New-York tribune., 1912-02-10
HAWLEY HEIRS PROVE
DIS0RCAN|ZED FAMILY
Frederick CrandeII Disappears,
but Wife Tells Romance
o91 RaWIey Failed to End.
HER PRISON TERM IS OVER
Trouble Due to Jealousy-Glad
TO Have Money for Her Chill
dren's Sake-Fortune May
Be Kept Intact for Years.

v>-e6ericlz Cranden. heir TO one or more OF
Edwin Hawleys millions Mrs. Crandell
vbo returned Yesterday morning from
,srving a brief term on Blackwelrs Island
,s living with Miss May McManus. her sis
,sr at No. 27l West 144th street Her five
children. she knows, are being cared for
IN Chatham, n. Y. by a relative, but
where her husband is in this big city. she
said yesterday, she did not know; that she
had not seen him since the trouble"
The Crandells had no time to put their
house IN order. Sudden riches. as Is the
habit with death. descended upon them
vnheralded. and it found them scattered
and estranged. Some effort has been made
IN hide this condition from the flashlght
NJ publicity that was sure to accompany
,he inheritance Of a large fortune. but with
Indifferent success.
On Tuesday Miss McManus. with whom
her sister had been living at No. Sls West
is4th street before being sentenced 10 the
island. moved hastily TO her present ad-
dress. and cautioned the neighbors not to
breathe a syllable concerning Mrs. Gran
dell's plight or the location of the new
horae Even the movers were sworn 70
,-sHsnce on the latter point.
About the same time the Blanche family,
With whom Frederick Crandell had been
boarding apart from his wife. vanished
from No 2519 Eighth avenue.
II was at this last address. on January
n that the trouble" occurred which land
cd the wife and mother in the workhouse.
Ever since the holidays the husband had
been boarding with Mrs. Margaret Blanche
Ill
Han. Mrs. Cranden made them an occa-
sioral call which always proved stormy
affair. and on this particular evening,
when she had climbed the stairs to the
blanche fiat. she found the door locked
against her.
e. Mrs. Crandel Broke Down Door
She broke il down. Some one was heard
70 say: You're jealous" ana free hght
ensuod. Other tenants in the house were
soon CRYING "Police!' Murder" and in
the middle Of it all the husband disap-
peared When a policeman arrived Mrs.
blanche entered complaint against Mrs
CrandeN, and later appeared against her In
the Harlem court with the result that Mrs
CrandeH found herself wearing rough
blouse among the female odds and ends on
the Island.
She said yesterday she hadn't seen her
husband since that day. The news Of the
inheritance did not reach her until she had
arrived at her sisters new home after Inc
Blackwel's Island ferry boat had landed
her at East 2Gth street at I o'clock yester-
day morning. She took the announcement
with philosophic calm and then began con-
sidering the employment Of lawyer to
safeguard her interest in the money,
I'VE got 10 think OF my children, she
said in discussing the future. NOW they
can have a good education. It's for their
sake I'm glad all this money is coming, al
though I'm not sure some misfortune
won't come along with it. For the present
I'm going 10 leave them up in Chatham
where they have the best Of care ana sur
roundngs."
The Crandell children are: Mary HawIey'
thirteen years old: Adeline. twelve; Rich
ard. ten: Harold. eight, and Homer, seven.
Mary. the oldest. who is said to be very
pretty, was something Of a favorite with
the late Edwin Hawley, her great uncle, ac-
co~ding to the mother and aunt, in spite Of
his hostility toward her father and mothc-.
The father Hawley. AS assistant traffic man
dismissed from his employ twenty years
ago. and the mother, who was then a teie-
graph operator in his office. he had the
Western Union Company transfer TO Belle
vue Hospital shortly afterward when she
and his nephew became engaged. Since
then the CrandelIs have known poverty In
most OF its guises.
Mrs Crandell. who is thirty-odd years
old. wore yesterday a black skirt and a
checked waist, both neat but little the
worse for wear. Bitter experiences had
drawn and hardened a-once pretty face and
soft eyes. But her demeanor was modest
and quiet, although by nightfall countless
neghbors and reporters had pestered her
with questions and she had told her story
and recounted her plans scores Of times.
I don't propose TO buy automobiles and
diamonds and do other extravagant
things" she protested. Then she described
i the romance that led TO the breach between
I, E1S1n Hawley and his favorite nephew.
!, Break Between HawIey and CrsndeII.
VI The summer the break came" she said
III went on my vacation up 10 Hunter, in
n the Catskils. Mr.. Hawley had given me
railroad pass. Fred had already been on
his vacation but told me before / left town
that he was coming up for a few days. He
followed me a few days later, and made
his uncle angry.
Mr.. Hawley wrote him a letter, then
telegraphed him 10 return ct once. Fred
who was always hssty. told me he would
no nothing of the kind. and it was some
days later that he went back to New York
When Fred reached Tho oHoc he was
told by one Of the clerks that he had beer
fred
Ny desk was so placed that Mr. Haw.
ley could see any one who came in to talA
to me. Fred came into the Office severa
nmes after that TO see me. and was or
9ered out once or twice. remember. but
be kept on coming back. and finally Mr.
Hawley appealed 10 the Western Unior
and had me transferred TO Bellevue Hos
pital That was the last / ever saw o.
Mr, Hawley.
/ believe that Fred's mother. Mrs. Ho
ner Crandell. who I am certain was Mr.
hawleys favorite sister would have in
herted the bulk Of his estate had she lived
and had Mr.. Hawley signed "A will. Sh'
VAS always friendly with him, and h
thought the world Of her.
rred and have had hard time. ~
,oaldnt get a recommendation from M
uncle. and none OF Mr Hawley's inhuen
tai friends wished TO offend him by ana
lnS relative he had disowned. SO Free
nad 10 take any kind OF job he could get
lie wasn't proud, but he don't find II YER
-'easy.-t0 get JOB. lie knocked around
..git trying this place and that. and the
y Nnany he got something that PAID 'in