New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-20
SAYS SON TOOK PROPERTY
R. L. Cutting Charged with Con-
version of 100000.
SAILED TO ESCAPE SERVICE
Told Brother He Would Secrete
Holdings and Attachments
Are Issued.

Robert Livingston cutting. lawyer. one
time actor and nephew of Robert Fulton
Cutting and William Bayard Cutting, who,
in 1922. despite the objections of hts fam
lily. married Minnie Seigman. the actress.
was charged i'm the Supreme Court yester-
dav by his mother Mrs. Judith Carter cut
ting with frauduIently converting to his
own use large part of $4,000 worth of
property which she intrusted to him as her
attorney and manager of her financial af-
fairs.
According TO the papers in the case. Cut
ting. without any previous intimation TO his
family. sailed last Saturday for Europe. to
remain there. his mother declared. so that
he would be out of the jurisdiction Of the
New York courts. and thus prevent her
from recovering the property which she al
leSed he appropriated
Acting upon the complaint of Mrs. cut
ting Justice Blanchard issued an attach
rrent against the property of Cutting upon
the ground that he has departed from the
state Of New York with intent to defraud
his creditors. Deputy Sheriff Goss levied
upon certain real estate held by Cutting.
In her affidavit Mrs. Cutting says that
her son was also her counsel at law ana
she had confidence i'm him. She therefore
turned over to him the property in ques-
lion and gave him the power to collect the
income from it. The complaint says:
by reason OF and through the fraud and
deceit and representation Of the defendant,
her son. that he would take care Of ana
manage the same for her and i'm her inter
est and behalf she was induced to and did
there and then turn over To him stocks
bonds. negotiable instruments and other
personal property.
Mrs Cutting said that w to last Satur-
dav her son lived at No. 2il West loOth
street. and that he sailed for Europe to i'm
node her suit and avoid the service Of the
summons in the action.
!. was IN September. 1874. that she turned
this nropertv over to her son Mrs. cut
ting set forth that Robert represented that
he would preserve. keep intact and increase
,be value Of this property and save her
the trouble Of the management Of IL He
was also 70 invest the income From time
r. time Mrs. Cutting said she signed papers
vbic, her son represented as powers OF
attorney.
The plaintiff alleges mat within the last
,-Aar she has learned that the defendant
hos taken possession Of her property and
has v-rongfuIlv converted the same to his
own use. and wrongfully claims title 10 all
Of IL and has wrongfuly disposed-as she
ie Informed and believes-of a large part
Of the said property and converted the pro
caeds thereof to his own use" Mrs cut
ting added that she demanded from her son
an accounting Of the income from the prop
ertv hut that he refused To submit one.
Mrs. Cutting further declared that cutting
+ is making arrangements to convert other
property belonging to her into cash, Tor the
purpose Of removing IL from TINS state
also that Cutting has secreted his property
for the same purpose.
Another affidavit was submitted by James
De Wolf Cutting. brother of Robert l..
who said that he discussed with the latter
the subject on which the suit was based,
and that the defendant threatened to Sc
crete his property and dispose Of il so that
il could not he reached in legal proceed
ings.
As result Of this affidavit a special
deputy sheriff yesterday served the attach
roent I'm the suit on the Hanover safe De
post Company. where the defendant is be
lieved to have box, the Colonial Trust
/ COMPANY branch. at Broadway and l03d
street, to attach his bank account and safe
denosit box: Henry Clews e. Co. John A.
/ Nunroe & Co. the Chicago e. Northwestern
/ Railroad Company and the Illinois Central
/ Railroad Company. lis pendens was also
I FLED against Cuttings property at No. 2n
West Tooth street. a four story dwelling. 1t
! is said that this property was conveyed to
him by Harriet l. Hosley. whom he mar
ried in 1907, after Mrs. Minnie Seligman
/ Cutting divorced him. on March 3 last
! Cutting conveyed the property to Peter A.
/ Meagher who occupied offices with him a
! No Nassau street.
I Because Of his marriage TO Minnie Selig
man. Cuttings father left him out of his
will. The son contested the WILL which re-
J suited in a settlement, whereby Cutting
/ received 10000 and an income OF 5000
/ a year.