New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-01
WARNED SIECEL OF
JAIL, WIFE SAYS
Raved Like Madman When
She Tried to Protect
Him, She Declares.
TELLS OF EFFORT TO
GET HER OUT OF WAY
II Know Nix" Siegel Replies
When Asked of Charges
Whitman TO Press Case.

Declaring that she knew years ago
that her husband was swindling de-
positors in his bank and warned him
that he was facing Jail that he induced
her to leave America because of this
knowledge. that he has large assets
other than his interests i'm the dry
goods stores and that he never gave
her titled son-in-law c. his own SOIL
in-lav anything but promises, but in
stead defrauded her daus ntors' hus-
bands, Mrs. Henry Siegel yesterday ex-
planned some of her reasons for begin
ming suit for divorce
While she was doing this Siegel was
q prisoner in his suite at the Hotel
Majestic. lodging a process server in
her Suit. the goods in the Fourteenth
street store were being sold for about
one-half cost; District Attorney Charles
:. Whitman. who may use Mrs. Siegel
as a witness. was assuring deposltJrs
in the bank Of his intention Of prose
cutting Siegel and his partner Nogcl 20
the extent Of the law, no matter what
he might do toward restitution. and
steps were being taken to protect the
depositors from loss through waste 10y
d trustee i'm bankruptcy.
Sicqel Knows Nix" He Says.
At brief intervals yesterday Slcgcl,
whose defence will, it is understood, be
a general denial was accessible ny
telephone, but he had nothing to say
about his wifes charges. He had not
been served up to a late hour last
night. An effort will be made TO serve
him if he appears at the Federal Build
ing as scheduled.
Il know nix was his only com-
ment.
Mrs. Siegel. after declaring that she
had been misrepresented in the news
papers, said she first met Siegel at The
home Of George Cotton Chase, a cousin
of her first husband. in West 5Stn
street. There Siegel married her on
April 81, 1898. The statement con-
tinues:
My married life with Nh Siegel
was full of trials and tribulatiOns.
Suffice it TO say that | endedvored
in every way to guard and protect
him from his own weaknesses and
his lack of consideration for the
Nd ri nf al htT
Several years ago | learned incl
dentally Of the crooked dealings Of
Henry Siegel with the money of de
positors in his bank, and | immedi-
ately demonstrated and warned
him. as ! thought that it was my
duty TO do. that he was facing
Jail" He ragged like madman and
treated me shamefully-worse, if
possible than ever
This continued for several weeks,
when he finally changed his atti-
tUde toward me, and at a dinner
party at which Mr.. Frank Nogel
was present he made light of my
predictions and cndeaVored to con
vince me that ! had been misled
and misinformed, and that | was
unjustly suspecting him, whereas
he was noble and honest citizen,
seeking only the welfare and ad-
vantage Of those with whom he was
connected.
Got Her Out OF Country.
Thereafter Mr.. Siegel continued
again 10 mistreat me in a variety
of ways, which IL is not necessary
now TO diVulge, and continually
suggested that we should be Sepa-
rated: and from what ! have
learned i'm the last six weeks | now
believe that he was actuated
throughout with the evident inten-
ton of having me leave the coun-
try so that ! would not divulge my
information of his illegal operations
Continued on fourth page, second column.