something
whenever he wanted money. He is a
spendthrft. Whenever he wanted
money he said: oh. well III mortga
something. until there was nothing
left to mortgage My sister refused
to mortgage her house In Parts or
her chateau. and he was incensed
"When the time came that the
amount she was to receive from the
estate each uuarter-S1O. O.0o0-was due.
Lima wrote to Mr. Perkins, Her hus-
band showed her what purported to
be an answer to the letter, 1t was
addressed to him, and stated that tbs
amount had all been expended on
paving Chanler's debts, We didn't
believe that.
+ II would like It to be understood
that / never had any trouble with
;chanler. When he WAS sad IN Paris. ]
took him around and tried to make
him forget. His sadness was because
the letters from his creditors kept com.
ing from America, The anger ! feel
toward him is because he treated my
sister as he did,
4 Not Crazy, hut Deep.
IT have heard some speculation about
Chanlcr's sanity. l heard his family
have raised the question of whether
4 he is crazy. That man is not crazy,
lies deep"
Matthias Radfn, a lawyer. to whom
Robert w, Chanler's tailor bill for his
wedding clothes was assigned started
court proceedings to-day to recover
the amount. "A court order was ISSUED
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