The Washington herald., 1911-08-26
HUTCH|Ns' WIFE
MAY Be GRANTED
100000 A YEAR
Auditor Urges Big Increase
in Her "Pin Money"
WINS PARTIAL VICTORY
Millionaire's Spouse Must Now Pay
All Expenses.
WINS PARTIAL VICTORY
In Filing Report of Investigations,
Auditor Dent, of District Court,
Recommends that Plaintiff BE
Allowed $4,000 for Her Mainte-
nance-She Must Assume Run
ming Expenses of the Household.

Mrs, Rose Keeling Hutchins will have
her monthly allowance increased from
$1,000 to $4,000, if the report filed yes
terday by Auditor Dent, to whom the
matter was referred, is approved by the
court. With all the apparent liberality
with which the auditor has made his
findings, this is only a partial victory
for Mrs. Hutchins.
HER CLAIM DENIED.
The auditor does not agree with the
claim Of Mrs. Hutchins that the sum
of $1,000. which she has been receiving,
was intended for her own personal use.
He has gone very thoroughly into the
up-keep of the Hutchins household, the
revenues of the estate, the demands
upon them from all sources, and bases
his findings upon the facts as given in
the evidence.
The ordinary expenses Of the house
hold he places at s2,o12 a month. He
makes allowance for $500 for clothing
for Mrs. Hutchins, and 500 for her in
cidental expenses each month. The ILL
binary expenses of s2SS month, which
raises the monthly expenses to $500.
Besides cutting down her allowance
for dresses. the auditor does not allow
the expenses of the establishment in
Paris, the maintenance of which Mrs.
Hutchins insisted should be paid out of
ance Of $1,000 a month.
tate should meet the unpaid bills that
are charged against the household. These
now amount to a total of s5,349S6, and
it is recommended that Mrs. Hutchins
shall meet these out of her increased
monthly allowance.
The allowance of $1,000 monthly was
settled on Mrs. Hutchins by a deed of
trust dated April, 1910. At the same
time the title of the Hutchins estate was
placed in the hands Of William J. Dante,
trustee. In the early part of this year,
Mrs. Hutchins, 1t is said. decided to in
stitute lunacy proc -dings against her
husband. StiIson Hutchins. seventy three
years old.
Refuses Sons Offer.
To avoid the publicity of such pro-
ceedings, the two sons, Walter S. Hutch |
lns and Lee NJ. Hutchins, proposed to
Increase the monthly allowance of Mrs. |
Hutchins to 5000. On the advice of
counsel. Mrs. Hutchins refused the offer, |
because it was impossible to bind the |
infant granddaughter of Mr.. Hutchins |
to the agreement.
Suit was then instituted to test the |
lunacy of Mr.. Hutchins. but did not
progress far, by reason of faulty serv-
ice of a subpoena Then Mrs. Hutchins |
sought an increased monthly allowance
and the court referred the question to
Auditor Dent. whose report was filed
yesterday.
In his first finding the auditor ex-
presses the opinion that the allowance
Of 1900 a month to Mrs. Hutchins was
not for her personal use, but to meet
general current expenses. This opinion
is borne out by the fact that, as this
amount proved insufficient to meet the
household expenses and those for Mrs
Hutchins' clothing, it was her custom to
obtain more as needed from Mr.. Hutch
ms, or for him to direct that unpaid
bills were met as they accumulated.
Great interest attaches to the estimate
of what Auditor Dent regards as being
a fair allowance for the support Of such
family with the annual income of the
Hutchins estate.
Auditor Dents Schedule.