The evening world., 1912-03-04
1EAD MILLIONAIRE
WAS HER HUSBAND,
IS 0MAN'S claim
eq -
Repudiated by Bond During
a Lifetime, Now After Share
T. of Estate.
CALLS WAIVER FALSE.
Release Procured for 81, $50 in
1899, Before She Camped -.
on Doorstep.

Stuart Bond. former president Of the
Philadelphia and Reading and other
railroads ND vice president OF the Chi.
$3.50. Milwaukee and st. FAui returned
to-day from he funeral s2 Norwich,
Conn.,. Saturday to her apartment at
Ne. " Wen Ni~noty.eghth strset. She
Neot 10 NSw London to renew her
ceaAms - he widow which she made
- hh wife repeatedly during lbs nfe
time.
Dispatches from New London say thai
ths alleged widow appeared thers very
soon after the arrival Of Mr.. Bonds
oody nom Jskyn Island. Ga. where he
was spending the winter. He was eigh.
ev-vwo years old and very feeble.
The woman brought with her q huge
punch Of pink and whistle carnations
which che desired to have placed on the
askst She was not allowed to attend
ne funeral. but remained in New Lon
ooo Until the burial IN the family not
was over
sAYs one WILL SUE FOR sHARe
OF ESTATE.
ehe asserted that she had engaged
hSyers - sue for her share Of Mr..
boDd's estate. In this she carried out
= shrsat Of which Mr.. Bond told in
nW, when no said II had peer reported
to ASm thet she vas saying to her &C.
Quaantances hat he could not live long
asd hal what he refused to give her in
a's lifetime she could take from his
sstate when he was dead. She believed
him 10 b . millionaire.
The self-styled Mrs. Bond made her.
ssk known to the public. much to the
railroad name dsgust. March q, 1901,
when she appeared At the front door Of
his homo. No. IS West Frfty-nrst street.
wseh . van load Of furniture and de-
manded to be allowed to put II In the
house. Thu butler repuhed her and tele-
pnoned 70 Mr.. Bond hat the van was
backed up at the curb and the woman
sNtins on the doorstep. At Mr.. Bonds
suggestion. she was arrested after sew
sral' hours Of siege. ?
: rakca' before Magistrate Brann, In
Yorkvtlle Court. she insisted that she
was Mr.. Bonds wife by common Law
oAd that she was destitute and wanted
70 put the furniture in his house be-
cause she had been evscted from her
own lodgings and did not want TO stack
n up In the street. It was Mr.. Bond,
furniture. anyway. h said. because 20
had paid for II.
Counsel for Mr. Bond said that Mr..
Bond had known the woman fourteen
years before and she had made an
asreemenk. two years before, to leave
him alone II he would give her g. 7bo.
He gave her much more. the lawyer
said. and she had signed . paper. stat
ing specifically that h was not his
VIE and had no claim on him.
DECLARES RELEASE WRITTEN
AFTER HER SIGNATURE.
III he woman. whose name vas Louise
Morse Wahl. asserted that waiver Of her
5tghts had been written in over her
Agpsturs on . blank piece Of paper.
wtlch che had bssn deluded into sign
~. She had an action pending in the
oesseD to establish her as Mrs. Bond
II the time. Magistrate Brann made
her promise to cease annoying Mr..
Bond and dismiSssd the case.
Mr.. Bond asserted in newspapsr in
tssvfews thai even Howe q Hum.
~ had rsfused 10 take UP 81
hssaeh Of promise suit for the woman.
but had brought an action to recover
money for services rendered. He said
~ mst her when she came to New
York from Sea Ciin. L. l.. ~ . Dress
maker. ehs was the adopted child Of
o. woman named Morse. who after
wards married q MI. Wahl.
Frank Stuart Bond had q distinguished
career IN r~ailroading and stuck to his
'dssk until he was seventy three years
al. He tried to retire from the Vice |
Presidency Of the Chicago. Milwaukee
n 81. Paul Railway In 1900. nut by the
urgent request Of the directors remained
three years longer In charge Of the New
York ofices.
LIVED AZ BACHELOR IN NEW
g. LONDON.
When he resigned he went to New
London. where he lived at No. ~ Pc
quot avenue. He called himself a bach
woman calling herself Mrs. Bond was
known except as vague gossip to his
%neighbors there. His achievements were
proudly respected by his fellow towns
men. who refused to believe such rumors
~ reached them.
Mr.. Bond began as a clerk in the Office
AZ the Norfolk and Western Railroad
and. after experience with other rail-
roads, he became vice-president of the
Missouri, Kansas M Texas. and later
Or the Texas and Pacific. He was
president of the Philadelphia and Read
ing for one year. For Ave years he was
president Of Ave affiliated railroads In
,ahe south at once. He became vice.
pre OF the st. Paul in 1856. He
was a member of many pa otto socie-
ties and OF the Century. Union League.
Metropolitan. the Union and other clubs
Se this city.