New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-28
BANKERS SERVANTS HELD
Mcnamara Said.To Be on Way
East from San Francisco.
WIFE HERE IN SECLUSI0M
Woman Companion Declares
Mrs. Mcnamara Shut Of
Husband Income.

y'hc woman companion and two SER
wants Of Mrs. Margaret Mcnamara, vile
! OF Nicholas J. Mcnamara, e retired bank
er Of San Mateo, Cal, who were arrested
on FRIDAY night at the request Of the San
/ francisco police were arraigned yester-
! day morning H. the West Side Police
/ Court and held without bail. The tele-
graul upon which the arrest was made
said that Mrs. Mcnamara and her two
children we're not wanted. and the bank
er's Tlie, shocked by the nOtoriety, went
into seolcsion somewhere III the city.
Meanwhile Mrs. Cara Perkins, Aer conf
panion: Frederick II. Patterson, the Nc
Nalnsra chauffeur. and patrick Walsh. q
! valet. who had accompanied Mrs McNa-
| MIRA on her trip east. made their first ef-
fort to get out OF the clutches Of the po-
| Ice X, Henry Rosenberg. who repre-
| scented Mrs. Perkins. told Magistrate
| Butts that the New York police had alb
| solutely no right 10 hold the trio. lie as
serted tina he Automobile in which he
party started east. and which it is now
alleged was stolen from Mr.. Mcnamara,
| really belonged TO Mrs. McNamaro.
! The lawyer told the magistrate that the
car was bough, from the Consolidated
Motor Company Of San Francisco upon 4
| check from Mrs. Mcnamara on her own
bank. The old machine. he added, was
turned In az part payment on the new
car. In addition 10 $1,000 cash.
Magistrate Butts refused to throw the
case out OF court, declaring that legal ev-
idence must be awaited in support OF the
| charge before q decision could be rem
de-ed. Until further information arrived
, from the San Francisco police he would
refuse 10 take any evidence in the case.
| end he set August az the date for tho
temperance OF Mrs. Perkins on the lar
ceny charge.
Mr.. Rosenberg went before Justice Gle
gerich OF the Supreme Court and OH
tanned q writ OF haocas corpus return.
able on Monday.
| After the court proceedings were over
Mrs. Perkins gave her version Of the
story that has come from San Francisco.
II appears that size was not a house
| keeper for Mrs. Mcnamara, but COM
pahicn, and that her social standing IN
California was good
! She said that Mrs Mcnamara was
wealthy IN her own right. and owned a
| chief interest IN the Anglo American
| Bank OF San Francisco. few years ago.
Mrs. Perkins added. Mrs Mcnamara
| started proceedings 10 obtain a divorce
| from her husband but for the sake OF
daughter and two sons she dropped the
suit. Che continued TO give her husband
an income, Mrs. Perkins laid, but last
April she withdrew II and revoked tho
power OF attorney which she had given
him.
I'VE started on our trip With Mr. Nc
| Namara's knowledge" Mrs. Perkins said
I'm fact he eat on the porch OF the Nc
Eamara home IN San Mateo and saw as
OF. Mrs Mcnamara intended 10 go to
Europe and 10 take her daughter Gladys.
| who was there AT school 20 Carlsbad.
! When We arrived In Portland, however.
We heard from friends that Gladys had
como home at the instance OF her father,
who had kept this move secret.
I'VE decided 10 come TO New York and
| to 70 abroad for the sake OF Mr.. Nc
Namara's health. His talk Of my having
a hypnotic power over his wife and OF
| having taught her to drink are simply
terrible fabricatons"
San Francisco, July N.-Nicholas J. Nc
Namara left his home IN San Mateo, a
| fashionable suburb, early last night on
receipt through private channels OF tro
| news that his wife had been found I'm
New York, and that Mrs Perkins. her
houeekeeper, and Wash and Patterson.
! her gardener and chauffeur. respectively,
had been arrested. Friends beileyc that lie
came 20 San Francisco. and that he will
! leave here tomorrow for tho East
! Gladys Mcnamara, the oldest daughter.
who returned from school after her moth
er had left here. Is with her father. His
| frst desire In to win back his wife. who,
he 10 persuaded, In different companion
ship, can be induced 70 forget their os-
arrangement, brought about, he says, by
an influence he does not understand.
Mrs. Mcnamara Is generally estimated
to be worth $4,000 In her own right,
| largely in real estate.