The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-10
'OUT OF WORKHOUSE
TO HAWLEY WEALTH
Mrs. Crandell, Not Elated, Thinks
Chiefly of Her Children and
Their Education.
ESTATE ONLY S10,oOO.OOO?
Administrators File S2.OOO.OO0 Bond
and Will Keep Estate Intact
f,r Five Years.

/ lace upon winch tl" S'TuEpI' WIN wan
! had left it's marks landed from the work
| house AT Backwells : Island yesterday 10
the prospect Of enjoying fortune. she
was the wife Of Frederick trandell, ih"
nephew Of Edwin Hawloy VINO had he"n
cast off by his uncle for her sake, and who
is nov 10 inheri, with a brother and sis'er
one fifth If the railroad mans fortune.
Mrs Crandells sentence to the work
house on January 2S for quarrelling with a
/ neighbor came a. a climax to the hard
| luck that had been hers and her husband :
| from the dav Mr.. Hawlev turned his
nephew out Of hts Office. II was followed
| by the dispersal Of their family and the
virtual breaking up of their nome. When
she landed yesterday among a group O!
shiverlng unfortunaye- Il was to find her
self an object of general interest hecaus"
of the expected wealth that vas TO he
! hers
The prospect didn't make Mrs Crandell
forget her children. They hlv" been
staying with relatives at Chatham, y.
y when she did talk about her husband :
prospective fortune Yesterday her chief
interest seemed to ba in the effect it would
have on her children : future. There are
five of them. the oldest thirteen and the
youngest two.
Mrs Crandell heard Of her husband -
good fortune the dav before her release
Ir was her sister. Miss Mary McManu-,
who 60; word TO her of the fact that in
dying without a will Mr. Hawley had
failed to carry OIL, his intention Of cut ing
o' his nephew. When the boat from the
island landed a. the pier at the foot of
Eas, Saventio'h street early yesterday
morning Miss McManus was waiting TO
: escort Mrs Crandel To- her home a. c7l
West liith street
Mrs Crdndall seemed 10 be expecting
- meet her husband. hIt he was not
there nor did b. appear after she reached
: her sisters home. In tho morning ne
called az the Offices Of StanChi"ld 4 Levy,
who are acting a. counsel for admins
trat ors, and after approving of the pro-
, gramme for settling the cstat" disan-
peared agan on Thursday Crandell
= called M the srsvedores where he has
= been worfng for So week and got
permission 10 STAY away for five days.
t Tia, was thu last they heard from him.
All ciav YESTERDAY Mrs Crandell seemed
. TO be anxious - talk with her husband
At time, here eyes filed up with tears "a
she talked about their past life
Money isn't everything. vou know.
she said, hut this means a chance 70 edu-
cat tho children They haven't had much.
and since tney began ~ get big us been
pretty hard - saa them O. without things
= Now they can b" educated.
. The reporters s<ad Mr., Crandnll wha,
: hsr sensations were al knowing her hus
Q band would h. perhaps very rich, hu;
; she didnt se'm much aroused She SAID
e. that they had always felt tha' her hus
/ bands mother would have been we'll re-
g NON horod. h'l' when -ne died "A few years
ago the future looked pretty black 80
. far As sharing IN the Hawley fort une went
% II wa Mr. Hawley. she said. who had
q given her a PCS. - 60 up in the Ca'skills
! for vacation the summer he broke
! with his royhow and this break was caused
by tho fact that Crindell had insisted
unon going NJ 10 SEQ her.
a Az or Hawlev ordered him out Of the
a Office because ho insisted ipon trying "a
> soc her. Mr. Crandall said his uncle
had the Western Union transfer her to
r Bellevue Hospital She never saw Mr.
/ Hawlsy again, she said She said that
several times. when her husband was ou,
!
' help she suggested that he appeal 10 his
- uncle, but he said thar It was no use.
? We've had pretty hard times" she
! said though generally Fred has made
i enough for us to live on Now things
{ look Brighter
Mrs Crandell said tha, she had no.
seen or heard from her husband since
she was sent 10 the workhouse She sale
that she would let the children stay az
chatham until things were settled, she
thought
LAWYERS with the approval of the heir,
tho Hawlev estate will be held in truSl
: for five wears The administrators. Walter
2 : Crandell and William p Hawley
p nephews, and Frank II DAVIS Nr
= yesterday hv fling s2,m0.ood bond
This was preliminary 10 formal motioi
: that they be appointed trustees. undel
4 an order directing that the estat. shall h'
V held hv them until the expiration Of such
. a period This l. TO conserve Mr. Ha wiley p,
business Interests
Estimates placed on the slza of Mr.
K Hawlev : fortune II is thought have beer
, largely exaggerated The estate, II il
! understood, will not amount 70 much NOR,
7 than SlO, 600 900 This would mean tha
S 5000 900 and 500 ooo While il Is being
\ held in trust, heto like tha othar heirs. vii
u get the income
: Charles T. Lark Of the Stanchfeld -
Z Levy firm went 70 Chatham yesterday Il
= explain the disposition of the estate 4
the hoirS there He said that the 1904 will
u drawn no by Mr. StanChfeld hur neve
" executed disposed oi Mr. Hawlav
r property virtually IN the same way a,
- will he done now that he died intertate
: II was denied Yesterday that bv a pre
vlous settlement Miss Margaret Cameron
= Mr. Hawley housekeeper. had come int
> possession of his Babylon estate or an,
% other part of his properly Miss Cameron
- has not filed any claim against the estat.
+ 50 far On Thursday she called up tn.
lawyers and asked them If they had beer
looking for her When told that they hac
I, not she rang off and no more has bee,
heard from her Miss Cameron was al
the Hawley house Yesterday but woulc
' not he seen 4 rumor that before hi,
death Mr. Hawley had planned 10 MARI,
:, her, even going so far as 10 set tenta
, tive date for the wedding, was also deniec
u authoritatlVely
q For several years Miss Cameron haC
+, been acting as housekeeper for Mr. Haw
Y ley. and according to some was intro
D.. duCed as his niece She il described a.
- an attractive woman of the blond typ.
and is 80 years old She Is fond of horse
! back riding at Babylon She assumed
a the duties of housekecper after the deatl
. of Mr. Hawleys sister, Mrs Harvey 4
, seymour She also acted as housekecpe