The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-01
EXPOSES s|CKlEs
FAMILY TROUBLES
SUIT BROUGHT IN NEW YORK MAE
EXPLAIN SEPARATION OF
All. e
GENERAL FROM WIFE.
MONEY IS EVOLVED
ADA sICkLES CRANKENTHROPu
WANTS ACCOUNTING OF $780,
600 SAID TO HAVE BEEN
LEFT HER.

NEW YORK. July S1.--When thu
case of Ada sickIes Crankenthorpo
vs. Daniel Sickles" comes up for arr
gumont in the Supreme Court on
Wednesday 1t is possible that much
light Will be cast upon the curious
estrangement that has existed for so
long between the picturesque old war,
rior and his family.
Although attorneys and the distinS
guished defendant himself remain in.
scrutabiy silent, the International
News Service learned many interests
ing facts bearing upon the suit and
other matters to-day from an init.
mate friend of Mrs. Sickles.
Mrs. SlckIes has been estranKed
from her distinguished husband the
greater part of thirty years With
her son, George Stanton Sickles for
merly member of the United States
diplomatic service. she has been living
at No. ] East Ninth street. which is
owned 10y General Sickles. and was
connected with his home, No. % Fifth
avenue, by passageway. This pas
sdgeWay, 1t is said, is now boarded
up. One of her friends is Madame
Virginia Lopez, a we'll known grand
opera singer.
Loaned Money to General
Mrs, Sickles told me that she LEM
her husband $50, 00G soon after sha
arrived in New York after twenty
seven years separation from her hus1
band" said Madame Lopez. ITO se-
cure this money she was given a third
mortgage for $50. 900 on the property
owned by the general at No. % Fifth
avenue. She told me that she had
hoped this would lead to a recon.
CITATION between the general and here
self. but that this hope was futile.
Il understand that Mrs. Cranken-
thorpe is suing for an accounting OF
the $50, 600 left her by her grand-
father. George f. Siekles. The grand
father. Stanton Sickles told me. also
left him $4,000. The general, he
said, was trustee of both fortunes
Mrs. Crankenthorpe. it was learned
to-day. came here about six weeks
ago. She was en- route from Japan,
where her husband ia in the British
embassy to London. Madame Lopez
told of the stormy scenes between
the daughter and son of General and
Mrs. SickIes
ION one of these occasions" said
Nine. Lopez. Stanton went to his sis
ter and complained bitterly because
she was receiving certain sums of
money from the Mother while he was
practically penniless. Am l not OF
the same blood as YOU cried STAN
tHitt why SflpdiH l. go pfIflleSS W MIC
you have every luxury'H"
son Separated From Wife. ..1
Stanton Sickles. who married the
daughter Of a banker named Brooches
ton in Paris and had two children,
has been separated from his wife for
some years.
Nine. Lopez said that Mrs. SickIes
Is still madly in love with her aged
and inf1rm husband.
She objects to the generals being
seen in the company of any other
women, even his secretaries and SER
wants. said Nine. Lopez with n shrug
of the shoulders. Mrs. Slekles and
Mrs. Crankenthorpe learned that the
general had had his picture painted
by the Princess Lwoff Parlaghy and
was reported 10 have paid her $40, 900
for the painting, That made them
angry as did also the instance OF tho
lioness' cub"
The incident referred To occurred
on April II last when the general
celebrated the fftieth anniversary of
his going to war by presenting lions
cub to the princess. He purchased
the cub for $3.50.