The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-04

wealthy Produce Exchange broker, n
real estate owner and the distant kin
OF Spencer Trask. The old mamie is
81 years of AGES heir. with others, to
parts OF three large estates. He has
been separated from his wife and thee
grown daughters for several years. and
though he has enjoyed an income of at
least $4,000 a year since the separation.
he has lived with paupcrs at Bowery
lodging houses for about four years.
His disappearance since May = was
not generally known until yesterday
morning. when several newspapers in
this city published advertisements in
serted by Foster a Newman, attorneys.
81 Broadway. seeking Information as
To his whereabouts. Aside from the IN
terest Of his relatives. with whom he has
maintained only casual connections for
several years. Mr.. Trask's presence is
necessary for the settlement uf two OF
the three estates from which he has been
drawing income--the estate Of James
w. Trask. his father. who left upward
OF 100000. and the Weeks estate.
For the last few years MIR Trask was
a more familiar figure to Bowery dere-
licts than to his wife. daughters. lawyers
and other relatives. Dressed In dusty,
greenish gray suit all ever present dirty
green tie. IA soft nondescript hat which
once was brown. he was last seen on
May > by u clerk in the Office Of Collins
Il Rowe. real estate operators. 2S3 Eliz-
abeth street, through whom the old man
drew part of his income.
ON April - Nathan Ballin of Foster
& Newman. attorneys for the james W.
Trask estate. saw Mr.. Trask near the
Post Office on Park Row III | had
plenty Of money now I'd like to treat
you" Mr.. Ballin overheard Mr.. Ira Il;
tell a companion. Then both wandered
over toward the brooklyn bridge.
Mr.. Trasks presence became ucces-
sary after the death in April of Nathan
iel W. Trask his brother, who was
trustee under the separation agreement
with Mrs. Stephen B. Trask and also
trustee of the James ". Trask cs-
tate aud the stephen Burdett estate.
Nathaniel w Trssks death complicated
the settlement Of the estates and re-
Gently application was made in the Sur
rogate's Court To have another trus-
tee appointed in Nathaniel Trask's
place. Tho application was filed by
Harold g. Knapp, representing Natalie
G. Jameson of Rochester. daughter OF
the late Nathaniel W. Trask.
The estates cannot be settled until
stephen b. Trask. one of the heirs, ap-
pears or Is legally declared dead. The
latter course would require seven wears
stephen u. Trasks wife and three
daughters formerly lived with him and
his brother, Charles W. Trask, wild
over, AT lOl East l77th street. Since
she separated from her husband about
two years ago Mrs. Trask has received
about three-fifths OF her husbands in
come of $4,000 "A year, reducing his al
lowance to 5000. Tie has made his
lodgings at the Puritan Hotel and the
Palmer House on the Bowery. But
according to Mr.. Ballin neither of the
hotel managers has any records that
might aid in a search for Trask. Mrs
stephen B Trask, her daughters and
Charles w. Trask live at Bloomfield
y. i.
Stephen u. Trask disappeared once be-
fore, In 1911. and according to Mr. Bal
lin was found in the psychopathic ward
at Bellevue Hospital.