Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-14
INSANE WOMAN 0 IVES
ENORMOUS SUM IN TAXES
report Filed by Examiner for VIII
liamsburg District Shows
Startling Figures.
OWES WILLIAMSBURG $500, 900
counsel Secured Release in New
York on Ground That Taxes We're
Being Paid i'm Observation-Disclosures
of Large Wealth.

'SHS falu In Observation-Disclosures
of Large Wealth.
Miss Marie Marshall. inmate Of the
r."S,erm state Asylum for the Insane
NJ Williamsburg and multi million.;rn
is Indebted to the civ OF ynIia,,,s
nurS TO the extent OF from $3.50 90 {,
10 Sioo.o!0 and 10 the State Of Vtrvini,
ABOUT $4,000. IL the figures contained
III the report made ycstcrday nv Ex-
verified are
me obligation 10 the city and state
nspr"sehis taxes due by Miss Mar
ihIe nro es,h.e on tangible and intang-
~ 'f property from 1897 to 1914. inclu-
sNe' "hlchN values have been discov-
eren oE Examiner Smith II is cst,
''"le" that the uncovcrinE Of these
taxable values will give the examiner
'ecS amounting to $4,000
Mss Marie Marshall came to yIr.
sih'a from New York about twenty
ehrs ago. She made her home
n petersburg for some ,i,nc ,rhcn
she was adjudgcd mentally jnconnn'
'e"t ana was committed TO tho asvl,,nn
~ Niiiiamsburg She vas Dosscsgod
81 considerable property in New York
iier fortune was later largely aug
"'eh'eh ny requests, by increasing val
nes ana by tho natural accretion >rou
her realty and personal pronrr,in, rh.
hulk OF her present large fo,,una a..
IN intnngiblcs -
ESTATE IS HANDLED ny ,yU,
NNo"N NEW YORK LAWYER
When Miss Marshall was ro,pu,,,,
70 inc state Hospital at WiIIi.,psb,,r,,
her relatives In New York secured mo
appointment OF committee FOR no,
~" Is j. Frederick Kcrnochan. nromi.
"N u lawyer and in the social ne
,, hcr removal 10 WILLIAMSBURG.
i'nS -Narshali has been an inmate only
h"m!naIly OF the State institu,iop o.,
the insane. She was permittcd m no
cupy residence adjoining the grounds
Oh the institution. where she was sur-
'ouHaed with all the nIxuries MONEY
couid procure. During the warm
months she was allowed 10 sotourn 81,
som" summer resort OF her CHOOSING
rue mn i-millionaire inmate. however.
was under the official Observation an,
nominally under the treatment, n, ~
oiiccrs and physicians OF tho ins,i,u-
zion.
me report Of Examiner Smith dis.
cioses that for many years the taxing
"incers At williamsburg were NO, COZ
hi""nt OF the great wealth OF Mis-.
MHrShaii According to this report. tho
omitted real estate valucy on wb,ch ~
q n
i54'632: total income on which nm "a.
was paid, 32.455.534
TANI;S HAVE ACCUMULATED
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
Inc taxes due on those values accu,nu
lated in the eighteen years, from ,so7
10 i?l4. II is shown that Miss Mar
snail has life interest in an est,,.
valued AT s5,32j552 The bulk of ma,
ior'"he Is IN stocks, bonds and miscc1-
ianeous securities
Grcair astonished was Examiner
Sh''n when he learned the extent OF
the fortune Of Miss Narsh,u ava
certained that It had escaned tax,,I ns
TOT go many years. He consulted win
AttorneN-General John Garland Pollard
mo Httorney-Gcncral not only advised
inc examiner as TO the lntter's duties
ana me proper course 20 pursue in I'M
covering the hidden items OF taxable
property nut personally assisted in the
quest.
Getting into communication with the
New YORK courts. the Attorney General
oDtalned the surprising Information
'hat payment or taxes on personal prop
crty by the Marshall estate in New
lofk had been excused on representa-
tons made To the effect that she was n
resident of Virginia ana consequently
subject TO taxation on her intangible
property only in this State Other val
liable information was secured by the
Attorney-Gcncral, which contributed
largely to the success of Examiner
Smith In uncovcring the hidden mil
lions OF which Attorney j. Fredcrict
kcrnochan is custodian
ANTICIPATE CONTEST ny
COUNSEL FOR ESTATE
1t is anticipated that the report of
the examiner of records will be con-
tested by counsel for Miss Marshall and
that some form of compromise settle
ment Will be the outcome.
The correspondent Of Tho Times Dis
patch In New York city reported la ct
night that Judge Kernochan was not in
the city, and no statement could he Sc
cured as to the claim of the Virginia
taxing officials.
The examiner of records for the Will
liamsburG district also made rcport
yesterday on two other estates. He re-
ported II. c. Thompson, executor for G..
Nj. Thompson, delinquent i'm the pay
ment OF back taxes due on omitted tax
able values to the amount Of s173.600.
The omissions are from 1895 to 1914.
e. a. Potts, executor for NJ. r. Har-
rell, was reported as delinquent in the
payment of taxes on values aggrcgat-
Ing $62S,22i the omissions being from