New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-07
0Ctogenarian, Son of a Pioneer
Sugar Maker, Charges He
Was Duped in Marriage
Plot to Rob Him.
S150.O00 ESTATE INVOLVED
Mrs. Jane Moller, to Whom He
Gave $4,000 in Bonds, He
Alleges Was the Wife of
Symbert Sommers When
He Wed Her.

Charging that he was duped into A
marriage with a woman already a wife
in a plot to rob him Of his property,
Charles II. Moller. appealed to Justice
GiegeriCh to set aside the transfers
made by him 20 Mrs. Jane Moller and
for a receiver. Justice Giegerich grant
ed Moller's petition.
Mr.. Moller who is eighty years old
and a son Of Peter Moller. a pioneer IN
the sugar industry, had obtained an
injunction some time ago to restrain
Mrs Moller from collecting rents or
otherwise interfering with the property
at 40. PIP and at No. 300 Madison
avenue, the latter long being the home
Of the Moller family. Mrs. Moler he
charges. was the wife of Symbert SOM
mers when she was married to him in
1910.
Marriage a Lure, He Says.
Justice Giegerich said in his decision
that he had carefully examined the pa
pers in the action, based on the alleged
conspiracy o Mrs. Sommer and her
husband 20 lure Mr.. Molcr into a mar
riage and get possession Of his prop
arty and that he court was satisfied
that the evidence adduced overcame
the denials made by the two defend
ants and that the plaintiff had clearly
established a cause Of action. The re-
ccivership was granted with the under
standing that the suit come 10 trial in
the October term.
The value of the real estate involved
is set at $l5o,0o0. and besides this Mr..
Mollcr seeks to have restored TO him
bonds valued at $4,000 The plain
tiff's first wife died i'm 1904. and there
after and up to a year prior TO March,
1913. said Mr.. Moler, he was mentally
and physically afflicted.
In that condition he was particularly
susceptible TO the influence Of others,
and while in that condition, he said in
his complaint. Mrs. Sommer and her
husband conspired 10 frsudulcntly get
his property, and that nc was "lurcd
into a pretended and compulsory sub
mission 10 a marriage
Seeks to Recover Property.
lie said that the woman he married
and her husband had lived together in
ST Louis and this city. and after the
plaintiff married Mrs. Sommer he al
legged part OF his money was being used
10 support Sommer. Besides the real
and personal property he is trying to
get back. Mr. Mollcr gave his wife
$4,000 and jewelry valued at a similar
amount.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sommcr, il is said. had
not actually lived together for three
years before the latter met MIR. Moller.
The papers show that Mrs. Moller
called in Thomas W. Butts. Of the firm
Of Butts & Vining, who had long been
Mr. Molcr's counsel, 10 draw up the
old mans will and the deeds to his
property. She told the lawyer that
Charles G. Moller, jr.. his son by his
first marriage. had shown much Bit
terness toward his father and that she
wanted 10 protect him and his prop
erty. as his son. according 10 Mrs.
Moller had threatened TO have Mr..
Moller committed to an asylum.
She also said that the son had dis
charged Dr. Fisher. who was then at
tending Hlr. Moller, and had retained
another physician, when il was she who
dismissed the attending physician.