Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-23
GETS COURT ORDER
Walter Hutchins Takes Step to
See Father.
STEPMOTHER TO EXPLAIN
Must Show Cause Why Son Is Not
Allowed to Visit Parent.
ASKS FOR LARGE ALLOWANCE
Wife of Millionaire Declares 1000
Month Too Little for
Household Expenses.
STEPMOTHER TO EXPLAIN
ASKS FOR LARGE ALLOWANCE

Walter Stison Hutchins, son of Stilson
Hutchins, today secured rule on his
fathers wife, Rose Keeling Hutchins, to
show cause next Friday why he should
not be allowed to see his father at least
once week. He also requests that DR..
consulting physician to the sick financier.
be allowed to accompany the son on such
visits.
Mr. Hutchins claims his father is held
incommuncado and that he has not been
allowed to see him since last November.
despite frequent calls at the Hutchins
home and many written demands made OF
counsel for the wife.
filed by Attorneys E. H. Thomas and
Charles H. Merriilat. and sets forth
that his father, Stilson Hutchins. has
been bedridden since May 6, 1911, and
ing Hutchins. He was last allowed to
see hih father November IA. 1911. Mr.
Hutchins says, and all access to him
has been since denied by Mrs. Hutchins
DR.. Rufan Excluded.
Because Dr. Ruffin declined to join in
the statement of other physicians that
the sick financier is insane, Mr.. Hutchins
says, Dr. Ruhn is ALSO refused access
to the patient. DIR. Ruffin was told. it
is stated, that he would be notified of
any change in the condition Of the sick
man, but no such notification was sent.
it is alleged. although, it is stated. Stilson
Hutchins has been at the point of death
twice since the alleged statement to DR..
Ruffin.
In refutation of alleged statements by
attending physicians that visit OF the
son affected harmfully the patient, Wal
ter Hutchins AYERS DIR. w. Gerry Morgan
told him two days after the last visit of
the son that the fathers health was inn
proved and that the patient was doing
finely.
Wants Larger Allowance.
recently issued against her to show cause
why she should not be required to con-
duct her household within the limits OF
her $1,000 monthly allowance. and why
merchants should not be advised not to
extend credit in the hope of holding the
estate of Stilson Hutchins liable.
Mrs. Hutchins declares the monthly al
lowance of 5000 is not sufficient to con-
duct the household as it has been con-
Quoted, and suggests an increase to $500
Der month. Snc uecldTcS Tie cStdUuSA.
ment has been run just as before her
husbands illness, and she finds it Is nee
essary to contract bills. The indebted
ness incurred, she AYERS. is only such as
her husband always allowed her, and that
it runs beyond 5000 is proof Of her claim
! that her monthly allowance will not sup
port the household as 1t has always been
conducted.
Mrs. Hutchins questions the power of
the court to curtail her right to purchase
necessaries on the credit of her husband,
and says there exists no reasonable
ground for apprehension on the part Of
the guardian of her husbands estate
that she is unwarrantedly using his
credit.
The character of the bills are similar,
the wife states, to those presented to the
auditor and made in Paris in 1909 with
the consent of her husband and paid by
| him. She expresses a willingness to sub
nit to Nathaniel Wilson. her husband S
guardian, an itemized account OF her dis
bursements since October last, and has
shown the same to Mr.. Wilson. This ac-
count, she AYERS, establishes the futility
of an attempt to confine the household
expenses within the monthly allowance Of
! $1,000.