The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-07
MOROSINI "SIEGE" Is
LIKE COMIC OPERA
Wary Detectives Invent Pass
words Even to Ascend
Stairways.
"SHADOW" ALL VISITORS
Search in Vain for Ragtime
Record for Photograph
to Cheer Vigil.

II was like renearsal Tor size
splitting comic opera yesterday at Elm
hurst. the Riverdale home OF Mrs Glulia
Morosini Werner. At all portals were
detectives, who barred the way for all
Corners and then "shadowed" the visitors
they turned away.
Upon the grounds and inside the house
we're other detectives--twenty of them.
Werner, the barred out husband. who
was a mounted policeman before ne mar
ried the bankers daughter. made no
attempt yesterday to visit the house and
get his personal belongings.
The detectives have not attempted seri-
ous,y to feed the chickens or manicure the
palms In the big conservatory. but have
spent most OF their time smoking. drinking
hlghbaiis and trying to find a ragtime
record for the photograph. Although
there are more than 200 records there is
nothing nearer ragtime than Nendelssohn's
Spring Song"
One OF the comic opera episodes Of the
s,ege-werner IL responsible for calling
the AFFAIR comic opera stuf'-is the use
of passwords in the house to go from one
floor to another. or even to certain
rooms You can't go upstairs unless you
remember the password selected by the
boss detective, or superintendent OF the
estate" This has brought the routine Of
housekeeping to a standstIl more than
once.
The BURNS detectives who are In charge
have orders to admit Werner II he comes
TO get his clothing. jewelry and letters.
Werner, who has dropped out OF sight In
New York city. said through his lawyer,
Horny : pottenhs,n Of 10 William street.
tina, he had no intention % visiting Elm
hurst after having once boon barred from
the house.
No legal steps have yet been taken by
Mrs Werner to get divorce from her
husband or to attempt to annul her mar
rage by showing that the divorce secured
by werners first wife, Mrs. Alice Red
ding, is invalid.
"spies" Hastened Departure.
Mrs Wcrner's departure from Elm
hurst it was said yesterday. was fastened
hv the discovery that she had been spied
upon and that eYen her private telephone
conversations had been overheard. De-
tcctives searching the grounds have found
that the telephone WIRES back OF the house
have been cut In the past 81 that some
one could listen in on messages
Mr. Dottenheim for Werner. and Joseph
T.. Cotton. Jr.. OF - Wall street, attorney
for Mrs. Werner. held long conversation
yesterday in an effort to adjust the affairs
OF husband and wife Not much Roadway
was made Mr. Cotton declined to d -
close Mrs Werner's intentions toward her
husband. except that she would refuse to
see him again and would continue to bar
him from Elmhurst
Burns detectives almost filled cafe
in Yonkers all day looking for woman
ner had been accustomed to meet II was
also said that a witness had been found
who would swear that Werner had. since
his second marriage. met his first wife
in New Rochelle Mrs. Werner's friends
said that At these visits To New Rochelle
Werner went under the name of King and
was described as "a brother-in-lav OF
Mrs. Redding." his first wife.
Tell Of Telephone Record.
They also said that Mrs Werner had a
record of two telephone calls by her hus-
band on Friday night last The calls were
to a private number in the Riverside ex-
change. which IN said 10 he that of Mrs
Readings apartment Al s3s West End
avenue.
Werncr's lawyer, Mr. Dottcnhem. again