New-York tribune., 1912-02-20
hills 20 the Brooklyn Hospital as char
ity gift less than three weeks ago
Nurss Still in Jail.

,,y Gift less than three weeks ago
Nurse Still in Jail.
o.Aoyga Decker. the night nurse al 'He
Haslett mansion. who was charged VII"
consplracy i'm conjunction with Garonei
was srraignsd at the same time In me
Adams street court yesterday. No other
charge was made against Decker Al
adjournment Of his case as we'll as cara
ner's. was taken until Monday.
William NJ. Ryan, Decker's counsel
wanted an immediate examination Ior
his client. The nurse has been in tne
RAYMOND street Jail since he was az
rested on Saturday in default OF SZ'oV'
bail. He offered a bond TO cover MS
bail Yesterday afternoon, but the DIS
trict Attorney refused to accept IT. ana
asked Chief Magistrate Kempner to de-
tain the prisoner the usual forty-eight
hours until he could examine the secur-
ify So Decker went back to jail.
District Attorney Cropsey said yester-
day that he would probably present the
whole Haslett matter TO the grond jury.
There was report yesterday that
Decker had been arrested and committed
TO tho Tombs recently, following the al
legged bribing Of Juror in the Federal
Court trial of George Graham Rice. Of
the Scheftels brokerage firm. When seen
st the police station Decker admitted
that ne had been detained" I'm the Tombs
as witness in that matter, but said
that he had not been arrested. and was
discharged from the custody of the fed
eral authorities after making an afllda.
Wit I'm the case.
After Decker was arrested Saturday
and was telephoning 10 various friends
in an effort TO got hail, he was heard to
tell three Of them that he was detained
as witness in the Hsslctt case and
needed . bond.
The petition of AIrs Samuel for a
committee Of the person and property Of
tho aged recluse includes list OF fen or
twelve known relatives and next Of kin
If the old man Among them ero Maria
Sullivan Gibbs and Richard Ven Wyck
Thorne, a sister and brother of the peti-
tionsr. the children NJ the late ouintin
Johnson Thorne Ellen COKE washbourne
and Marta johnson Thorne. the children
~ the late Richard Van --yck Thorne,
and Jennie Murphy Louise Rhinelauder
Ditmas. and q son and a daughter of a
Mr. Badeau. whose names are not
known 70 the petitioner.
The addresses Of the relatives, mostly
-, arc o,t,.n,, In,
the petition, with tho exception Of Jennie
Murphy Most n them are cousins or
second cousins Of Hnslett.
The petition continues:
Your petitioner visited the house Of Sam
uel Z. Hsslett, In Remsen street. on Feb
rnsry l6. and found It in an extreme con-
dition OF disorder, with filth and squalor
present In all parts thereof; II had the
appearance of not having been swept or
cleaned for q long period Of years. The
house was unheated, although the tenn.
your petitioner was informed that during
all the recent period OF extreme cold
weather the house had been unheated. and
that there, was no servant In the house
and the only way the said Samuel u. Has
lett could get food was to have meals
brought in from nearby restaurants.
Your petitioner has known the said Has
lett for twenty. years. and when she Wis
tied him on February 10 she found him IN
bed, III. and in what appeared to be
norbund and comatose condition. your
petitioner is Informed and believes that
Samuel r. Haslett is a man OF very large
means. and that the extent of his fortune
is largely in excess Of $4,000, Mr., Haslett
is seventy-hve years old, and is incompe-
tent and incapable Of attending TO ordi-
nary affairs of life, or doing any business.
by reason. among other things, OF imoe-
cility, from old age, loss OF memory and
understanding and requires the constant
attendance OF persons for his personal
needs. His condition and age are, such that
there is no reason TO hope that he ever
viii be any better. and there is dire need
of a committee 10 preserve and care for
his person and estate and the interests
therein
Mr. Samuel. in his supporting AFFIDAVIT,
tells of two visits TO the Remsen street
house on February s and 16. On the
first visit he found the old man sitting in
the back parlor entirely alone and un-
attended, with the house darkened and
unheated, although il was midday and
the thermometer was only about 10 de-
grees above zero. He talked with the
old man, and his responses convinced
him that his memory was gone and that
nothing said to him created any impress
sion on his mind whatsoever. The aff1-
.davit adds; .>.1.
One whom believe 70 be John B. LORD.
lawyer. called while I was there. February
g. and asked Mr. Haslett to sign certain
documents. The conversation between said
Lord and Haslett was as follows
sign this: this is an application to pro-
bate your sisters will; put your signature
here row put your signature there. Has
lett did so without reading any OF the said
Instruments and then tottered back to the
chair which he had previously occupied
with difficuty. He seemed TO perform such
act without any understanding or knowl-
edge Of what he was doing.