New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-27
General Also Asserts Wife
Merely Had Judgment Trans
ferred to Herself.
HELD OVER HIM, He AYERS
statement Incenses woman
Who Threatens Eviction out
Later Retreats and
Speaks Kindly.

,..srs~dsy after diSregardlnS loi "'o"'
5ovs ,ne assertions Of his SON Stahlo'
,scl,les. and his wife that ne hao asAeo
f,- help in settling a judgment Oh
$500. md after receivins ]" nov
formed away his wife and his son "le"
,hs,. came to see him. The general de-
Jared his wife had merely had Tue
Judgment transferred to herself anu
was now holding it over nm.
General sickles made a siateihe"' 90
follows:
IN AZ, Comrades and Friends. ..,tcc
am reluctantly consutlHsu 10 - To
.ho vicious mlsrepresenlhtIOns lions
,he uewspnpors regHrdius OE Lei" a. ~
,yt,h my VIE. and her Intervention III li3s
affairs, These false assertions tla 10 ,,Iy;
socb nm unfayorable impression on NY
comrades and friends thel ~aA''''
spniu sllent any longer -. ,.,,.
ia Is asserted, ror example. ina iuE
.yifr pawned her Jewels 70 pa! .hf y III
-nrnt obtslued against me oE me h,p 80
Tyust Company for 5000. II was not NJ.
.s,srv Tor her TO pawn Jewels She Hao
an ample fortune Of her own, AhG oy
-ides, an army Comrade bad areed! ~
ranged 20 satisfy that judemenss, tnt
fsef ia abe has not paid that ,uosiiIeI.
Size had IL transferred 10 herself anG
she now holds Il and can ENFORCE - a.
any time she may choose 10 DO SO. NOT
over many Of the ;s% rs IN st the Possession
" nv mother and my daughter. Lae .nd
Buchanan Sickles, and were appropiIa'ooTf
ny my wife in 1876, after the aeeeass ~
nv mother In Madrid. They were nenea
Re property OF my wife. ! never gave
them 10 her. ..o...ss,o, IN
Madrid more than $1,000 worth OF SIZE
riete belonging TO me-s dinner serge ,S,
Tor ihirty-six persons, including a SILVER
.ilt dessert set. Also many valuaoie
pieces OF silver bought " me AZ We ss "a
81 royal plate IN the palace az NT W ~
She has. besides IN her possession az o..
costly furniture that Was In my, fHrs
rss!dence. all OF which We're sent oy he'
20 Madrid, from Paris, Y 1850: .,os 1901
have rot lived with Mrs. :, since lsS''
FOR good and sufficient reasons. 5000
when ] separated from my wife IN NV
wss not even ACQUAINTED with M!
friend, Mise Eleanor Earle NllmeroinsS;
whose name has been recently mentioned
as the cause OF the separation, for whom
/ havo the highest esteem Neither MISS
Wilmerding nor any other OF my frlenus
has taken any part whatsoeEeI IN
ont situation Of my domestic ansirs.
Mrs. s. has never resided In my home III
New York. .-..... q.
20 refute. once for all the falsehoods
which have been recently published apout
me .. z. sICTpRLlEs
Major General L, :. A, NttetEcu)'
The general put In few commas and
touched up one or two verbs in copy
Of the statement which wes sent in TO
Him by" e Tribune reporter, and then
sent down word that the statement wac
correct as It stood. He declined TO
make any further comment.
Mrs. Slekes lnosnssd.
The Spanish temperament of Mrs.
Sickles came TO the front when the
statement OF her husband was nrst
shown TO her.
This is the end" exclaimed Mrs.
sickies. II hold $4,000 mortgage on
that house It is second mortgage.
He has never paid me one cent OF In
terest He has capitalized himself az q
war hero by using his army reputation
to avoid payment Of his debts | shall
foreclose that mortgage. ! shall evict
him. He says the jewels which
pawned 70 save him were not mine, hut
his. Every single trinket was mine and
had never been his, nor had belonged
20 any member Of his family
Later, when her first anger haj
cooled, Mrs. sickles adopted an entirely
different tone. NO" she said. II shal
not dispossess the general. l will no.
take any legal action against him, nci
will harm him in any way
After all. he is the father OF my
children and bear his name. cam'
over here to protect his interests.
took the mortgage on the house TO pro
tect him. and for the same reason | haC
the Judgment transferred to me. No,
do not wish TO do anything 70 disturb
the old man.
Il do not wish 10 have Miss Wilmer
ding Ousted. If he wants TO have he'
as his housekeeper let him. He may
say what he likes. I viii do nothing
rs for tie plate which he mentions
YES. he bought it. but DO not husband
and wife often hold things in common,
Never before has he asked for it,
Son Stands by Mother.
stanton Sickles later in the day came
90 his aJther's defence and attacked
severe. statements made by Genera
Sickles.
MY mother wants 10 take a digni
fed stand" he said; but il is hard e
DO so. My mother has made no threats
and will make none. She may have
been little excited when she first saw
the generals statement. The silve
which he mentions was bought while
he was Minister to Spain in Madrid
II is i'm Madrid now. When | married
in 1898. and when my sister, Mrs Edo
Crackanthorpe. was married, in 1909
the general gave one-third of the silver
10 me and one third 70 my sister. The
other third he gave 10 my mother.
have his letters showing that he made
these gifts formally.
1T is not true. as the general says
that my mother has never lived in his
house in New York. My mother and
lived from 1905 until 1910 in the hous,
at No. | West 9th street, which Is
part of the SiclSles property. and which
formerly connected with the house al
40. ~ Fifth avenue"
Stanton said his father and mother
had drifted apart through the gen.
erals long absences in America. He
said the general was in America from